Weekly News Briefs July 10-16, 2020 by Women's Chamber

A WCCNV Chamber and Community Digital Publication (Week of July 10-16, 2020)

ATHENA NOMINATION DEADLINES

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HOMELESS VETERAN'S REINTEGRATION PROGRAM

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To our members and readers, due to Governor Steve Sisolak COVID-19 restrictions a lot of members, including executives are mandated to work from home and are not allowed to have face-to-face meetings or attend in person events at this time. While you are out in the public make sure to wear a mask for the health and safety of yourself and others. From this point forward, the chamber will be conducting webinars, virtual board meetings and virtual events until further notice. We will however, be holding a special outside event for our Nevada Candidates (Assembly and Senators in September 2020). This decision is based on the best interests of everyone’s safety and to protect public health.

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White House Jobs Report June jobs report SHATTERS expectations America added 4.8 million jobs in June—the largest monthly increase ever recorded, according to today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. With 7.5 million jobs added over the past two months, America’s economic comeback from the Coronavirus is taking off well ahead of schedule.

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June’s job gains were spread broadly across American industries, with the hard-hit leisure and hospitality sector seeing the biggest turnaround: • 2.1 million leisure & hospitality jobs • 740,000 retail jobs • 568,000 education & healthcare jobs • 357,000 service jobs • 356,000 manufacturing jobs The Great American Comeback is reducing unemployment for a number of historically marginalized groups, too. AfricanAmerican workers saw historic gains with more than 400,000 jobs added last month. Hispanic-American employment is up by 1.5 million, and the unemployment rate for women fell even quicker than the rate for men.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AWARDS GRANTS TO SUPPORT SERVICES FOR HOMELESS VETERANS SEEKING TO REENTER WORKFORCE WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the award of over $53 million in Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) grants to 157 recipients that will provide employment services to more than 21,000 homeless veterans seeking to reintegrate into the workforce.

enter the workforce,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia. “Faith-based and community-based organizations, as well as other local entities, are wellpositioned to support veterans in their communities and help them participate in the economic freedom they’ve secured for us.”

HVRP grantees coordinate their efforts with other federal programs such as the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Supportive Services for Veteran Families and the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care programs. The Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) administers the HVRP.

The Department will award 77 grants totaling $26.6 million to first-time recipients, and award $26.4 million in option-year funding to grantees originally awarded in 2018 and 2019. To read more visit: www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/vets/vets20200701 or go directly to www.dol.gov/vets

“As we work to overcome the disruption caused by coronavirus, we recognize a special obligation to help the military veterans who need us most reJuly 10-16, 2020

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Assembly Candidates DISTRICT 2

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Radhika Pochampally-Kunnel (D) Heidi Wathne Kasama (R) Richard Mcarthur (R) Mack Joseph Miller Ii (R) Katherine Duncan (R) Shondra Summers-Armstrong (D) DISTRICT 7

Cameron H. Miller (D) Anthony Clinton Palmer (R) DISTRICT 8

Edward Crowell Facey, Jr. (R) Jason Matthew Frierson (D) DISTRICT 9

Barbara Lee Altman (R) DISTRICT 10

Christopher William Hisgen (R)

Beatrice Angela Duran (D) Eric Lawrence Krattiger (R) Jeremy Andrew Graves (R) Stan Bryan Vaughan (R) Joseph Anthony Sacco, Jr. (D) Reyna Estela Sajdak (R) DISTRICT 17

Jack Allen Polcyn (R) Clara Inez Thomas (D) DISTRICT 18

Venicia Considine (D) Heather A. Florian (R) DISTRICT 19

Cherlyn Arrington (R) Elaine Henriques Marzola (D) Brent Foutz (D) Steven Eliot Delisle (R) DISTRICT 34

Jay Thomas Carlson (R) DISTRICT 35

Jaylon E. Calhoun (R) DISTRICT 37

Andrew Thomas Matthews (R) Shea Backus (D) DISTRICT 41

Erika J. Smith (R)

Ann Marie Black-Guedry (R) DISTRICT 20

David Orentlicher (D)

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Patricia Spearman (D) Mo Denis (D) Chris Brooks (D) Marcia L. Washington (D) Joyce Woodhouse (D) Kristee Watson (D) Carrie Buck (R) Tim Hagan (L) DISTRICT 6

Nicole Cannizzaro (D)

Ellen Spiegel (D) Dondero Loop, Marilyn (D) Melanie Scheible (D) Yvanna D. Cancela (D) Dallas Harris (D) Joseph (Joe) P. Hardy, M.D. (R) Julia Ratti (D)

Ira Hansen (R) Heidi Seevers Gansert (R) Ben Kieckhefer (R) James A. Settelmeyer (R) Scott Hammond (R) Pete Goicoechea (R) Keith F. Pickard (R) DISTRICT 21

James Ohrenschall (D)

he Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement Prevention Center at Cleveland Clinic, which opened Thursday in Las Vegas, is the first clinic is the U.S. designed to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease in women. About Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement (WAM): Founded by Maria Shriver, The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to raising awareness about women’s increased risk for Alzheimer’s and to educating the public — women and men — about lifestyle changes they can make to protect their brain health. Through annual campaigns and initiatives, WAM raises funds to support women-based Alzheimer’s research at leading scientific institutions around the country. WAM’s goal is to make this center the first of many clinics around the world that address the specific needs of women, including addressing the needs of women of color, to help reduce their risk for Alzheimer’s. The Cleveland Clinic and The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement on Thursday opened a Las Vegas clinic that is the first in the U.S. specifically designed to help prevent, treat and research the brain disorder in women. Alzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects women, who account for nearly two-thirds of the 5.8 million diagnosed cases in the U.S. The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement Prevention Center at Cleveland Clinic will work to reduce the disparity by drawing on research that suggests up to one-third of Alzheimer’s cases could be prevented through certain lifestyle changes, said Dr. Jessica Caldwell, a neuropsychologist who serves as its director. 12 Weekly News Brief

We’re creating a clinic first and foremost, so our primary goal is to give women a doctor’s office to come to where they can learn about prevention and get some really clear guidance on how they could go about changing their own lives to be on that riskreduction path,” Caldwell said. The new clinic is located at the healthcare system’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas. Journalist and author Maria Shriver founded The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, a nonprofit that brings awareness to women’s increased risk for the disease and provides education on brain health. “Given there is no cure for this devastating disease, prevention is our best hope to reduce the physical, social and financial hardships brought on by Alzheimer’s to families around the world, especially in communities of color, where the risk for Alzheimer’s is sometimes double that for whites,” Shriver said in a statement announcing the new clinic. While the Las Vegas facility previously assessed patients for Alzheimer’s and offered treatment, the new clinic puts a greater emphasis on prevention strategies. A 2017 study published in The Lancet found one-third of global dementia cases could be prevented through certain lifestyle changes. The study linked Alzheimer’s to risk factors such as smoking, diabetes and hypertension. Longer-term studies have also suggested being more mentally active and healthful eating could reduce a person’s risk for Alzheimer’s, Caldwell said. Using that knowledge, healthcare workers at the new clinic will meet with women to discuss their lifestyles. They will then create plans to help women reduce their risk. July 10-16, 2020

Cleveland Clinic, The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement open Las Vegas prevention clinic “A plan for every woman will be completely individualized to what risks she has, and also at the same time will encourage maintenance of those things a woman is already doing well,” she said. Scientists don’t fully understand what causes Alzheimer’s. Genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors are believed to contribute to a complex series of brain changes over several decades, according to the National Institute on Aging. Also unclear is why the brain disorder disproportionately affects women. Some scientists have noted the women have a longer life expectancy than men, and age is a leading risk factor for Alzheimer’s. Other studies have suggested a link between estrogen and brain health, arguing that women may be at increased risk post-menopause, Caldwell said. Doctors and scientists have been studying and treating Alzheimer’s for decades, but most of that research and care has approached the disease as if it affects men and women equally, Caldwell said.

The new clinic is a three-year pilot program, so more funding will eventually be needed to expand it, the news release says. Caldwell noted that doctors hope to monitor patients for decades to fully understand the effects the prevention efforts could have on brain health. When Caldwell meets with the children of Alzheimer’s patients, they often ask her whether they’re at increased risk of being diagnosed with the brain disorder as well. She’s hopeful the prevention plans that doctors are tailoring for women at the new clinic will reduce that possibility. “We really have an opportunity to do something about reducing risk decades before any symptoms might come on,” she said. The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement Prevention Center at Cleveland Clinic. Maria Shriver, founder of The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement.

“The field is too young,” she said. “But I think it’s really burgeoning right now, and we’re about to see a lot of very good work happen.” July 10-16, 2020

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First State Women’s Multicultural Chamber of Commerce In the 157-year history of Nevada Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864

All Board and Committee Volunteers (They are all Women’s Chamber Members) Board of Directors June Beland, Founder/President/CEO Norman H. Beland, Sr., Treasurer Marie R Scrofani, Secretary Executive Board Members Dolores Campuzano, The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Executive Director of Banquet Operations Berenice Church Wells Fargo Bank Sr. Relationship Manager Vice President and Sr. Relationship Manager Cassondra Cotton, Nathan Adelson Hospice Community Relations & Multicultural Outreach Representative Anita Laruy, Dynamic Life Changes, Owner and Director of the Government Affairs Council Women’s Chamber Patricia Lee, Hutchison and Steffen, Attorney & Partner Business and commercial litigation, including, partnership/ shareholder disputes Summer-Clark Webb, American Estate & Trust LLC Director of Business Development, Brand development, web site, and traffic growth Rita Vaswani, Nevada State Bank, Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager, Professional Banking Certified Medical Banker Government Affairs Council© Members Anita Laury, Director Committee Members June Beland, President and CEO of WCCNV Tamra Coulter, Signature Real Estate, Realtor Barbara Henry, Trinity Insurance, LLC Patricia Lee, Attorney & Partner of Hutchison & Steffen Evelin “Evi” Paolillo, Direct Realty, Realtor Gerri Schroder, Assistant for U.S. Congresswoman, Susie Lee, Dist. 3 July 10-16, 2020

Legacy Entertainment & Media (LEM) Honorary Board Member, Lorrain Hunt-Bono Board Members June L. Beland, Founder of Legacy Entertainment & Media Publisher Amie Jo Greer, TV Producer/Talk Show Host & Performer Ambassador A-TEAM© Directors Laura & Kevin Fairchild, StorageWest Brand managers A-TEAM© Members Volunteers Amanda Bolton, Chamber Spokesperson Betty Boyd, Professional writer Brenda Gayle Bryant, The Gayle Group, Owner Tamra Coulter, Signature Real Estate/Realtor Barbara Henry, Trinity Insurance, LLC Dawn Kyles, SERVPRO of Henderson/Boulder City Yuan-Fen Lai, New York Life, Financial Advisor Angela Pacelli, The Stirling Club, Operations Associate Becky Palmer, Premier Insurance Owner/Manager The Entrepreneur Club© A Women’s Chamber Club Leads & Referral Group (WCCNV members only) Linda Garrett, Barrett Financial, LLC, Director of TEC TEC Members Shelly Bishop, Bishop Air, Operations Dir/Owner Betty Boyd, Professional writer Laura & Kevin Fairchild, StorageWest, Brand Managers Yuan-Fen Lai, New York Life, Financial Advisor Anita Laruy, Dynamic Life Changes, LLC, Owner/Certified Life Coach Jessi Maurice, A Greater Hope (Nonprofit) Program ManagerNevada Heather Sabatello, Edward Jones, Financial Advisor Keren Wojtowicz, Edward Jones, Financial Advisor/Branch Manager Weekly News Brief 15

Building the Movement: America’s Youth Celebrate 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage

On August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. Eight days later, it was officially adopted, securing the right to vote for American women. To honor the 100th anniversary of this historic event, First Lady Melania Trump announced an exhibit titled Building the Movement: America’s Youth Celebrate 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage. The exhibit will feature artwork submitted by young Americans, alongside images of women’s suffrage parades, marches, and civic gatherings. “It’s important to include our children in the conversation so they can learn and understand the history behind the women’s suffrage movement,” First Lady Melania Trump said. “It is my hope that this project will both support and expand the important conversations taking place on equality and the impact of peaceful protests, while encouraging children to engage in the history behind this consequential movement in their own home state.” First Lady Melania Trump is excited to announce Building the Movement: America’s Youth Celebrate 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage, an exhibit honoring the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which gave American women the right to vote. The exhibit will launch this August and will showcase artwork by young Americans depicting this historic milestone. To create this exhibit, the First Lady is asking students across the United States and its territories for submissions depicting

individuals, objects, and events representing the women’s suffrage movement. Their artwork will appear alongside images of women’s suffrage parades, marches, and gatherings that took place at or around the White House. “As we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, it’s important to include our children in the conversation so they can learn and understand the history behind the women’s suffrage movement” said First Lady Melania Trump. “For decades, women leaders lobbied, marched, and protested for equality and their right to vote in the United States. It is my hope that this project will both support and expand the important conversations taking place on equality and the impact of peaceful protests, while encouraging children to engage in the history behind this consequential movement in their own home state.” The White House is encouraging submissions from students in grades 3-12, and will select one artwork to be included in the exhibit from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, America Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. All applicants will receive a thank you note signed by the First Lady, thanking them for their participation in this special exhibit honoring the women’s suffrage movement. To learn more about the women’s suffrage movement, please visit the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission website and review their state toolkits for more information on what happened in your state!

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Women’s Chamber Business Journal (A chamber member publication) will now have a “Member Business Directory” by Business Category in every issue starting September 2020 (Members Send the following information - via email) publishing@womenschamberofnevada.org Type of Business, your company name, your name and title, your company phone number/or cell phone and email (nothing else)

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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Listing for Nevada State Chamber of Commerce of Nevada

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City Chambers-- Southern Nevada

Boulder City Chamber of Commerce (702) 293-2034 Henderson Chamber of Commerce (702) 565-8951 Laughlin Chamber of Commerce (775) 298-2214 Mesquite Area Chamber of Commerce (702) 346-2902 Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce (775) 727-5800 Vegas Chamber of Commerce (702) 641-5822

Minority Chambers-- Las Vegas

Asian Chamber of Commerce (702) 737-4300 Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Northern Nevada (775) 786-4100 Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Nevada (702) 428-0555 Las Vegas India Chamber of Commerce (702) 501-5088 Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce (702) 385-7367 Urban Chamber of Commerce (702) 648-6222 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chamber of Commerce of Nevada (702) 733-3955

Northern Nevada Chambers of Commerce

RENO & Sparks (Reno-Sparks) (775) 636-9550 City & Rural Chambers-Northern Armargosa Valley Chamber of Commerce (775) 372-1515 Austin Chamber of Commerce (775) 964-2200 Battle Mountain Chamber of Commerce (775) 635-8245 Beatty Chamber of Commerce (775) 533-2424 Carson City Chamber of Commerce (775) 882-1565 Crystal Bay-Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce (775) 246-7909 Death Valley Chamber of Commerce (760) 852-4524 Elko Chamber of Commerce (775) 738-7135 Ely-White Pine Chamber of Commerce (775) 289-8877 Fallon Chamber of Commerce (775) 423-2544 Fernley Chamber of Commerce (775) 575-4459 Goldfield Chamber of Commerce (775) 485-3560 Greater Fallon Chamber of Commerce (775) 423-2544 Greater Smokey Valley Chamber of Commerce (775) 377-1100 Mineral County Chamber of Commerce (775) 945-2507 Overton-Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce (702) 398-7160 Lovelock-Pershing County Chamber of Commerce (775) 273-7213 North, Incline Village-Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce (530) 581-6900 Pioche Chamber of Commerce (775) 962-5544 Silver Springs Chamber of Commerce (775) 577-4399 Stateline, Tahoe Chamber of Commerce (775) 588-1728 Wendover Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism (775) 664-3414 Winnemucca Chamber of Commerce (775) 623-2225 July 10-16, 2020

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Women's Bureau UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ANNOUNCES THE AVAILABILITY OF $4.1 MILLION IN FUNDS TO SUPPORT WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN APPRENTICESHIPS AND NONTRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced $4.1 million in grants available to community organizations to recruit, mentor, train and retain more women in quality apprenticeship programs, and to help those women pursue successful careers in manufacturing, infrastructure, cybersecurity, healthcare and other industries. “Apprenticeships provide a promising avenue for women to gain valuable skills while earning a living,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia. “The grants announced today will help women gain new skills to succeed in the changing economic environment created by coronavirus, while also providing important opportunities for women to work in occupations that traditionally have had fewer women workers.” The Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) grant program will award $4.1 million to up to 11 community-based organizations to encourage women’s employment in apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations. To be eligible, applicants

must provide one or more of the following types of technical assistance: Developing pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship or nontraditional skills training programs to prepare women for those careers; – Providing ongoing orientations for employers, unions and workers on creating a successful environment for women to succeed in those careers; and – Setting up support groups, facilitating networks and/or providing supportive services for women to improve their retention. “Women are significantly underrepresented in apprenticeship programs and in high-growth, highwage science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) occupations generally,” said Women’s Bureau Director Laurie Todd-Smith. “We are proud to administer grant funding that supports women while they pursue apprenticeships. These programs ultimately allow them to improve their skills while becoming increasingly selfsufficient.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Department of Labor - Women’s Bureau - 200 Constitution Ave NW - Washington, DC 20210 (202) 693-6710 (telephone) – (202) 693-6725 (fax) - www.dol.gov/wb/ 22 Weekly News Brief

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