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  • Meredith Oppenheim: Vitality Society

    Rivka February 21, 2023     No Comment     Featured, Social, Too Good

    As the global population ages, there is an increasing need for innovative solutions that cater to the well-being of older adults. In this context, Nectar News had the privilege of interviewing Meredith Oppenheim, the founder of Vitality Society™, an online community that is transforming the way people aged 60 and above can enrich, engage, and

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  • Livingston Steele: Building Community and Telling Stories Thru Filmmaking

    Rivka October 26, 2022     No Comment     Art, Featured, Social, Too Good

    Humans tell stories for many reasons, but one of the most profound is to bring communities together. Livingston Steele is an artist and storyteller doing exactly that for his community in Newark, New Jersey where he is from. We had the privilege of sitting down with Livingston to discuss his artistic journey and his project

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  • Steven Beer: Restoring the Magic of Storytelling Through Reading Rainbow Live

    Rivka March 12, 2022     No Comment     Art, Featured, Social, Too Good

    While children socially distanced with their families and attended school from home throughout the pandemic, their crafty and interactive learning activities were restricted within their virtual classrooms. As parents have searched for new ways to engage their children in story time and interactive play, the new Reading Rainbow Live virtual series aims to serve as

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  • Mindy Dutka: Tales of Support

    Rivka August 18, 2021     No Comment     Featured, Social, Too Good

    If you have ever had a pet then you have experienced the beautiful unconditional love that they bring to a relationship. During the pandemic especially our pets have been there for us in profound ways. Mindy Dutka is a photographer who believes that Dogs are among the unsung heroes of Covid-19 and she is on

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  • Sue Bilich: Never Stop Learning

    Rivka July 3, 2021     1 Comment     Featured, Social, Too Good

    Gandhi once said: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” A beautiful mantra but not necessarily practiced by most. Unless of course, you are writer, teacher, actor, mother, fitness instructor, and Texas native Sue Bilich. Bilich truly embodies what it is to be a “life-long learner”

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  • STILL NY ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: TYLER BROWN DANCE CENTER

    Rivka February 11, 2021     1 Comment     Art, Featured, Social, Too Good

     STILL NY is interviewing New York-based artists in an effort to celebrate their talents and experiences as these artists fight for their dreams while surviving and thriving during the Covid-19 pandemic. This month, we had the privilege of sitting down with TYLER BROWN. Ms. Brown is a teacher and business owner whose resume includes being a

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  • Zoe Huff: Graduating and Working Out During COVID

    Rivka September 25, 2020     No Comment     Featured, Social

    Interview by Sandy Joy Weston Zoe Huff is a recent graduate from Syracuse University with a B.S. in Media Communication and technology, which we definitely need that now. Her goal is to create a career path that combines her undergraduate degree with her passion for fitness and entrepreneurship. In this collaboration with “Let’s Keep It

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  • Artist Interview: Joel Shackleford @dontlookoutside

    Rivka August 28, 2020     1 Comment     Art, Featured, Social, Too Good

    Joel Shackleford is a visual artist from Buffalo NY. In this series visual artist Gracen Hansen sits down (over zoom) to interview Joel about making art during Covid-19 and the role of the artist today: Gracen: Let’s just jump right in. So first off, where did your artistic career begin? Joel: I think it started

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  • An essay for White folk and un-edified Black people in America

    Nicole Johnson July 12, 2020     No Comment     Featured, Social, Too Good

    A response to racial gaslighting and racial insensitivities in American workplaces By: Nicole Johnson @proud2bamover @nicolejmove Dear White Americans, In the midst of racial tensions our workplaces are worthy of consideration and critique. It begins with the feeling you have shared with your Black friend. The one that begins with, “This doesn’t sit right with

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  • The Mad Women

    Rivka June 23, 2020     No Comment     Featured, Social, Too Good

    Debra Cooper, founder of the Your Career Design Lab has cultivated a team of young women who are creating accessible resources for seniors living in New York during this global Covid-19 pandemic. I sat down with Gianna Folz, Samantha Ligeti, Melanie Peterson, Sydney Wiener, Perri Kessler, and Avigail Yerushalmi via Zoom to learn about the

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  • Debra Olshan Cooper: Architect, Designing and Curating Dream Careers

    Rivka April 17, 2020     No Comment     Featured, Social, Too Good

    Today we live in an era where the pressure to get into college is so extreme some students start planning their A.P. course load and extracurricular agenda in middle school. But what about the crucial moment when college is over and students are left feeling aimless with a degree they worked so hard for? This

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  • Jessica Baker: Matchmaking in a time of Social Distancing

    Rivka April 3, 2020     No Comment     Featured, Social, Too Good

    By Gracen Hansen Between apps, setups, and friends of friends, modern dating has only become more and more confusing. We sat down with Jessica Baker, a professional Matchmaker to get her perspective on dating. Including great tips on how to foster a relationship during social distancing!  Nectar News: What inspired you to write “jumpstart your

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  • CHARLOTTE JAPP: CLOSING THE GENERATIONAL LOOP

    Rivka March 4, 2020     1 Comment     Featured, Social, Too Good

    In this day and age where social media seems to drive everything, it can feel like the gap between older generations and the young are deepening. Ageism in workplaces that value technical skill and youth are forcing many experts in their fields to be pushed out of industries they spent a lifetime building. The stereotypes

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  • Sharon Discorfano: Using grief as a tool for service.

    Rivka January 30, 2020     1 Comment     Featured, Policy, Social, Too Good

    Sharon Discorfano has had a tremendous and varied career path. From child actor to yoga teacher and business owner to animal activist and lawyer, her path has been tied together by one important value: service. So naturally, when grief hit her hard over the passing of her beloved dog Pushkin, Sharon found a way to

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  • COACH JAKE : NYC champion soccer coach and advocate for immigrant youth

    Nicole Johnson March 16, 2017     No Comment     Policy, Social, Too Good

    Martin Jacobson (aka “Coach Jake”) is the legendary NYC soccer coach who has led his team at Martin Luther King High School to win 16  championships in over 20 years, but his role as a coach extends way beyond the field. Coach Jake has developed an extraordinary reputation over his time as an educator working

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  • Breaking Silence

    Nicole Johnson March 23, 2015     No Comment     Art, Social, Too Good

    BREAKING SILENCE On Friday April 3rd, the Little Fox Collective will present Breaking Silence, an arts festival and celebration of artistic collaboration in honor of Lawrence Hamilton. In an effort to bring together talented artists and commemorate the life and achievements of Lawrence Hamilton, Little Fox Collective producers Alexandra Tse and Anita Carroll are presenting

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  • Anti-catcalling

    Nicole Johnson January 12, 2015     No Comment     Art, Social

    COMMUNITY MAN ENOUGH Ian McGregor Moran, co-owner of I to Z Photo + Video and recent graduate of the NYU Tisch Film School, is an innovative videographer and photographer based in New York City. Moran uses his videography and photography for a variety of socially conscious projects and he recently published a new anti-catcalling PSA entitled, “Man Enough”.

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