International Advisory Committee holds monthly meeting online Aug. 18

The City of Greensboro’s International Advisory Committee will hold its regular monthly meeting online at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18. Participants and the public can join the meeting via Zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96192387706#success using the meeting ID: 961 9238 7706 or to dial in by phone at 929-205-6099.

This month’s meeting will feature a discussion on COVID-19 vaccines for kids by Maria Damte and Sunday Shobowale, community health workers for Care Ring in Charlotte. They will share everything information about the COVID-19 vaccines for children. Questions are welcome.

Also joining the meeting is Liz Rarivoson of the Greensboro Jaycees. Rarivoson will share why so many young community leaders and professionals ages 21 to 40, who want to make a difference in their community, are interested in the Jaycees.

The IAC is an advisory committee of the Human Rights Commission, and is comprised of individuals whose national origin is outside the U.S.

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An Animal Rescue Is Racing To Get Hundreds Of Pets Out Of Afghanistan Prior to Aug. 31

The workers at the Kabul Tiny Animal Rescue have been doing work all over the clock to pull off what feels like the difficult.

The mission? Fundraise at minimum $1.5 million for a cargo plane that can airlift much more than 200 pet dogs and cats, the rescue organization’s employees, and their family members out of the money safely and securely–all in less than a 7 days and while the Taliban is breathing down their necks.

The team is speeding to conquer the Aug. 31 deadline for the withdrawal of overseas troops from Afghanistan. If the workers are however on the ground when that deadline passes, “All bets are off,” Charlotte Maxwell-Jones, the American director and founder of the Kabul Little Animal Rescue, told NPR.

She is unsure what the condition of air journey will be after that point or whether any one would be able to leave the

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