WE Build, new Ed secretary, and wiring peace

VNN Weekly Digest April 10-16

WE Build: Building more than just financial capital for women in business

(OKLAHOMA) When Ashli Sims signed on to the Build In Tulsa team two years ago, the concept of WE Build did not exist. Now managing director, Sims and Build In Tulsa Director of Programming Desiree Frieson brought in a focus group of Black women and asked them what they needed the most.  

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Stitt taps professor as Oklahoma's new education secretary, Ryan Walters out

(OKLAHOMA) Gov. Kevin Stitt chose Dr. Katherine Curry as his cabinet-level Secretary of Education Tuesday, withdrawing his previous nomination of State Supt. Ryan Walters for the job. The Senate must confirm cabinet-level positions in the administration and had not taken any steps to confirm Walters, whose tenure as an education leader has been supported by many conservatives but fraught with controversy overall.

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Rewiring your nervous system for peace instead of panic

(NATIONAL) Our bodies and minds are designed to survive. Hundreds of thousands of years of evolution demanded it. We learned how to make fire, take down creatures that were ten times our size, and protect ourselves and our families in the wild. 

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WEATHER ACROSS AMERICA

(NATIONAL) A late season winter storm hammers parts of the Upper Midwest and northern Great Lakes, and cooler weather returns to the Eastern U.S. to begin the work week.

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