Thursday on First Coast Connect, we spoke with Rethreaded founder Kristin Keen regarding International Women’s Day (01:06).
Director of the UNF International Business Program Andres Gallo and Janice Donaldson from UNF’s Small Business Center told us about next week’s Value Creation in the Global Economy conference on Jacksonville’s logistics market (24:19).
Melissa spoke with local MasterChef Junior finalist Camson Alvey and ahead of next week’s Root Ball to raise funds for Greenscape of Jacksonville we were joined by Executive Director Anna Dooley and ball committee member Robin Patton along with musicians Brendan Doherty and Philip Pan, who will perform there (46:00).
International Women’s Day
March 8 is International Women’s Day, celebrating women’s achievements throughout history and across nations. Events are being held around the world.
In this era of #MeToo and #TimesUp, the day takes on an added context.
Rethreaded is a local nonprofit working to pull women out of sex trafficking. Keen talked about the strides women have made in recent years, but there is still much to be done to fight sex trafficking, reduce the number of women who die in childbirth and get more women elected to public office, she said.
Logistics Conference
Logistics and leadership will take center stage next week on the UNF campus.
The Coggin College of Business International Business Flagship Program is holding a one-day conference, Value Creation in the Global Economy looking at the growing logistics market in Jacksonville.
Tickets are free if registered before March 12. For information contact cogginabroad.grad@unf.edu.
Chef Junior and Root Ball
Melissa had a quick interview with 13-year-old Camson Alvey of Fleming Island who is a finalist on the Fox-TV show MasterChef Junior.
Greenscape of Jacksonville’s Root Ball is coming up March 17 at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens.
The Celtic-themed St. Patrick’s Day bash will feature live Irish music. Attendees will be helping to raise money to replant trees throughout the city that were damaged and destroyed as a result of Hurricane Irma last year.
Kevin Meerschaert can be reached at kmeerschaert@wjct.org, 904-358-6334 or on Twitter at @KMeerschaertJax.
