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- Desmond Tutu
Awards & Recognition
Fast Company 2023 Brands That Matter Award Winner
Fast Company 2022 World Changing Ideas Honorable Mention
Webby Awards 2022 Honoree, Websites and Mobile Sites, Charitable Organizations/Non-Profit
Good News
Discovering Saratoga: Hattie’s Track Shack
NEWS10 – Hattie’s Restaurant has made a name for itself for its award-winning cuisine, even named the best fried chicken in New York State by Food Network. “Hattie’s stood for community, everything she did was about supporting friends, family in the neighborhood so we just continue that tradition,” said Chef Mark Graham.
Hattie’s Fried Chicken Named Best in NY by The Food Network
WGNA – In a newly released rating of fried chicken from coast to coast, The Food Network dubbed Hattie’s Restaurant & Chicken Shack one of the best spots in the country, and the best in NY for golden, juicy, fried chicken!
Capital Region welcomes first female, minority-owned law firm
WNYT – The Capital Region has welcomed the first female, minority-owned law firm. On Wednesday, Kimberly Wallace and Raysheea Turner opened their doors to the community, with a vision for Wallace Turner Law.
Business for Good projects approved
VOORHEESVILLE — Fifteen months after it was first presented as a restaurant-only proposal, the Voorheesville Planning Commission recently approved Ed Mitzen’s scaled-up plan to remake a large part of the village’s downtown.
Opinion | Finally, some recompense to survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre
THE POST’S VIEW — Officials of a New York-based philanthropic organization were inspired to donate $1 million to the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre after reading news accounts of the three centenarians and their decades-long struggle to get some measure of justice.
3 Tulsa Massacre Survivors Receive $1 Million Donation
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Hughes Van Ellis, 101, Viola Fletcher, 108, and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 107, will split the money equally among themselves, said the donators.
Three survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre receive $1 million donation
CNN — As the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre continue their fight for reparations, a New York philanthropist gifted them $1 million hoping it begins to account for the wrongs they have faced.
Three survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre receive $1 million donation
WASHINGTON POST — The last known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre received a $1 million donation Wednesday from a philanthropic organization — a substantial sum for the three centenarians more than 100 years after White mobs destroyed their community.