Monthly Archive: July 2024

Contra Costa NOW’s 2024 Scholarship Winners

Haley Solis is an undergraduate student at Stanford University, where she is pursuing a degree in Environmental Systems Engineering.  She attended Hercules High School where she founded their Environmental Club.  One of her accomplishments while she was in high school was to implement a composting program.  This was no easy feat as it required her …

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NOW On The Record

NOW Celebrates Juneteenth June 19, 2024 Juneteenth, the day that marks of the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War has been celebrated by African Americans since the late 1800s, but it wasn’t until 2021 that it became a federal holiday.   President Biden signed legislation to make June 19th a …

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