Unemployment and Business Resources Under the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Posted on: 14 April 2020
  • By: Jake Cornelius

While the world continues to react to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are finding ourselves suddenly out of work and facing closings. If you are here now, and you're unsure of what comes next, you can use this blog post as a starting point.

Below you will find a list of resources--some local to North Alabama, others state-wide--covering a range of employment topics. The information contained behind each link is subject to change as this situation progresses. This post will be updated accordingly.

 

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Fitness at Home

  • Posted on: 10 April 2020
  • By: Connie Chow

Being at home during the stay at home order means many of our routines have changed. Gyms are closed, and we may be sitting for even longer periods of time working from home, bingeing television shows, and helping kids with their school work. Whether you are looking to feel physically and mentally fit or trying to keep off the quarantine fifteen, these free resources for a variety of fitness levels are accessible from home any time of day. 

 

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Misinformation, Social Media, and You

  • Posted on: 8 April 2020
  • By: Michelle Brightwell

This is the first post in a series about media literacy. What is media literacy? It’s the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and act using information in all forms. (source https://namle.net/publications/media-literacy-definitions/)

We’re all doing our part to social distance and to flatten the curve by staying home when we can, and for many of us, that means spending more time on social media to keep ourselves connected to our friends and loved ones. With the increased usage of social media across all platforms during this time, information, both good and bad, can spread incredibly fast, hitting thousands, even millions, of social media feeds within hours.

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