Gobierno de EE. UU. condonará adeudos por préstamos estudiantiles a otros 78.000 servidores públicos

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El gobierno federal condonará los adeudos por préstamos federales para estudiantes a otros 78.000 estadounidenses a través de un programa que brinda ayuda a personal docente, enfermeras, bomberos y otros servidores públicos, informó el jueves el gobierno del presidente Joe Biden.

El Departamento de Educación está cancelando los adeudos de los prestatarios que hayan cumplido con 10 años de pagos al mismo tiempo que trabajaban en el servicio público, lo que los hace elegibles para recibir alivio bajo el programa de Condonación de Préstamos por Servicio Público.

“Estos trabajadores del servicio público han dedicado sus carreras a servir a sus comunidades, pero debido a fallas administrativas pasadas, nunca obtuvieron el alivio al que tenían derecho según la ley”, indicó el presidente en un comunicado.

El Congreso creó el programa en 2007, pero las reglas rígidas y errores de los administradores de préstamos estudiantiles causaron que muchos prestatarios no pudieran obtener la condonación que se les había prometido. El gobierno de Biden flexibilizó algunas de las reglas y otorgó condonación retroactivamente a muchos prestatarios por sus 10 años de pagos.

Mediante esas acciones, el gobierno de Biden ha cancelado deudas por préstamos a más de 871.000 trabajadores de servicios públicos. Anteriormente, alrededor de 7.000 prestatarios habían logrado la condonación de sus adeudos por préstamos.

La última ronda de condonación cancelará alrededor de 5.800 millones de dólares en préstamos federales para estudiantes.

A partir de la próxima semana, a quienes reciban la condonación les llegará un mensaje de correo electrónico de Biden felicitándolos por su alivio. También se enviará un email del presidente demócrata, que se postula para la reelección, a 380.000 prestatarios que se encuentran a dos años de la condonación bajo el programa.

Pennsylvania house fire kills man, 4 children as 3 other family members are rescued

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21/03/2024

JEANNETTE, Pa.— Investigators were searching Thursday for the cause of a fire that tore through a house in the Pittsburgh suburbs, killing a man and four children and spreading to another house before the flames were extinguished.

Firefighters arrived quickly but found the two-story house in Jeannette already engulfed. The man’s fiancée and two other children were rescued by a neighbor, police and firefighters.

Neighbor Jack Mull said he saw the flames when he stepped outside to have a cigarette early Wednesday, just after midnight. He screamed at his daughter to call 911 and raced to get a ladder. He told reporters he saw the children’s mother, Miranda John, standing on a rear roof with a small child.

“The mother, she just didn’t want to give up,” said Mull, adding she tried to go back inside. “It’s the worst thing you could ever imagine, knowing they were in there.”

Miranda John and the surviving children, ages 10 and 1, were hospitalized.

The Westmoreland County coroner identified the victims as Tyler J. King, 27; Kyson John, 7; Kinzleigh John, 6; Keagan John, 3; and 1-month-old Korbyn John. The coroner’s office said a ruling on the cause and manner of death was pending further investigation. Autopsies were performed.

“It’s a devastating loss for our families,” said Delena Lewis, Tyler King’s mother. “Not only mine, but his fiancée and the other two surviving children. They’re left without a father. How do you explain that to them?”

Jeannette Fire Chief Bill Frye said a nearby hydrant didn’t supply enough water to fight the raging blaze, and additional tanker trucks had to be called in.

“That’s when we were able to get sufficient water to bring the fire under control,” he said. “By the point we got water, the main house was already collapsing.”

The fire spread to the house next door, but everyone there evacuated without injury.

A prayer vigil was held outside City Hall later Wednesday.

La violencia vuelve a sembrar de muerte las calles de Puerto Príncipe

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Puerto Príncipe.- Las calles de Pétion-ville, en las colinas de Puerto Príncipe, volvieron este miércoles a sembrarse de cuerpos, en la que es la única comuna de la capital de Haití que aún no está completamente en poder de las bandas armadas.

Los al menos siete muertos aparecidos esta jornada en Pétion-ville se suman a los otros quince cadáveres con los que amaneció hace dos días esa misma zona, en circunstancias aún no esclarecidas.

En ambas jornadas las imágenes fueron similares: cuerpos tiroteados (en esta ocasión algunos en medio de llamas y otros ya carbonizados), camillas con fallecidos introducidas en ambulancias o trabajadores cargando ataúdes.

De acuerdo con las últimas informaciones colgadas por la Policía Nacional de Haití (PNH) en las redes sociales, en el curso de una operación en Pétion-ville el jefe de banda Mackandal fue herido de muerte.

También indicó que, después de disparar a una patrulla, tres miembros de pandillas fueron abatidos y dos vehículos Inmovilizados.

Por otra parte, un agente de la Policía fue asesinado por hombres armados en Delmas 72, comunicó el Sindicato Nacional de Policías Haitianos (Synapoha).

La violencia sigue muy presente en la zona metropolitana de Puerto Príncipe, pese a las patrullas de la Policía y el estado de emergencia y el toque de queda en el departamento del Oeste, donde está la capital.

En las últimos días, esa violencia se ha trasladado del centro de la ciudad a diferentes zonas de Pétion-ville, donde se registran enfrentamientos entre bandas o hay ataques de las pandillas en su intento por hacerse con el control de esas áreas, todo ello en medio de intensos tiroteos.

A la inseguridad ya existente, se suma que a principios de mes unos 3.000 presos, entre ellos miembros y cabecillas de bandas, lograron fugarse de las dos prisiones más importantes de la ciudad, tras ser asaltadas por los grupos armados.

Una ciudad paralizada en la que aumentan los desplazados

Todo ello repercute en el funcionamiento de la ciudad: prácticamente no hay actividad comercial, las escuelas están cerradas y es constante el ir y venir de personas que huyen de sus casas, de sus barrios, hacia zonas consideradas más seguras.

Según los últimos datos de la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM), la última escalada de la violencia en Puerto Príncipe, que comenzó a final de febrero pasado, ha llevado a que más de 15.000 personas se hayan convertido en desplazados.

En total, más de 86.000 haitianos viven en 84 puntos de desplazamiento, por lo que se han convertido en centros de refugiados en escuelas, iglesias y plazas públicas, en los que sus habitantes sobreviven en condiciones insalubres e inhumanas.

Además, de acuerdo con la OIM, en menos de una semana 17.000 personas abandonaron la capital en busca de un lugar más seguro y se fueron con familiares o amigos a otras provincias, con el peligro que conlleva viajar, puesto que la ciudad y las carreteras están rodeadas por las bandas.

Esta agencia de Naciones Unidas calcula que, desde principios de año, en el área metropolitana de Puerto Príncipe la población desplazada ha aumentado en un 15 % y unas 160.000 personas no pueden regresar a sus hogares.

También la Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios de la ONU, la OCHA, considera que los tres primeros meses de este año han sido penosos para miles de haitianos.

Mientras tanto, continúan las evacuaciones de extranjeros y, este miércoles, Estados Unidos evacuó a una quincena de sus ciudadanos con un vuelo de helicóptero de Puerto Príncipe a República Dominicana.

El Departamento de Estado de EE. UU. detalló que espera evacuar de esta forma a unas 30 personas de nacionalidad estadounidense cada día.

Todo ello ocurre mientras se espera la implementación del consejo presidencial de transición, tras cuya constitución dejará el poder el primer ministro haitiano, Ariel Henry, y también el despliegue de la misión multinacional de apoyo a la seguridad que encabezará Kenia.

More bodies found in streets of Port-au-Prince

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More bodies found in streets of Port-au-Prince — Two people walk near the body of a person on a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 20 March 2024. EFE/ Mentor David Lorens/ATTENTION EDITORS: EXPLICIT GRAPHIC CONTENT

The streets of Pétion-ville, in the hills of Port-au-Prince, were once again littered with bodies on Wednesday, being the only commune in the Haitian capital not yet completely under the control of armed gangs.

At least seven bodies were found on Wednesday in Pétion-ville following another 15 discovered two days ago in the same area under circumstances that have not yet been clarified.

On both days the scenes were similar: bodies with gunshot wounds (on this occasion some were on fire and others already charred), the deceased placed into ambulances, and workers carrying coffins.

According to the Haitian National Police (PNH) on social media, during an operation in Pétion-ville, gang leader Mackandal was fatally wounded.

It added that, after shooting at a patrol car, three gang members were killed and two vehicles immobilized.

On the other hand, a police officer was murdered by armed men in Delmas 72, reported the national police union (Synapoha).

Violence is still present in metropolitan Port-au-Prince, despite police patrols and the state of emergency and curfew in Ouest department, where the capital is located.

In recent days, this violence has moved from the city center to various areas of Pétion-ville, where there are attacks by and clashes between gangs in their attempt to gain control of those areas, amidst intense shootouts.

On top of the existing insecurity, at the beginning of the month some 3,000 prisoners, including gang leaders, escaped from the two most important prisons in the city when the institutions were attacked by armed groups.

The functioning of the city has been severely impacted. There is almost no commercial activity, schools are closed and people are still fleeing their homes towards areas they consider safer.

According to the latest data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the escalation of violence in Port-au-Prince, which began at the end of February, has led to more than 15,000 people becoming internally displaced.

More than 86,000 Haitians now live in 84 displacement points, which is why schools, churches and public squares have become refugee centers, where many people live in unsanitary conditions.

Furthermore, according to the IOM, in less than a week 17,000 people left the capital in search of safety in other provinces, with the danger that travel entails, since the city and the roads are surrounded by gangs.

This United Nations agency estimates that, since the beginning of the year, in metropolitan Port-au-Prince the displaced population has increased by 15 percent and some 160,000 people cannot return to their homes.

Meanwhile, the evacuations of foreigners continue. On Wednesday, the United States evacuated 15 of its citizens by helicopter to the Dominican Republic. The State Department said that it expects to evacuate about 30 US citizens each day in this way.

Haiti awaits the implementation of the transitional presidential council, after which Prime Minister Ariel Henry will step down, and also the deployment of the of the multinational security support mission that Kenya will lead.

Activistas denuncian crisis de derechos humanos en pueblos originarios del sur de México

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20/03/2024

San Cristóbal de Las Casas (México).- Activistas denunciaron la creciente violencia en el sureño estado mexicano de Chiapas, donde aseguraron que hay múltiples violaciones a los derechos humanos.

“Chiapas vive en una crisis de derechos humanos, violentados y abandonados por parte de las autoridades. Estamos en medio de desapariciones, asesinatos, desplazamientos que no han sido atendidos por el Gobierno mexicano”, indicó Dora Lilia Roblero García, directora del Centro de Derechos Humanos -conocido como El Frayba-, durante la celebración del 35 aniversario de la organización en San Cristóbal de Las Casas, en Chiapas.

La activista denunció que la violación a los derechos humanos en Chiapas se agudizó desde 2022 y se generalizó en todo el estado, por lo que este aniversario los llama a la reflexión para “entrelazar conocimiento”.

«Las autoridades no han atendido ni han pensado dar solución o por lo menos investigar, lo cual nos preocupa mucho porque existe gente sufriendo, hay una situación de miedo y afectación psicológica”, dijo la defensora de derechos humanos.

El Frayba reunió para este evento a diversas organizaciones en las instalaciones del Centro Indígena de Capacitación Integral (Cedeci), y entre los invitados estuvo el obispo Raúl Vera López, presidente del Consejo Directivo de la organización.

También estuvo presente Blanca Martínez, directora del Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Juan de Larios y una comisión de las organizaciones Las Abejas de Acteal, ejidatarios de San Jerónimo Bachajón, Organización Movimiento en Defensa de la Vida y el Territorio, el gobierno comunitario de Chilón y simpatizantes zapatistas.

Los activistas señalaron que durante estos 35 años de trabajo pocos han sido los cambios por parte de las autoridades, pues continúan dándose privaciones arbitrarias de la libertad, torturas sistemáticas, violencia estructural y hay múltiples casos por resolver.

“Parece que no somos seres humanos merecedores de una justicia digna porque somos pobres, porque somos indígenas, porque no somos ricos”, dijo en el evento Guadalupe Vázquez Luna, mujer tzotzil, activista y sobreviviente de la masacre de Acteal, perpetrada por paramilitares que dejaron sin vida a 45 personas en diciembre de 1997.

Activistas, ONG y comunidades han señalado en los últimos meses el clima de «guerra civil» que se vive en el estado por los conflictos armados, presencia de grupos del crimen organizado y carteles del narcotráfico, lo que ha desencadenado homicidios, desapariciones y desplazamientos forzados, en particular en comunidades indígenas y afines al Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN).

Ante este panorama violento institucional, la guerra entre los carteles de México y los procesos electorales que se avecinan en México este 2024, las organizaciones presentes en el evento aseguraron que buscarán nuevas estrategias para hacer valer los derechos Humanos de los pueblos originarios y campesinos en México. Señalaron los activistas.

Governor’s plan to boost mass transit aid passes Pennsylvania House, but faces long odds in Senate

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20/03/2024

transit — Gov. Josh Shapiro's. (Photo: AP/File)

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday approved Gov. Josh Shapiro’s plan to boost funding for public transportation systems still trying to recover pre-pandemic ridership numbers and facing a drop-off in funding when federal COVID-19 aid runs out.

The Democratic-controlled chamber voted 106-95, with all but one Democrat in favor, and all but five Republicans opposing it.

The bill would deliver an increase of about 20% in state aid to public transportation systems, proposed by the Democratic governor in his budget plan earlier this year. However, the bill faces long odds in the Republican-controlled Senate, with Republicans protesting the amount of the funding increase and objecting to procedures that House Democrats used to pass the bill.

Under the bill, the state would increase the share of state sales tax collections devoted to public transit agencies from 4.4% of receipts to 6.15%. That would translate to an estimated increase of $283 million in the 2024-25 fiscal year on top of the $1.3 billion going to transit agencies this year.

About two-thirds of the state aid goes to the Philadelphia-area Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA, and another 20% goes to Pittsburgh Regional Transit. The rest goes to 29 public transportation systems around Pennsylvania.

The bill also excuses transit agencies from a 15% fund-matching requirement for five years.

Democrats defended the increase as an economic good and necessary to keep transit systems from cutting services or increasing fares.

“This is going to benefit all of us, and it’s going to keep Pennsylvania moving,» said Rep. Jennifer O’Mara, D-Delaware.

House Minority Leader Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, called the bill a “mass transit bailout.” The size of the subsidy increase is “eye-popping,» Cutler said, and he suggested that more funding won’t fix the things that are ailing public transit systems, including lagging ridership, rising fuel costs and high-profile incidents of crime.

“There are structural problems in mass transit systems that funding alone will not solve,” Cutler said.

Cutler’s criticisms echoed those in the past by Senate Republicans. In a statement Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman, R-Indiana, said simply that Senate Republicans haven’t agreed to pass the bill.

Republicans also protested that the bill could be found unconstitutional by a court after the public transit provisions were inserted into a bill created for an entirely different purpose. Senate Republicans wrote the original bill to give landowners an income tax deduction for the use of natural gas, coal, oil or other natural deposits on their land.

Public transportation authorities across the U.S. have yet to fully recover their ridership after it dropped off during the pandemic and mass transit advocates say systems lack the revenue to avoid service cuts when federal COVID-19 relief aid runs out.

In addition, they say, operating costs have grown, with inflation that hit a four-decade high in 2022 and rising wages and fuel prices.

Bill to offset student debt through tax credit passes Pennsylvania House

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20/03/2024

HARRISBURG, Pa. — To offset the burden of student debt, employers in Pennsylvania could get a tax credit if they make contributions to their employees’ tuition savings account, under a bill that passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The legislation, which passed unanimously and now goes on to the state Senate, would allow employers to contribute up to $500 to an employee’s tuition savings account annually for a tax credit equal to 25% of the employer’s total contributions.

Tuition savings accounts, like the 529 plan, can be used for educational expenses — like tuition, room and board, books — at K-12 schools, college or career training programs and are meant to lower future borrowing.

Sponsors for the bill say with student debt totaling $1.77 trillion nationally, the legislation would help reduce the financial burden on students.

Pennsylvania ranks nearly last in just about every measure for college affordability. Tuition rates are high, students leave encumbered with more debt and the state gives less to higher education than others.

Employers that make contributions would have to do so equally to all employees who have tuition savings accounts.

The Department of Revenue estimates there are roughly 600,000 tuition savings accounts owned by Pennsylvania employees. The state would see an estimated $65.7 million cost annually, if each eligible account received the maximum contribution.

Fire destroys senior community clubhouse in Philadelphia suburb, but no injuries reported

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20/03/2024

Fire-destroys-senior-community-clubhouse-in-Philadelphia-suburb,-but-no-injuries-reported — A fast-moving fire destroyed a clubhouse at a large senior community in a Philadelphia suburb but no injuries were reported. (Photo: AP)

NORTH WALES, Pa. A fast-moving fire destroyed a clubhouse at a large senior community in a Philadelphia suburb early Wednesday, but no injuries were reported.

The fire at the Village of Neshaminy Falls in North Wales was reported around 5:30 a.m. and was brought under control within two hours. The fire spewed thick black smoke throughout the community and sent flames shooting into the sky.

The clubhouse was a vital part of the community, which has hundreds of residents. It hosts numerous activities and was the site where residents cast ballots in elections.

The building was closed and apparently empty when the fire broke out. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.

Vaping causes similar DNA changes as smoking, study finds

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20/03/2024

A recent study has revealed that vaping causes the same DNA changes in human cells as smoking, with these associated with the future development of lung cancer in smokers.

The study, published in the Cancer Research journal, analyzed DNA changes in cheek cell samples taken from over 3,500 users of vaping devices or electronic cigarettes, including individuals with limited tobacco smoking history.

«We cannot say that e-cigarettes cause cancer based on our study, but we do observe e-cigarette users exhibit some similar epigenetic changes in buccal cells as smokers, and these changes are associated with future lung cancer development in smokers,” said Chiara Herzog, the author of the study from University College London, and University of Innsbruck in Austria.

Herzog emphasized the need for further research to determine whether these features could be used to individually predict cancer in smokers and e-cigarette users.

Specifically, the study examined the effects of e-cigarettes and tobacco on human cells by studying a type of epigenetic change in samples called DNA methylation.

The epigenome refers to an extra layer of information that is superimposed on human genetic material, the DNA.

Epigenomes change throughout a person’s life and can be influenced by various factors, both genetic and non-genetic, such as aging, lifestyle, exposure to hormones, chemicals, environmental factors, stress, and psychological trauma.

The study found that oral epithelial cells showed substantial epigenomic changes in smokers, which are further elevated in lung cancers or pre-cancers compared to the normal lung tissue, supporting the idea that smoking-associated epigenetic changes allow cells to grow more quickly.

Similar epigenomic changes were observed in the cells of e-cigarette users who had smoked fewer than 100 tobacco cigarettes in their lifetime.

«While the scientific consensus is that e-cigarettes are safer than smoking tobacco, we cannot assume they are completely safe to use and it is important to explore their potential long-term risks and links to cancer,” Herzog said.

The researchers also found that some smoking-related epigenetic changes remain more stable than others after giving up smoking, including such changes in cervical cells.

The epigenome reflects how the human body responded to past environmental exposures like smoking and enables scientists to predict future health outcomes and disease, said Martin Widschwendter, another author of the study.

PA Horticultural Society Named on Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024”

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PHS joins the ranks of Nvidia, YouTube, Taco Bell, and other leaders in business and philanthropy

PHS recognized for its innovative, community-led, horticulture initiatives in the Philadelphia region that help advance health and well-being

PHILADELPHIA, PA — (March 19, 2024) — Today, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024.

This year’s list shines a spotlight on businesses that are shaping industry and culture through their innovations. These organizations are setting new standards and achieving remarkable milestones in all sectors of the economy. Alongside the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, Fast Company recognizes 606 organizations across 58 sectors and regions.

“I am honored to have the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society recognized on this prestigious list alongside so many impressive organizations driving impact and innovation within their fields. We hope to leverage this incredible accolade to further expand our impact using horticulture to advance health and well-being. We act to fulfill our belief that gardens, trees, and great horticulture are must-have elements for every neighborhood in a thriving, equitable city and region. PHS invites everyone to embrace gardening as their superpower to transform our society and environment, a concept we call ‘Gardening for the Greater Good,’” stated PHS President, Matt Rader.

In 2023, the work of PHS’s programs directly engaged over 300,000 people in the Philadelphia region with program impacts being felt by 1.14 million Philadelphia residents who live within a 5-minute walking distance of a PHS project. This work is made possible by time, money, and passion invested by PHS’s members, volunteers, sponsors, donors, foundation and government partners as well as the proceeds of PHS’s Pop Up Gardens and the Philadelphia Flower Show. Below are highlights of PHS’s recent work that was recognized by Fast Company.

Creating Economic Opportunity

PHS Workforce Development provides hands-on work experience, training, education, job placement, and ongoing support for returning citizens and those with barriers to employment in seeking green industry jobs. In 2023, the program graduated over 50 participants with most graduates garnering permanent employment with one of PHS’s employment partners. Through PHS’s Same Day Work and Pay program, PHS has created 9,000+ daily jobs, offering people the opportunity to clean and green their community while benefiting from additional social support services. PHS’s LandCare program helped create business growth opportunities for women and minority led contractors and community organizations who partnered to help clean and green vacant land. In addition, the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show created opportunities for under-represented leaders in horticulture to reach national audiences including the acclaimed Black Girl Florist Collective.

Forging Health Research Partnerships

PHS partnered with the University of Pennsylvania to launch a $10 million research project in 2023 to study the effects of its nature-based programs to mitigate crime and promote positive public health outcomes in urban neighborhoods. This research program is focused on studying nature-based impacts in 60 low-income, BIPOC communities.

Restoring Philadelphia’s Tree Canopy

In 2023, PHS was the lead partner for the innovative development and implementation of the City of Philadelphia’s first ever Philly Tree Plan, an ambitious 10-year plan to restore urban tree canopy in the city. In September 2023, The Philly Tree Plan was awarded $12 million to enact numerous projects to help build tree canopy in Philadelphia’s lowest canopy neighborhoods. PHS will establish and house the Philly Tree Coalition, which will tie the partners together in a formal joint venture to raise awareness and funds needed to fully implement the Philly Tree Plan. PHS will lead initiatives to help restore tree canopy in 7 designated high-priority areas.

Enacting Place-Based Greening Efforts to Build Communities

2023 also marked the first year of PHS’s “Love Where You Live” program through which north Philadelphia’s Nicetown and Tioga residents articulated a green vision for their neighborhood which experiences below-average incomes and health outcomes. Residents established specific neighborhood priorities to address concerns surrounding trash and litter, access to fresh, healthy food, crime, and job opportunities.

PHS employed a “Green Team” to articulate horticulturally driven strategies to achieve residents’ aspirations for the neighborhood guided by community input. In the program’s first year, PHS cleaned and greened 580,000 square feet of vacant land, planted 178 trees, provided 31 residents with gardening kits to participate in a Front Garden Challenge, created 31 new raised beds at 5 community gardens, created 1,120 daily green jobs, and concluded a 2-week paid workforce development bootcamp for residents.

These mission-driven programs continue to see significant growth and expansion annually, allowing PHS to advance its impact and innovation throughout the Philadelphia region.

The World’s Most Innovative Companies stands as Fast Company’s hallmark franchise and one of its most anticipated editorial efforts of the year.

Fast Company’s editors and writers identified the companies driving progress around the world and across industries, evaluating thousands of submissions through a competitive application process. The result is a globe-spanning guide to innovation today, from early-stage startups to some of the most valuable companies in the world. Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies package is available online, as well as in-app form via iTunes, and on newsstands beginning March 26. The hashtag is #FCMostInnovative.

“Our list of the Most Innovative Companies is both a comprehensive look at the innovation economy and a snapshot of the business trends that defined the year,” said Fast Company editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan. “We saw extraordinary innovation across the board in 2023, but we also saw a handful of clear patterns: the growing footprint and impact of AI, the triumphant return of live events, and great leaps forward in climate tech. We face daunting challenges on many fronts, but the solutions we celebrate in MIC give me plenty of hope about the future.”

Fast Company will host the Most Innovative Companies Summit and Gala on May 16. The summit features a morning and afternoon of inspiring content, followed by a creative black-tie gala including networking, a seated dinner, and an honoree presentation. This event celebrates the Most Innovative Companies honorees and provides an inside look at cutting-edge business trends and what it takes to innovate in 2024.

ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), an internationally recognized nonprofit organization founded in 1827, uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the Greater Philadelphia region. PHS programs create healthier living environments, increase access to fresh food, expand access to jobs and economic opportunity, and strengthen deeper social connections between people. PHS’s work spans 250 neighborhoods; an expansive network of public gardens and landscapes; year-round learning experiences; and the nation’s signature gardening event, the Philadelphia Flower Show. PHS provides everyone with opportunities to garden for the greater good as a participant, member, donor, or volunteer.

ABOUT FAST COMPANY

Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies, and thinkers on the future of business. Headquartered in New York City, Fast Company is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with our sister publication Inc., and can be found online at www.fastcompany.com.

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