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Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Nigerian Medical Advocates Rally on Capitol Hill for J-1 Visa Fix and Immigrant Physician Bill
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nigerian Physician Advocacy Group (NPAG), will host a two-day Advocacy & Lobby Day on June 10–11, 2025, on Capitol Hill to highlight the vital role Nigerian American physicians play in filling healthcare shortages and call on Congress to remove systemic barriers to their continued service by reforming the J-1 visa program and passing the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (H.R. 1201), also known as the "Doctors in Our Borders" bill. The NPAG delegation will be led by Dr. Susan Edionwe, Nigerian American physicians, health advocates, and community leaders. This initiative comes amid targets on international students at U.S. universities and growing concerns over the increasing number of J-1 visa denials, which prevent qualified international medical graduates (IMGs)—especially Nigerian-trained physicians—from contributing their expertise to underserved and rural communities across the United States. Nigerian American physicians have played an important role in filling healthcare shortages in the United States and the advancement of our country's healthcare system is dependent on the removal of systemic barriers to their continued service. "Doctors from Nigeria and across Africa have long served in America's most vulnerable communities—from inner cities to remote rural counties," said Dr. Susan Edionwe. "Fixing the J-1 process and passing H.R. 1201 is essential to ensuring our communities have access to the care they desperately need." "NPAG encourages policymakers, allies, and the media to recognize the indispensable contribution of Nigerian and African-trained doctors to the American healthcare system—and to take legislative action to protect and expand their role in advancing national health equity," said Dr. Susan Edionwe. About Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (H.R. 1201): H.R. 1201 a bipartisan bill, would reauthorize and expand the Conrad 30 waiver program, which allows J-1 physicians to remain in the U.S. after residency by serving in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). The legislation provides states with greater flexibility, increases waiver caps, and reduces processing delays—ensuring medically underserved communities continue receiving essential care. About NPAG: The Nigerian Physician Advocacy Group is a national coalition of Nigerian American doctors and advocates committed to advancing health equity, shaping inclusive immigration policy, and addressing physician workforce challenges in the United States. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Nigerian Physician Advocacy Group (NPAG)
Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Nigerian Medical Advocates Rally on Capitol Hill for J-1 Visa Fix and Immigrant Physician Bill
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nigerian Physician Advocacy Group (NPAG), will host a two-day Advocacy & Lobby Day on June 10–11, 2025, on Capitol Hill to highlight the vital role Nigerian American physicians play in filling healthcare shortages and call on Congress to remove systemic barriers to their continued service by reforming the J-1 visa program and passing the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (H.R. 1201), also known as the "Doctors in Our Borders" bill. The NPAG delegation will be led by Dr. Susan Edionwe, Nigerian American physicians, health advocates, and community leaders. This initiative comes amid targets on international students at U.S. universities and growing concerns over the increasing number of J-1 visa denials, which prevent qualified international medical graduates (IMGs)—especially Nigerian-trained physicians—from contributing their expertise to underserved and rural communities across the United States. Nigerian American physicians have played an important role in filling healthcare shortages in the United States and the advancement of our country's healthcare system is dependent on the removal of systemic barriers to their continued service. "Doctors from Nigeria and across Africa have long served in America's most vulnerable communities—from inner cities to remote rural counties," said Dr. Susan Edionwe. "Fixing the J-1 process and passing H.R. 1201 is essential to ensuring our communities have access to the care they desperately need." "NPAG encourages policymakers, allies, and the media to recognize the indispensable contribution of Nigerian and African-trained doctors to the American healthcare system—and to take legislative action to protect and expand their role in advancing national health equity," said Dr. Susan Edionwe. About Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (H.R. 1201): H.R. 1201 a bipartisan bill, would reauthorize and expand the Conrad 30 waiver program, which allows J-1 physicians to remain in the U.S. after residency by serving in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). The legislation provides states with greater flexibility, increases waiver caps, and reduces processing delays—ensuring medically underserved communities continue receiving essential care. About NPAG: The Nigerian Physician Advocacy Group is a national coalition of Nigerian American doctors and advocates committed to advancing health equity, shaping inclusive immigration policy, and addressing physician workforce challenges in the United States. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Nigerian Physician Advocacy Group (NPAG)
CBC
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
How Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie subverts expectations of traditional Nigerian women
WARNING: This article and audio interview may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. The wait is over for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's hugely anticipated return to fiction. Known for her detailed representation of Nigerian women and culture, Dream Count follows four women who live large on the page and resonated deeply with two Canada Reads alumni, Kudakwashe Rutendo and Mirian Njoh. Adichie is the bestselling author of novels Purple Hibiscus, Half of A Yellow Sun and Americanah, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction in 2013. Since then, Adichie has turned to nonfiction, writing powerful essays that became Ted Talks and short books, including We Should All Be Feminists, which was sampled in Beyoncé's song Flawless and inspired a T-shirt from Dior. Dream Count is Adichie's return to fiction after 12 years and it weaves the perspectives of four women, moving between Nigeria, Guinea and the United States. Rutendo and Njoh reunited on The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing to discuss the complex feelings and reflections the women of Adichie's fiction brought up. For those that have been living under a literary rock, what can you tell us about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie? Kudakwashe Rutendo: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a polarizing Nigerian American writer. Her breakout Americanah made huge waves in the literary world and then it was felt like Americanah, Half of the Yellow Sun, her prose is singular and she manages to invoke so much of being Nigerian American, or just being Nigerian into her writing and showing the culture and viewing it in an honest way where you're not coddling it — you're showing its best parts, you're critiquing it. I think that's the honest way to love if you're showing the deficits and the whole parts all in one and she manages to illuminate that in her prose and in her work. And in a subtle way as well where the culture is the writing. She's been on the scene forever and we've been waiting for this book forever. She manages to invoke so much of being Nigerian American into her writing ... in an honest way. Mirian, there are four women in this book. I've heard it described as four interlocking novellas. Each section is about one of these women. First up, we meet Chiamaka and as the title suggests, she's tallying up her dream count, the men that she's loved and lost. What kind of entry did she give you into this novel? Mirian Njoh: I think she was a great opener because I think was the strongest voice to me. Her story stuck with me the greatest and it's interesting 'cause each of them has different themes that stood out very strongly and hers always seemed to me to be the idea of pursuit. On a superficial level, she's a travel writer, so there's just a level of pursuit and going to different places and exploring and capturing and documenting. But she also has that same fervor for seeking and pursuit in her personal life and in the loves that she's seeking. And it's interesting how she flips the notion of a body count, which is something that's often weaponized against women, particularly, and she turns it into a dream count when she recalls the past loves of her life and the love that she's been seeking in these people. Three of the main characters move between Nigeria and America as Chimamanda Adichie does herself. The three women are connected by friendship and family and they're all struggling to some extent with this same stuff. They're all trying to find something, some degree of being seen and almost always by men because they see each other really well. What brings those three characters together in terms of what they're seeking? MN: What you're saying is they're seeking to be, to love, to be loved and to be seen. And I think that is kind of the beauty of the way that their stories are interwoven and I think that their stories are truly dependent on each other, they each sustain each other. Because when you look outside of the bubble of these three women and the safety, the love, the vulnerability and just the rawness that exists between them, they are truly themselves with each other. But then you look at their chosen family dynamic and then you look at their biological family dynamics or even their cultural dynamics and you see how they can't fit. Some of them are actively avoiding their parents and siblings, actively avoiding their aunts. Even with one of the characters who leaves Nigeria and she seeks respite in the U.S., ironically enough, she doesn't find it. They're seeking to be, to love, to be loved and to be seen. - Mirian Njoh There's a clash here because they are essentially very non-traditional women who are trying to do a very traditional thing, which is fall in love, get married, have a baby, things like things around that. KR: I also wonder if this might be a new traditional way to be a woman because I'd also say that a lot of their values were distinct from just clear cut Western values. It was interesting. One of my cousins got traditionally married so it was funny for me weighing the values of that. There is a difference. I feel like these women go against the traditional grain in many ways and I think they also subvert the Western grain as well because they're Nigerian. There's a class thing happening here … but there's also a gender thing going on here, right? KR: I don't think we can talk about being a traditional Igbo culture, but also any African culture without getting into gender politics because they're so ingrained in gendered roles and gendered expectations and even in this book, it's a huge aspect. And I think it's often what the women are rebelling against or sometimes falling into because it's their safety. It's what you understand. I think it's often what the women are rebelling against or sometimes falling into because it's their safety. MN: It's interesting if we look at our outlier Kadiatou and we think about gender because on one hand, I would say she is, in the most extreme sense, subject to gender practices because she undergoes female genital mutilation. But then that also ends up being part of the key that gets her to this next phase of her life, this thing that in a way is like her American Dream. But then the ironic thing is that once again, that whole dynamic of her gender comes into play when she ends up embroiled in a sexual assault scandal. Her identity and character is assassinated and she is called so many things, a con artist, a prostitute. And we see the system really ring her out. Do you also seek a "merging of souls", as Chiamaka says? KR: I think that everyone should seek fulfillment and I say this knowing that I don't believe that… Also, I don't think it was the message of the book. What really got to me is this idea of a dream count. I was like, it's just not disqualifying the affections that we felt. I think oftentimes you're focused on ends like it had to have been a relationship or it had to have been fulfilling, or we have to have dated or just all these things that are so inconsequential. For me, it was like all the things that make you tender, you should honour them. All the people who have given you any tenderness. WATCH | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Bookends with Mattea Roach: This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
New York Times
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Paige Bueckers and the Importance of Dressing to Impress at the W.N.B.A. Draft
The W.N.B.A. draft began not just with odds-making, taking bets on what player would go at what pick to what team (well, except for Paige Bueckers, who was a lock as the No. 1 pick for Dallas), but with an announcement. Coach, the New York Fashion Week brand known for its bags and shearlings, was going to be a long-term sponsor of the league, joining Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Ralph Lauren in taking the fashion/sport partnership to a new, more permanent, level. It set the tone for the night. Not just because four of the 15 players invited to attend the draft in person also signed deals with Coach and wore the brand, but because the draft is no longer just about the picks, it's about the 'fits. And the women involved know it. It's their opportunity to introduce themselves not only to fans, the watching world and their new teammates, but also to the potential sponsors who can bolster their relatively small salaries. (Ms. Bueckers, who is often referred to as the new face of the W.N.B.A., is reportedly making only $78,831 her first year.) The simplest way to do that is through their look. 'These girls sit at the intersection of sport, culture and fashion,' Cathy Engelbert, the W.N.B.A. commissioner, said just before the draft, herself wearing a nipped-in raspberry Sergio Hudson pantsuit. The goal, she went on, is 'growing their brands, not just in their team market, but nationally and globally.' Perhaps that's why the bar set at last year's draft by Caitlin Clarke in Prada and Cameron Brink in Balmain was raised this time around. The biggest trend of draft night was individuality; after all, as Stuart Vevers, Coach's creative director, pointed out, both fashion and sports are 'grounded in self-expression.' But don't take it from us. Here's what the players had to say. Paige Bueckers Wearing a three-piece plaid suit by Coach covered in 200,000 transparent glass crystals hand-placed in New York (she later changed into a black tuxedo). 'I've gotten really into fashion these past couple years. Coach and I worked together this past week on this amazing idea. I wanted it sparkly, bedazzled, and just a little pop, but nothing too crazy, and I felt like the oversize-suit look is trending. When I put it on, it fit like a glove.' Dominique Malonga Wearing a Louis Vuitton suit, shirt and jewelry. 'It was so important to me as a French player to wear a French brand, because it feels like France is following me everywhere, and I am here to represent.' Sonia Citron Wearing a black blazer and skirt by Coach. 'I wanted to go with a blazer and a skirt, because I never wear this. And then I added the socks and the heels, and necklaces, just to make it a little bit different. One necklace says Coach and one says my name. I wanted to be confident in how I look, and I think you get confident by looking good, and I feel like I look good.' Kiki Iriafen Wearing a long, custom-made beaded gown by Nneka Alexander, a Nigerian American designer, in honor of her Nigerian American heritage, and beads from her mother's closet. 'I'm super proud to be Nigerian, and to be able to showcase my culture with a dress by a Nigerian designer and Nigerian beads, Nigerian earrings, on this big stage on one of the biggest days of my life is super special.' Georgia Amoore Wearing Honor the Gift by Russell Westbrook and Coach shoes. 'Last year, about November, I had a zoom with Russell, and he proposed the idea. I think his fashion brand encapsulates who he is as a player: It's exciting, it's flashy, it's out there. And I was just so honored to work with him, because that's me. 'He's done my full look. He even had his hand in styling the accessories. I love how it's silver and black. I think it's just — excuse my language — badass. He's inspired me.' Aneesah Morrow Wearing a long custom leather Coach dress and jacket made from repurposed vintage biker jackets. 'I wanted to be bold about my outfit. I actually thought about a trench coat, but I feel like the cropped jacket shows a little bit more in my figure, and I like that. There are not a lot of dresses that fit us tall women, so being able to get one customized, I really loved. Originally the dress had spaghetti straps. I'm not really a spaghetti-strap girl, so I just went with no straps at all.' Saniya Rivers Wearing a custom suit by her stylist, Golden, and a bag that says 'WNBA Be Poppin.' 'I usually go with black, but I want to step out of my comfort zone a little bit. Tonight represents turning a new chapter in life, and I wanted to come in different. So my hair is red and I went with beige. I wanted to show a little bit of skin, so it's cropped on one side, down on the other, open in back. The bag wasn't originally part of the look, but Golden was wearing it today, and the words speak for themselves.' Sarah Ashlee Barker Wearing Revolve. 'This was the second thing I tried on, and as soon as we saw it, we were like, 'Yep, that's the one.' I'm one of those people that, like, when I see something I really like, I don't move past it. I go with it. It's very comfortable, and I love the gray and the sparkles.' Ajsa Sivka Wearing a dress she bought at a mall. 'My friends helped me put this together. I really wanted to keep it simple, but elegant.' Hailey Van Lith Wearing a silk tulle and chiffon minidress by Coach custom-made from repurposed vintage evening dresses with a black satin corset. 'I love to channel old Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe vibes on the red carpet. The barrette is actually my favorite piece of the whole outfit, because of that old-school vibe. 'I wanted the dress to be short because I think, as an athlete, our legs are a great part of our body to display, especially with the strength in my thighs and the bruises that I have from playing on. It shows I can be sexy, but also I'm an athlete. You can be both.' Aziaha James Wearing an R13 jacket, Comme des Garçons culottes, Doc Martens and Gentle Monster sunglasses. 'It's out of the box, and that connects to me. I'm transferring to another new location. I'm transferring to another league. And I wanted to try something different.' Madison Scott Wearing a black Amiri pantsuit and a custom-made diamond '24' pendant, styled by her former teammate Liatu King. 'I wanted a piece to work around my pendant. It's my first time wearing my 24 pendant. It was a Christmas present from my mom two years ago, and I hadn't worn it yet. I was waiting for this moment. I know it's a possibility that 24 won't be my next number, but I've had it my whole life.' Shyanne Sellers Wearing a three-piece suit, white T-shirt and Van Cleef jewelry. 'Blue is my favorite color; it brings me peace and calmness. And the jewelry is cool. I like to fidget with it.' Sania Feagin Wearing a dress picked out by her mother. 'I couldn't find a dress I really wanted, so I had my mom pick out a dress for me. I'm not even sure where she got it, but I feel good. But I enjoy getting dressed up, getting beautiful.' Serena Sundell Wearing a Norma Kamali dress, Kate Spade bag and her own jewelry. 'Initially I got a dress from a mall that I liked, but then they reached out to me. I didn't know the brand, but I wanted something that was classic and elegant, like a little black dress, but that also showed my body and was comfortable. The little bracelet is from my mom, and she got me a watch that's always on my wrist. The bag is a gift from my brother. It's nice to have them with me.'
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Mysterious Death of YouTuber P2 Who Was Found Dead in Mail Room at the Age of 26
The YouTube community is in mourning after a young content creator was found dead. According to exclusive reports by TMZ, P2isthename, who's real name is Philip Enewally, was only 26. Details surrounding his death are scarce as a formal investigation into the matter continues. So far, family members have confirmed to TMZ that Enewally died on March 14, just two weeks after uploading his final YouTube video on the platform. The Los Angeles County Coroner reported Enewally was found dead inside of a Los Angeles mail room, although it remains until how exactly he ended up there. His family is asking for privacy as they continue to deal with the tragic matter. On YouTube, P2 amassed almost 4 million subscribers. On Instagram, he has close to 800,000 followers. The YouTuber had been making videos and creating content for almost ten years. He built his brand first by making gaming content online, but over the years, he progressed to broader lifestyle content, with his final video being titled 'a regular night with my rich 'psychotic' friends.' Recently, Enewally had even started his own clothing line called DontMindUs and had plans to move from Los Angeles to Atlanta. The Nigerian American influencer was loved by many, and since news of his death, fans have expressed their sympathies and love for him. On X, fellow YouTuber and close friend to Enewally, COLETHEMAN, tweeted saying 'wow. I'm honestly at a loss for words. He was always so kind to me and gave me so much content creation advice.' Streamer Kai Cenat also shared his condolences saying 'I want to say RIP P2... he literally showed me support over and over' at the start of his career. Fellow gamer Adin Ross also honored the memory of his friend with a moment of silence. 'You never know when it's your last day on earth,' he said. For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
