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Starting Chapters? In 2019?

Mariner Management

But that’s not the story over at PEN America , a literary organization with nearly 100 years of history. They launched new chapters in six focus regions: Austin, Birmingham, Detroit, Piedmont North Carolina, Tulsa, and Dallas/Fort Worth. Pen America will provide support and cheer from the sidelines.

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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

Associations Now

Launching a chapter network has helped PEN America, a literary organization with almost 100 years of history, recruit new members and reinvent opportunities for member engagement at the local level. Last month, PEN America announced a member expansion plan to create regional chapters for the first time in its history.

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Diversity Front of Mind for PGA Ahead of Big Move

Associations Now

The Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA of America) knows it has a problem that lingers from deep in its history, but it’s taking steps to right the ship—and sees a change of scenery as a potential opportunity. Being in a market like Dallas-Fort Worth, I think that can be unbelievable for us,” she told the News. “I

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Beer Institute’s Campaign Shows the Faces of the Industry

Associations Now

The companies they work for range from M&M Farms in Berthoud, Colorado, to MillerCoors in Fort Worth, Texas. million Americans, according to the BI’s 2017 Beer Serves America study , which was released in May. Nearly 65,000 Americans work for brewers and importers, and more than 134,000 work for beer distributors.

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Meeting Zen: Boosting Attendees’ Mental Well-Being

Associations Now

Knowing that waiting in airports and flying are not always the most pleasant experiences, airports such as San Francisco, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Chicago O’Hare offer complimentary yoga rooms in their terminals so flyers can relax, meditate, and recharge before or in-between flights.

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Liberian Community Groups Step Up Amid Ebola Crisis

Associations Now

“My spirit has been broken,” Stanley Gaye, president of the Liberian Community Association of Dallas-Fort Worth (LCA-DFW), told The Guardian. Not everybody from Liberia or West Africa or Africa will be infected, so I do not want people to have that stigma about Africans,” Gaye told Voice of America.