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Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission hosts Day of Kindness at Baseline Bilingual School in Little Rock

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2 years ago

July 12, 2024

Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission hosts Day of Kindness at Baseline Bilingual School in Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK, Ark – The Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission hosted a special day at a Little Rock school focusing on the true meaning of kindness and its importance.

The commission hosted its Day of Kindness at three different schools in Little Rock on Friday, one being Baseline Bilingual School.

Students started off learning a chant that teachers say they use as a daily affirmation.

“Hate and unforgiveness in our world has to stop,” the students chanted as they repeated after their teacher.

School leaders say they’re using Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a blueprint, saying that kindness and compassion start from within.

“Kindness is taught to children at an early age then it follows them through their educational journey, and this is something they’re able to carry on into their life,” Baseline Bilingual School Principal Ida Wells said.

Wells has been teaching students about different acts of kindness daily, and on Friday students learned about having compassion for those who come from different walks of life.

“How would you show kindness to a homeless person?” Wells asked as she taught her students.

“We did an art lesson, and we did a journal lesson on if you were an ant how you would respond to the grasshopper that’s homeless now,” Wells said.

It’s a lesson that Giuliana Gallo said made her closer to her classmates.

“First we start playing more often I ask them if they want to be friends and they all say yes,” Gallo said.

Students received Kindle Fires followed by a pizza party concluding their day of kindness.

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Arkansas Governor joins national A.I. workforce initiative

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3 hours ago

June 25, 2026

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Arkansas Governor joins national A.I. workforce initiative

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has joined a new national artificial intelligence initiative that launched Thursday, June 25.

RAISE US, started by former Governor Eric Holcomb of Indiana and Gina Raimondo, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce is a nonpartisan national organization that will partner with governors, employers, workers and training organizations to help the workforce transition to an AI economy.

“As artificial intelligence transforms America’s economy, we have one clear message: technology should empower people, not replace them. By leveraging our Arkansas LAUNCH initiative, and with the resources and expertise provided by RAISE US, Arkansas will turn that mission into reality. We want the Natural State to be a leader on education, workforce training, and up-skilling, and this new partnership gives us the tools we need to build a model for the entire nation.”

The organization will design and pilot incentives to retrain workers, new approaches to support job transitions, and training models tied to employer demand.

RAISE US launches with more than two dozen American companies and philanthropies and initial state partnerships in Connecticut, Maryland and Utah.

“America has a technology strategy for leading the global AI competition. It does not yet have a people strategy — and we cannot lead without one,” Raimondo, who will serve as CEO of RAISE US, said.

“If we build the best AI systems in the world and leave millions of Americans behind, we won’t have won anything; we’ll have automated our own decline. I believe AI will create new jobs and industries over time, but the transition could be disruptive, and it’s already underway. We shouldn’t fearmonger, but we can’t pretend our training and worker support systems are ready either. It’s time for innovative and practical solutions. This moment demands ambition, urgency, and creativity. We’ve assembled the country’s top companies, best economists, and bipartisan governors at a scale rarely seen — all to advance new ideas and incentives, pilot them with governors and business, and scale what works.”

Governor Sanders is partnering with RAISE US to support Arkansas LAUNCH, an AI-powered career navigation platform that connects students and jobseekers to personalized learning and employer-linked career pathways.

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