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LOS ANGELES, June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Preparing young people for workforce and career opportunities today is challenging. Schools across the country are under the microscope to ensure students are ready for work as a result of their commitment and investment in education. Now, thanks to generous state and federal funding, career readiness may begin in middle school. “Once in high school, these kids will have dual enrollment in community college, earning and learning their way through high school,” says Dr. James Smith, PhD. President of Youth Employment Solutions (YES). “Let’s get these kids excited, pump up their energy, and enable them to graduate faster from college with advanced degrees and guide them along self-sustaining career pathways.”Illuminating a path for middle grade students to pursue their passions and talents through education and setting up a trajectory for lifelong success is the goal of The City School partnership, funded by the K12 Strong Workforce program. The City School, operated by City Charter Schools, and Exploring Your Potential (EYP) announce their collaboration in launching a program to bridge education to workforce in middle schools. “We want to help students know themselves, understand the possibilities in their lives, feel excited and engaged by the school program, form

DETROIT, June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The premier gathering of cannabis entrepreneurs and investors in North America, the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference, returns for an all-day virtual event on June 3-4. Benzinga’s virtual Cannabis Capital Conference is guaranteed to offer participants all the benefits of an immersive and robust in-person conference from any remote location. The conference will feature an interactive forum of live and On-Demand presentations from top CEOs, investors and leaders in the cannabis space. Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with THE cannabis movers and shakers from across the globe. “This conference is about bringing together the movers and shakers behind the industry. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been raised at previous bzcannabis.com events,” said Benzinga CEO Jason Raznick.The Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference is bringing together the movers and shakers in the industry with keynotes by GrowGeneration and Trulieve and fireside chats with Canopy Growth, Charlotte’s Web, Sundial Growers, MariMed Inc., and 4Front Ventures.  Special guests Jason Wild, Managing Member & Chief Investment Officer, JW Asset Management and Chris Webber, Founder & Five-Time NBA Player All-Star, Webber Health & Wellness will discuss The $100 Million Cannabis Impact Fund for Social Equity with Tim Seymour, Founder & Chief Investment

Between a shipping container shortage and a pipeline hack, our supply chain seems as delicate as ever. Ted S. Warren/AP

NEW YORK, June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Zoe Financial, a digital marketplace that empowers consumers to find the best and most trustworthy financial advisor for them, today announced an exciting partnership with Facet Wealth. Within the Zoe Advisor Network, clients can now work 1:1 with a dedicated, personal, CFP® Professional at Facet Wealth, one of the fastest growing financial planning firms in the country. Facet Wealth offers financial planning as it should be, with personalized advice, support, and guidance for all the financial decisions that impact clients’ lives. The firm’s client base quadrupled in 2020 and is on track to match that in 2021, with over 7,500 clients. It is a one-of-a-kind RIA with affordable, flat-fee pricing based on a client’s needs, not AUM, a dedicated CFP® professional for every client, financial planning that goes well beyond the usual investment and retirement planning, and a clear, easy-to-use technology platform that makes information accessible to clients anywhere, anytime. “Zoe’s commitment to giving consumers what they need to make informed decisions matches with our mission of always putting the client first,” said Facet Wealth Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Anders Jones. “Our goal is to improve the lives and the financial lives of everyday Americans,

CHICAGO, June 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Monroe Capital Corporation (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: MRCC) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a distribution of $0.25 per share for the second quarter of 2021, payable on June 30, 2021 to stockholders of record as of June 16, 2021. The Company has adopted a dividend reinvestment plan that provides for reinvestment of distributions on behalf of its stockholders, unless a stockholder elects to receive cash prior to the record date. As a result, when the Company declares a cash distribution, stockholders who have not opted out of the dividend reinvestment plan prior to the record date will have their distribution automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Company’s capital stock. The specific tax characteristics of the distribution will be reported to stockholders on Form 1099 after the end of the calendar year and in the Company’s periodic report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.ABOUT MONROE CAPITAL CORPORATIONMonroe Capital Corporation is a publicly-traded specialty finance company that principally invests in senior, unitranche and junior secured debt and, to a lesser extent, unsecured debt and equity investments in middle-market companies. The Company’s investment objective is to maximize the total return to

TEMPE, Ariz., June 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wrap Technologies, Inc. (the “Company” or “WRAP”) (Nasdaq: WRAP), a global leader in innovative public safety technologies and services, today announced that CEO Tom Smith will be presenting at the LD Micro Invitational XI event to be held on June 8-10, 2021.Mr. Smith will provide an overview of the Company, including its BolaWrap remote restraint device and WRAP Reality simulation-based training platform, the growing market interest both in the U.S. and internationally, new BolaWrap pilot program announcements, successful police field uses preventing the escalation of force, and its recently reported strong first-quarter 2021 financial results and operating metrics.Presentation date: Thursday, June 10, 2021Presentation time: 5:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. PT (Track 4)Event registration link:LD Micro Invitational XIThe three-day investor conference will be conducted on the Sequire Virtual Events platform and is expected to feature around 180 companies, as well as several influential keynote speakers, including Jaime Rogozinski, founder of WallStreetBets, Laurie Segall, former technology correspondent of CNNMoney, and Rishi Khanna, CEO of Stocktwits. About WRAPWRAP Technologies (Nasdaq: WRAP) is a global leader in innovating public safety technologies and services that deliver advanced solutions focused on avoiding escalation. The BolaWrap® Remote Restraint

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NORTHBROOK, Ill., June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — kVA by UL, a global leader in automotive safety standards, and Stantec GenerationAV™, the autonomous vehicle consulting arm of global design firm Stantec, have announced that they are collaborating to advance the safe deployment of autonomous vehicle (AV) projects. Together, the two global players will offer customers a scalable safety advisory, validation and verification process within the operating environment, management operations and the vehicle. As cities and transportation agencies, residential and commercial developers, educational and healthcare institutions, energy producers and other entities make plans for AVs on streets and roadways, the complementary services from kVA by UL and Stantec GenerationAV offer a complete advisory solution, taking a systems view of multiple technologies in multiple domains with their respective safety impact. “Before mass AV deployment can occur, people want assurance of AV safety,” said Mary Joyce, vice president and general manager of UL’s New Mobility division. “Establishing consumer confidence requires integrating safe AV technology in communities everywhere. That’s why we are excited to work with Stantec to offer communities a service that helps them better understand technology safety status and coalesce around actions in their AV infrastructure plans with safety as the priority,” Joyce said.kVA by UL offers customers

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