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Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Welcome Sesame’ Resources For Families Affected by Crises in Afghanistan and Ukraine

Sesame Workshop is launching Welcome Sesame, new educational resources for displaced and refugee children, available on SesameStreetinCommunities.org/WelcomeSesame in Dari, Pashto, Ukrainian, Spanish, and English, with additional languages to follow. The teaching and learning materials, which are part of the Welcome Sesame initiative to support families affected by conflict and crisis, are designed to help families cope with the trauma of forced displacement, communicate and process what they are experiencing, and develop a sense of belonging in new places.

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Licensing International Announces 2022 Accelerator Program Participants

Licensing International has announced the six companies selected to participate in the 2022 Diversity & Inclusion Accelerator Program.

·Blmrbl (Baltimore, USA)
Blmrbl (“Blue Marble”) is a social shopping platform enabling global pop culture fan communities to buy and sell officially licensed merchandise online. Blmrbl provides a wide range of diverse products for minority fan communities and grading authentication services for the preservation of pop culture collectibles.

·FanBase Africa (Cape Town, South Africa)
Fanbase Africa is a print-on-demand, direct-to-consumer eCommerce company that sells licensed music and sports merchandise to fans across the world. (fanbaseafrica.co.za)

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LeVar Burton Appointed Chief Reading Officer by EdTech Leader, Osmo by BYJU’S

Opening a new world to children through the joy of reading has been a lifelong mission for LeVar Burton, so the legendary actor, presenter, director, podcaster and author is taking on a new role as the Chief Reading Officer (CRO) for Osmo from BYJU’S. Burton has been a high-profile advocate of reading for decades and was drawn to the engaging way Osmo from BYJU’S uses technology to help children learn new skills while having fun.

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MerchSource Names Playwise Partners PR Agency of Record for FAO Schwarz

MerchSource, a leader of ideation, design and distribution of consumer products, announced PlayWise Partners, LLC as their Public Relations Agency of Record for FAO Schwarz. PlayWise Partners will oversee global communications for the brand, including the portfolio of FAO Schwarz toys and the flagship retail store at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.

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Mrs Wordsmith Launches ‘Word Tag’ in a Fierce Move to Revolutionize Digital Learning

Mrs Wordsmith, the award-winning play-to-learn company proudly launches Word Tag, an adventure-filled video game that uses missions, rewards, and hilarious character narratives to help kids ages 7-13 boost their vocabulary and learn up to 1,000 new words each year! With only 15 minutes of daily gameplay, kids will add 3 new words to their vocabulary, helping them achieve academic excellence from reading and writing to comprehension exams!

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MAPP Trap Teams Up With Freeborn & Peters LLP to Remove Gray-Market Sellers

On the heels of launching their co-hosted podcast series, LegalBriefs, addressing online brand protection, MAPP Trap has just announced another great partnership with Chicago law firm, Freeborn & Peters, LLP. Effective immediately, MAPP Trap compliance clients will be able to escalate policy enforcement efforts by having Cease & Desist letters sent to unauthorized, gray-market sellers from a powerful firm.