</ref> She emerged as part of Youth Speaks, a youth performance poetry and creative writing program founded in 1996, and served on SPOKES (Selected-Poets-Organizing-Kreating-&-Expanding-Spoken Word), a Youth Advisory Board and paid internship program.
Clay also taught in an academic enrichment program, formerly known as Summerbridge National, which caters to urban youth with high potential but limited resources. She was a Bay Area representative at the Ninth Annual Brave New Voices (BNV) International Youth Poetry Slam Contest in New York City. Clay performed at the Grand Slam Finals in the world famous Apollo Theater and helped her team win the top prize.
Clay graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C. with a degree in English, and was a contributing editor for the university's Amistad literary magazine.
Television and Film
Meilani Clay was a featured poet on Episode 3 of the sixth season of HBO's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. She performed a piece about questioning God, entitled "Lost."
Clay was featured in 2nd Verse: The Rebirth of Poetry, a documentary-drama from director Carl Brown and Corduroy Media. In 2011, she was a featured poet on The Angle Show, a web documentary series by Park Triangle Productions.
Published Media
* Society, (2004). Bringing The Noise Vol. 4, vocal, writer. (Youth Speaks Inc./Hard Knock Radio)
* Loads, (2005). Bringing The Noise Vol. 4, vocal, writer. (Youth Speaks Inc./Hard Knock Radio)
* Search For Home, (2008). (self-published)
* Poetry Anthology, in production. (First Word Press)
Clay also taught in an academic enrichment program, formerly known as Summerbridge National, which caters to urban youth with high potential but limited resources. She was a Bay Area representative at the Ninth Annual Brave New Voices (BNV) International Youth Poetry Slam Contest in New York City. Clay performed at the Grand Slam Finals in the world famous Apollo Theater and helped her team win the top prize.
Clay graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C. with a degree in English, and was a contributing editor for the university's Amistad literary magazine.
Television and Film
Meilani Clay was a featured poet on Episode 3 of the sixth season of HBO's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. She performed a piece about questioning God, entitled "Lost."
Clay was featured in 2nd Verse: The Rebirth of Poetry, a documentary-drama from director Carl Brown and Corduroy Media. In 2011, she was a featured poet on The Angle Show, a web documentary series by Park Triangle Productions.
Published Media
* Society, (2004). Bringing The Noise Vol. 4, vocal, writer. (Youth Speaks Inc./Hard Knock Radio)
* Loads, (2005). Bringing The Noise Vol. 4, vocal, writer. (Youth Speaks Inc./Hard Knock Radio)
* Search For Home, (2008). (self-published)
* Poetry Anthology, in production. (First Word Press)
Starhome GmbH. is a global mobile roaming telecommunications business. The company provides international roaming services for voice and data to wireless operators using the GSM standard.
Today, the company’s roaming solutions span various technologies, including technology to combine Over-the-Air (OTA) and SS7. In addition to developing roaming services, the company also operates its own real-time monitoring center, the GSOC or Global Services Operations Center, where it monitors and maintains over 1000 services for 200+ customers worldwide.
History
Starhome was established in 1999, as a Telco and roaming based company. In 1999, Starhome launched the Virtual Home Environment (VHE). The VHE technology enabled unrecognized home short code numbers to be converted into valid international formatted numbers. VHE has evolved over the years to become an integral part of mobile roaming.
In 2005, Starhome was ranked 10th as the fastest growing company over a five-year period in the Deloitte Fast 500.
In 2007, Starhome’s Prepaid solution was nominated by the GSMA (Global System for Mobile Association) as the best roaming product in 2007.
In 2008, Starhome was selected as a finalist for the Convergence World Awards in the Best Mobility Innovation or Service category for its IP and IP-to-GSM mobile services technology.
Starhome is an active member of the Celtic Consortium (Cooperation for a sustained European Leadership in Telecommunications). The company has contributed its roaming knowledge in various projects, including the Seimonet (EURECA/CELTIC) program, EnComPAs2, CELTIC FT-PSC. Part of these projects focus on public safety.
Starhome was acquired by Fortissimo Capital in October, 2012.
In 2013, Starhome acquired almost the entirety of MACH’s data clearing and NRTRDE business within the European Economic Area (European Union countries plus Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway), which was divested by Syniverse that same year. MACH was a leading provider of cloud-based managed communication services. The acquisition included full worldwide ownership of all intellectual property rights of the MACH brand, trademarks and logo; MACH Data Clearing and NRTRDE processing applications and platform; MACH MDS framework layer, MACH Smart (including MACH Dashboards), MACH Roaming Management Services (MACH RMS) and the MACH OPTIMIZER. The company is now called Starhome Mach.
Awards
* 2011 Red Herring Top 100 Global Winner
* 2011 Red Herring Top 100 Europe
* Celtic Excellence Award for EnComPAs2 Project
* Convergence World Awards Finalist
* Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award
* Prepaid Anywhere™ Service - Best Roaming Product
* 2007 Vodafone Global Supplier Performance Award
* 10th Place in Deloitte Fast 500
Today, the company’s roaming solutions span various technologies, including technology to combine Over-the-Air (OTA) and SS7. In addition to developing roaming services, the company also operates its own real-time monitoring center, the GSOC or Global Services Operations Center, where it monitors and maintains over 1000 services for 200+ customers worldwide.
History
Starhome was established in 1999, as a Telco and roaming based company. In 1999, Starhome launched the Virtual Home Environment (VHE). The VHE technology enabled unrecognized home short code numbers to be converted into valid international formatted numbers. VHE has evolved over the years to become an integral part of mobile roaming.
In 2005, Starhome was ranked 10th as the fastest growing company over a five-year period in the Deloitte Fast 500.
In 2007, Starhome’s Prepaid solution was nominated by the GSMA (Global System for Mobile Association) as the best roaming product in 2007.
In 2008, Starhome was selected as a finalist for the Convergence World Awards in the Best Mobility Innovation or Service category for its IP and IP-to-GSM mobile services technology.
Starhome is an active member of the Celtic Consortium (Cooperation for a sustained European Leadership in Telecommunications). The company has contributed its roaming knowledge in various projects, including the Seimonet (EURECA/CELTIC) program, EnComPAs2, CELTIC FT-PSC. Part of these projects focus on public safety.
Starhome was acquired by Fortissimo Capital in October, 2012.
In 2013, Starhome acquired almost the entirety of MACH’s data clearing and NRTRDE business within the European Economic Area (European Union countries plus Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway), which was divested by Syniverse that same year. MACH was a leading provider of cloud-based managed communication services. The acquisition included full worldwide ownership of all intellectual property rights of the MACH brand, trademarks and logo; MACH Data Clearing and NRTRDE processing applications and platform; MACH MDS framework layer, MACH Smart (including MACH Dashboards), MACH Roaming Management Services (MACH RMS) and the MACH OPTIMIZER. The company is now called Starhome Mach.
Awards
* 2011 Red Herring Top 100 Global Winner
* 2011 Red Herring Top 100 Europe
* Celtic Excellence Award for EnComPAs2 Project
* Convergence World Awards Finalist
* Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award
* Prepaid Anywhere™ Service - Best Roaming Product
* 2007 Vodafone Global Supplier Performance Award
* 10th Place in Deloitte Fast 500
Abeona Therapeutics, Inc. is a pharmaceutical development company. Its research focuses on developing treatments for rare diseases using gene therapy and human plasma-derived therapeutics. The company is trying to find ways to address Sanfilippo Syndrome, Fanconi anemia, and Juvenile Batten disease. It has stated it anticipates starting clinical trials on an adeno-associated virus-based gene therapy for Sanfilippo syndrome in 2015.
Abeona also is developing a salt diafiltration process for purifying proteins from blood plasma and a polymer hydrogel for delivering drugs.
Name changes
The company was formerly known as Access Pharmaceuticals. It was based in Dallas and was incorporated in 1989. In 2014, the company changed its name to PlasmaTech Biopharmaceuticals. In 2015, PlasmaTech acquired a company based in Cleveland called Abeona Therapeutics which was founded in 2013. In June 2015, the parent company adopted the name Abeona Therapeutics.
The name Abeona comes from the Roman goddess Abeona, who was said to protect children. The company's stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol ABEO.
Abeona also is developing a salt diafiltration process for purifying proteins from blood plasma and a polymer hydrogel for delivering drugs.
Name changes
The company was formerly known as Access Pharmaceuticals. It was based in Dallas and was incorporated in 1989. In 2014, the company changed its name to PlasmaTech Biopharmaceuticals. In 2015, PlasmaTech acquired a company based in Cleveland called Abeona Therapeutics which was founded in 2013. In June 2015, the parent company adopted the name Abeona Therapeutics.
The name Abeona comes from the Roman goddess Abeona, who was said to protect children. The company's stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol ABEO.
Ashley Reed is a student at the University of York (UoY), transgender activist and blogger. She received some media attention after raising a petition on the parliament.uk website to allow people to self-define their gender. She campaigns for legal recognition of non-binary gender identities, and spoke on them to a Select Committee in parliament. In 2015, she made the 'ones to watch' section of the The Independents "Rainbow List".
University
As a first year student, Reed was elected to be a trans* convenor for the University of York Students Union (YUSU) LGBTQ Network at the UoY. In this role, she supported self-defining transgender students and helped run awareness campaigns. She ran for LGBTQ part-time officer but did not succeed in the election. She raised a petition asking the UK government to allow transgender people to self-define their gender.
Over the spring vacation of her second year, Reed stood for election to the NUS LGBT+ Committee Women's Place. She was the most successful candidate, gaining the highest number of votes in the first round.
Also over this break, Reed chose to step down from all elected positions within YUSU due to rising levels of harassment.
Parliament
Reed was invited to speak on the inclusivity of non-binary identities and to argue for allowing self-definition, in front of the Women and Equalities Committee
Media coverage
Reed has been featured in several media outlets, including university and national newspapers. She was included in the 'ones to watch' section of the 2015 Rainbow List.
Several news sources mentioned her in articles following her evidence given to the Women and Equalities Committee.
The news website Breitbart implied that Reed is a post-Marxist gender theorist, in relation to her being invited to speak to the Women and Equalities Select Committee.
Reed was featured in a BBC Two clip regarding the release of the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee Transgender Equality Report, where she discussed her experiences growing up.
Reed was heavily quoted in a York Vision article which discussed the rising levels of on-campus transphobia - written as a response to very open incidents following her election to the role of LGBTQ Officer.
University
As a first year student, Reed was elected to be a trans* convenor for the University of York Students Union (YUSU) LGBTQ Network at the UoY. In this role, she supported self-defining transgender students and helped run awareness campaigns. She ran for LGBTQ part-time officer but did not succeed in the election. She raised a petition asking the UK government to allow transgender people to self-define their gender.
Over the spring vacation of her second year, Reed stood for election to the NUS LGBT+ Committee Women's Place. She was the most successful candidate, gaining the highest number of votes in the first round.
Also over this break, Reed chose to step down from all elected positions within YUSU due to rising levels of harassment.
Parliament
Reed was invited to speak on the inclusivity of non-binary identities and to argue for allowing self-definition, in front of the Women and Equalities Committee
Media coverage
Reed has been featured in several media outlets, including university and national newspapers. She was included in the 'ones to watch' section of the 2015 Rainbow List.
Several news sources mentioned her in articles following her evidence given to the Women and Equalities Committee.
The news website Breitbart implied that Reed is a post-Marxist gender theorist, in relation to her being invited to speak to the Women and Equalities Select Committee.
Reed was featured in a BBC Two clip regarding the release of the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee Transgender Equality Report, where she discussed her experiences growing up.
Reed was heavily quoted in a York Vision article which discussed the rising levels of on-campus transphobia - written as a response to very open incidents following her election to the role of LGBTQ Officer.