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Communities Fighting for Rights in Northern Ireland: You’re Not “On Your Own”
When Gerard McCarten, a butcher from North Belfast, steeled up his courage to testify before the local health authority about the suicide of his son Danny two years ago, the officials he was dealing with got up and opened the windows in the room onto…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Immigration Quandary: A Mother Torn From Her Baby
Federal immigration agents were searching a house in Ohio last month when they found a young Honduran woman nursing her baby. The woman, Saída Umanzor, is an illegal immigrant and was taken to jail to await deportation. Her 9-month-old daughter, Brittney Bejarano, who was born…
Author: New York Times
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Filling the Void
Introducing the 2006 Social Capitalist Award winners–25 entrepreneurs solving the world’s toughest problems with creativity, ingenuity, and passion. Because they can’t stand a vacuum. The entrepreneurial mind abhors a vacuum. Market failures, unmet demand, even the maddening lure of a blank napkin–all beckon as explicit…
Author: Fast Company
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Caring Majority Featured in Right to Care Documentary
Right to Care features Caring Across Generations co-director Ai-jen Poo. Watch the full 10-minute documentary above. About a year ago, in September 2016, Governor Jerry Brown of California signed the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights into permanent law. The bill ensures overtime protections for domestic…
Author: Caring Across Generations
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Redesigning Hospitals, With Grieving Family Members in Mind
Awaiting devastating news of a loved one in a hospital is harrowing for family members. The Design & Dignity Programme is creating comfortable, homey spaces in the wards to soften the experience. In 2011, the Mater Hospital received a grant to physically enhance the spaces…
Author: Fast Company
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New Website on Palliative Care
By Deborah Condon The Palliative Hub website provides information about palliative care throughout Ireland. A new website, which aims to provide information about palliative care throughout Ireland, has been launched. The site has been launched to coincide with Palliative Care Week 2015, which runs until…
Author: Irish Health
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Understanding the Challenges Faced by Boys and Young Men of Color
INTERACTIVE MAP: Share of males, age 0-24 who live in areas of concentrated and deeply concentrated poverty. View map > Boys and young men of color face profound challenges growing up in America. They are twice as likely to grow up in poverty as non-Hispanic…
Author: Urban Institute
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New National Collaborative Aims to Improve Outcomes for Boys and Men of Color
Improving Outcomes for Boys and Men of Color: New National Collaborative Aims to Identify and Share Best Practices and Fund Cross-Cutting Academic and Community-Based Research A new multifaceted effort, RISE (Research, Integration, Strategy and Evaluation) for Boys and Men of Color, has launched to identify…
Author: University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
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Graduating Seniors Testify to Elev8’s Strengths
VIDEO: Graduating high school seniors speak to the value of the Chicago Elev8 program they participated in during middle school. By Gordon Walek Terranisha Douglas, left, and Amber Sims, graduating seniors at Perspectives Academy in Auburn Gresham, say the Elev8 programs they experienced in middle…
Author: LISC Chicago
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Lawmakers Concerned Executive Action On Immigration Could Mean Legal Limbo For Undocumented
A protester takes part in a demonstration calling for immigration reform at a rally in Chicago, Illinois, March 27, 2014. Jim Young / Reuters By Katie Nocera WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers have pushed the Obama administration to take significant action on deportations of undocumented immigrants…
Author: BuzzFeed