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Youth Justice Advocates Reject Excessively Punitive Measures, Call for Research-Based Approach to Ensuring Safe and Fair Schools
Source: Legal Aid of North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. – A new issue brief released today by youth justice advocates debunks common myths driving much of the school safety debate and provides a comprehensive, research-based approach to the issue. The brief is endorsed by 56 organizations in North Carolina and across the…
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Elev8 Youth Speak for Themselves on Capitol Hill
Source: Elev8
On April 22, students from 20 Elev8 middle schools across the country filed into legislative office buildings surrounding the nation’s capitol, nervous but prepared to speak out on issues they had selected themselves, including school safety and funding for afterschool programs. The visit to Capitol…
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40,000 new claims for school aid overwhelm officials
Source: The Irish Times
By Carl O'Brien There has been a huge increase in requests from families for assistance with the cost of sending their children back to school. Almost 200,000 parents have applied for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance, 30,000 more than the Government had budgeted for. The…
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Federation, National Council on Aging Announce Collaboration
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
By: National Council on Aging CDCUs to Work with Regional Economic Security Centers to Assist Vulnerable Older Adults According to research from the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (Federation) and the National Council on Aging (NCOA), older adults in the United States are…
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Are Well-Off Progressives Standing in the Way of a Real Movement for Economic Justice?
Source: AlterNet
By Alyssa BattistoniMany progressives are affluent and well-educated. Does their elite status stand in the way of a movement to fight attacks on the working class?Over the past few years, it’s become an article of faith among progressives that we’re living through a second Gilded…
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Family Foundations Consider Issue of Perpetuity vs Limited Life
Source: Advisor One
Most family foundations in the U.S. are set up to exist in perpetuity, but the number of limited-life foundations is increasing. The decision to continue for generations or spend down is an individual one, and there are valid reasons for each approach, according to Susan…
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Long-Term Care Consumer Voices Strengthened
Source: PR Newswire
NCCNHR is an Atlantic grantee. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NCCNHR (formerly the National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform) announced today the launch of a major strategic planning process which will help strengthen the organization's role as a voice for individuals receiving long-term care.…
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Community Organizing Never Looked So Good
Source: The New York Times
Original Source The Center for Community Change is an Atlantic grantee. By SARA RIMER CAMBRIDGE, Mass. QUINN RALLINS, 23, graduated magna cum laude last year from Morehouse College with a dual major in international studies and Spanish. This spring, Mr. Rallins is finishing his master’s degree in…
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Seniors stepping out of retirement, into workplace
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
by DIANE SMITH FORT WORTH — Wade Clements is determined to find work. The 61-year-old land surveyor was laid off in September, and he’s now a regular at the WorkforceSolutionsWestsideWorkforceCenter in Fort Worth. Clements was there Friday, editing his résumé and searching online for jobs…
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Make education an early priority in administration
Source: Houston Chronicle
Original Source By MIKE FEINBERG At the end of his stirring acceptance speech in Chicago on November 4, President-elect Barack Obama said that this is the time "to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids" and "to reclaim…
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