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Responding to Economic Crisis, Plus 50 Initiative Expands to Help Older Workers
Source: Plus 50 Initiative at the American Association of Community Colleges
With unemployment figures on the rise and the economic recession wreaking havoc on retirement accounts, the Plus 50 Initiative at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is spearheading a movement by community colleges to help workers age 50 and over train for new jobs…
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The Age We Live In
Source: The Irish Times
Original Source Trinity College Dublin is an Atlantic grantee. CLAIRE O’CONNELL reports on the rationale behind a new study on ageing in the Republic which has just been launched WHAT IS it really like to grow old in Ireland? A major new study, which launched…
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Mentally Ill and in Immigration Limbo
Source: The New York Times
The Center for Constitutional Rights is an Atlantic grantee. by NINA BERNSTEIN Twice the immigration judge asked the woman’s name. Twice she gave it: Xiu Ping Jiang. But he chided her, a Chinese New Yorker, for answering his question before the court interpreter had translated…
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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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Reasons for Supplementary Budget for the Republic of Ireland
A supplementary budget for the Republic of Ireland contains tough but necessary measures to set the country on the road to recovery after a difficult recession, said Brian Cowen, Taoiseach for the Republic of Ireland, in this speech. Original Source Ceann Comhairle Yesterday, the Minister…
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Congress expands AmeriCorps volunteer program
Source: Associated Press
By Ann Sanner WASHINGTON--Tens of thousands of Americans, from teenagers to baby boomers, soon will get a fresh chance to lend a helping hand in a time of need. The House voted 275-149 Tuesday for a $5.7 billion bill that triples positions in the Clinton-eraAmeriCorps program,…
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How Does the Serve America Act (S. 277) Affect Americans in the Second Half of Life?
Source: Civic Ventures
A Quick Summary of a Quiet Revolution in National Service MARCH 26, 2009 – Within days, the Senate will likely pass and President Obama is poised to sign major bipartisan legislation that will dramatically expand national service opportunities for all and will include, for the…
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A New Era of Service
Source: TIME Magazine
During this economic crisis, the President says, the need for an army of volunteers is more urgent than ever Original Source By Barack Obama I started my career more than two decades ago as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago, working with…
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NCOA Issues Call-to-Action for National Chronic Care Reform Based on Survey of Americans with Chronic Conditions
Source: National Council on Aging (NCOA)
WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey commissioned by the non-profit National Council on Aging (NCOA), with support from The Atlantic Philanthropies and the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), reveals a bleak and broken health care system for millions of Americans suffering from a variety…
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The Conference Board Launches YourBrainatWork.org in Time for Brain Awareness Week
Source: The Conference Board
NEW YORK, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Right on time for Brain Awareness Week beginning today, The Conference Board, the global business research and membership organization, and the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives announced the launch of YourBrainatWork.org, a new, publicly accessible, interactive, online tool which…
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