Results List
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Raising False Alarms
Source: The New York Times
By Bob HerbertIf there’s a better government program than Social Security, I’d like to know what it is.It has gone a long way toward eliminating poverty among the elderly. Great numbers of them used to live and die in ghastly, Dickensian conditions of extreme want.…
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Judge Steve Teske: A Perfect Storm, An Imperfect System Equals Injustice
Source: Juvenile Justice
We moved to Clayton County, GA in 1974. I was 14 years old. I had lived in nine different cities from California to New York, and back to our southern roots when my father was transferred to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
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Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is Accepting Applications for 2011-2012
Source: Health and Aging Policy Fellows
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is a unique opportunity for professionals in health and aging to receive the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution to the development and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans. The following is an…
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February Leadership Training Program Announced by NICHE
Source: New York University
Convenient web-based program is first step toward attaining designation as a NICHE hospitalNICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders), announces the February 2011 Leadership Training Program (LTP). The LTP provides the means to train a team of staff and begin the process of becoming a…
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It’s Time to Protect and Strengthen Social Security, Not Undermine It
Source: Gara LaMarche
Media coverage that followed the release of Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Co-Chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson’s draft proposal earlier this month was, for many, the first public announcement that the fate of their Social Security benefits was even up for debate. It…
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Letter to the Editor: Partisan Politics Could Pose 'Toxic Threat’ to Foundations
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
To the Editor: William Schambra is a friend and my foundation supports his Bradley Center’s stimulating series of philanthropy forums, but he is at it again (“Grant Makers’ Support of Obama May Haunt Them After Midterm Polls,” October 21). His attack on Grantmakers in Health…
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Letters: The Old World
Source: The New York Times Magazine
Ted Fishman’s article paints an unnecessarily bleak picture of the future of aging around the world, concluding that “global power rests on how willing a country is to neglect its older citizens.”Longer life is a triumph to be celebrated, not feared. Many older adults want…
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Fran Barrett Appointed Director of Capacity Building at The Atlantic Philanthropies
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Fran Barrett has been appointed Director of Capacity Building at The Atlantic Philanthropies effective September 6, Senior Vice President and Marcia Smith announced today. In this newly created role, Barrett will manage a unit of communications, advocacy, organizational development and fundraising experts who will provide…
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Event: Celebrate Social Security's 75th Birthday
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
To celebrate Social Security’s 75th birthday, advocates have planned birthday parties at 100 strategic locations around the country. Come join the Harlem celebration in New York this Thursday, August 19th, 10-noon. The attached invitation provides details about the plans for the event as well as…
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More than 500 demand Obama's family to stop deportation of their parents
Source: Casa de Maryland
(Press Release dispatched on 27 July 2010) Washington DC - U.S citizen children suffering from family destruction caused by the broken immigration system will come to Washington on July 28th to surround the White House in a wave of suffering. Calling on the President to…
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