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When Will Change Happen?

unitetoendhomelessness wrote 1 week ago: Special thanks to Tim Harris, executive director of Real Change, for allowing me to reprint this in … more →

Tags: Real Change, Seattle homelessness, race and poverty, incarceration and race, prison funding

Information + Inspiration [File 3]13 comments

Carolyn wrote 2 months ago: … image via lululemon … Weekly Snippets of Information + Inspiration [File 3] … … more →

Tags: C.C.C, Blog Fun, Information + Inspiration Series, book, Creative, Giveaway, Jackie Waldman, Courage, Mind & Body

Paul Tamburello, Marian Wright Edelman's Lanterns2 comments

jeffkellylowenstein3 wrote 2 months ago: Marian Wright Edelman pays tribute to the men and women who shaped her in Lanterns. The book made me … more →

Tags: Current Books, ella baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Paul Tamburello, Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors, pierce school, spinal muscular atrophy, A Positive Spin for ALS, Marian Wright Edelman

Webcast of Arbuthnot Honor Lecture at Haley Farm

Jeannine Hunter wrote 2 months ago: Children’s Defense Fund  Founder/President Marian Wright Edelman gave introductory remarks bef … more →

Tags: News, ALA, American Library Association, Marian Wright Edelman, UT, University of Tennessee, Children's Defense Fund Haley Farm, University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences, 2009 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture

Children's Defense Fund leader fights for comprehensive health coverage

frumpfighter wrote 3 months ago: Marian Wright Edelman has always been on a mission to prove doubters wrong. When she was growing up … more →

Tags: Parenting, health, Marian Wright Edelman, Spelman College, Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights, poverty, naacp legal defense fund, Health Coverage for All Children Campaign

Reference for Academic-Health Science Libraries, Collection Management, Open Access: Peripheral Finds

creaky15 wrote 3 months ago: . Having been hunkered down in my cubicle for the past month updating the library’s Reference … more →

Tags: Academic Medicine, Educational sites, Healthcare Administration, Libraries or Librarians, Library 2.0, News & Medical News, Other Stuff, Scholarly Publications, Scholarly Publishing & Open Access

VoteHealthCare.org Bandwagon Tour Coming to Austin

Kymberlie Quong-Charles wrote 3 months ago: VoteHealthCare.org is a nation-wide campaign for quality, affordable health care for all U.S. reside … more →

Tags: Action Alert!, health reform, Affordability, Health Care Stories, Health Care for America NOW!, VoteHealthCare.org, ACORN, People's Community Clinic

Too Many Juveniles, Not Enough Justice In Our Juvenile Justice System

kathrynbaer wrote 3 months ago: Last week, the Georgetown University Journal on Poverty Law and Policy co-hosted a symposium on … more →

Tags: Juvenile, Justice, juvenile justice system, delinquents, CDF, cradle to prison pipeline

Historian, National Treasure Dies

Jeannine Hunter wrote 3 months ago: Duke University historian and African-American scholar John Hope Franklin (AP/Karen Tam) Scholar Joh … more →

Tags: News, Education, History, Civil Rights, African-American, Scholarship, Research, Fisk University, Hazel O'Leary

EDELMAN’S ERRORS

belmontrar wrote 4 months ago: Policy Advocate Misses Mark By Dr. Vaughn May It is hard not to like Marian Wright Edelman, and it … more →

Tags: Vaughn May, obama, taxes, Marian Edelman, schip, Cato, Democrats, stimulus, poverty

President Obama Holds Health Summit

Jeannine Hunter wrote 4 months ago: On Thursday, President Barack Obama held a health summit. Among the panelists at the White House Fo … more →

Tags: News, Children, health, President Obama, Family, Advocacy, President Barack Obama, health-care reform

People Power

faithintersectsaction wrote 5 months ago: **warning, warning** Be prepared to be inundated with my liberal socialist beliefs **warning, warnin … more →

Tags: Action, JFK Library, Marian Wright Edelman, Dolores Huerta, the Dolores Huerta Foundation

Jan 14 Deadline For Scholarships To Attend Health Disparities Conference

Jeannine Hunter wrote 6 months ago: The National Association of Black Journalists will provide scholarships for journalists to attend th … more →

Tags: New Media, Journalism, News, health, HIV/AIDS, Education, NABJ, black aids institute, morehouse

Your Black Education: Exclusive Interview With Iconic Educator Dr. Janice Hale 1 comment

T O wrote 6 months ago: Interview with Iconic Educator, Dr. Janice Hale, by Tolu Olorunda. It is rare for an educator to rea … more →

Tags: Black Bloggers, Black Social Commentary, Black News, Black Celebrities, Barack Obama, Your Black World, Rev. Wright, Marian Wright Edelman, Black Students

What Happens When We ONLY Blame Youth!

sergiocuellar wrote 7 months ago: So in light of the recent remarks from our beloved, newly reelected, Councilman Farinha, i want to g … more →

Tags: city of patterson, patterson city councilman dominic farinha, can't blame the youth, patterson teen center, savemart parking lot, loiter, Mr. Farinha, gangs, Supression

People who have made a difference - Marian Wright Edelman

mrschu81 wrote 1 year ago: This is me reading about Marian Wright Edelman at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center … more →

Tags: Road Trip, hillary clinton, Slavery, Marian Wright Edelman, Underground Railroad, Truth, civic responsiblity, Justice, rob shetterly

10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't):6 comments

abunakhli wrote 1 year ago: John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. N … more →

Tags: Politics, iraq, bush, Senate, Islam, Russia, China, Congress, Republican

Moms Speak Up, on Uninsured Children3 comments

cynematic wrote 1 year ago: Through MOMocrats, I’ve met some of the most intelligent, fun, politically aware, sassy, and c … more →

Tags: mamalytical, KidStuff, momocrats, Election '08, uninsured children, Children's health insurance, Chip, MomsRising, MomsSpeakUp

A warrior for children, Marian Wright Edelman has devoted her life to battling poverty1 comment

Tanisha wrote 1 year ago: Optimistic and deeply spiritual, Marian Wright Edelman has been a strong, articulate voice for the v … more →

Tags: Advocacy and Charity, African-American, Black Woman, Marian Wright Edelman, Toledo


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