Archive for the ‘Civic Engagement’ Category

• Primary Care Physicians Link Social Barriers to Poor Health

  Friday, December 16th, 2011

  “Primary care physicians say pervasive and stubborn social barriers such as a lack of access to adequate housing, transportation, and nutritious, affordable food may impact patient health as much as access to direct medical care, a survey shows.” 85% of physicians say unmet social needs are directly leading to worse health for all Americans. Only 20% of physicians feel confident or very confident in their ability to address their patients’ unmet social needs.

• GOP’s Horse-Race Politics by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (Politico)

  Thursday, December 15th, 2011

  By opposing whatever president Obama supports, no matter what, Republicans have steered Congress into gridlock, during a year that desperately demanded bold action to address the jobs crisis. This is very much in keepig with the words uttered and commitment made by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) who said, “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.”

• More Diverse Teachers for More Diverse Schools

  Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

  “Past research shows that students of color enjoy greater rates of academic success when they are taught by teachers of color, which makes it increasingly important for us to fix the teacher workforce’s low diversity as our demography evolves.”

• Breaking the Silence (about Domestic Violence) – by A CALL To MEN

  Monday, November 14th, 2011

  “As men we have a long history invested in collusion with other men and codes of silence. Also known as codes of honor, vows of silence, the blue curtain of silence with names like “the family” or “the brotherhood.” Many of us, in our youth and adulthood, have participated in defining violators of the code of silence as haters, suckers, punks, rats, snitches, weasels, a snake and much worse.” (A Call To Men)

• Adding $2 Billion to ECS is An Unrealistic Solution – ConnCAN Blogs Full of Good Information

  Friday, November 4th, 2011

  “Despite pockets of success around Connecticut, like Macdonough and Capital Prep, we are still letting too many of our children fall through the cracks. Fewer than half of Connecticut’s Hispanic males graduate from high school. Low-income and minority children are three years behind their white and affluent peers in middle school math.”