Archive for the ‘Civic Engagement’ Category

• Annette John-Hall: Black-on-black Crime a Crisis that Needs a Solution (4/17/12)

  Monday, April 30th, 2012

  “Whites like to ignore it by saying criminals killing each other have nothing to do with them.
  Blacks hope that if they ignore it, maybe they won’t become victims themselves – even when it happens in their own neighborhoods. No one cares enough to even sign petitions.”

• How Money Factors Into The War On Obesity- By Farah Dosani (April 17, 2012) A Medicare Decision

  Sunday, April 29th, 2012

  “The Medicare program recently announced it is now covering obesity screening and counseling by primary care providers – doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.” Until eight years ago, Medicare said obesity was not a disease.

• A Public Health Debate Topic of Significant Importance – Should “Philosophical Exemption” Be Allowed In Matters Affecting Public Health?

  Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

  “Freedom and unity” — individual choice versus the public health benefit of having a high percentage of kids vaccinated. “It’s a balance between individual rights and our obligations to each other in society.”

• NH Girl Friends, Inc Annual Books & Art Fair – April 28, 2012 – Wexler Grant School, NH – 10:00AM – 3:00PM

  Thursday, April 19th, 2012

  Books & Art Fair and dynamic, interactive workshops about Building Academic Excellence in the Black community and Living Beyond Racial Stereotypes. Come to Wexler Grant School on april 28, 2012 at 10AM -3:00PM. Be involved; get inspired; make a contribution and learn.

• Zero Tolerance School Policy Gone Awry – Adults Abrogating Responsibility – Police Handcuffed A Six-Year-Old Ga. Unarmed Kindergartner for Tantrum!

  Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

  Should a Six-Year Old Kindergartner Who Threw a Tantrum at School Be Handcuffed & Placed in a Police Holding Cell? It is a case of Zero Tolerance School Policy Gone Awry! It is MADNESS! Six-Year-Old who did not have a weapon arrested! Where were the adults at the school? What were they doing? Why weren’t they arrested for abrogation of responsibility?