Archive for the ‘Civic Engagement’ Category

• Is the Charge of “Fraudulent Enrollment” or Stealing an Education Just Another Way of Demonizing Poor Black Parents and Sending A Devastatingly Negative Message to People in the Black Community? It Just May Be.

  Friday, April 13th, 2012

  Education is the hall mark to success. Let us pay close attention to the fact that too many Black, Hispanic and poor children are not getting an education upon which they can build a positive future. This is exactly why we should be outraged at what has happened to Kelly Williams Bolar and Tonya McDowell; both charged with fraudulent enrollment, essentially “stealing an education” for their children! OUTRAGEOUS!

• As March- Women’s History Month- Comes to a Close the War Against Women Continues. Mar. 29, 2012 The House Republicans Rejected the Violence Against Women Act

  Friday, March 30th, 2012

  March is Women’s History Month. Look what happened to some women in March 2012!
  Republicans invite an all-male panel to talk about birth-control! Prevent a woman from speaking! Limbaugh insults female law student calls her a slut. He is still on the air.

• Screening for Poverty: Identifying an Important Social Determinant of Health – Is A Healthy Debate Topic

  Sunday, March 25th, 2012

  “Just as screening is important for other conditions or risk factors, like smoking, high cholesterol or domestic violence, so too is screening for poverty,” says Dr. Bloch, a Family Physician at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital and a founding member of Healthcare Providers Against Poverty (HPAP)

• Let Us Strive to Equip ALL of Our Children Wisely- Imbue them with Self-Love & Self-Respect

  Saturday, March 24th, 2012

  Seven Oaks Elementary goes after bullying by teaching manners, conflict resolution and social skills, trying to prevent it before it actually happens.

  This school holds two full days of social training at the start of each school year focusing on how to deal with conflicts and arguments so they don’t fester and spill into mean emails, texts, posts on Facebook or physical fights.

• In 2012 Americans NEED Health Care with a Public Option – Don’t Be Duped by Profit Motives

  Monday, March 19th, 2012

  In 1961, the Republican icon of today, Ronald Reagan denounced Medicare as being Socialized Medicine. Today it is the main health life-line for millions of senior Americans. People who worked all their adult lives; however, without access to Medicare today many would suffer greatly. Medicare, like a public health option today is NOT A HANDOUT. It is NOT government dictating your health coverage. Learn the facts. PLEASE.