Cleaning Our Rivers, Greening Our City and Creating Living Wage Jobs in Washington, DC
CHN,
May 27, 2015
Are we caring for the least of these? This is the question I constantly ask myself. Our church sits in one of the poorest wards of the District of Columbia and I often minister to men and women returning home from prison. It is our mission as a congregation to...
Gasping for Support
Lecia Imbery,
May 26, 2015
Living in poverty can be hazardous to your health in many respects – more incidences of violence, less access to quality grocery stores, and few safe places to exercise, just to name a few. Previous studies have shown those living in poverty also breathe dirtier air. Regular exposure to air...
Head Smacker: If You Aint Cheating, You Aint Trying
Deborah Weinstein,
May 22, 2015
“If you aint cheating, you aint trying.” That’s what a currency trader at Barclays Bank shared in an online chat room about criminal currency manipulation. Those words to live by have resulted in four mammoth banks pleading guilty to federal collusion charges. They will pay fines of $5.6 billion. That’s...
Celebrate 50 years of Head Start with an #EarlyEdChat
Joanna Sandager,
May 20, 2015
Head Start is celebrating its 50th birthday! Join us and other advocates for the weekly #EarlyEdChat to celebrate this important milestone for the Head Start program. On May 21st at 2pm ET, MomsRising and special guest National Head Start Association will kick off a tweetchat via the #EarlyEdChat hashtag. Come and share your questions, stories, resources,...
Fact of the Week: Nearly One in Four Children in the U.S. is Served by the Federal Child Support Program
Deborah Weinstein,
May 20, 2015
In Idaho, the proportion of children relying on Child Support Services is even higher – 28 percent. Many in the state learned that the hard way this week, as Idaho’s state legislature held an unusual special session to take up legislation to prevent the state from losing access to federal child...
