Helping kids get ready for school
Posted on July 26, 2021 by oshawaexpress in COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY
Operation BackPack is back for another year to help at risk families and their children with back to school supplies.
The United Way of Durham Region says this is the 14
th consecutive year of the Operation BackPack program in Durham Region.
In the fight against poverty, and to mitigate its impacts, United Way says childhood and youth education preparedness is critical.
“The “back to school” feeling that, for so many, can be invigorating and a time of excitement and expectation can for others be a daunting time,” says Cindy Murray, CEO of United Way of Durham Region, adding school supplies and backpacks come with a cost which for some must be weighed against food or accommodation for other expenses.
May 11, 2021
Ithaca’s community organizers, activists, Black farmers and more have transformed the community in ways big and small. And they have stories to tell.
A new book, “13 Leaders: Stories of Community Building for Systemic Change,” published by Cornell students, honors the journeys and life’s work of 13 Cornell Civic Leader Fellows – grassroots leaders who have played critical roles in developing resilient communities in and around Ithaca. Provided
Cornell Civil Leader Fellow Phoebe Brown participates in a rally in San Francisco.
The book is the product of five years of work by undergraduate students majoring in development sociology in the Department of Global Development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, who documented the oral histories of local community leaders as part of their senior capstone course, Agents of Change: Community Organizing for the Public Good.
“The 3 Rs: The Road to Reparations and Reconciliation” virtual talk educates students to address reconciliation of racial issues Provided by BU Harriet Tubman Center Mary Frances Berry, an international civil rights activist, and Hilary Robertson-Hickling, a scholar of the Caribbean diaspora, spoke with students about reparations, truth and reconciliation.
BU s Harriet Tubman Center hosted Mary Frances Berry, Hilary Robertson-Hickling who spoke on restorative justice, colonialism
April 12, 2021
Mary Frances Berry, an international civil rights activist, and Hilary Robertson-Hickling, a scholar of the Caribbean diaspora, gave a virtual talk about reparations and reconciliation at Binghamton University via Zoom on Thursday.
The event, titled “The 3 Rs: The Road to Reparations and Reconciliation,” was hosted by the BU Harriet Tubman Center for the Study of Freedom and Equity as part of an ongoing conversation the University is having about truth and reconcilia
CHRISTI MATHIS
SIU Media Services
CARBONDALE â Southern Illinois University Carbondale was included among the Top 20 Wheelchair Friendly Colleges recently by New Mobility Magazine and the United Spinal Association.
âTheir ranking method is more rigorous than that of many other lists of this type, so this is a real feather in our cap,â Lisa Caringer, director of Disability Support Services, said. âSIU has long enjoyed a reputation for excellence in access for wheelchair users. We were an early leader in removing physical barriers and assisting disabled college students, who have been traditionally marginalized.â
In the report, Jean Dobbs, project director for Top 20 Wheelchair Friendly Colleges, praised SIUâs culture.
SIU earns national recognition as wheelchair friendly
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December 17, 2020
by Christi Mathis
CARBONDALE, Ill. Inclusivity has been intrinsic to Southern Illinois University Carbondale since its earliest days, and that dedication to ensuring all Salukis feel welcome and appreciated has earned the university national recognition once again. The university was included among the Top 20 Wheelchair Friendly Colleges recently by New Mobility Magazine and the United Spinal Association.
“Their ranking method is more rigorous than that of many other lists of this type, so this is a real feather in our cap,” Lisa Caringer, director of Disability Support Services, said. “SIU has long enjoyed a reputation for excellence in access for wheelchair users. We were an early leader in removing physical barriers and assisting disabled college students, who have been traditionally marginalized.”