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No More Slumlords! CAC Organizes Low-income Tenants in Housing Campaign Imagine that your daughter is afraid to go to sleep at night. Afraid not because of a boogieman under her bed or shadow monsters dancing on the wall, but afraid because mice constantly run across her bed and bite her. This may be a nightmarish […]
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Governor Malloy signs criminal justice reform bills at Faith Congregational Church by Marc E. Fitch | Aug 2, 2017 | Good Government, Yankee News | Flanked by community leaders, politicians and organizations across the political spectrum, Governor Dannel Malloy signed legislation to reform Connecticut’s criminal justice system on Wednesday at Faith Congregational Church in Hartford. The governor signed a total of nine […]
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Improving the health of African Americans in the USA: an overdue opportunity for social justice Allan S. Noonan Hector Eduardo Velasco-Mondragon and Fernando A. Wagner Public Health Reviews201637:12 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40985-016-0025-4 © The Author(s). 2016 Published: 3 October 2016 In 1928, Louis Israel Dublin wrote “An improvement in Negro health, to the point where it would compare favorably with that of the white race, would at one stroke […]
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credit: https://www.worlddiabetesfoundation.org/projects/india-wdf15-941 Diabetic Foot Care If your toes are tingly, cracked or sore, if your feet are numb, cold or prone to infection, you could have diabetes-related foot problems. One study found that as many as 50 percent of people with diabetes have nerve damage to their feet. Inspect your feet Protect them from extreme temperatures […]
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What is the best diet to follow? Some general rules to follow for good health include eating less sodium and sugars, add more whole grains and fiber, eat colorful fruits and vegetables, don’t smoke, and exercise. According to US News, here are the best diets of 2017: the DASH diet for heart health the Mediterranean […]
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Have a Minute? Click and Donate for FREE! Here are some ways you can make donations to worthy causes for just a few minutes of your time. At http://greatergood.com you can click on one of many projects you might be interested in including autism, diabetes, breast cancer, Alzheimer’s and others. Clicks create donations which support specific projects. […]
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Most Americans Oppose White Supremacists, But Many Share Their Views: Poll A new poll asked Americans about racism after the violence in Charlottesville. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman A new poll in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, finds that while Americans widely say they oppose racism and white nationalism, many still appear to hold […]
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/ex-cons-unfairly-barred-jobs-ban-box-proponents-say-yes/ Connecticut Becomes the Third Jurisdiction in 2016 to “Ban the Box” BY JENNIFER L. MORA, PHILIP GORDON, AND MATTHEW CURTIN ON JUNE 3, 2016 On June 1, 2016, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed a bill into law that prohibits most employers from requesting criminal history information on an initial employment application. Connecticut’s new “ban-the-box” […]
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https://d1n0c1ufntxbvh.cloudfront.net/photo/c91deb14/25887/740x/ found at https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/09/13/from-prison-to-ph-d-the-redemption-and-rejection-of-michelle-jones From Prison to PhD.: The Redemption and Rejection of Michelle Jones By ELI HAGER SEPT. 13, 2017 Michelle Jones was released last month after serving more than two decades in an Indiana prison for the murder of her 4-year-old son. The very next day, she arrived at New York University, a promising Ph.D. student […]
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Restoring the Social Justice Identity of the Black Church By Robert S. Harvey “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). In the days of past, the clarion call and mission of the black church was two-fold: it served as a beacon of hope for the […]
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