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Matthew Knip * Hunter College CUNY: Lost and Found Goes to the Dogs
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Matthew Knip * Hunter College CUNY. On this blog: Information for informed registration, syllabi, miscellaneous links, videos and documents relevant to our class discussions. Pages for Informed Registration. INFORMED REGISTRATION: ENGL 252. Lost and Found Goes to the Dogs. Look who KLM’s dedicated Lost and Found team at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has helping passengers find lost items. Video from KLM. Posted by A Fly Guy's Cabin Crew Lounge. On Thursday, September 25, 2014. Posted by Matthew Knip. BBC Ra...
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Welfare Rights Initiative: Blocking the Quickest Way to Success
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Saturday, June 27, 2009. Blocking the Quickest Way to Success. From the Drum Major Institute (DMI) Blog. Maureen Lane, WRI Co-Director. Earlier this week the state Assembly in Albany voted to expand access to college education for people receiving welfare. This legislation could help many poor and vulnerable New Yorkers, but the gridlock in the state Senate is jeopardizing its future. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welfare Rights Initiative Mission Statement. Economic Security Campaign (ES2).
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Welfare Rights Initiative: An Alarming Rise
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Thursday, November 5, 2009. From the Drum Major Institute (DMI) Blog (www.dmiblog.com). By Welfare Rights Initiative Co-Director Maureen Lane. A recent National Academy of Science report (NAS). Reveals that approximately 47.4 million Americans last year lived in poverty, 7 million more than the government’s official figure. The NAS issued its data after requests from law makers and members of the administration who are looking at new ways to address poverty nationally. Education and welfare policies need...
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Welfare Rights Initiative: September 2009
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009. Short-term and Long-term/ Cash and Policy. From the Drum Major Institute Blog. By WRI Co-Director Maureen Lane. On August 11, 2009, New York State and The Open Society Institute announced a program giving $200 to families who receive social services or food stamps in NYS. Economists tend to agree that stimulus funds work best when they are targeted and temporary. The $200 meets a real need for many families. There are students at the Welfare Rights Initiative (WRI). Unfortun...
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Welfare Rights Initiative: UGRENT CALL TO ACTION on NYS BILL S5648-A
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009. UGRENT CALL TO ACTION on NYS BILL S5648-A. WHAT is NYS SENATE BILL S5846-A? The bill expands access to education across. Ensures all New Yorkers can access higher education by allowing baccalaureate (4-year) degree programs to count as appropriate work activities for women and men receiving public assistance. WHAT YOU CAN DO. Call your NYS Senator (. And tell him/her to support S5846-A and that you want the NYS Senate to vote on this bill when they go into session next week.
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Welfare Rights Initiative: July 2010
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010. A Modest Law with Great Potential. From the Drum Major Institute Blog. By WRI Co-Executive Director Maureen Lane. Recently, New York Governor Paterson signed the Work Study Internship Law, which counts work-study, internships and externships as work activity for people receiving welfare. Since its original passage in 2000, it has had to be renewed every two years. As Beth Gregory, a 2004 Welfare Rights Initiative (WRI). But with Paterson’s signature, the law is now permanent.
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Steffie's Blog
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006. As suggested I am sharing information about Mercado Global. Which is the tremendous creation of Ruth DeGolia and Benita Singh. Mercado Global is a non-profit fair trade organization that links the world’s most rural and economically-disadvantaged cooperatives to the U.S. market through a model that provides both fair wages and investments in community’s long-term development. The impressive work and success has paid off and both Ruth and Benita were featured in Newsweek's. Over[...
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Welfare Rights Initiative: Short-term and Long-term/ Cash and Policy
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009. Short-term and Long-term/ Cash and Policy. From the Drum Major Institute Blog. By WRI Co-Director Maureen Lane. On August 11, 2009, New York State and The Open Society Institute announced a program giving $200 to families who receive social services or food stamps in NYS. Economists tend to agree that stimulus funds work best when they are targeted and temporary. The $200 meets a real need for many families. There are students at the Welfare Rights Initiative (WRI). Unfortun...
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Matthew Knip * Hunter College CUNY: Karl Marx on Alienation
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Matthew Knip * Hunter College CUNY. On this blog: Information for informed registration, syllabi, miscellaneous links, videos and documents relevant to our class discussions. Pages for Informed Registration. INFORMED REGISTRATION: ENGL 252. Karl Marx on Alienation. Posted by Matthew Knip. Tweets by @matthew knip. Great chain of being. The Maypole of Merry Mount. THINGS ALL STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT. How banks are preying on students! If you are considering graduate school: CUNY PIPELINE. Bertolini, "The...
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Steffie's Blog
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006. So, we have all become engaged in the blogging world. This class has surely exposed me to it. To expand on this, my mom sent me a link today that I think is very relevant to the work that we are doing in class. It was a link to Hollyhock. Which is a non for profit Educational Retreat Center in Canada. In one aspect it relates to Tara's blog. And offers holistic approaches and educational seminars for health. However, one of the media and technology workshops. Which offers a week...
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