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Original Source by Todd Cohen RALEIGH, N.C. -- Foundations and other groups invested more than $2.6 million over five years to help 14 New Mexico nonprofits in their work involving advocacy, community organizing and civic engagement, an investment that generated $16.6 million in benefits for…

by SAM DILLON CHICAGO — It was the morning after the presidential election, and Matthew Melmed, executive director of Zero to Three, a national organization devoted to early childhood education, could barely contain his exultation. Mr. Melmed fired off an e-mail message to his board…

by Susanne Bleiberg Seperson and Paul Arfin Susanne Bleiberg Seperson is director of the Center for Intergenerational Policy and Practice at Dowling College. Paul Arfin is president and chief executive of Intergenerational Strategies, a nonprofit charitable organization. President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel,…

By Steve Lohr Harvard kicked off a small but ambitious experiment this week that it hopes will become a new “third stage” of university education. For the student-fellows in the program, most in their 50s and early 60s, the goal is a second-act career in…

New York, December 8, 2008- As the nation seeks to bolster its sagging economy, PHI, a national leader in promoting quality direct-care jobs, has released an issue brief outlining why America should invest in its caregiving workforce. Direct-Care Jobs and Long-Term Care: Untapped Engine for…

[© SouthScan v23/24 5 Dec 08] Tension between the races has increased markedly over the past year while optimism on racial peace has declined 40 percent. Fears for personal safety have also increased, a recent survey shows. The reasons are being ascribed to political infighting…

Original Source and Video New America Media, News Report//Video, Story: Leslie Casimir//Video: Josue Rojas and Lesile Casimir Editor's Note: Many elderly people from minority and low-income communities are coming out of retirement to look for full-time jobs. But as the unemployment rate soars and the…

by RUADHáN MacCORMAIC IMMIGRATION:THE STATE'S advisory body on racism and intercultural affairs is to have all its Government funding withdrawn, while the Office of Integration will see its budget cut by a quarter. State funding of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI)…

By Bob Moos Downsized and depressed, Leigh Hoes was approaching 50 and won-dering what to do with the rest of her work life. Then one day, as she leafed through a course catalog that had arrived in the mail from RichlandCollege in Dallas, the idea…