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Darnell Canada Refuses to Wait for Obama to Create Jobs for New York City

Ryan Mack | Posted 12.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Unemployment, Darnell Canada, Ryan-Mack, Formerly-Incarcerated, Employment, Jobs, Construction, Formerly Incarcerated, Community Activism, Impact News
Ryan Mack

Somehow in the middle of a recession, Darnell Canada, President of REBUILD, has been creating hundreds of jobs for those who are hardest to employ.

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What's All This Fuss About Service?

Russell Bishop | Posted 02.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Life Lessons, Responsibility, Service, Russell Bishop, Barack Obama, Social, Communty Service, Obama Service Initiative, Service Initiative, Obama Service, Community Activism, Living News
Russell Bishop

What's all this fuss I hear about Service lately? I mean, who cares, really? Perhaps that's the real question: Who cares? Do you care? Having rea...

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Growling and Kicking for Social Change

Gara LaMarche | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Change, Obama Change, Barack Obama, Community Activism, Woodrow Wilson, Politics News
Gara LaMarche

We need to not only tap the power, the knowledge, the wisdom of age; we need to do that in a way that works for older adults across all economic, social, racial and ethnic lines.

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Guerilla Aid!

Barton Brooks | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Make a Difference, UN Human Rights, Forrest Gump, Philanthropy, Sally Struthers, Burma, Ethiopian Fuelwood Carriers, Cambodia, Guerilla Aid, Karen Refugees Burma, Random Acts of International Service, Myanmar Human Rights, African Goodwill Tour, Social Activism, Community Activism, Kenya, Living News
Barton Brooks

I imagine everything we do is based on a feeling, and on that day it all became clear for me. These children were going about their day in poverty - but happy - and their indifference to their need struck me. I no longer saw "global poverty" as a Sally Struthers infomercial that made

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Saving the World (Starting With the South Bronx)

Majora Carter | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Making Cities Sustainable, Sustainable South Bronx, South Bronx Activism, Make a Difference, Saving the World, Local Activisim, Making Cities Green, Green the Ghetto, Community Activism, Living News
Majora Carter

When people ask me what I do for a living, my short answer is, "I'm working to save the world, starting in the South Bronx." Yes, the South Bronx is...

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