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The GOP's Minority Outreach Delusion

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics
Read More: Outreach, Elections, Gop, Reince Priebus RNC Chairman, Minorites, Gays, Rnc Chair, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The RNC understands that and is trying to do something about it at least verbally. But many millions that back the GOP precisely because they like it just the way it and America once was, virtually render its minority outreach campaign little more than a delusion.

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Mending Souls: One Song at a Time?

Victor Lopez | Posted 05.18.2013 | Impact
Read More: Glbt, Humor, Hope, Breakups, Helping Others, Gay News, Antibullying-Legislation, Outreach, Music, Antidepressants and Sucide, Bria and Chrissy, Youtube Videos, Gay Rights, Bullying, Gay Marriage, Couples, Impact News
Victor Lopez

They have one million views on YouTube, eleven thousand subscribers and are called the cutest couple on earth. Besides taking my mind off my ugly break up, Bria and Chrissy have showed the power musicians can have on the queer community.

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Local Governments Do Not 'Like' Facebook's New Page Name Policy

Steve Ressler | Posted 10.06.2012 | Technology
Read More: Local Government, Social Media, Outreach, Implementation, Facebook, Government, Communications, Social Media Policy, Technology News
Steve Ressler

The popular social media site is cracking down on their page management policy, and according to their Facebook page terms, name guidelines must not consist solely of generic terms such as "beer," "pizza," and now geographic locations such as the "City of Olathe, KS."

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Reunion With Soul: Launching Love Through Your GPS

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 06.25.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: The Love Project: Coming Home, Steve Jobs, Miraculous Demonstration, Bill Courtney, Forwarding Posts, Suicide, Soul Awakening, Outreach, Kindness, The Power of the Web, Good Relations, Redemption, Compassion, Mother Teresa, Everyman, Maxing a Difference, Gandhi, The Cafe, Archives, The Way, GPS for the Soul, Service, Four Cornerstones, Dark Night, Albert Einstein, Gps-Soul, Healthy Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

Never, ever forget or doubt the difference your GPS makes when you rise above self-doubt or indifference, reclaiming the moment for what needs a voice in your heart.

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This Easter Season, Remember: Church Growth Is About More Than 'The Marrieds'

David Crumm | Posted 04.28.2012 | Religion
Read More: Church Growth, Marriage, Easter, Divorce, Outreach, Lent, United Church of Christ, Evangelism, Spiritual Practice, Christianity, Religion News
David Crumm

Single adults and single parents tell me that they immediately sense when all of the spiritually rewarding experiences in a congregation are aimed at nuclear families. That's not a welcoming place.

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You Never Know

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 10.19.2011 | Technology
Read More: Space Shuttle Launch, History, Education, Nasa, Space Exploration, Hope, Internship, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Outreach, Future, Technology News
Zoe P. Strassfield

Now there was another period of silence, long minutes as the shuttle's main engines continued to burn to take it into orbit. The bright curvature of the Earth against the darkness of space was visible.

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Court Program Helps Homeless Get Clean Slate

Detroit Free Press | L. L. Brasier | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Legal Services, Homeless, Outreach, Court, Homelessness in America, Homeless Services, Homelessness, Impact News

Timothy Payne was facing several hundred dollars in traffic fines, and unable to get his driver's license back because of them. Already teetering on ...

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Greensburg, Kansas: From Green-town to Clean-town

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Project Explore, Baking Soda, Eco-Environment, Donor Fatigue, Twilight Theatre, U.S. Department of Energy, Eco-Innovation, Green Economy, Usda, National Renewable Energy Lab, Country Music, PF Waterworks, Dorothy Gale, Twister, Vegetable Gardens, Fema, Leed, TADgreen Inc, Green Cleaners, Spirit of Greensburg Committee, Clorox Company, Man-Made-Disasters, White Vinegar, Clorox, Green Economies, Survivors, Ralph Appelbaum, Green Cleaning, Cooling, Small Business, Caroma USA, Clorox-Company, Bauer Power, Sichuan Provence, Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, Fund-Raising, Salt, Small Businesses, Leed-Certified-Home, Eco-Toxins, General Motors, Discovery Channel, Greensburg/GreenTown, Ground-Source Cooling, Sustainable German Technology, Borax, Meadowlark House, Global-Economy, OCW Foundation, AT&T, Rebuilding, Samoa Tsunami, China Earthquake, Education and Outreach, Clean Infrastructure, Outdoor Eco-Environments, Environmentally Conscious, Pollutants, Greensburg Kansas, Volcanic Ash, The Green Economy, Usde, Natural Home Magazine, Global Economy, German Technology, Discovery Communications, The Wizard of Oz, 9/11, Outreach, Eco-Friendly, Silo Eco-Home, Pollutant, Kansas, USDA-Rural Development, Office Depot, Sustainable Technology, Eco Friendly, EF Scale, OneCleanWorld Foundation, Big Well Museum, Environmental Sustainability, Sun Chips, Enhanced Fujita, Advocacy, Big Green Box, Fund Raising, One Clean World Foundation, Sterling-Publishing, Green-Economy, Sears, Outdoor Eco-Environment, Mother Earth News, EF5 Tornado, Natural-Home-Magazine, 24-Hour News Cycle, Environmental-Sustainability, Commercial Cleanser, Education, Green Infrastructure, Tsunami, Green Dwellings, Kiowa County Commons, Solar Hot Water, Wind Turbines, Tornado, Greensburg-Kansas, Conscious Living, Vinegar, Kiowa County, Kansas Tornado, Toxins, Disaster-Victims, Schmidt/Manlier Family, Green Buildings, Richard Haymes, Leed-Certified Home, Public Health, Greensburg 2020, Tropical Cyclone, Eco-Home, Commercial Cleaners, Sterling Publishing, Kiowa County United, Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing, George Jones, Green Industry, Rooftop Gardens, Fundraising, Cleaning, Viega, ef5, Ocwf, Bnim, Green News
Michael DeJong

After a tornado destroyed 95% of the town, Greensburg, Kansas reinvented itself by striving to become the greenest community imaginable.

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Graduation Night

Elena Quintana | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Chicago Violence, Violence, Outreach, Chicago West Side, Violence Prevention, Chicago, Chicago News
Elena Quintana

Guns and knives were drawn. Injury or death seemed imminent. Seconds after receiving the call, two carloads of outreach staff left for the scene of the conflict.

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StandUp For Kids: A Hot Meal and Trust on the Street

Judy Ranan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Standup for Kids, At-Risk Youth, Youth, Street Kids, Homelessness, Homeless, Outreach, Judy Ranan, Impact News
Judy Ranan

Over the months I've come to not only respect the street kids I work with for what they've gone through, but to understand that they are survivors.

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Spare Some Change... Spread Some Hope

Michael Leoni | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Spare Some Change, The Playground, Outreach, Sexual Abuse, Physical Abuse, Child Molestation, Prostitution, Child Abuse, Homelessness, Volunteering, Psychological-Abuse, Homeless, Child Prostitution, Street-Kids, Healthy Living News
Michael Leoni

Every minute in America, 1 kid will run away. Every day, 13 of those same kids will die on our streets. At this very moment, almost 2 million kids are living on our streets and of those 2 million, 650,000 of them are under the age of 15. These statistics are staggering but what's more shocking is the number of Americans who are unaware of this crisis.

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Cesar Chavez at the Root of Obama's Campaign: Grassroots Latino Voter Outreach

Randy Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Latinos, Yes We Can, Obama National Latino Advisory Council, California Primary, Strategy, California, Miguel Contreras, "Camp Obamas, Primary, Outreach, Los Angeles, " Eliseo Medina, 2008 Election, Obama Campaign, Obama Supporters, Cesar Chavez, Nonviolence, Marshall Ganz, Latino Voters, 1968, Organizing Drives, Fast for Our Future, Sharon Delugach, Door-to-Door Campaigning, UFW, Si Se Puede, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, On the Ground, Robert Kennedy, Politics News
Randy Shaw

If Barack Obama's campaign wins on November 4th, LA should be identified as the birthplace of the grassroots voter outreach strategy that dramatically changed the political course of the US.

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