The Wikimedia Foundation’s Legal department has published draft proposals for policies related to the use of banners and logo changes for advocacy purposes. The policy...| Diff
Press Information Department Logo The Press Information Department (PID) of Bangladesh has recently taken a landmark step by releasing its vast image archive under the public domain. These photogra…| Diff
Check out the latest Oklahoma food insecurity policy and advocacy news.| Hunger Free Oklahoma
At Wikimania Nairobi 2025, two important sessions highlighted the growing collaboration between Wikimedia hubs and the Wikimedia education movement. Both sessions focused on community empowerment, …| Diff
The post The SEAP Mid-Term Review: Why the Council Recommendation Matters for Europe’s Social Economy appeared first on Euclid Network.| Euclid Network
In 2024, child care was a crucial election issue, informing voter behavior and policy discussions. With the economy being another focus, candidates from both parties acknowledged the need for affordable and accessible child care, though they proposed different solutions. With election results in most races called, we have a better understanding of the political landscape... Read more » The post Child care and the 2024 Election: How will the political landscape influence what’s next? appear...| Child Care Aware® of America
National Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day celebrates the use ofGIS, a powerful software toolused to create and display maps that help geographically illustrate and communicate complex problems. GIS maps can help identify assets and resources, as well as understand underlying location-based trends in datasets. The post Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map early childhood education policies across states appeared first on Child Care Aware® of America.| Child Care Aware® of America
Across the United States, there’s a patchwork of state child care policies and investments. In recent years, several states were able to expand eligibility, improve affordability, and make other changes to their child care policies, funded in part by COVID-19 relief dollars. With the expiration of relief funding in September 2024, CCAoA is keeping an... Read more » The post Federal Relief Funding for Child Care is Over. Now What? appeared first on Child Care Aware® of America.| Child Care Aware® of America
Discover how states are advancing their child care systems in the State Session Round Up: Summer 2024.| info.childcareaware.org
Two Maine Audubon staffers were able to attend the National Audubon Society’s Audubon Leadership Conference in Montreal last month. The event was the first of its kind since 2016, and gathered over 400 staff, board members, and volunteers from Audubon chapters and partners across North, Central, and South America to make connections, share intel, and […] The post At the National Audubon Society’s “Soaring, Together!” Conference appeared first on Maine Audubon.| Maine Audubon
To amplify the voices of those who experience hunger and food insecurity, Hunger Free Oklahoma is launching the Lived Experience and Resource Network (LEARN) Workshop that includes a paid eight-month program beginning September 2024 for Tulsa and surrounding area residents.| Hunger Free Oklahoma
Check out the latest Oklahoma food insecurity policy and advocacy news.| Hunger Free Oklahoma
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Today, Ryan Walters put out an email to Oklahoma parents informing them that every child in Oklahoma should have access to no-cost school meals. While we share the end goal, we do not agree it can be achieved by this proposed approach.| Hunger Free Oklahoma
“This bill is a setback, and it’s frustrating. But it doesn’t change what we know to be true. Hunger didn’t begin with this bill and it won’t end with it, either."| Hunger Free Oklahoma
Hunger Free Oklahoma President/CEO Chris Bernard released a statement in response to Governor Stitt’s Executive Order 2025-13 which, in part, seeks to limit SNAP purchases: Today, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced in an executive order that he had the Oklahoma Department of Human Services pursue federal approval to restrict the purchase of soda and candy with SNAP benefits as part of a larger set of directives to address Oklahomans’ health. While we all share the important goal of i...| Hunger Free Oklahoma
One out of every five kids in Oklahoma doesn’t always have enough food to eat. No child should have to sit in class hungry and unable to focus. It hurts their ability to learn, disrupts the class for the teacher, and results in worse outcomes for our educational system. But it happens in classrooms for thousands of students in our state every day because their families don’t have the resources and their schools don’t leverage all the tools available to them to make sure kids have access...| Hunger Free Oklahoma
by Jessica Dietrich, Director of Government Relations and Public Policy, and Bailey Ashbaker, Senior Policy Analyst and Engagement Specialist State Updates For the 2025 Legislative Session, 527 bills were sent to the Governor. 148 of those bills were signed, 70 were vetoed, and 47 of the vetoes were overridden. 305 bills became law without the […]| Hunger Free Oklahoma
Hunger Free Oklahoma President/CEO Chris Bernard released a statement in response to Governor Stitt’s Executive Order 2025-13 which, in part, seeks to limit SNAP purchases: Today, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced in an executive order that he had the Oklahoma Department of Human Services pursue federal approval to restrict the purchase of soda and candy with SNAP benefits as part of a larger set of directives to address Oklahomans’ health. While we all share the important goal of i...| Hunger Free Oklahoma
The Chickasaw Nation, in partnership with Hunger Free Oklahoma, is expanding access to the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer EBT or SEBT) program to families in Oklahoma and Cleveland Counties. This collaboration will bring a crucial benefit to the approximately 100,000 children who lose access to free or reduced-price school meals during the summer months.| Hunger Free Oklahoma
In 2023, the Washington State Legislature made a record investment into affordable housing. This unprecedented level of support led many to label 2023 “The Year of Housing” and underscored that our state’s lawmakers were taking the critical need for more […] The post 2025 Legislative Session Review – The Year of Housing 2.0 appeared first on Housing Development Consortium.| Housing Development Consortium
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