My Wikimania 2025 experience began on August 3rd in Gombe State, Nigeria. I boarded a vehicle for a six-hour trip to Kano, from where I finally took off at the Kano Airport on August 4th, 2025. In …| Diff
Last week, staff from Maine Audubon were in Washington D.C. to hand-deliver a petition signed by more than 1,800 Mainers asking Maine’s Congressional delegation to protect the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Maine Audubon Advocacy & Outreach Manager Nick Lund met with staff in the offices of Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representatives Jared […]| Maine Audubon
During today’s United Nations (UN) event “Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action,” advocate Violet Affleck spoke about how clean air and masking are vital tools to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The post Violet Affleck advocates for children with Long COVID, masks, and clean indoor air at United Nations event first appeared on The Sick Times.| The Sick Times
Last week, the City Council’s Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan adopted a suite of amendments to the Mayor’s Proposed One Seattle Plan. The amended Comprehensive Plan is a major step forward for housing abundance, bringing the potential to reshape our city to be more affordable, inclusive, and sustainable.| Housing Development Consortium
Hunger Free Oklahoma and our 400+ partners across the state witness the reality of food insecurity every day. Food insecurity is not a theoretical issue; it is a lived experience for millions of Americans. The decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to end the annual Household Food Security Reports is deeply troubling and undermines decades of progress in understanding and addressing hunger in our communities.| Hunger Free Oklahoma
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1758007985605{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] A pivotal moment for the social economy in Europe In 2021, the European Commission took a historic step by adopting the European Social Economy Action Plan (SEAP), recognising the crucial contribution of social enterprises (SEs) and their support organisations (SESOs) in building a more sustainable, inclusive Europe. The SEAP set out […]| Euclid Network
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
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
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
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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