Showing posts with label social issues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social issues. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

MUST SEE!: Int'l movement inspires celebrities, American policymakers to combat crimes against African children in 'Kony 2012' campaign film (video)


For more information on how you can take part in the Invisible Children/Kony 2012 campaign, visit http://kony2012.com.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Sponsored Post: Mothers of Tomorrow helps post-incarcerated mothers avoid homelessness


It is a known fact that most post-incarcerated persons in America face harsh economic hindrances following their release, many confronting the possibility of becoming homeless. According to a December 2003 study by the Vera Institute of Justice with a reference to the 2001 text From Prison to Home by The Urban Institute, at any given time in Los Angeles and San Francisco, 30 to 50 percent of people under parole supervision are homeless.  In New York City, nearly 20 percent of persons released will become homeless. Though a direct correlation between incarceration and homelessness is not clear, what is clear is that there is a growing number of women facing these conditions with strategists scrambling discern the various causes. However, as prominently noted with all post-incarcerated persons, many women are denied housing and employment because of their past, leaving them and their children struggling to make ends meet and, possibly, out on the streets and struggling to live. In the Greater Philadelphia Area, these troubling conditions have remained prominent in recent years. One solution is the area's faith-based organization Mothers of Tomorrow (MOT).