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Luz If you live, work or volunteer in Little Havana!

JOIN AN ACTION GROUP STUDY CIRCLE DIALOGUES AND SMALL COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN LITTLE HAVANA. Coordinated by the Human Services Coalition and Accíon (Community Action Agency) Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. –Barack Obama The Human Services Coalition (HSC) is a nonprofit based in Miami. HSC is dedicated to helping communities thrive. HSC inspires community members to get in… Continue

Added by Luz on November 22, 2009 at 5:20pm — No Comments

Jacob State & Local Taxes in 2007, Shares of family income

http://www.itepnet.org/wp2009/fl_whopays_factsheet.pdf State & Local Taxes in 2007, Shares of family income This just out: a breakdown of Florida's taxes showing how the overwhelming tax burden to pay for state services is carried by those least able to pay. Continue

Added by Jacob on November 20, 2009 at 6:54pm — No Comments

Jacob State & Local Taxes in 2007, Shares of family income

http://www.itepnet.org/wp2009/fl_whopays_factsheet.pdf State & Local Taxes in 2007, Shares of family income This just out: a breakdown of Florida's taxes showing how the overwhelming tax burden to pay for state services is carried by those least able to pay. Continue

Added by Jacob on November 20, 2009 at 6:54pm — No Comments

Caitlin MacLaren Safe Passage: Youth Transitioning from Foster Care--2010 Grants Program Guidelines Now Available

The overarching goal for this initiative is to help advance efforts that can improve opportunities and life success of youth making the challenging transition from foster care to independence. This Request for Proposals seeks to strengthen quality programs and services of organizations within the Miami‐Dade child welfare community‐based system of care and/or community‐based programs that are not directly part of ‐ but working with – that system of care, which focus on preparing and supporting tr… Continue

Added by Caitlin MacLaren on November 19, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Jacob The Big Picture: Education and Iraq

OK, Florida’s legislature keeps cutting back its responsibility to provide public services. So what does that mean? When talking about the devolution in state services, we can’t pretend it is simply the product of a few bad apples in office. We’d be missing the point that this is part of a bigger trend. The term neoliberalism came about in the 1970’s to describe the dominant ideology that frames… Continue

Added by Jacob on November 18, 2009 at 6:21pm — No Comments

Jacob The Big Picture: Education and Iraq

OK, Florida’s legislature keeps cutting back its responsibility to provide public services. So what does that mean? When talking about the devolution in state services, we can’t pretend it is simply the product of a few bad apples in office. We’d be missing the point that this is part of a bigger trend. The term neoliberalism came about in the 1970’s to describe the dominant ideology that frames… Continue

Added by Jacob on November 18, 2009 at 6:21pm — No Comments

john michal Packers and Movers of Delhi offering Hassle Free Relocation

It is well known to everyone that moving to new location with bulk of goods is not an easy task. It is one of the most problematic and chaotic task that people hardly try their hands to get involved in. Well if you are planning to make the shifting of your office or house to new location it is better to hire the services from the reputed packers movers companies. They will surely offer you with best of their services to make the relocation easier and hassle free. Almost all the moving companies… Continue

Added by john michal on November 16, 2009 at 1:51am — No Comments

Jacob A City Without Memmory 2: Funding Education, A History Lesson

Funding Education: A History Lesson When Florida’s community colleges were born, they were an example for the nation. Their funding was intentionally drawn from the state so that each college would have equal funding. They were placed throughout the state so that no person would be more than 99 miles from a college. It was a bastion of equalitarian funding, and a huge ladder out of poverty for thousands of students. But soon legislatures were being courted by neoliberalism—a profit-over-people… Continue

Added by Jacob on November 9, 2009 at 7:27pm — 1 Comment

Jacob What did people think of the confrence? Cause theres work to be done!

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1324267.html?storylink=pluck_commented 46% of South Florida homeowners are `underwater' Continue

Added by Jacob on November 9, 2009 at 5:25pm — No Comments

Jacob hope

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article1049756.ece 250,000 Floridians to benefit from extension of unemployment benefits By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer In Print: Friday, November 6, 2009 A bill headed for President Barack Obama's signature today would expand a popular tax credit for home buyers — and extend unemployment benefits. Nearly 2 million people out of work almost a year or more qualify.... Continue

Added by Jacob on November 6, 2009 at 5:18pm — No Comments

Jacob Lessons from the Healthcare fight!

Some lessons from around the country on how things could have gone better: http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2009/11/fast-forum-health-care/ The Battle of Ideas: The Right engaged in the battle of ideas in the health care fight. They utilized basic military strategic principles: set the stage for where your battles take place, and you will win. They are trying to shift the battlefield about the role of government by f… Continue

Added by Jacob on November 4, 2009 at 7:53pm — No Comments

Jacob I'm proud of Grayson...

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/487061/congressman_grayson_wins_another_round Florida Congressman Alan Grayson keeps provoking congressional Republicans and their media allies with fact-based challenges to the lies being used to block health care reform. The insurance-industry stooges keep taking the bait. Continue

Added by Jacob on October 23, 2009 at 3:44pm — No Comments

Jacob Education advocates fight for funding while others push to give education to private companies....

Gelber pushes to file lawsuite for underfunding http://www.dangelber.com/blog/view_blog.php?ID=182 Bush pushes to give our education to private companies. http://tampabay.com/news/education/k12/jeb-bush-hits-the-road-talking-education-and-pitching-floridas-cocktail-of/1042598 Seems kind of epic... Continue

Added by Jacob on October 9, 2009 at 3:55pm — No Comments

Caitlin MacLaren Imagine Miami participants team up for change

Delia and Mary Ann met at the Imagine Miami Changemaker Conference on July 18. Delia was teaching a workshop on asset-based community development (ABCD). Mary Ann, an attendee of the conference, was “very inspired by her workshop” and contacted her afterward. They have been working together ever since! They are hosting a discussion on October 15 at 6 p.m. at Books and Books to discuss ABCD. RSVP to Mary Ann: renania58@hotmail.com Continue

Added by Caitlin MacLaren on October 9, 2009 at 10:45am — No Comments

Jacob Florida has some of the worst child pvoerty rates in the nation, especially in rural areas.

Florida has some of the worst child pvoerty rates in the nation, especially in rural areas. A huge part of this is disenvestment from social programs and a weak social safety net. Check it out: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GA_RURAL_CHILD_POVERTY_FLOL-?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US The Institute found six out of 16 states saw poverty rates among children under 18 increase in rural areas while decreasing in metropolitan ones, with the highest increases in rural child poverty in Delaware an… Continue

Added by Jacob on October 2, 2009 at 6:24pm — No Comments

Caitlin MacLaren Miami-Dade commission to consider funding Independent Review Panel

ATTENTION CRB MEMBERS AND CONCERNED RESIDENTS THE MIAMI-DADE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BCC) WILL VOTE ON OCTOBER 6, 2009 ON A RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY COMMISSIONER BARBARA JORDAN, DISTRICT 1, THAT WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE INDEPENDANT REVEIW PANEL (IRP) FOR THE COMING YEAR. The Resolution directs the Mayor to identify legally available funds in the amount of $450,000 (75% of current year funding) to support the IRP’s mission of providing an impartial panel of volunte… Continue

Added by Caitlin MacLaren on October 2, 2009 at 11:31am — No Comments

Jorge Lazaro Diaz The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl Karen Burn - Very Intriguing

Earlier in the week I commented on Miriam Salpeter's Keppie Career blog and her review of Karen Burn's book "The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl: Real-Life Career Advice You Can Actually Use." (You can find that post at my… Continue

Added by Jorge Lazaro Diaz on October 2, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Caitlin MacLaren HSC gears up for Neighborhood Leadership Program

The Human Services Coalition’s Neighborhood Leadership Program held its first facilitator workshop yesterday, aimed at preparing group leaders for the 2009 NLP session. This is the fourth… Continue

Added by Caitlin MacLaren on October 1, 2009 at 3:29pm — No Comments

Jacob A City Without Memory

Imagine a city without memory. Articles printed in newspapers would be forgotten, even by their authors, the day after publication. A recession’s effects would constantly be drilled into our minds, but the conditions that led to the downturn would be forgotten. What would the consequences be? We would cut taxes each time the public complained about the burden they are carrying. Then, in moments of economic crisis, we would talk about which services to cut, forgetting about the revenue sources w… Continue

Added by Jacob on September 28, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Jacob In Lean Times, Miami Pays Most of Cost for New Ballpark

Well, that about explains it then. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/sports/baseball/21marlins.html?_r=4&sq=mar In Lean Times, Miami Pays Most of Cost for New Ballpark MIAMI — The push for a new baseball stadium here began the day the Florida Marlins first took the field in 1993. While city after city worked with major league teams around the country to help build nearly two dozen stadiums, the Marlins were left to play — and endure countless rain delays — in a cavernous football stadium… Continue

Added by Jacob on September 25, 2009 at 5:02pm — No Comments

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