About Ms. Gabriel. Solar Sister | Eradicating energy poverty through social enterprise. Cultural Change. GLOBAL REVOLUTION TIME FOR ACTION! October 2011 | Human Needs, Not Corporate Greed. Alliance for Global Justice - Fiscally Sponsored Projects. The Alliance for Global Justice is a tax-exempt non-profit under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code. As such, donations to projects of the AFGJ are fully tax-deductible on the donor’s federal income tax. For an Administrative Fee of 7.5%, the Alliance for Global Justice offers fiscal sponsorship for grassroots non-profits which agree with our Vision and Mission Statements but do not have their own 501(c)(3) status, thus making donations to those projects tax-deductible to the donor as well. The AfGJ Board must approve all fiscal sponsorship requests. To apply, contact Elane Spivak Rodriguez at fiscalsponsorship@afgj.org for an application.
Fiscally Sponsored Projects National ProjectsInternational ProjectsLocal Projects Introducing AfGJ’s Fiscally Sponsored Projects Donate to an AfGJ Fiscally Sponsored Project. Safe Haven Project. We Are the 99 Percent. 14th October 2013 Question with 172 notes Anonymous asked: How can you claim to speak for 99% of people? We don’t claim to speak for anyone, we merely present stories. 14th October 2013 Photo with 186 notes I am 23 years old I am a female (not that it should make a difference, but apparently in our society it does…) From the day I moved out of my parent’s house, I’ve supported myself 100%, not because they don’t love me but because they can’t support my dreams financially. For over two years I schlepped 2-for-1’s and shots to pay for my rent, a used car, and tuition at a community college. Now I’m attending the University of MN and I depleted all of my savings just so I wouldn’t have to take out a loan this semester.
I’m majoring in journalism, a profession I consider a civic duty. I am the 99%. occupywallst.org 14th October 2013 Question with 12 notes Anonymous asked: We are the 99 percent- Why don't we RECALL these extremist NUTS that are in Washington, DC.??!!!! 9th September 2013 Thank you! Main. Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for American Revolution. Occupy Wall Street Sept. 17, 2011. Student loan defaults: Some aren't necessary, thanks to little-used repayment option. September 19, 2011|Eileen Ambrose, The Baltimore Sun The number of borrowers defaulting on federal student loans continues to rise in Maryland and elsewhere. But even during the long and painful economic recovery, many of these defaults likely are unnecessary. The federal government has long offered leniency for borrowers in financial hardship. But two years ago it added an income-based repayment plan that caps monthly payments based on a borrower's income and family size.
If a borrower earns little or nothing, the monthly payment would be zero. Yes, zero. And after 25 years, any remaining balance is forgiven. It's impossible to find such a generous break from any private lender. "Given income-based repayment there really is no reason why anybody should default on their loans," says Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org, a website that provides student aid information.
Still, he adds, "a lot of students who could benefit from it, aren't aware of it. Anything is better than defaulting. Nourishing NYC. Feed. Educate. Advocate -- Charity, Charities, Donating to Charities, Donate to Charity. Nourishing New York's low-income communities. Gina Keatley's nonprofit is giving fresh food to people in poor New York neighborhoods The group also educates people about how to eat healthy on a low budget Keatley is hoping to eliminate the correlation between poverty and obesity Do you know a hero? Nominations are open for 2012 CNN Heroes New York (CNN) -- When Gina Keatley first moved to New York to attend culinary school, she noticed that many of her neighbors were missing limbs.
"I lived on 99th Street across from some projects," she said. "I would walk to the train and think, 'Why are there so many amputees? '" Keatley found out that many of them had to have amputations because of complications from diabetes. Diabetes can reduce blood flow to extremities and cause nerve damage, and sometimes amputations are necessary if serious infection sets in and there is severe damage to the tissue and bone. The neighborhood where Keatley lived, East Harlem, has the highest diabetes rate in Manhattan, according to city health officials. I was Once a Consumer but Now I am a Human Being. The Conscience of the King. There is a deep irony in the fact that we honor Dr. King with a national holiday, because he enjoyed no such mainstream acceptance during his lifetime.
Dr. King was committed to peace, an opponent of hate in all of its forms, but despite this--maybe, in part, because of this--he was a very dangerous man. The white establishment told him in 1960: "You've got Brown v. Martin Luther King Jr. would be 78 today. Yesterday, I participated in an ecumenical service celebrating the life of Dr. [L]et us go out with a "divine dissatisfaction. " Are we even close to living in that world? Here in Mississippi, 92,000 Katrina evacuees are still living in FEMA trailers as the state government sits on millions of dollars of block grant funding that these trailer residents could be using to repair or rebuild their homes. In today's America, over 12 million children live in poverty. 11 percent of elderly Americans live in poverty. It's 2007. See also: Census: Fewer people do without indoor plumbing. McMeans, 73, who lives about 40 miles southwest of the state capital Montgomery, is one of a shrinking number of people who still have no indoor plumbing, no hot and cold water, no bath or shower, according to Census 2000 data.
Most are elderly, poor and living in rural areas. Nationwide, about 50,000 fewer households lacked complete plumbing in 2000 than in 1990, dropping from 721,693 homes (0.78%), to 670,986 homes (0.64%). Alaska led the nation in both counts, with 13,489 homes in 1990 without complete plumbing, or 7.1%, and 14,003 in 2000, or 6.3%. By region, the South had the highest rate without toilets and tubs.
Alabama's Black Belt, the south-central region known for its dark soil and impoverished history, is slowly casting off its rustic inconveniences along with much of the rural South. McMeans said he wants to finish building an indoor bathroom and run the outside water lines through it. "They got some rattlesnakes back there," McMeans said. Center for Best Practices. 5-Star USA. SEN. DonorsChoose.org: An online charity connecting you to classrooms in need.
World missions and water well drilling in Africa. Teach for America: 5 Myths That Persist 20 Years On. Do Something That Matters Home. UNICEF. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF; pronounced /ˈjuːnɨsɛf/, EW-ni-sef)[2] is a United Nations Program headquartered in New York City that provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. It is one of the members of the United Nations Development Group and its Executive Committee.[3] UNICEF was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II.
In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the original United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this previous title. Most of UNICEF's work is in the field, with staff in over 190 countries and territories.
More than 200 country offices carry out UNICEF's mission through a program developed with host governments. [edit] Online Fundraising and Donations for Nonprofits | Razoo. Colleges offer 'Social E' classes. Amarynth Sichel donates cooking skills to raise money for charity. Social entrepreneurship has surged on U.S. campuses "FeelGood World" has 23 chapters on U.S. campusesStudents learn how to start social enterprises "Social entrepreneurship" grows as a subject of study for U.S. college studentsHarvard, Columbia and Stanford are among the universities offering "Social E" courses Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Amarynth Sichel grills cheese sandwiches and sells them to Columbia University students five nights a week.
But Sichel's not just a cook; she's also a college student and social entrepreneur-in-training. Sichel is the president of one of 23 "FeelGood World" chapters on U.S. college campuses, where students donate time and cooking skills to raise money for charity. Social entrepreneurship has surged on American campuses in the past few years, according to Melanie Edwards, who lectures on the subject at Stanford University.