[White Male Patriarchy]
PeaceVoice\Rob Okun: “We may have begun to acknowledge that racism has its knee on the necks of Black people, but to fully heal America we’ll have to admit patriarchy has its other knee on the necks of women.”
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Head Start
MORIAL: CONGRESS MUST INVEST MONEY INTO CITY MUNICIPALITIES STRUGGLING DUE TO COVID-19
[COVID-19\Economic Relief for Cities]
Morial: “Instead of seizing the opportunity to stimulate the nation’s economy by investing in the cities that are its engines, politicians in Washington are exploiting the crisis for partisan gain.”
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NEW JERSEY CONGRESSMAN PAYNE ANNOUNCES DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE $10.8 MILLION FOR HEAD START AND HEART RESEARCH
[Education\Health]
The district would receive a $10.2 million grant to support head start projects in Newark and a roughly $600,000 grant for research on heart and vascular diseases at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
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DEMOCRATS TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY AZAR: ABANDON PLAN TO UNDERMINE CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS
[Healthcare\Civil Rights]
House Democrats: “This proposed rule is misguided with potentially dangerous consequences for the Americans we represent and the programs our Committees oversee. It will eviscerate uniform nondiscrimination protections that apply to all HHS programs.”
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ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDY: 24 PERCENT OF NEW YORKERS UP TO AGE THREE LIVE IN POVERTY
[New York News\Child Poverty]
Robin Hood CEO Wes Moore. “The notion of fighting poverty is not enough; the data shows us clearly that there is an urgency for us all to take action. It’s not only about focusing on young children — it’s about being bold, taking risks and supporting one another.”
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president emerita of the Children’s Defense Fund and Robin Hood board member: “Children need hope; and hope means healthcare, and hope means good schools and early childhood experience. Hope means in policy terms what we want for all our individual children and grandchildren.”
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D.C. CONGRESSWOMAN NORTON INTRODUCES UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN LEGISLATION TO AID STRUGGLING WORKING FAMILIES
[Education\Pre-K]
Congresswoman Norton: “The earliest years of childhood are critical for brain development, which means that every child should have access to the benefits of an early childhood education.”
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