... projects as signs of progress. Still, four years after Katrina, in just one example of the work that still remains to be done, more than 60,000 properties in the area are abandoned and blighted leaving the city’s overall population well below pre-hurricane levels. GUEST: Monique Harden, co-director of Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, attorney and coordinator of the Greater...
Dr. Melissa Ditmore is a post-doctoral fellow in Behavioral Sciences Training at National Development and Research Institutes in New York. She has written about US policy, trafficking in persons and sex work. She is a member of the board of directors of the Global Network of Sex Work Projects. Clara Sommarin is a Child Protection Specialist, [...]
I've really enjoyed the start of term. The Level one students seem, in the main, to have settled quickly. The Level two are up and engaging in project work and Level three seem ready to take a positive lead. It's the first time we've had dedicated cohorts for Applied or Community Theatre across the years and I'm trying to think of ways to harness the energy of the seventy or so students so that...
... racial profiling and discrimination in the United States. This summer, we issued (along with the RightsWorkingGroup) a report on the pervasive problem of racial profiling , and in December 2007, a comprehensive analysis of racial discrimination in the US. ACLU affiliates across the country are leading the charge to end racial profiling on state and local levels. Following...
