Word: helpfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...evolved out of the social troubles of the 1960s. At the time, young people were not drifting just to San Francisco to become flower children. They flowed into many major cities. And not all were interested in politics and drugs but were running away from serious problems and needed help. Place House was founded in 1967, making it the second oldest shelter for runaways in the country...
...staff members of Place are also fighters for other issues. They waged a long battle to be able to keep the names of their clients confidential and out of the records of the state agencies who provide funding. And they helped fight for legislation to change the status of a runaway from a criminal to a child in need of service" who needs help instead of time in court. Presently, the Place staff is organizing campaigns to heighten public awareness of child abuse...
...honestly wants to slow Mexican immigration, it will need to cooperate with Mexico to help it improve its internal economic conditions. As of now, a quarter of the Mexican work force is unemployed, and another quarter doesn't make enough to live decently. And as long as this situation worsens, Mexicans will continue to cross the border in ever increasing numbers, lured by jobs and higher wages...
...help Mexico create jobs for its citizens in a number of ways. It could, for example, relax trade restrictions on goods with high labor costs. It could also give direct financial support to Mexican-run programs like PIDER, which has been phenomenally successful in creating jobs and improving living conditions in the poorest rural areas, which are the main source of illegal immigrants...
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