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...Just-A-Start Corporation, a Cambridge non-profit dedicated to developing and maintaining affordable housing while also arranging education and job training services for low-income residents, is facing substantial cuts to three of its programs—Youthbuild, Mediation for Results, and Biomedical Careers Training...
...Foundation, a non-profit suicide prevention group, is trying to ensure that other kinds of student violence—suicide and self-injury—get equal or greater attention on campuses nationwide...
...could be tapped: Since leaving the State Dept. in 2004, Gen. Powell and his wife Alma founded America's Promise Alliance, a group dedicated to improving the well-being of the country's young people. The non-profit has been especially strong on finding a means to combat the country's dropout crisis. Plus, Powell made a high-profile endorsement of Obama in the final weeks of the campaign...
...looks precarious, to say the least. The role Spare Change plays as an agent for empowering the homeless gives it value beyond that of economic improvement, jobs, or profit. Its value is cultural. Articles in a recent issue highlighted the effect of the credit crisis on soup kitchens and non-profit organizations, explained referenda on the ballot yesterday, and offered a heroin addict’s perspective on recovery. These voices define Spare Change as a cultural institution unique to Harvard Square—an area long known for its pursuit of truth. Through many state, federal, and local administrations...
...Education Dean Kathleen McCarthy who stated that “more undergrads than ever are seriously considering Teach for America.” After the introduction, Kopp spoke enthusiastically for half an hour about the 18-year-old program. According to TFA’s mission statement, the non-profit institution tries to “eliminate educational inequality by enlisting our nations most promising future leaders in the effort.” TFA works by training and overseeing a core of high-achieving recent college graduates to work as public school teachers in under-served rural and urban districts...