Not to overstate things, but below is literally everything that you need to know that is happening in the world today*:
Prince George’s County Candidate Forum
Where? Landover, MD. Time? 6:30pm
Voting Rights Demonstration in DC
Where? Lafayette Park. Time? This. very. moment.
WORKFORCE | Knight Foundation invests $1.1 million in National Fund for Workforce Solutions (8/25) – Other national investors include WG members Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Hitachi Foundation, and Walmart Foundation.” The DC site is the Greater Washington Workforce Development Collaborative.
> Related: Profile: Sarah Oldmixon, director of workforce initiatives at the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region.
FAMILY INCOME | WG members Pepco, Verizon, and Washington Gas are offering discounts to low-income DC residents. (WaPo, 8/26)
LEGAL AID | …is important. Behind the victory at Marbury Plaza in DC (Beyond Bread, 8/25) – “Bread for the City helped us get educated and organized”
NONPROFITS | “A good value proposition articulates how an organization is uniquely positioned to create significant social impact that is much greater than the costs associated. It involves an organization analyzing, understanding and delivering on three very important things: 1. Capability: 2. Social Impact: 3. Cost…” (Change.org, 8/25) – by Nell Edgington
EDUCATION | Arne Duncan calls on schools to share more data (WaPo, 8/26) – “More than 2,000 L.A. teachers have asked the Times for their scores. It makes no sense that they had to wait for a newspaper to share this information…”
POVERTY / MENTAL HEALTH | Study links poverty to depression among mothers (WaPo, 8/26) – and “severe depression goes largely untreated among low-income mothers of infants”
ARTS | Commentary: “Anacostia is D.C.’s new arts hub” (Examiner, 8/24)
HEARTS & MINDS | “A fifth of [Pakistan] is underwater, it’s open season for the Taliban and aid dollars are meager” (Salon, 8/19)
…and in WMATA news, you’ll no longer be able to go slightly negative on that SmarTrip card (for which you paid $5), and the exit fare machines don’t take credit cards. Brilliant!
-Nick
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