Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task Force
Social Responsibilities Round Table
of the American Library Association
Empty summer in the city for kids hit by cutbacks
Tuesday June 7, 2011
This is not the year of child.
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Doing Better for Families
Wednesday April 27, 2011
Poverty in households with children is rising in nearly all OECD countries. Governments should ensure that family support policies protect the most vulnerable, according to the OECD’s first-ever report on family well-being.
Doing Better for Families says that families with children are more likely to be poor today than in previous decades, when the poorest in society were more likely to be pensioners.
OECD (2011), Doing Better for Families
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Homeless connecting with family, friends through social networking
Thursday March 3, 2011
“Case workers at The Road Home say many homeless people do have cell phones, but rules require they have to go to public libraries and other places to connect online for social networking.”
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Protecting Students Against the Effects of Poverty: Libraries
Monday January 17, 2011
Stephen Krashen’s recent article, Protecting Students Against the Effects of Poverty: Libraries, asserts that the most serious problem in American education is poverty.
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National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day
Tuesday December 14, 2010
“Homeless people will die in your community this year.
Plan to memorialize them on December 21, the first day of winter,
the longest night of the year.”
Read about the National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day here.
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