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  • Deputy Executive Director Vacancy Re-Advertisement: Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC)


    MY AFRICAN CAREERAuthority Authority: 159
    Those who had applied previously are kindly requested to re-submit their application. The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) is a national non-governmental organisation with a mission to promote, protect and enhance the enjoyment of all human rights by all men and women. The vision of the KHRC is a Kenya ...
    2 hours ago
  • Regional Finance Coordinator Career Opportunity


    MY AFRICAN CAREERAuthority Authority: 159
    The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a non-profit Quaker organization established over 90 years ago working in the US and internationally. The regional office for Africa program is based in Nairobi, Kenya. The organization includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace and ...
    3 hours ago
  • Mining company in Mindanao hires APO Hiking Society’s Danny Javier


    Mindanaoan | Living in Mindanao | Blog Sa Usa Ka Taga MindanaoAuthority Authority: 128
    Yes, you read that right. A mining company operating in the Municipality of Tampakan has hired Danny Javier of the popular group APO Hiking Society. Javier is now a “strategist” for Sagittarius Mines, Inc., a gold and copper mine.As a “strategist,” Javier is reportedly supposed to help SMI develop a “better ...
    6 hours ago
  • Community Connections - ARTS NC


    Theatre North CarolinaAuthority Authority: 130
    ARTS North Carolina is beginning a program called Community Connections, a blitz of ARTS North Carolina activities in one location over a two or three day period of time.  We begin in Winston-Salem this week and have events planned in Fayetteville, Raleigh, Durham, Charlotte, Asheville, and ...
    8 hours ago
  • STAR Team Meets Tomorrow


    Carbon TraceAuthority Authority: 122
    The STAR Team of Ozark Greenways meets tomorrow evening at 5:30 at 319 N. Main Street in the offices of Butler Rosenbury & Partners. It’s “bring a guest night,” which is our not-so-subtle way of acknowledging that to remain an effective committee we need new meat from time to time. Hmmmmm… Who should I ...
    8 hours ago
  • Are You Going? Triangle Arts Mixer!


    Theatre North CarolinaAuthority Authority: 130
    Triangle Arts Mixer Friday, November 20 , 2009 6PM to 9PM Building 2, The Cotton Room Free, Open to public The first-ever Triangle Arts Mixer is an evening for arts organizations, arts supporters, and artists of all disciplines to mix, mingle, and find new ways to activate and advance the Triangle ...
    8 hours ago
  • FEAT BC Autism Rally At Premier Campbells Office Friday November 13 at 12 Noon


    Facing Autism in New BrunswickAuthority Authority: 423
    FEAT Rally Friday, November 13 th , 2009 12:00 Noon Premier Gordon Campbell’s Constituency Office 3615 West 4 th Ave Vancouver , BC Why should you attend? The recent tragic deaths of two Canadian children with autism, ...
    10 hours ago
  • Help Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” This Veteran’s Day


    TakePart Social Action NetworkAuthority Authority: 622
    sidewalk_flyings Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Efforts to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” , the law that mandates the discharge of openly gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) service members, has gained serious traction over the past year, and as we celebrate Veteran’s Day tomorrow, you ...
    13 hours ago
  • FDA, Social Media, and Pharma Ads


    Brass and IvoryAuthority Authority: 467
    I’m looking for your thoughts and opinions on a matter which may directly impact us as patients and the manner in which we get information. This Thursday and Friday (November 12-13, 2009), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a public hearing “on how pharmaceutical companies use the web and ...
    16 hours ago
  • NY Times Profiles DP Benefit Tax Provision in House Health Reform Bill


    OutGayLife.comAuthority Authority: 453
    Check out the New York Times’ story, “Potentially One Less Tax Penalty for Gay Couples” profiling the provision we’ve told you about in the House version of health care reform that would end the unfair taxation of domestic partner health benefits (similar benefits offered to married spouses are not taxed):This ...
    16 hours ago
  • The DNC Boycott: Count Me In


    Box Turtle BulletinAuthority Authority: 677
    Frustration is boiling over concerning the Democratic Party’s ongoing neglect of LGBT issues. The latest insult to injury? The Democratic National Committee and Organizing for America set emails to Mainers urging them to vote, but didn’t ask them to vote against Question 1. In fact, the email didn’t mention ...
    16 hours ago
  • NYDOT propses rumble strips on all two-lane roads, voice your opinion


    Cycling CentralAuthority Authority: 467
    Westchester Cycle Club president Dave Wilson just sent this alert for action to the club. Folks, As our court case against the state on the Route 100 rumble-strips wends its way through state Supreme Court, the state DOT has now proposed making rumble strips the preferred design on all two-lane roads in New York. ...
    17 hours ago
  • HuffPo Writer Sides with Sandra Bullock & Husband in Custody Battle, Quotes Fathers & Families


    GlennSacks.comAuthority Authority: 560
    "We see this all the time where the ex-wife lives with a crazy, harmful boyfriend who cant see his own kids because the court has prohibited him because he may have been convicted of drugs or abuse. Yet he can live with another fathers kid," says Glenn Sacks, the executive director of Fathers & Families. "Ive ...
    17 hours ago
  • ALA Washington Office Webinar: Get Legislators in Your Library!


    District DispatchAuthority Authority: 523
    One of the best ways to get legislators to listen (and, more important, support you) is to show them what your library does to benefit the community. Believe it or not, members of Congress still think of libraries as “those places with all the books.” The good news is that your opportunities to make a real ...
    18 hours ago
  • Designing roads just for cars is deadly for bicyclists and walkers


    Biking Bis - Bicycle Touring and MoreAuthority Authority: 127
    Its a deadly mistake to design streets and roads with only cars in mind, especially as more commuters are turning to walking and bicycling. Thats no surprise to those of us on bikes. But its always welcome to see groups like the Transportation for America and the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership reach that ...
    18 hours ago
  • Twitter Story: Advocacy


    Thanks For PlayingAuthority Authority: 421
    One answer to the "why" of Twitter: advocacy campaigns. This past spring, a little issue popped up. You may even have heard something about it. "Health care reform" ring any bells? Sure, we all knew it was on Obamas agenda, but we didnt realize it was FIRST on his agenda. We figured hed be busy settling in and ...
    19 hours ago
  • Memphis Animal Shelter, Two Weeks Later – VIDEO


    For the Love of the DogAuthority Authority: 429
    It’s been about two weeks since the Memphis Animal Shelter was raided after horrific animal cruelty was discovered there, what’s happened in the interim?  We know the Mayor AC Wharton formed a task force to oversee the shelter and that video cameras were installed in some of the shelter areas.You can actually ...
    20 hours ago
  • Whistleblower discloses kickbacks


    South Carolina Nursing Home BlogAuthority Authority: 128
    Reuters had a brief article about a story that did not get much media attention.  Harborside Healthcare and HHC Nutrition Services will pay $1.375 million to resolve charges of taking kickbacks from a supplier, the Justice Department. The department accused Harborside, which Sun Healthcare Group (SUNH.O) bought in ...
    20 hours ago
  • BENLYSTA on Phil Media


    Surviving LUPUSAuthority Authority: 137
    A blogger friend send me a message through twitter today telling me about the article she read in the bank. I followed the link she gave me and end up reading about cases of LUPUS here in the Philippines. And then an explanation of what LUPUS is from Dr. Navarra. She is a rheumatologist from UST who also happens to be ...
    22 hours ago
  • Nun Suspends Abortion-Rights Advocacy After Reprimand


    Information on HPVAuthority Authority: 144
    Abortion-rights advocate Sister Donna Quinn of the Wisconsin-based Sinsinawa Dominican order announced Tuesday that she would be temporarily suspending her activities as an escort for patients outside of the ACU Health Clinic in Hinsdale, Wis., a clinic that provides abortion services, after receiving a reprimand from ...
    22 hours ago

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