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Stay up-to-date on the latest Appleseed reports, projects, and accomplishments through our free weekly e-newsletter, Appleseed This Week. Recent issues are archived below. For issues by quarter, use the following links. Subscribe here.
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| Sparking Dialogue in Resource Equity |
| January 20, 2012 |
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| "It's time for local school boards to use their power to create high-quality learning opportunities for all students--particularly minority students, who now represent the majority of U.S. newborns," Appleseed Executive Director Betsy Cavendish wrote in an op-ed this week. "True, 37 states spend less per pupil today than they did the previous school year, but school boards can't simply blame their state capitols for spending less on districts with fewer resources. Instead, they must re-prioritize how they use their considerable resources and authority." |
| Appleseed Meets with CFPB Director Richard Cordray |
| January 13, 2012 |
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| Last week, in a recess appointment, President Obama appointed former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This week, Appleseed met with Director Cordray to alert him to the importance of the pending rule on remittances that CFPB is expected to issue this month. Each year, immigrants send billions of dollars of remittance payments home from the U.S., and both Appleseed and Congress believe that these remittance senders need to be treated fairly. With more transparency, the cost to send money home could decrease, and the difference matters. Even a $10 difference when sending $300 home could translate to a weekʹs worth of food for an impoverished mother or child. Remittances are critical to developing countries, too: they dwarf charitable aid and provide nearly three times the funds of government foreign aid. |
| Mexico Appleseed Promotes Access to Justice |
| January 6, 2012 |
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| As overcrowded courts, lack of counsel and a range of procedural limits impair access to justice in the U.S., Appleseed is on the case. Weʹre also promoting access to justice and weaving the fabric of public interest law in Mexico. Through Mexico Appleseed and New Perimeter, DLA Piperʹs global pro bono initiative, the firmʹs Jenny Lloyd traveled to Mexico to teach future lawyers how to include free legal services in private or corporate legal practice. |
| Thank You! |
| December 28, 2011 |
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| December is a time for reflection‐‐a glance back to celebrate our successes and a look forward to what we still must accomplish. |
| ʺThe 99%ʺ ‐‐ Crafting Solutions to Build Stronger Communities |
| December 21, 2011 |
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| One of the signal developments of 2011 has been talk of ʺthe 99 percent,ʺ who face staggering loans, stalled social mobility and dimming confidence in the ability of our political institutions to break gridlock and solve problems. The question for advocacy organizations like Appleseed is how we solve these issues. How does Appleseed use our power and resources to ensure that everyone can get a great education that prepares them for employment? How are we making sure that people are secure in their homes and can build assets for the future? How are we reinforcing a social compact to knit our society together? |
| Fixing Broken Promises to Micronesians |
| December 15, 2011 |
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| Last week, the U.S. marked 70 years since the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaiʹi that launched our entry into WWII. Last month, I visited Pearl Harbor and the Punchbowl‐‐the official military cemetery for Americans killed in Pacific wars. I went to celebrate the opening of our most recent Appleseed Center and to help integrate it into our network. I learned about a Hawaiʹi Appleseed project that concerns a little‐known aspect of U.S. involvement in the Pacific: fulfilling our promises under the Compacts of Free Association (COFA), a series of treaties between the U.S. and the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau. |
| Happy Holidays from Appleseed |
| December 9, 2011 |
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| Appleseed works to improve the lives of the underserved by making structural change in our world for the long-term. December is a time for reflection--a glance back to celebrate our successes and a look forward to what we still must accomplish. |
| Harnessing Technology to Help Foster Care Kids |
| December 2, 2011 |
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| They are our children. Coming from such dysfunctional, neglectful, absent or dangerous families that the state must assume responsibility for them, kids in foster care are legally wards of the state‐‐and are therefore ours. Young adults who were in foster care suffer from disproportionately high rates of dropping out, low college graduation rates, suicide and homelessness. |
| Thanksgiving Greetings and Recognition |
| November 23, 2011 |
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| This Thanksgiving, I send my thanks to all staffers, former staffers, board members past and present, volunteers, donors, Appleseed Centers and their supporters, and other Appleseed friends. What a terrific network we have, and itʹs being recognized. Here are some of the tributes the network and its personnel have won so far this year. |
| Staying on Task in Louisiana |
| November 18, 2011 |
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| Appleseed just does not give up. Projects launched after hurricanes Katrina and Rita are still tackling the hard task of providing security for people living on family property lacking clear title‐‐ʺheir property.ʺ The 2005 hurricanes revealed that approximately 20,000 people throughout Louisiana had trouble qualifying for federal disaster relief funds because their family homes lacked clear title. In Texas, Louisiana and Alabama, Appleseed Centers helped those families qualify for disaster relief funds, and weʹre making sure they have the same rights and opportunities as other homeowners. |
| Help Us Make Change |
| November 15, 2011 |
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| Appleseed needs your help to continue doing what we do best . . . helping those most in need to have a genuine opportunity to lead full and productive lives. As our projects grow in size, sophistication and success, our need for financial support expands correspondingly. |
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