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Learning While Black: Creating Educational Excellence for African American Children -- by Janice Hale (Author) (Book)
"In Learning While Black Janice Hale argues that educators must look beyond the cliches of urban poverty and teacher training to explain the failures of public education with regard to black students....
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Orannge Art Center (Program)
The mission of the Orange Art Center is to offer educational opportunities, which encourage the practice and appreciation of the fine arts among people living in the Orange School district and...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan -- by Mary Williams (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "A young boy unites with thousands of other orphaned boys to walk to safety in a refugee camp in another country, after war destroys their villages in southern Sudan. Based on...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Developmental Disabilities Administration (Organization - Governmental)
The mission of the Developmental Disabilities Administration is to provide leadership to assure the full participation of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families in all aspects...
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In the Shadow of the White House: Drugs, Death, and Redemption on the Streets of the Nation's Capital -- by Mike Tidwell (Author) (Book)
Mike Tidwell's story of counseling homeless drug addicts begins with the startling contrast of the pomp and circumstance of the President's inaugural ceremonies to the desperate poverty in the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Escape from Poverty: What Makes a Difference for Children? -- by P. Chase-Lansdale, Jeanne Gunn (Authors) (Book)
"The poverty rate for children in the United States exceeds that of all other Western, industrialized nations except Australia. Moreover, poverty among children has increased substantially since 1970,...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
No place to be: voices of homeless children -- by Judith Berck (Author) (Book)
"Grade 5 Up-- The foreword of this volume puts forth a strong indictment of the society that allows so many of its youngsters to be without a secure place to call home. The body of the book further...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Globalization and Culture: Global Melange -- by Jan Pieterse (Author) (Book)
"Taking a long view of globalization and seeing it as a "paradoxical process in which widening social cooperation and deepening inequality go together," Pieterse (sociology, U. of Illinois at...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
White Men Challenging Racism: 35 Personal Stories -- by Emmett Schaefer, Harry Brod, Cooper Thompson (Authors) (Book)
"White Men Challenging Racism is a collection of first-person narratives chronicling the compelling experiences of thirty-five white men whose efforts to combat racism and fight for social justice are...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)