From Bolshoi to Be'er Sheva, Scientists to Streetsweepers: Cultural Dislocation among Soviet Immigrants in Israel -- by Allan Galper (Author) (Book)
"When over 400,000 Soviets immigrated to Israel between 1989 and 1992, they expected to be received warmly in the Jewish state, offered jobs, homes, and financial support. Quite to the contrary, they...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Rebuilding the Inner City: A History of Neighborhood Initiatives to Address Poverty in the United States -- by Robert Halpern (Author) (Book)
"Neighborhood-based initiatives - ranging from settlement houses in the nineteenth century to the Community Action and Model Cities program of the Great Society to the Empowerment and Enterprise Zones...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Smart Guide to Buying a Home -- by Alfred Glossbrenner (Author) (Book)
"Today's real estate market is hot. It is both a sellers and a buyers market. As a result more and more home buying books are being shelved and purchased at the retail level. This book covers all the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America -- by Cynthia Duncan (Author) (Book)
"This book takes us to three remote rural areas in the United States to hear the colorful stories of their residents: the poor and struggling, the rich and powerful, and those in between - as they...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
New American Blues: A Journey through Poverty to Democracy -- by Earl Shorris (Author) (Book)
"Shorris takes us inside the lives of the so that we understand who they are and see through their eyes the "surround of force" that is their horizon, that prevents them from achieving a full and true...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
First Day in Grapes -- by L. King Pérez (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "All year long, Chico's family moves up and down the state of California to pick fruits and vegetables. Every September, Chico starts at a new school. Often, the other kids pick...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
My Sister's Place (Program)
Women's Services
All Ages
Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Little Sisters, Listen up! a Message of Hope for Girls Growing up in Poverty Racism, and Despair -- by Ruby Asugha (Author) (Book)
"Growing up on the West side of Chicago, Roby Asugha and other girls in the neighborhood faces uncertain futures. Although she and her friends dreamed of going to college, getting food jobs, and being...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Understanding Poverty -- by Sheldon Danziger, Robert Haveman (Authors) (Book)
"In spite of an unprecedented period of growth and prosperity, the poverty rate in the United States remains high relative to the levels of the early 1970s and relative to those in many industrialized...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Break the Cycle of Poverty: Education Now -- by Kevin Watkins (Author) (Book)
"Considers how to solve the problem of mass illiteracy, caused by exclusion from opportunities for educ., which is among the greatest scourges afflicting humanity at the end of the 20th cent....
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)