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"We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future." - FDR
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- May 20, 2010 | <a href="/users/lydiabowers">Lydia</a> <a href="/users/lydiabowers">Bowers</a>
For years students have joked that lunch is their favorite class, mainly as a chance to see friends. It is now time for them to also love the food. The five year re-authorization of the Child Nutrition Act present the opportunity to give our students the better funded, healthy and fresh food they need for engaged learning. At the turn... - April 16, 2010 | <a href="/users/imani22">Imani</a> <a href="/users/imani22">Strong</a>
When Governor Bob McDonnell made no reference to slavery in his initial statement announcing that April will be designated Confederate History Month in the state of Virginia, he made a mistake. When he apologized for his omission, stating that slavery “divided our nation, deprived people of their God-given inalienable rights, and led to the... - March 16, 2010 | <a href="/users/david-weinberger">David</a> <a href="/users/david-weinberger">Weinberger</a>
A primary purpose of the Clean Air Act, as written, is “to protect and enhance the quality of the Nation’s airresources so as to promote the public health and welfare andthe productive capacity of its population”. Among other provisions, the Act gave the EPA authority to regulate stationary sources of emissions that pose a threat...
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Co-Sponsoring with CRUSH (www.crushonholyoke.org), this all day event will be held in April and bring together a wide variety of Holyoke constituents to talk about possible economic development policy solutions that will help revitalize Holyoke. Some tentative details include: -all day event to include Holyoke City Council members, business owners, community members, CRUSH members, Roosevelt Institute, and more... -Three panel discussions: 1) big picture economic thinkers panel (...Economic Development Mount Holyoke College, Urban Policy
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