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Videos
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Tucker and Pat Pedraja tells us what they care about, and why they want us to vote.
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Autism Health Twitter day Tuesday December 23rd ALL DAY Obama wants to know
Autism and Healthcare twitter day December 23rd all day #HHS Autism and Healthcare twitter day December 23rd all day #HHS
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VietMOMS: Maternal Outreach Management System
This project helps plan and develop culturally appropriate health care coordination, education and access to community services for low income Vietnamese mothers and babies in Orange County. For more information on projects funded by The California Endowment visit us on the web at www.calendow.org.
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The California Endowment's mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians. For more information visit us at www.calendow.org
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Do 1 Thing Animated Short Trailer - Do1Thing to Help Homeless Youth
Pasquale Chieffalo, a graduate student in the Communications, Design & Technology department at Parsons, The New School for Design produces short animated promo for the Do1Thing project. Chieffalo animated the short as well as composed original music for the project. Using Aftereffects software to convey a simple but clear message, Do1Thing to help homeless youth. A NATIONWIDE CALL TO ACTION www.do1thing.org There are more homeless people today than at any previous time in U.S. history. Right now, more than 1.3 million of them are children. Do1Thing is our call to action to make a difference. We believe that by focusing our efforts on highlighting 1 Cause while asking people to do 1 Thing for that cause, great change will come. More than 30 Pulitzer-prize winning photographers and some of the most recognized names in photography have come together to put a “face” on teenage homelessness while asking you to put a “face” on activism and do 1 thing to help. Why focus on teenage homelessness? Three out of every 10 homeless adults admit to a history in foster and with 25,000+ children “aging out” of the foster care system each year, many will end up experiencing homelessness. The issues surrounding homelessness are gigantic. The solutions offered are endless. But what if everyone did 1 thing on 1 day to help this 1 cause? PROJECT PARTNERS It is the goal of Do1Thing to not only raise awareness for teenage homelessness, but also to promote and support the work of those non profits who have a long history of providing education, health care, job training and temporary housing to them. Through sustainable projects they are moving children from a life on the streets to permanent housing and a future. We are proud to partner with the following organizations. Covenant House International www.covenanthouse.org The largest privately funded agency in the Americas providing shelter and other services to homeless, runaway and throwaway youth. Stand Up For Kids www.standupforkids.org Their mission is to help homeless and street kids. They do this, every day, in cities across America through volunteers who go to the streets in order to find, stabilize and otherwise help homeless and street kids improve their lives. All facets of their mission are guided by the mandate that their volunteer’s tell kids they care about them and then, at every point, prove it. Do1Thing is a project of The Heart Gallery of New Jersey, a unique not-for-profit dedicated to raising awareness about foster children available for adoption. Through the volunteer efforts of some of the country's most prestigious photographers, portraits are taken that help capture the individuality and spirit of each foster child who is eligible to be adopted. www.heartgallerynj.org To view more of Pasquale Chieffalo's work, visit his website: http://www.pasqualechieffalo.com/
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Sarah Michelle Gellar speaks for CARE
"When you educate a woman, you strike at the root of poverty," says Sarah Michelle Gellar. The actress and CARE Ambassador recently visited education projects with CARE in Guatemala.
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Autism Insurance Reform need now... Dreams Deferred
highlighting private insurers blatant discrimination against children with autism and calling on Congress to put an end to it as part of the broader health care reform effort.
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Kids Caring 4 Kids: Inspiring Kids to Care
Dr. Martin Luther King said that not everybody can be famous, but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service. Well, Kendall Ciesemier was just 11 years old when she watched a show we did on AIDS orphans in Africa and what she saw set in motion something great in her. —Oprah Winfrey • There are 12 million AIDS orphans in Africa, and the number just keeps on growing. • Every 14 seconds another African child is orphaned by AIDS. Discover how Kendall Ciesemiers response to those startling facts—even as she faced her own serious health struggles—has touched off a wave of caring thats making a difference in the lives of thousands of AIDS orphans in Africa. But even more amazing, see how her actions are inspiring other kids and teens—in schools and youth groups across America—to experience firsthand what it means to care. Kids Caring 4 Kids started out as this really small idea of me just wanting to help one kid and its grown into something amazing and exciting and inspiring, Kendall says. It has taught me that together, we can really make a difference for these kids in Africa. If we just take that first step, we can do so much more than we even imagined.
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charity:water founder Scott Harrison talks about the experience that made him want to get involved in bringing clean water to people in developing nations.
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Save the children
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What do foods have to do with Breast Cancer? Sarah Carter and The Breast Cancer Fund offers some quick tips on how you can take care of your health and body simply by the foods you eat.
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Articles
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Like many New Yorkers, I remember a time when nearly everyone smoked. In 1950, Collier's reported that more than three-quarters of adult men smoked. This...
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Concern over Elephants At The Los Angeles Zoo
On Saturday morning, a group of animal activists took to the LA Zoo to let patrons know what the city is planning to do with their upcoming elephant exhibit.
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Coping With Cancer In Your 20s and 30s
Did you know that 70,000 young adults in their twenties and thirties are diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. every year?
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Pre-Existence: Can You Get Health Insurance If You're Sick?
Can you get health coverage if you already have a "pre-existing condition?" Jessica Wolf explores how to make it happen.
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Mehmet Oz - An Insider's Look At Our Ailing Health-Care System
Dr. Oz explores the erratic insurance rules that create conflicting incentives in the American health care system. We need a system that places patients first.
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Prop 8 Opposers: Don't Give Up
Proposition 8 has been upheld by the California Supreme Court. This is a note to the civil rights and socially-minded individuals out there to not give up.
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White House Official Defends Deduction Proposal
An Obama administration official is advising charities not to worry about the White House’s plan to limit charity tax breaks for the wealthy.
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How to Buy Fair Trade Products
The Fair Trade campaign is a growing worldwide movement that ensures that producers in developing countries are paid justly and under appropriate conditions.
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With new information every day on diets, medications and illnesses, it's often confusing how to actually raise healthy kids. Causecast to the rescue!
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Representative Mike Ross of Arkansas announced Wednesday that the Blue Dog Democrats have agreed to the terms of a new health care reform bill.
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Far From Recovery: The Global Economic Crisis Poses Major Risks For Developing Countries
While the western world shows signs of recovering from the global recession, experts predict developing nations will continue to suffer for some time to come.
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Eliminating Domestic Violence As A "Pre-Existing Condition"
In light of Domestic Violence Awareness month, Causecast takes a look at domestic violence through the lens of the ongoing health care debate.
Events
- World Health Day Location: Worldwide
- CARE celebrates International Women's Day with A Powerful Noise Location: 450 theatres nationwide
- Save the Children's State of the World’s Mothers Luncheon Location: The Metropolitan Club One East 60th Street New York, New York
People
- Cindy Fine Boston, MA
- Harmonious Torrance, CA
- NYOF Sausalito, CA
- Alternative Medicine In Action Altamonte Springs, FL
- cowboyji
- KidsGiving2Kids
- Jill Johnston kingston, ON
- Jeskawo Los Angeles, CA
- unitedcancer
- Madison's mother
- chenvictor8 San Leandro, CA
- givechildrenachoice Weehawken, NJ
Blog posts
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Autism Health Care Twitter Day #HHS December 23rd 2008 ALL DAY
Autism and Healthcare twitter day December 23rd all day #HHS Tom Daschele invited Tanners Dad / Tim Welsh will be the Autism / Healthcare Community Discussion Host and Moderator. Sign onto twitter...
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At first I was not going to post the questions given to me by Tom Daschle & the Obama Biden Transition Team Project on Autism and Health Reform. I was afraid that would stand in the way of creative...
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Yesterday we wrote a short book about Autism and Health Care reform. 72 active participants and who knows how many watching from work, let their fingers do the talking. We typed over 524 comments d...
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Inexpensive Medications Your Health Care Provider Can Prescribe For You
More now than in the past, generic medications have been encouraged by prescribers at a much higher rate due to the problem of the high cost of branded meds that many find unfair and unreasonable. ...
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Our Dysfunctional Health Care System In The United States
The following are facts that are believed to exist regarding the present U.S. Health Care System. This may be why about 80 percent of U.S. citizens understandably want our health care system overha...
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Familiar Players in Health Bill Lobbying Firms Are Enlisting Ex-Lawmakers, Aides Former House majority leader Richard K. Armey, left, is one of several ex-congressmen working on behalf of hea...
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What exactly did President Obama give the Pharmaceutical companies when he got an 80 Billion dollar cost concession? Well folks I think it was the souls of children. We have uncovered draft documen...
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Urgent Care Light Medical Clinics
One possible solution to the occasional lack of access to, or shortage of, primary care doctors is what is known as retail care clinics, or convenience care clinics, and their popularity continues...
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CARE Sounds Alarm as Women, Girls Flee Violence in Pakistan
CARE Sounds Alarm as Women, Girls Flee Violence in Pakistan Distribution of Tents, Emergency Supplies Underway (Article from WWW.CARE.ORG) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (May 13, 2009) - CARE fears tha...
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I have not really revealed my political position in the past or had a discussion in depth here. I generally feel that Politics are better left alone. My political aspirations have long been left in...
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1. We want freedom and the social, political and economic development and empowerment of our families and communities; and for all women, men and children throughout the world. 2. We want equal ...
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During our formative years, my sister Lynda and I had very limited resources. Being cognizant, from personal experience, of what many people live without has provided both of us with a unique under...
