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Videos
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Former Los Angeles District Attorney and master photographer Gil Garcetti displays and describes photos from his book "Water is Key; A Better Future for Africa" This is part 2 of a series of 6 short videos made by documentary film maker Erica Krause on behalf of Drop in the Bucket, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit group that installs clean water wells and Sanitation systems at rural schools in sub-Saharan Africa. Part 3 coming soon.
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Gil Garcetti showing a photo from his book "Water is Key: A Better Future for Africa," Part 1
Former Los Angeles District Attorney and master photographer Gil Garcetti displays and describes photos from his book "Water is Key; A Better Future for Africa" This is part 1 of a series of 6 short videos made by documentary film maker Erica Krause on behalf of Drop in the Bucket, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit group that installs clean water wells and Sanitation systems at rural schools in sub-Saharan Africa. Part 2 coming soon.
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Former Los Angeles District Attorney and master photographer Gil Garcetti displays and describes photos from his book "Water is Key; A Better Future for Africa" This is part 3 of a series of 6 short videos made by documentary film maker Erica Krause on behalf of Drop in the Bucket, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit group that installs clean water wells and Sanitation systems at rural schools in sub-Saharan Africa. Part 4 coming soon.
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Gil Garcetti showing a photo from his book "Water is Key: A Better Future for Africa," Part 4
Former Los Angeles District Attorney and master photographer Gil Garcetti displays and describes photos from his book "Water is Key; A Better Future for Africa" This is part 4 of a series of 6 short videos made by documentary film maker Erica Krause on behalf of Drop in the Bucket, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit group that installs clean water wells and Sanitation systems at rural schools in sub-Saharan Africa. Part 5 coming soon.
Articles
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Ten Things You Should Know About Sex Education
Under President Bush, sex education in public schools meant abstinence-only. What change can we expect to see from the Obama administration?
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States Must Do More to Help Day Care Centers Prepare for Emergencies
Three years after Hurricane Katrina focused national attention on the need for disaster preparedness, most states and the District of Columbia have failed to... -
The Numbers Of Homeless Students Rises
The national economic crisis has taken a huge hit on students. School districts are reporting that more and more students are homeless. California’s Central ... -
Under-Population In Detroit Schools
A lot of schools have more students than they know what to do with. For them overcrowding is a huge issue. Detroit schools have the opposite problem. The rap... -
Investment Will be Used to Improve the Lives of Young People Nationwide.
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Two 14 Year-Olds Attack A Lesbian Student At Wayland Union High School
Police in Wayland, Mich., are investigating an attack by two 14-year-old girls on a third girl in Wayland Union High School. The victim was identified as a...
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Afghan parents keep children home
Fears of worsening security and a recent acid attack on schoolgirls have led many parents in one Afghan province to keep their children at home.
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Elementary school kids take scissors to paper, creating no two pieces of art that look alike.
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Immigrants See Charter Schools as a Haven
Charter schools have become havens where immigrant children are shielded from the American youth culture that pervades large district schools.
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The president-elect's proposed Artists Corps is one plank in his push to revitalize the arts in education.
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Slumdog Actors Show Mumbai's Rags and Riches
The sprawling slums caressing the east side of Bandra railway station in Mumbai (Bombay) are no different from hundreds of slum clusters all across the city.
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Brad Pitt & Anglina Jolie Provide A Home For A Blind & Handless Man & His Family
Samlaut district resident, Surs Moeurn, has had a difficult and unstable life. A former monk and soldier lost his sight and both his hands to a landmine.
Events
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Blog posts
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Written by Felipe Tewes It is not every high school graduation that each and every keynote speaker breaks into tears at the podium. The ceremony for the Harvey Milk High School class of 2008 was...
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Art of Recycling Returns To Coachella
TRASHed celebrates it’s 6 year anniversary at Coachella in 2009. We’ve enjoyed hundreds of great artists over the past years. Some famous, some almost famous, and some who were charity cases. We i...
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We are very pleased to share exciting news with you! Thanks to our generous supporters, Stoked teens in New York and Los Angeles are thriving! As a result, we're launching our first March Membe...
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Last Tuesday was bittersweet for me as a gay man living in California. On the one hand, we'd elected our nation's first black President, who, in his victory speech mentioned gay people by name in ...
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My first day in Northeast Congo marks the first day of preparation for the Peace Conference. After 11 years of war, America called a cease-fire and peace talks have begun. There are five gener...
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Community Coalition works to polish South Los Angeles
Most of the world sees Los Angeles as a glittering diamond on the azure Pacific Coast, where movie stars lurk round every corner and directors avidly seek the next up-and-comer in obscure little co...
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(Los Angeles vendor pushes a balky cart through a precarious world ) (L.A Times)
Great piece from the L.A. Times. Amado Campos stands before a makeshift altar in his living room, crosses himself and prays to St. Jude, patron saint of lost causes. "Help me, San Juditas. Br...
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Nurse and babies from Children's Village Alwaye-Cochin, India, and Getting Married Sudanese Style.
Lisa: This is a photograph of a nurse and babies from Children's Village Alwaye-Cochin, India. To give some background to the work we do in this village, I have the story of a little boy, Vishnu...
