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2009 State of Corporate Citizenship report shows corporate responsibility weathering the economic storm

Posted on 13/11/2009

The findings of the 2009 State of Corporate Citizenship in the United States reveal that, despite the recession, corporate citizenship practices are ingrained in increasing numbers of American businesses. A majority (54 percent) of business leaders report that attention to corporate citizenship effo ...

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Morocco: Aicha Ech Chenna Wins Opus Prize

Posted by Jillian C. York on 13/11/2009

In Morocco, women who get pregnant out of wedlock are often shunned from their communities. Activist and social worker Aicha Ech Chenna has been working for almost 25 years to help such mothers and their children. Now, her efforts are being rewarded.

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Liberia: From guns to notebooks

Posted by Ndesanjo Macha on 13/11/2009

From bullets and guns to notebooks and pens in Liberia: Waking up in the morningwith my uniformson my way to school, sitting in the classroom taking notes is something that I really like doing every day. These are of words of Matthew Jacobs, a former child soldier who fought the Liberian Civil War ...

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Did You Miss Our Grad Fairs? (Next Steps for Grad School)

Posted on 13/11/2009

By Jung Fitzpatrick, who tweets @gradresources . ::image::Never fear, we hold the Idealist.org Graduate Degree Fairs for the Public Good each summer in DC and New York, and fall in cities across North America. In the meantime, its never too late or too early to begin rese ...

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Italian authorities forcibly evict another Roma community

Posted on 12/11/2009

Amnesty International has condemned the forced eviction of a community of about 400 Roma people in the Italian capital, Rome. According to local NGOs and media, around 150 police officers evicted the families from the Via Centocelle camp, in the east of the city, on Wednesday morning. All the comm ...

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