Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog commemorates the beginning of the 60th anniversary of the War on Poverty. And we examine what the controversial Project 2025 would mean for the Department of Education, Head Start, and nutrition assistance programs. Finally we unveil CHN's latest Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers look at the upcoming election. Meanwhile, if you know of colleagues, friends, family members or others who you think should subscribe to the weekly Voices blog summary, please encourage them to do so here.
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This week on the blog...
Sixty years later: Empowering women to finish the fight against poverty
August 20
Sixty years ago this week, President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) took a historic step forward in our nation’s fight against poverty, signing the historic Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and marking the beginning of the War on Poverty. Alongside civil rights and anti-poverty leaders, policymakers envisioned a country that lived up to its ideals of opportunity, democracy, and a fair chance for every child. READ MORE »
Project 2015 would eviscerate federal funds for public schools, eliminate Head Start, cut assistance nutrition programs, and more
August 22
Nutrition assistance, Head Start, federal funds for education, and even safe baby formula would all be on the chopping block if the architects of the highly controversial Project 2025 have their way. Project 2025, drafted in part by the arch-conservative Heritage Foundation with the help of many former aides to ex- President Donald Trump, is a 900-plus page document that lays out guidelines as to what a new administration might look like, although the Trump campaign has disavowed any connection. READ MORE »
CHN's Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship
August 23
The election potpourri edition. It is difficult to believe, but in 25 days, Americans begin voting for President. That’s when voters in Pennsylvania begin early voting. The election is truly upon us. Unfortunately, when some voters attempt to cast ballots, whether it be in person, or through some combination of early voting, absentee, mail-in, or drop-box, they will be in for a rude surprise. This is because a number of states have tightened voter ID laws and otherwise have made it more difficult to vote. READ MORE »
You’ve probably heard about Project 2025 – which produced a 900+-page
compendium of extremist proposals put out by the right-wing Heritage Foundation (although the head of the project left the Heritage Foundation after Project 2025 proved intensely unpopular).
During this webinar, you’ll learn about Project 2025 proposals to limit Medicaid and other health programs and to eliminate education and early childhood programs as well as limiting access to free school meals. You’ll also learn about efforts to politicize the federal workforce and limit protections for voters and consumers and against discrimination. And very important – you’ll hear about public opinion research showing just how unpopular these proposals are, and how that can strengthen our advocacy for meeting human needs and for basic justice.
So please join us! Register here for the webinar. It will be recorded; registrants will receive the recording, slides, and other resources, so if you have a conflict during the live presentation, you can view it later on.
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