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Internship Connects the Generations in the LGBTQ Community
New York Point Honors Point Scholar Saidzhan Abdul (“Sy”) is 22 years old, but he has chosen to spend his summer helping people who are more than…
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Goodwill® Celebrates Congress for Passing Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
By Joye Taylor ROCKVILLE, MD — Goodwill Industries International, Inc. applauds the Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Workforce Innovation and…
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Teaching Tolerance announces recipients for national education award
The SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance project announced today the five recipients of the 2014 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching – a biennial award given to K-12 educators nationwide…
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Schoolhouse lessons confront small-town racism
Dayton is a picturesque little burg tucked in the southeastern corner of Washington state. With just over 1,000 families, it is 93 percent white. When…
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Job One for America: Put Young People to Work
By Hillary Rodham Clinton A few weeks ago, I met an impressive young man named Oscar during a visit to the Intertech Plastics manufacturing factory…
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Chief Seattle Council Venturing Crew 310 Embarks on Denali Expedition
By Patrice Eulin On June 12, Venturing Crew 310, chartered by Cascade Leadership Challenge (CLC) in Seattle, Wash., began an expedition to climb Denali, the highest peak…
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Reflections of a Daughter of a Prostate Cancer Survivor
By Melissa Stewart I can remember sitting in the San Francisco airport on an August afternoon in 2008. I was annoyed because my flight was…
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Canine Partners for Life’s Prison Puppy Raising Program is Healing Inmates’ Hearts and Spirits, Using Man’s Best Friend
By Sue Ann Rybak One look into a 8-week-old Labrador Retriever’s big brown eyes, and even the hardest criminals heart will melt. Canine Partners for…
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Webinar: Funding Cancer Research in an Era of Fiscal Restraint
Save the date! Prevent Cancer Foundation invites you to their webcast, “Funding Cancer Research in an Era of Fiscal Restraint” on Thursday, July 17 from…
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The Current System is Broken: Bringing Hunger Relief Home for the Summer
By Kevin Hagan It’s summertime, and with summer break comes the laughter of carefree children in many neighborhoods… But not all of them. When the…
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SPLC Helps Student Get Second Chance at Education
By Jennifer Coco, SPLC Staff Attorney This past May, I received a phone call that left me fighting back tears of joy. On the other…
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Thank You for Supporting the D.C. Metro Community Through Do More 24
Update: Thank you to everyone who participated in the Do More 24 day of giving event. Thanks to you, just over $1 million was raised…
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