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Entries from December 2008

One in every ten Americans now receives food stamps

December 10th, 2008 · No Comments

I just received this article from The Advocate: A paper and portal serving Christian Reformed social activists…
Washington, DC, December 5, 2008 – Government statistics released today reveal that unemployment rates have reached the highest level in 15 years; while a record 31.6 million Americans are now receiving food stamp benefits, the highest number since the [...]

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Not for Sale coming to town

December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Not for Sale – the campaign of students, entrepreneurs, artists, people of faith, athletes, law enforcement officers, politicians, social workers, skilled professionals, and all justice seekers, united to fight the global slave trade is coming to San Diego in January.
More to come on this soon. We’re planning a couple of the events…let us [...]

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Tags: Trafficking