http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php Public News Service The Public News Service provides reporting on a wide range of social, community, and environmental issues for mainstream and alternative media. Public News Service info@publicnewsservice.org no Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32444-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32444-1 (Read More)]]> Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Education Immigrant Issues International Relief Mental Health Philanthropy Youth Issues Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30176-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30176-1 report. The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) has examined the contributions of four megabanks over five years. ...(Read More)]]> Campaign Finance Reform/Money in Politics Community Issues and Volunteering Consumer Issues Philanthropy Social Justice Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29402-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29402-1 (Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Consumer Issues Philanthropy Social Justice Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25024-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25024-1 a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP). It says people at the local level are likely to be those most affected by environment and climate challenges in their area, but only 15 percent of foundation grant money for environmental work goes to grassroots organizations addressing these challenges. ...(Read More)]]> Climate Change/Air Quality Endangered Species & Wildlife Environment Philanthropy Public Lands/Wilderness Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/21476-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/21476-1 (Read More)]]> Arts & Culture Energy Policy International Relief Nuclear Waste Philanthropy Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/20807-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/20807-1 Association of Washington Cities (Asociación de Ciudades de Washington) que se celebra esta semana, el miércoles tiene lugar una discusión sobre lo que pueden hacer las ciudades para mantener a los niños ocupados y aprendiendo durante las horas que no están en la escuela. En ella, los alcaldes harán un torrente de ideas para encontrar cómo conservar y ampliar los programas de verano y extra-escolares –para crear mayores oportunidades de aprendizaje– en vez de recortarlos debido a las reducciones de presupuesto. ...(Read More)]]> Arts & Culture Budget Policy & Priorities Children's Issues Community Issues and Volunteering Early Childhood Education Family/Father Issues Philanthropy Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/20522-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/20522-1 Social Justice Fund Northwest, signing the pledge fits well with what it already does, according to executive director Zeke Spier. ...(Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Cultural Resources Philanthropy Social Justice Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/20177-2 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/20177-2 Reel Grrls' tweet was the announcement by Comcast last month that it is hiring Federal Communications Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker, who recently voted to approved the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal. Following Reel Grrls' Twitter post, a local Comcast vice-president immediately rescinded its annual $18,000 donation to the girls' program. Comcast then apologized, calling it an action by an "unauthorized employee." By then, says Reel Grrls director Mallory Graham, the media had picked up the story and support came pouring in. ...(Read More)]]> Citizenship/Representative Democracy Education Media Reform Philanthropy Women's Issues Youth Issues Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/19896-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/19896-1 A new study from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) says that's the payoff for communities when charitable foundations have made grants in four southern states. The South has seen its share of tragedy in recent years, including last month's killer tornadoes. ...(Read More)]]> Social Justice Poverty Issues Philanthropy Education Criminal Justice Community Issues and Volunteering Citizenship/Representative Democracy Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/18591-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/18591-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Citizenship/Representative Democracy Civil Rights Consumer Issues Education Housing/Homelessness Human Rights/Racial Justice Philanthropy Poverty Issues Youth Issues Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/17696-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/17696-1 National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, many that donate in the Northwest, only 11 percent spent at least half of their education dollars on students in under-served populations. Even fewer focused on long-term solutions to problems in education. ...(Read More)]]> Social Justice Philanthropy Education Community Issues and Volunteering Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/17629-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/17629-1 Seattle Foundation is offering prospective donors a closer look at local and regional nonprofit groups. Known for managing the contributions of major philanthropists, the Foundation recently began making available on its website information about the goals, finances and even the effectiveness of many Washington-based and regional nonprofits. ...(Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Philanthropy Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/17279-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/17279-1 (Read More)]]> Senior Issues Philanthropy Consumer Issues Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/16220-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/16220-1 (Read More)]]> Citizenship/Representative Democracy Housing/Homelessness Immigrant Issues Philanthropy Social Justice Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/15477-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/15477-1 Kids Co., a nonprofit child care provider with locations scattered around the Puget Sound area, the cuts will have a trickle-down effect, according to CEO Susan Brown. ...(Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Children's Issues Livable Wages/Working Families Philanthropy Poverty Issues Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/15533-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/15533-1 Kids Co. con varias sucursales en Puget Sound, dice que los cortes al presupuesto afectarán a las organizaciones como la suya. ...(Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Children's Issues Livable Wages/Working Families Philanthropy Poverty Issues Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/14173-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/14173-1 School's Out Washington. ...(Read More)]]> Arts & Culture Children's Issues Community Issues and Volunteering Early Childhood Education Education Philanthropy Poverty Issues Rural/Farming Youth Issues Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/13929-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/13929-1 (Read More)]]> Arts & Culture Philanthropy Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/13793-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/13793-1 Washington State Association for Justice (WSJ). Law firms across the state have agreed to be drop-off sites for food donations. ...(Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Family/Father Issues Hunger/Food/Nutrition Livable Wages/Working Families Philanthropy Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/12643-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/12643-1 League of Women Voters is 90 years old on Valentine's Day. One of its senior members in Washington - Peg Williams of Seattle - already turned 90 in November, a few days after the last presidential election. Williams was raised in New York, but moved across the country to Washington as a young mother in the 1970s. ...(Read More)]]> Women's Issues Social Justice Senior Issues Philanthropy Citizenship/Representative Democracy Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/12578-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/12578-1 RTI International and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill surveyed 250,000 female spouses of active-duty U.S. ...(Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Consumer Issues Family/Father Issues Health Issues Mental Health Philanthropy Women's Issues Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/12375-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/12375-1 Mercy Corps team arrived in Haiti with a mental health mission. The group, with offices in Portland and Seattle, is offering "Comfort for Kids," a program they used in the United States after the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina, and at quake sites in China and Peru. ...(Read More)]]> Children's Issues International Relief Mental Health Philanthropy Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/12369-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/12369-1 (Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Housing/Homelessness Mental Health Philanthropy Social Justice Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/12199-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/12199-1 Mercy Corps is sending a team of emergency response experts to Haiti to assess needs and coordinate relief efforts after a major earthquake and multiple aftershocks rocked the Caribbean island nation on Tuesday. The international relief agency, based in the Pacific Northwest, has extensive quake experience from its operations in China and Peru. Caitlin Carlson, communications officer for Mercy Corps, says they already know the most immediate needs will be food, clean water, sanitation services and shelter. ...(Read More)]]> International Relief Philanthropy Social Justice Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/11856-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/11856-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Campaign Finance Reform/Money in Politics Citizenship/Representative Democracy Philanthropy Senior Issues Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/11801-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/11801-1 Mercy Corps program selected by the donor in any of 40 countries. Seth Rue, assistant program officer for the Middle East, has recently returned to the Northwest headquarters of Mercy Corps from Gaza. ...(Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Consumer Issues International Relief Peace Philanthropy Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/11543-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/11543-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Consumer Issues Family/Father Issues Philanthropy Senior Issues Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/11471-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/11471-1 Mercy Corps, the global relief organization based in the Northwest, is suggesting people help others by giving whatever amount they're spending on their own Thanksgiving dinner. Caitlin Carlson, communications officer with Mercy Corps, says even if that's not possible, every dollar counts in countries that are facing war- or weather-related crises. ...(Read More)]]> Hunger/Food/Nutrition International Relief Philanthropy Social Justice Women's Issues Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/11063-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/11063-1 AARP Washington wants to keep the message top-of-mind. ...(Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Philanthropy Senior Issues Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/10672-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/10672-1 Mercy Corps, a humanitarian aid group based in Portland with offices in Seattle, wants them to do more than talk - to actually get involved in solving the problems presented in a new book. "Half the Sky," by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wu-Dunn, uses real-life examples of women in developing countries to examine the issues of health care, sex trafficking, and the lack of education. "...(Read More)]]> Women's Issues Social Justice Philanthropy Peace International Relief Human Rights/Racial Justice Health Issues Family/Father Issues Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/10325-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/10325-1 Mercy Corps, a humanitarian aid group in Seattle, works in all five of those countries, and more than 30 others. ...(Read More)]]> Citizenship/Representative Democracy International Relief Peace Philanthropy Social Justice Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/9440-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/9440-1 Mercy Corps in Seattle is part of this new fundraising effort aimed at women, to underwrite farm, nutrition and self-sufficiency programs in the United States and internationally. Mercy Corps' senior communications officer, Na Eng, describes the severity of the problem. ...(Read More)]]> Children's Issues Community Issues and Volunteering Hunger/Food/Nutrition International Relief Philanthropy Women's Issues Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/7562-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/7562-1 Mercy Corps' relief efforts are moving slowly, even as the need grows. ...(Read More)]]> International Relief Peace Philanthropy Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/7364-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/7364-1 (Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Philanthropy Senior Issues Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/7190-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/7190-1 (Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Cultural Resources Housing/Homelessness Hunger/Food/Nutrition Philanthropy Social Justice Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/5471-2 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/5471-2 Sierra Club report features faith groups in every state that are making the environment a top priority. Reverend LeeAnne Beres, director of Earth Ministry in Seattle, says church members often are able to put their political differences aside when it comes to improving the planet. ...(Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Environment Environmental Justice Philanthropy Social Justice Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/5464-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/5464-1 (Read More)]]> International Relief Philanthropy Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/3955-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/3955-1 American Federation of Teachers(AFT) can apply for disaster relief grants to help with flood cleanup of their homes. The Washington teachers contribute to the AFT's disaster relief fund, which was set up in 2005 to assist fellow union members struggling to recover from Gulf Coast hurricanes. ...(Read More)]]> Philanthropy Education Community Issues and Volunteering Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/3911-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/3911-1 Fuse Washington buys an adoption certificate and, at the end of the session, a scorecard of how "your" lawmaker voted. Fuse Washington director Aaron Ostrom says he's not sure how lawmakers will feel about the idea, but it's a sure-fire way to involve their constituents. ...(Read More)]]> Philanthropy Citizenship/Representative Democracy Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/3807-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/3807-1 (Read More)]]> Senior Issues Philanthropy Consumer Issues Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/3719-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/3719-1 Mercy Corps, a humanitarian organization with offices in Seattle and Portland, focuses its fundraising efforts on making holiday gift giving a little more meaningful, with "Mercy Kits." Their "Peace Kit" sells for $50, and a "Climate Change Kit" for $60. ...(Read More)]]> Philanthropy Peace International Relief Climate Change/Air Quality Environment Consumer Issues Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/3442-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/3442-1 Thrive by Five Washington, says it involves much more than picking up a book. ...(Read More)]]> Philanthropy Family/Father Issues Early Childhood Education Children's Issues