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Impacting Youth Through STEM Initiatives, Ethics and Leadership, Character Building, and Strong Outdoor Education
National Capital Area Council (NCAC), Boy Scouts of 精东影业 is the largest youth-serving organization in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area which includes Virginia, DC and…
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Changing Centers 鈥 A View of the LIVESTRONG Symposium
By Iram Leon Iram is many things to many people: proud father, amazing cancer survivor, and runner extraordinaire. Recently he attended and spoke on a…
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Sometimes Students Become Our Role Models: Lessons from Lily
I handed out the benchmark test results in April. Lily looked at hers, the 48% glaring back at her. This wasn鈥檛 the grade she was…
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Teen Capitalists Demand Congressional Attention, Supply Dessert
By Warren Rojas Junior Achievement USA鈥檚 latest crop of budding entrepreneurs are looking to bend pols鈥 ears with prospective start-up plans on Tuesday. And the…
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NARF, CILS, and ACLU defend students鈥 rights to wear eagle feathers at graduation
NARF has long defended the right of Native 精东影业n students to wear eagle feathers at graduation.听 Earlier this month, NARF, California Indian Legal Services (CILS),…
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Goodwill Assistance Dog Academy graduates second class
By Ashley Hopkins The second class of fully trained Goodwill Industries assistance dogs graduated from training last week, and they are now the working companions…
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鈥榃aggin鈥 train-ing鈥 a life-changing experience for locals
by Sue Ann Rybak For the last two and half years, Michael Dzuba and his wife Linda, of Mt. Airy, have been helping to transform…
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Save the Date! Thurgood Marshall College Fund 26th Annual Awards Gala is November 12, 2014
The 26th Annual Awards Gala, themed 鈥淒eveloping Minds … Delivering Dreams鈥 will be held on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at the Washington Hilton in Washington,…
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How Donor Support Helped Turn Valerie’s Life Around
Valerie’s life was not going as planned. 听She lost her mother to Alzheimer’s, found herself in an unhealthy relationship and was unemployed. Looking to propel…
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You Never Get A Second Chance To Make A First Impression
We have all heard this expression about first impressions, and like it or not, it is true.听 Especially in an interview setting.听 Since 2001, Dress…
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Stories from the field: Teaching Experience Highlights Inequality in Florida School System
By Amir Whitaker My Monday morning routine begins as a group of rambunctious 11th-graders shuffle into their desks at one of Miami鈥檚 largest high schools.…
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Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Through Global Youth Education, Community Development, and Emergency Relief
Good Neighbors USA is an international humanitarian non-profit focusing on children鈥檚 education, community development, and emergency relief in more than 30 countries around the world.…
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