Nannies Would Rather Not Work for Blacks
Like hailing a cab in midtown Manhattan, searching for a nanny can be an exasperating, humiliating exercise for many blacks, the kind of ordeal that makes them wonder aloud what year it is. Stereotypes of being cheap and uppity keep black families without quality childcare.
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Tara L. Martin
01:00 PM Dec 28, 2006 -
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$1 Million Bet: Young Democrats put their paper on YOUNG PEOPLE!!
Young Democrats of America Launch Major Investment for 2006 Elections and Release Young Voter Report at Las Vegas ConferenceMuch in part to a new focus of partisan youth groups and new technologies, including blogs and social networking groups such as Myspace, young people are increasingly aware and dialoguing about politics. In fact, recent polling suggests that 73% of young people plan on voting in the November 2006 elections and the vast majority are planning on voting for Democrats continuing the trend from 2004 and 2005.
In 2004 and 2005, Young Democrats of America (YDA) spent 1.6 million dollars contacting over 365,000 young voters in key states. YDA’s investment in the youth vote helped spur the highest increase in turnout of young people in over a decade, produced the only age group to vote for Kerry and helped secured a win for Governor Kaine in Virginia. YDA will again invest up to $1 million in the 2006 mid-term elections to ensure that the 2004 and 2005 youth turnout becomes a long-term trend and not a flash in the pan. YDA’s vision is simple, to create a long-term bloc of young people voting for Democrats and advancing progressive issues.
YDA doesn’t just run programs. YDA participated in experiments and evaluation programs to prove their results and methods work to get young people to the polls for Democrats. YDA released the findings in a new publication “A Gift to Democrats: How Democrats can Win Elections by Making Young People a Top Priority” at the conference in Vegas. The publication was sponsored by the Lewis and Rappaport families.
To order print copies so you can deliver them to leaders in your state, email office@yda.org.
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NY Young Democrats Caucus of Color
01:30 PM Jul 08, 2006 -
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Poll Shows Many Can't Find La. on Map
Poll Shows Many Can't Find La. on Map
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, Associated Press Writer
Tue May 2, 10:06 AM ET
WASHINGTON - Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans recently polled couldn't locate Louisiana on a map and nearly half were unable to identify Mississippi.
Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 fared even worse with foreign locations: six in 10 couldn't find Iraq, according to a Roper poll conducted for National Geographic.
"Geographic illiteracy impacts our economic well-being, our relationships with other nations and the environment, and isolates us from the world," National Geographic president John Fahey said in announcing a program to help remedy the problem. It's hoping to ... Read more... Join Democracy for NYC, Community Free Democrats, Park West Village Tenants Association, Goddard Riverside Community Center, the West Side Spirit, and Tower West Tenants for: State Senate Candidate Debate Tuesday, May 2, 7 p.m. (TONIGHT) Moderator, Edward-Isaac Dovere, Candidates (list in formation) For more information, call 212-864-7033 or e-mail cfdweb@aol.com Read more... Read more... Read more... Read more... Read more... Read more... Read more...
04:00 PM May 02, 2006 -
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State Senate Debate (30th SD) with DFNYC and Friends
for New York State’s 30th District to succeed
Senate Democratic Leader David Paterson,
candidate for NYS Lieutenant Governor 
at Goddard Riverside Community Center
593 Columbus Avenue (at 88th Street)
political correspondent for the West Side Spirit
Eugene Daniels, C. Virginia Fields. Bill Perkins, Ruben Vargas
03:00 PM May 02, 2006 -
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The Day NYCs Immigrants Took the Day Off!!
It was a day without Mexicans - and Jamaicans, Chinese and Irish, too - as tens of thousands of undocumented New Yorkers skipped work, boycotted stores and pulled their kids out of school yesterday as they marched in a massive show of strength.
01:30 PM May 02, 2006 -
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STUDY PROVIDES INSIGHT ON MOTIVATING YOUNG PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER
MTV released today the results of Just Cause, a research study which deconstructs how youth perceive "activism" and explores the motivating factors and barriers in their decision to become involved in social causes. On behalf of MTV, U30 Group conducted the segmentation study with more than 1200 young people, including expert interviews, ethnographies and a national poll of a representative sample with participants ages 12 to 24, from December 2005 to April 2006.
03:30 PM Apr 28, 2006 -
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Is this the year for Republican African-American candidates?
GOP diversity aims at a crucial Democratic bloc
Is this the year for Republican, African-American candidates?
01:30 PM Apr 28, 2006 -
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Remember Last September?!?
Once again, the Bush Administration boggles the mind....
12:30 PM Apr 28, 2006 -
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DNC Hispanic Leadership Wire ~ Apr 2006
Looks like the DNC is stepping up their game on the Hispanic outreach front...
12:00 PM Apr 28, 2006 -
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State Dems Balk at Effort to push "pork barrel" funds
Seeking to shine a light on taxpayer financing of such items as cheese museums and private hunting clubs, Senate Democrats said on Tuesday that they would vote against $325 million worth of secretive "pork barrel" spending unless it was disclosed to the public.
03:00 PM Apr 26, 2006 -
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