To engage and mobilize hundreds of workforce development practitioners and participants to advocate for improved system policies, and to develop a legislative agenda that increases state funding available for education and training for low-income people.
To expand access to emergency contraception and raise awareness of its availability and efficacy for preventing unplanned pregnancies among all women, with an emphasis on reaching low-income women, women of color and young women.
To secure meaningful and measurable reductions of greenhouse gases from New England sources. The project will seek to accomplish this by holding New England states accountable to the regional Climate Change Action Plan they signed in August 2001, committing to…
In partnership with the Clean Air Task Force, to reduce urban and regional air pollution and global warming emissions from diesel engine fleets by establishing model policies and programs in Ohio.
To develop, test and evaluate a Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit in selected pediatric and family practices that can assist physicians in screening patients and counseling parents to prevent children’s exposures to toxic chemicals.
To expand access to emergency contraception in New Mexico by raising public awareness of sites providing EC, with an emphasis on pharmacist prescription.
To promote awareness of the potential for emergency contraceptives to achieve over-the-counter status, contingent on the pending Food and Drug Administration decision.
To expand the range of culinary-based training opportunities for poor, homeless, and at-risk youth and adults; expand job placement options through linkage with professional and business organizations in the hospitality industry; and manage the community meals programs for Portland’s homeless…
To assist residents and communities in Maine and Vermont in reducing their exposures to toxic chemicals.
To educate and train human rights practitioners and policymakers for the defense and promotion of women’s rights within the framework of international law.