Mois : avril 2010

Community Legal Resources, with the assistance of private attorneys, provides pro bono legal representation to Michigan nonprofit organizations that are working with disadvantaged communities and individuals and are unable to pay for traditional legal services. Since our inception in 1998, Community Legal Resources’ volunteers have contributed an estimated $8,000,000 in pro bono legal services to over 800 nonprofit organizations building affordable housing, attracting new businesses, feeding and sheltering the homeless, and mentoring youth throughout Michigan. (Homepage /Accueil).

Community Org Info; Projects; Volunteer Attorney; Resources, Links; Contributions;
Address: Community Legal Resources, 615 Griswold, Suite 1400, Detroit, MI 48226, USA;
Contact. Phone US: (313) 962-3171, fax US: (313) 962-0797, e-mail.

About: Community Legal Resources delivers free legal services to nonprofit organizations building neighborhoods in Detroit and throughout Michigan. Continuer la lecture de « Community Legal Resources »

Do the mean awful angries keep creeping up on your family?

Talk, Trust & Feel Therapeutics provides innovative toys and books to help parents, teachers and therapists teach children to express uncomfortable feelings, take responsibility for their own behavior and learn positive social skills. Our commitment is to develop products to help children feel good about identifying and breaking into their acts of power and replacing them with acts of love. Our unique mission is to help children and adults learn how to deal with their anger and express it in safe, constructive ways. Our philosophy is that changing our world is possible when adults approach children’s misbehavior with love and compassion and teach them better ways to act. We are a mom, pop company determined to make a difference on the planet … (about 1/2 /who we are).

Homepage;
Grownups; Kids; Parents; Couples; Teachers; Violence in families; Catalog; Newsletter;
No contact (see about 2/2).

About 2/2 /Lynne Namka: … Lynne Namka Ed. D. developed most of the anger release products after years of working with angry children in groups and with families with anger problems. Continuer la lecture de « Angries Out Center – Get Your Angries Out »

The mission of the ILCU Foundation is to alleviate poverty in developing countries by supporting credit unions, their representative bodies and other co-operative type organisations as a means for socio-economic development through the provision of financial and technical assistance … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Projects; Recent developments; Case studies; Get involved; Links;
Address: ILCU International Development Foundation LTD., 33-41 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2, Ireland;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … Irish credit unions have been contributing to the work of the ILCU Foundation since 1980, when at the ILCU Annual General Meeting (AGM) it was decided that credit unions should be invited to contribute towards a fund to be administered by the ILCU « to provide aid, financial or otherwise, to developing countries with particular emphasis on credit union and other co-operative projects ». Continuer la lecture de « ILCU Foundation »

Linked with Michigan Legal Services.

MichUHCAN Expands the scope of our Mission to include include advocacy for equitable health outcomes. Watch this clip to learn more about health equity and creating healthy communities. (Homepage, and MichUHCAN’s 5th Annual HCH Dinner, June 11, 2010).

Health Care Resources; National view;  Calendar; Blog; Donate; Links;
Address: MichUHCAN, 15687 Surrey, Livonia, MI 48154, 734-812-0664, USA;
Contact online /get involved, e-mail, phone 734-812-0664

About: MISSION: Michigan Universal Health Care Access Network (MichUHCAN) is a state-wide network that promotes comprehensive health care for all and improved health outcomes by addressing the social determinants of health through education, strategy development and advocacy. Continuer la lecture de « MichUHCAN »

… and United Community Housing Coalition’s Property Tax Foreclosure Prevention Project 2009

Linked with MichUHCAN.

Michigan Legal Services is a nonprofit legal services organization dedicated to eliminating systemic causes of poverty in the areas of housing, health, public benefits, and community economic development through impact-oriented legal services and support for community organizations engaged in efforts to rebuild low-income communities.  Michigan Legal Services has been serving low-income communities across the state for nearly thirty years.  For the past decade, it has focused its efforts in the metropolitan Detroit area where the organization is based … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Services; Resources;
Address: Michigan Legal Services 220 Bagley, Suite 900, Detroit, MI 48226, USA;
Contacts online with staff.

About 2/2: … In order to accomplish this mission, MLS currently operates two core programs:  Continuer la lecture de « Michigan Legal Services »