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2012 Annual Ratings Map on State Human Trafficking Laws.
Society & Culture  (tags: freedoms, human trafficking, US, hunger, danger, death, ethics, violence, humanrights )

Nancy
- 285 days ago - polarisproject.org
While states like Washington and Massachusetts are clearly at the top of the pack in our ratings, every state can and should do more to improve and implement their laws. Click on map for a nine page detailed analysis.
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Tell Congress: Protect Federal Nutrition Programs ACTION US
Society & Culture  (tags: health, children, family, food, hunger, snap, program cuts, congress, humans )

Nancy
- 319 days ago - secure.strength.org
Will you speak up for children right now, asking your Representative to protect SNAP from devastating cuts? Please contact your Representative -- they need to hear from you loud and clear, since the children who rely on SNAP can't speak out for themselves.
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Child Hunger Ends Here!!! Please Take Action!!!
Society & Culture  (tags: hunger, American children, nutrition, food, participating brands, hunt's, peter pan, orville reddenbacher )

BarbKnigh
- 344 days ago - childhungerendshere.com
Look for participating brands find code on back or side enter one code donate one meal.
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1 in 7 Seniors Suffers From Food Insecurity (Hunger)
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, seniors, food insecurity, hunger, family, women, widows )

Betsy
- 386 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
One in seven seniors in America -- some 8.3 million people -- faced the threat of hunger in 2010, a 78 percent spike since 2001,
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GOOD NEWS! Jon Bon Jovi's 'Pay-What-You-Can' Charity Restaurant Opens in NJ to Help the Hungry
Society & Culture  (tags: GoodNews, goodnews, ethics, culture, celebrity, Bon Jovi, fighting hunger, hunger, society, politics, news, interesting, humans, family, americans )

Cal
- 583 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The restaurant provides gourmet-quality meals to the hungry while enabling them to volunteer on community projects in return without the stigma of visiting a soup kitchen. Paying customers are encouraged to leave whatever they want in the envelopes on eac
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More Americans Than Chinese Can't Put Food on the Table
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, children, hunger, sadness, society, humans, family, ethics )

Carrie
- 587 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The number of Americans who lack access to basic necessities like food and health care is now higher than it was at the peak of the Great Recession, a survey released Thursday found.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! 1 in 5 Children Are at Risk of Hunger in America.
Society & Culture  (tags: usa, society, politics, hunger, children at risk of hunger, news, children, americans, ethics, culture )

Cal
- 625 days ago - secure2.convio.net
This is unacceptable..Can you send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper to encourage others in your community to learn more about childhood hunger and speak out?
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Somalia: Navyn Salem Manufactures Success By Helping to Feed the World's Hungry
Society & Culture  (tags: society, politics, hunger, activists, making a difference, news, interesting, children, culture, humans, GoodNews, goodnews, ethics )

Cal
- 632 days ago - csmonitor.com
Her nonprofit Edesia produces Plumpy'nut, a nutritious paste rich in calories and vitamins.
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Hunger and Children in America: A Slow and Steady Starvation
Society & Culture  (tags: children, hunger, children hungry in AMerica, usa, ethics, family, culture, society, news, government )

Cal
- 646 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Doctors at Boston Medical Center's Grow Clinic, which provides assistance to children diagnosed with "failure to thrive," say they have seen a dramatic increase in the number of children they treat who are dangerously thin.
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Hunger in America Growing at Staggering Pace
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, politics, society, hunger, economy, family, culture, society, politics, rights, news )

Cal
- 659 days ago - situationroom.blogs.cnn.com
It's hard to believe, but one in seven Americans - 15% of the country - now need government-provided food stamps simply to survive.
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G20 Agriculture Ministers Action ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, food, environment, protection, hunger )

Cher
- 708 days ago - e-activist.com
The Agricultural Ministers from the G20 countries are meeting at the end of this month. With one-in-seven people going to bed hungry every night, the outcomes of this meeting are crucial.
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Outrageous: Three People Arrested for Feeding the Homeless
Society & Culture  (tags: homelessness, hunger, culture, freedoms, government, abuse, activists, humans, news, society )

Resignd
- 718 days ago - alternet.org
Members of Orlando Food Not Bombs were arrested Wednesday when police said they violated a city ordinance by feeding the homeless in Lake Eola Park....
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The New Hungry: College-Educated, Middle-Class Cope With Food Insecurity
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, hunger, society, politics, news, interesting, humans, ethics, government, usa, health, child, children, law, rights )

Cal
- 893 days ago - cnn.com
More than 50 million Americans were living in a food insecure home at some point in 2009, including 17 million children, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That amounts to one out of six Americans, the highest the government has reported in
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TAKE ACTION!! Sign the Pledge to End World Hunger:
Society & Culture  (tags: HUNGER, bREAD FOR THE WORLD, hunger, politics, activists, humans, culture, ethics, society, world, rights, children, news, interesting )

Cal
- 906 days ago - secure3.convio.net
Ending hunger is not a question of resources, but of political will. Sign the pledge and $1 will be donated to the fight against hunger.
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TAKE ACTION! Please Sign the Pledge to End Hunger:--Earn $1 for the Fight Against Hunger
Society & Culture  (tags: world, hunger, activists, politics, society, rights, humans, culture, news, children, law )

Cal
- 919 days ago - secure3.convio.net
Ending hunger is not a question of resources, but of political will. And in order to build the political will, we need to grow a strong movement of compassionate advocates -- like you -- to speak out on behalf of hungry and poor people everywhere.
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