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Engaging Fathers to Stop Domestic Violence
Posted by on June 24, 2011 at 8:50 AM EDTDr. Roderick Mitchell, founder and pastor of the New Life Church, uses community projects and programs to encourage fathers and survivors of abuse to break the generational cycle of domestic violence.
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Improving Social and Economic Opportunities in the Mid South
Posted by on June 15, 2011 at 6:04 PM EDTIvye L. Allen, President/CEO of the Foundation for the Mid South, stresses the need to invest in people and strategies that promote racial, social, and economic equity in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
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Understanding Earthquakes and Their Impacts: Part I
Posted by on May 10, 2011 at 10:46 AM EDTIn the first of a two-part blog, OSTP and USGS take a look at the science of earthquakes. Globally there have been four deadly earthquakes in just over a year—Haiti, Chile, New Zealand, and Japan—which have served as a reminder of the tectonic forces active beneath our feet.
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Volunteers Prove Essential to Disaster Response
Posted by on May 4, 2011 at 2:32 PM EDTDivya Kumaraiah, Policy Assistant to the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, shares inspiring stories from CNCS' disaster recovery efforts in Mississippi.
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Disaster Assistance for Last Week’s Storms
Posted by on May 4, 2011 at 11:35 AM EDTKaren Mills, Administrator of the Small Business Administration, talks about her recent trip to storm-damaged areas of the Deep South, and what the SBA and other Obama Administration agencies are doing to help residents rebuild and recover.
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Weekly Wrap Up: Healthy Anniversary!
Posted by on March 25, 2011 at 6:47 PM EDTYour quick look at the week that was on WhiteHouse.gov
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From Coast to Coast, Working Together for our Ocean, Coasts, and Great Lakes
Posted by on March 22, 2011 at 1:40 PM EDTMembers of the newly convened Governance Coordinating Committee chime in on what they think their work and membership means to the people and the communities they serve.
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The New START Treaty: Signed
Posted by on February 2, 2011 at 3:26 PM EDTThe President signs a landmark nuclear arms treaty with Russia, New START, which will advance our security, our relations with Russia, and our progress toward a world not imperiled by nuclear weapons.
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Protecting our Great Lakes from Asian Carp
Posted by on December 22, 2010 at 3:54 PM EDTThe Obama Administration releases the 2011 Asian Carp Control Strategy to protect our Great Lakes from Asian carp.
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White House Participates in Cultural Diplomacy Launch
Posted by on December 6, 2010 at 5:00 PM EDTA look at “Film Forward: Advancing Cultural Dialogue”, a public/private cultural film exchange effort by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and the Sundance Institute, in New York.
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