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Bowles, Jonathan; Colton, Tara; Fischer, David Jason; Giles, David; O'Grady, Jim – Center for an Urban Future, 2009
The inauguration of a new president is a typically a time of great hope, and this year is certainly no exception. But the advent of the Obama administration offers residents of New York and other city-dwellers special grounds for optimism: that the period of years, if not decades, when the federal government all but turned its back on the needs of…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Federal Government, Presidents, Safety
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Kendall, Nancy – International Journal of Educational Development, 2008
The article interrogates current international development constructs of childhood, rights, vulnerability, and schooling in light of the daily experiences of two Malawian children affected by HIV/AIDS. It aims to better understand how development efforts targeted at these children function in practice, and suggests that current development…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Children, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations
Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs, Harrisburg. – 1991
This report summarizes the activities of the Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs from its inception in January, 1989, to December, 1990; and makes recommendations to the Governor on policies, procedures, and legislation that would make the state more responsive to the Latin American community. Latin Americans are the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Affirmative Action, Aging (Individuals), Civil Rights