Reform

Kristen Painter on August 21st, 2009

During my undergraduate education, I majored in history and minored in ethnicĀ and racial studies. Through these disciplines I was consistently presented with, or made aware of, several discouraging situations: major world problems, institutionalized system flaws, inequalities, and the true complexities within some of these challenges. What compounded the weight of such issues were the seemingly [...]

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Torkin Wakefield on July 28th, 2009

While BeadforLife is primarily working to eradicate extreme poverty in Uganda it is important that we also keep in mind the plight of the poor in America. The recession has hit the poor in America hard. Even in the best of times, the 20 to 30 percent of the population that struggle to pay their [...]

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