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October Cause Awareness: National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Qgiv

Domestic violence is a hugely prevalent issue in the United States with nearly 20 people per minute, on average, experiencing physical abuse by an intimate partner. The awareness day stemmed from the goal to connect advocates from around the country who were working to end domestic violence against women and children.

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July Cause Awareness: Disability Pride Month

Qgiv

That’s why every July in the United States, it’s important to observe Disability Pride Month! Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. There is so much diversity in the world, but one type of diversity that often gets overlooked or forgotten is disability diversity. On July 26, 1990, President George H.W.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

Ultimately, that admission, which started with the company admitting 500 million users affected, was followed by another stating that 1 billion people were affected to 3 billion. As most adults in the United States know, Equifax is one of the largest three credit bureaus. The US Constitution enshrines privacy into law.

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Bookshare en Puerto Rico

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Why shouldn’t visually impaired and disabled students in the United States have easy access to the study of the languages? As an independent territory of the United States, the schools of Puerto Rico are subject to the same federal laws and IDEA initiatives as every school in the 50 states.

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Doing the Right Stuff Right for Human Rights

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This blog originally appeared on the Huffington Post In December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women and children. The moderator was Stephan Sonnenberg , Clinical Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law at the Stanford Law School.

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6 Steps to Zeroing Out Child Labour Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

When children can not achieve their full potential, it tears at a countries’ social fabric and directly diminishes its economic growth. This means that every one in 10 children age five and over in the world today are trapped in child labour. Child labour is a violation of every child’s right to a childhood.

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Juneteenth Resources

Media Cause

. —Young, Black & Lit was started by book lovers who understand the critical importance of reading and representation in the lives of children. Their mission is simple, to increase access to children’s books that center, reflect, and affirm the experiences of Black children. . The Color of Law.