All Blog Posts Tagged 'policy' (32)

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In June, 2011 the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable launched its Building Self-Sustainable Communities Project to provide Impact Micro Awards to community organizations  and individuals that our working to build self-reliance and self-sustainability in the areas of violence prevention, at risk youth training, leadership mentoring and tutoring, financial education, health and nutrition…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

GOP Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell drew much derision, snickers, and ridicule for falling flat in fulfilling his oft repeated goal to make President Obama a one term president. Obama’s smash electoral vote and solid popular vote win made the GOP’s aim seem more comical. The fiscal cliff battle seemed to render it even more absurd. Obama was the big winner. He preserved the Bush tax cuts for the middle and working class,…

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December 16, 2012

Ms. Candice Bohr  Director

Newtown Youth & Family Services

15 Berkshire Rd.

Sandy Hook, Ct. 06482

Dear Ms. Bohr:

The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable is proud to award the Newtown Youth & Family Services agency a special Impact Micro Award. The cash award is to support you in…

The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable announced a special Impact cash award to the Newtown Youth & Family Services. This vital family services provider is on the front line in providing aid and support to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School horrific massacre. Every dollar of the Impact Award will go directly to…

Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson on Monday, December 10 called on Cal State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed to immediately implement a policy on the use of force in student confrontations. Hutchinson called on Reed to require that officers have full access too and training in the use of non-lethal force in confrontations with students that may face mental challenges. The call was…

Family Violence Special Focus of the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable Award

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 The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable announced its Impact Micro Awards for December on Monday, December 3. The December awards are part of its Building Self-Sustaining Communities Project. The Project supports organizations working in Los Angeles and America’s most underserved communities in cities nationally. The city chosen in December is Cumberland, Maryland. The city was ranked by the 2011 Census…

West Los Angeles College Spanish Language Studies Dept.

The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable awarded a special Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable Teacher Impact Cash Award on Monday, November 26 to West L.A. College Professor Josefina Coulton and the College’s Spanish Language Studies Dept.  WLA College President Nabil S. Abu-Ghazaleh and WLA College VP Academic…

Sent Letter of Praise and Support to Uruguayan President

Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson on Saturday, November 18 hailed Uruguayan President Jose Mujica’s decision to donate nearly all of his salary to meet the needs of the poor. Mujica is a selfless example of a national leader that puts aiding humanity above acquiring personal wealth. Hutchinson sent a letter of praise and support to Mujica at the Uruguayan Embassy in…

The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable announced its Impact Micro Awards for November on Friday, November 10. The November awards are part of our Building Self-Sustaining Communities Project. The Project supports organizations working in Los Angeles and America’s most underserved communities in cities nationally. The city chosen in November is Morristown, Tennessee. The city was ranked by the 2011 Census as…

 



The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable on Wednesday, October 24 awarded a major Teacher Impact Award to Dorsey High School’s Physical Education Department. The award will be used to purchase much needed sporting equipment for P.E. student’s use at the school. The equipment shortage is due to severe budgetary cutbacks in the LAUSD. The need to provide sporting equipment to insure robust P.E. programs at inner city high schools is even more critical given the documented rise in…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will hit President Obama during their foreign policy debate with the ancient political zinger, what did he know and when did he know it about Libya. The GOP’s attack line is that Obama botched the response to the terror attack on the American embassy in Libya in part to protect his claim that he destroyed Al-Qaeda, and in greater part to mask his alleged rudderless, muddled Middle East…

Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson and other civil rights leaders on Wednesday, October 10 demanded that the Romney Election Campaign Committee denounce the violently racist anti-Obama display of a watermelon and a hanging noose by prominent Romney supporter Blake la Beck on his Morgan Hill, California property. The display is not just an isolated example of one man’s bigotry but is prominently displayed near a public road and a…

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