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Biden issues formal apology for treatment of Indigenous children within federal boarding schools
Gabrielle Wallace and Marshall Baker/Cronkite News Oct. 25, 2024 LAVEEN VILLAGE – President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized for the 150 years of abuse and harm suffered by Indigenous…
Phoenix says visits to heat relief centers skyrocketed during record-breaking summer, and 92% were from people experiencing homelessness
Jalen Woody/Cronkite News Oct. 24, 2024 PHOENIX – Summer is the most brutal time in Phoenix, especially for those surviving without basic needs like water and cool places to rest.…
Man suffered 3rd degree burns after Phoenix police held him down on the pavement in July
KJZZ | By Associated Press Published October 30, 2024 at 2:00 PM MST A man suffered third-degree burns this summer when Phoenix police officers held him down on pavement for four minutes…
Homeless ID Project expands into new, bigger space near downtown Phoenix
KJZZ | By Kirsten Dorman Published October 28, 2024 at 9:07 AM MST A Phoenix-based nonprofit that helps thousands of people obtain and keep a state-issued ID, which can mark the start…
It’s been a year since ‘The Zone’ homeless encampment shut down in Phoenix. What does the city’s homeless crisis look like now?
The I-Team found that calls for encampments or people needing help with homelessness went up in the months after “The Zone” was cleared in November 2023. To watch video report,…
Bed shortages and inadequate care leave patients with Serious Mental Illness in metro Phoenix at risk
Shi Bradley/Cronkite News Oct. 9, 2024 CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story included incorrect information about the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. AHCCCS does not have responsibility for opening…
Arizona finally has a law around memory care, but does it go far enough?
Assisted-living facilities that offer memory care will have to meet new standards By: Anne Ryman Posted 8:26 PM, Oct 15, 2024 The ABC15 Investigators continue to expose failures at long-term care facilities…
Phoenix Mayor Gallego responds to arrest of disabled, deaf Black man
By: abc15.com staff Posted 12:31 PM, Oct 16, 2024 PHOENIX — Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego has responded to ABC15’s report of a disabled and deaf Black man who was arrested by Phoenix police officers.…
Monitoring reports show prison health care provider NaphCare, Arizona still noncompliant after 2022 case
Hayden Larkin/Cronkite News Sept. 30, 2024 PHOENIX – In 2022, Judge Roslyn Silver ruled that Arizona was violating prisoner’s rights by not providing proper care and that health-care faults were…
Local Organizations
Every day, Keep Phoenix Beautiful provides tools to empower our diverse communities to improve overall quality of life. Our vision is a vibrant Phoenix where each neighborhood is a healthy, beautiful place to live. To achieve that vision, we aim to inspire individuals and organizations through leadership, active partnerships, and meaningful volunteer experiences.
Hope’s Crossing was founded in 2010 to meet the needs of women in transition from prisons, addictions, or homelessness to a life of work, family, and community. Hope’s Crossing offers job skills training, housing assistance, and, most importantly, a program of emotional support geared toward creating a new belief system that promotes whole and healthy living. Over the past five years, Hope’s Crossing has assisted hundreds of women of all ages to develop self-worth, personal accountability, and restoration of hope in the family.
Harmony Project harnesses the transformative power of music to increase access to higher education for underserved students by removing systemic barriers to achievement through academic and social support.
Financial, educational, and societal impacts have continued to expand the economic wealth gap for minorities. Our vision is a world where economic equity and access to opportunities & resources are no longer a barrier for people of color.
Casa has been the Arizona leader for over 40 years in addressing child abuse, relationship violence and bullying. As a result, we are convinced that the integration of SEL and EQ is the solution to decrease bullying, meanness, abuse and violence.
The mission of YWCA Southern Arizona is eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Our vision is a world free of injustice, where all people can thrive.
This growing partisan animosity is the crisis of our time and threatens our nation.
Challenged Communities need help, especially with areas where there is increased incarceration and poor health choices. The TigerMountain Foundation reverses that problem through our community gardens and agri-landscaping initiatives. These initiatives teach practical life skills to youth, adults and seniors, keeping them out of jail, and improving their lives and community. We are a Non-Profit Organization that manages Community Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona.
Act One is actively working with arts organizations across the state exploring digital and virtual platforms to share with schools to ensure that Arizona's children continue to have access to the arts. Exciting things are soon to come and we look forward to being innovative in our ways to continue to connect children with the arts.
Kitchen on the Street (KOS AZ) began serving the community in 2007 when the Scarpinato family learned about the prevalence of food insecurity in local Arizona children. Hearing that thousands of children that received breakfast and lunch at school, but were going hungry on weekends, compelled Vince, Lisa and Taylor Scarpinato to found Kitchen on the Street as a means of bringing food and hope to children in need.
Our goal is to create a platform through which we are able to reach out and lend a helping hand to any woman in need of aid, but most specifically homeless women and single mothers struggling to make ends meet. We believe that every woman has her own unique gifts, and through uniting in sisterhood and sharing these gifts, we have the power to spread out our resources and make the world a better place for all.
Since its founding in 1929, the Heard Museum has grown in size and stature to become recognized internationally for the quality of its collections, world-class exhibitions, educational programming and its unmatched festivals. Dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art, the Heard successfully presents the stories of American Indian people from a first-person perspective, as well as exhibitions that showcase the beauty and vitality of traditional and contemporary art.
Our mission is to empower Southern Arizonans with the resources required to pursue a stabilized and enhanced quality of life. Individuals and families have overcome obstacles, gained confidence, and learned the skills to be self-sufficient.
Assistance League® of Tucson is a nonpolitical, nonsectarian, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit corporation that is managed and staffed by volunteers who are dedicated to working to improve the lives of those in need in the Tucson area. We are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our DEI Policy promotes a culture of belonging for our more than 330 members who donate over 50,000 hours annually serving our community through our philanthropic programs. Based on the U.S. Department of Labor’s value of volunteer hours, that translates to a contribution of more than a million dollars during our most recent fiscal year.
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