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A look back on the busy year at the Arizona border

Issues in the state continue heading into 2025 as a new presidency will once again change border policy By: Adam Klepp Posted 6:45 AM, Dec 31, 2024 PHOENIX — In 2024 Arizona’s…

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There hasn’t been a surge in illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border before Biden’s term ends

KJZZ | By Nina Kravinsky Published December 30, 2024 at 3:25 PM MST It appears there has not been a massive surge of migrants to the border before President Joe Biden leaves…

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Homelessness in Arizona rose by 3.5% in 2024 compared to 2023, HUD report shows

KJZZ | By Greg Hahne Published December 30, 2024 at 2:51 PM MST The number of people experiencing homelessness in Arizona rose by 3.5% in 2024 compared to the year before. That…

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How a transgender woman has sued the Bureau of Prisons multiple times — and won

KJZZ | By Sam Dingman Published November 6, 2024 at 2:08 PM MST WARNING: This conversation may not be appropriate for all listeners. Grace Pinson is a bit of an anomaly. As…

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Thousands of Native Americans suing Arizona over sober living homes

ABC15 has extensively covered the issue of fraudulent sober living homes and AHCCCS fraud in our state and the toll advocates say it has taken on native american communities. By: Ford…

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Mayor of Yuma talks to ABC15 about proposed immigration changes in second Trump term

By: Nick Ciletti Posted 5:28 AM, Dec 04, 2024 and last updated 7:00 AM, Dec 04, 2024 To watch video report, Click Here. YUMA, AZ — During the 2024 presidential campaign, President-elect Donald…

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Mesa Community Court, Mesa Community College partner to help curb homelessness through education

Hayden Larkin/Cronkite News Nov. 27, 2024 PHOENIX – Mesa Community Court is collaborating with Mesa Community College to refer some of the city’s unhoused people to enroll in the school,…

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Deaf man beaten by Phoenix police files $3.5 million claim

MCAO dropped McAlpin’s charges the week after ABC15 broadcast video of the arrest A pair of Phoenix police officers involved in the violent arrest of a deaf man with cerebral…

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Phoenix school district postpones high school play about LGBTQ hate crime, students devastated

By: Adam Mintzer Posted 9:42 PM, Nov 16, 2024 and last updated 11:03 AM, Nov 23, 2024 PHOENIX, AZ — Students at Cesar Chavez High School spent three months preparing to perform The Laramie…

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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…

Local Organizations

Keep Phoenix Beautiful

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

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 Phoenix

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.

 

Opemia Empowerment Center

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 Cares

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.

 

YWCA Southern Arizona

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.

 

Braver Angels 

Americans on opposite sides of the political spectrum don’t only disagree on issues — they increasingly dislike one another.
This growing partisan animosity is the crisis of our time and threatens our nation.
Braver Angels exists to address this challenge.

Tiger Mountain Foundation

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

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 

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.

 

Vision One Women

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.

 

Heard Museum

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.

 

IMPACT of Southern Arizona

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 Tucson 

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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