A Call-in Action from Bread for the World:
Our country is focused on taxes this week, so let’s make sure that when Congress works on tax policy, the needs of low-income people aren’t forgotten.
ACTION NEEDED:
Please call your senators and representative at 1-800-826-3688 by 5 p.m., Friday, April 16, and urge them to protect and strengthen key tax credits — the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit.
These tax credits make a big difference for low-income workers and their families.
(Note: This toll-free number will connect you to the Capitol switchboard. Please ask for your senators’ and representative's offices so you can leave your message.)
Explain your message further by adding either or both of these points:
The EITC and CTC are critical to helping working families make ends meet and feed their families. The costs of basic needs have risen while wages have remained largely stagnant.
If Congress does not act to extend the most recent expansions to the EITC and CTC made in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009:
-7 million low-income people could lose EITC benefits
- 6 million children will lose the CTC benefit completely, and 10 million children will receive a smaller credit
- More than 1.5 million people -- including nearly 800,000 children -- will fall back into poverty.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
2010 Fundraiser for RESULTS/Partners in Health May 23 in Evanston
The afternoon of Sunday May 23, 2010, the Chicago-area RESULTS groups will host an event to benefit both RESULTS and Partners in Health.
Featured speakers, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Ann Clark from Partners in Health, will help us highlight how aid organizations (like PIH), members of Congress (like Rep Schakowksy) and everyday people (like YOU) can work together to end poverty in Haiti and around the world.
Silent auction will include items like a stay in a wooded cabin, passes to Make-A-Messterpiece, ComedySportz classes, "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones Into Schools" by Greg Mortenson, artwork, lunch with State Senator Shoenberg, and more.
When: Sunday, MAy 23 4-6PM
Where: First United Methodist Church, 516 Church St, Evanston, IL
Cost:$25 on-line purchase/$35 at door/$15 for students with valid student ID
Tickets will be on sale soon! Watch for updates at www.RESULTSChicago.ning.com
Note: Admission and silent auction will benefit RESULTS Educational Fund. A direct financial appeal will be made for Partners in Health after the speaking program.
Featured speakers, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Ann Clark from Partners in Health, will help us highlight how aid organizations (like PIH), members of Congress (like Rep Schakowksy) and everyday people (like YOU) can work together to end poverty in Haiti and around the world.
Silent auction will include items like a stay in a wooded cabin, passes to Make-A-Messterpiece, ComedySportz classes, "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones Into Schools" by Greg Mortenson, artwork, lunch with State Senator Shoenberg, and more.
When: Sunday, MAy 23 4-6PM
Where: First United Methodist Church, 516 Church St, Evanston, IL
Cost:$25 on-line purchase/$35 at door/$15 for students with valid student ID
Tickets will be on sale soon! Watch for updates at www.RESULTSChicago.ning.com
Note: Admission and silent auction will benefit RESULTS Educational Fund. A direct financial appeal will be made for Partners in Health after the speaking program.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Steps to Advance the World's Women (by Nicholas Kristof)
A few insightful suggestions from Nicholas Kristof for International Women's Day! Here are excerpts. The entire article can be read in the New York Times here.
March 8, 2010, 10:30 AM
Three Proven Steps to Advance the World’s Women, on International Women’s Day
By NICHOLAS KRISTOF
"First, I think girls’ education may be the single most cost-effective kind of aid work. It’s cheap, it opens minds, it gives girls new career opportunities and ways to generate cash, it leads them to have fewer children and invest more in those children, and it tends to bring women from the shadows into the formal economy and society...."
"Second, I’d argue for deworming and micronutrients. These may not sound like they’re “women’s issues,” but in a sense they are. For example, iodine deficiency particularly affects female fetuses, for reasons that we don’t fully understand. Insufficient iodine in the first trimester of pregnancy costs that child 10 to 15 I.Q. points for the rest of his or her life, and yet iodized salt programs that prevent the problem cost less than 5 cents per person reached...."
"Third, we need more support for women starting businesses. These can be microsavings and microlending programs, or training in entrepreneurship. BRAC and Grameen have done great work in this area, as has Injaz in the Middle East. Such programs lead women to bring in incomes, and that gives them more weight in the home and society. Moreover, they tend to invest the income in their children, so there’s a broader effect in fighting poverty."
March 8, 2010, 10:30 AM
Three Proven Steps to Advance the World’s Women, on International Women’s Day
By NICHOLAS KRISTOF
"First, I think girls’ education may be the single most cost-effective kind of aid work. It’s cheap, it opens minds, it gives girls new career opportunities and ways to generate cash, it leads them to have fewer children and invest more in those children, and it tends to bring women from the shadows into the formal economy and society...."
"Second, I’d argue for deworming and micronutrients. These may not sound like they’re “women’s issues,” but in a sense they are. For example, iodine deficiency particularly affects female fetuses, for reasons that we don’t fully understand. Insufficient iodine in the first trimester of pregnancy costs that child 10 to 15 I.Q. points for the rest of his or her life, and yet iodized salt programs that prevent the problem cost less than 5 cents per person reached...."
"Third, we need more support for women starting businesses. These can be microsavings and microlending programs, or training in entrepreneurship. BRAC and Grameen have done great work in this area, as has Injaz in the Middle East. Such programs lead women to bring in incomes, and that gives them more weight in the home and society. Moreover, they tend to invest the income in their children, so there’s a broader effect in fighting poverty."
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