RELEASE – Nebraska groups urge Congress to protect children seeking safety

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For Immediate Release Contact, Jeff Sheldon Communications Director, Nebraska Appleseed Office: (402) 438-8853 Mobile: (402) 840-7289 jsheldon@neappleseed.org   Dawn Bashara Justice For Our Neighbors – Nebraska Office: 402-898-1349 Mobile: 402-215-1498 dawn@jfon-ne.org Nebraska Groups Urge Members of Congress To Protect Children Seeking Safety Today, a group of more than a dozen Nebraska organizations released a set of […]

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Organizations call on Obama administration to reveal changes to USDA proposed poultry rule, and open for comment

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***For Immediate Release*** July 16, 2014 Contact, Jeff Sheldon Communications Director, Nebraska Appleseed Office: (402) 438-8853 Mobile: (402) 840-7289 jsheldon@neappleseed.org  New poultry industry standards threaten to endanger workers’ health, food safety, and animal welfare On July 10, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget a final

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Children fleeing violence need a compassionate response

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Over the last decade, escalating violence in much of Central America has reached unimaginable levels.  As the drug trade has grown, local gangs have taken more-brutal steps to assert control of cities and neighborhoods, ruling the streets in many areas with murder, rape, and intimidation. As a result, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador now have

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Humanitarian crisis requires acting in children’s best interests

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Note: This post by Appleseed Child Welfare Director Sarah Helvey and Immigrants & Communities staff attorney Omaid Zabih addresses the recent humanitarian crisis in Central America that has resulted in children seeking asylum in the U.S. Tens of thousands of children from Central America have been forced to flee from their home countries to the

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Supporters gather 135,000 signatures to put minimum wage on fall ballot

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Measure to raise Minimum Wage to be voted on this fall pending signature verification On July 3, the good news didn’t come in small packages, but in stacks and stacks of large boxes, piled high in the rotunda of the State Capitol. The boxes contained petitions signed by nearly 135,000 Nebraskans from every corner of

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News and Events from Nebraska Appleseed – July 2014

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In this July edition of “Appleseed in Action”: Minimum wage petition drive enters home stretch 50 Nebraska groups urge House action for common-sense immigration laws Meet our 2014 Summer Law Clerks and Interns Two new staff members join Appleseed team Welcome new Officers to Appleseed Board of Directors Appleseed raises $37,000 on Give to Lincoln

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Sudanese Refugee and Author Finds New Happiness in Nebraska

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Note: This is a guest post from Appleseed Immigrants & Communities intern Kseniya Ruzanova.   The moment Abeny Kucha Tiir realized she was a refugee came on a plane bound to the United States. “I looked down and saw all those lights as we were taking off, and it hit me- I’m a refugee now.” She remembers

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Film shows how Nebraska schools Stand Up To Poverty

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Nebraska Loves Public Schools is a special project from the Sherwood Foundation that has produced a number of short films on the state of our public schools. They have shot thousands of hours of footage and conducted more than 300 interviews with students, parents, teachers, and administrators. “I think if people knew the truth of

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