Woman blasted on social media is no porch pirate, police say A post on a community Facebook page last week showed a surveillance video picture of a woman in a black dress on a porch in the 1100 block Woodlawn where she took two small bench pillows. Police got a report from the owner of […]

Woman blasted on social media is no porch pirate, police say A post on a community Facebook page last week showed a surveillance video picture of a woman in a black dress on a porch in the 1100 block Woodlawn where she took two small bench pillows. Police got a report from the owner of […]

July 23, 2021 – Liz Schondelmayer Michele Brock is the Community Programs Director for the MSU School of Social Work. Describing her work as social justice in action, Michele oversees five of the school’s social service programs: Chance at Childhood , Continuing Education , FAME , the Kinship Care Resource Center and Veterinary Social Work […]

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday fired the commissioner of Social Security after the official refused to resign, and Biden accepted the deputy commissioner’s resignation, the White House said. Biden asked commissioner Andrew Saul to resign, and his employment was terminated after he refused the Democratic president’s request, a White House official said. Deputy […]

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – The riffling sound of poker chips is an invitation not to an online poker room, but to the actual card table. Pro player Joshua Thatcher parlayed the success of his online poker group, started by he and his friends during the height of the pandemic, into the newest live poker club […]

The City of Vancouver has added another former hotel to its stock of housing for the city’s homeless. Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart announced the purchase of the Best Western at 205 Kingsway for an undisclosed price on Friday. The city says the building will provide housing for 68 people. Read more: Crews douse another […]

KAZAKHSTAN: The government hosted a press conference Dec. 25 to share the country’s plans for next year, including increasing support for entrepreneurs and the social sector, reported the prime minister’s press service. Deputy Prime Minister Berdibek Saparbayev, Minister of Healthcare Yelzhan Birtanov and Minister of Labour and Social Protection Birzhan Nurymbetov were in attendance. Kazakh […]

Americas, October 9 2019 LIFT is thrilled to announce our Request for Qualifications for a new initiative that will provide invaluable support to social purpose organizations (SPOs) that support social inclusion and employment outcomes for persons living with disabilities. This initiative is aimed at helping organizations who are removing barriers for persons living with disabilities, […]

Assistive Technology, Europe, July 22 2019 Learning disability charity Hft has partnered with Tunstall Healthcare, a specialist in connected healthcare solutions, to release a new report on how assistive technology can support and transform the social care sector. he report looks at the untapped potential of assistive technology and how it can support disabled people, […]

Events, July 18 2019 ISRAEL: “If there is an idea in cyber, porn or crypto spaces, millions of dollars by investors are invested in it, but when we are dealing with people with disabilities, we are sent to philanthropy,” said Yoocan CEO, Moshe Gaon, last week at The Marker’s Social Innovation Conference in Jerusalem, Israel. […]