tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36818660241034964562011-06-13T08:49:20.119-07:00The CSP is grounded in the Jesuit philosophy of homines pro aliis, men and women for and with others. We want our students to reach their full potential of mind and heart beyond the self by serving in and learning from our surrounding communities. We provide our students with tools to explore their experiences together connecting service, justice, community and spirituality. This blog is one tool with which students can reflect, explore and share their experiences in the community.webgroup_fordhamnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681866024103496456.post-35992716021841342432009-02-23T18:44:00.000-08:002009-02-23T19:02:21.857-08:00

Some are dismissing the cartoon depicting two white police officers having shot and killed an ape as having no significance. We’re in a post-racial world after all, having elected the United States’ first African American President. Besides, President Obama didn’t even write the stimulus package, Congress did. So, what’s the deal? UCLA Psychology Professor Goff argues it’s a big deal. Based

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This excerpt by Cristina Jimenez shares how immigration reform has been left out of the economic stimulus package and why this is bad for the economy. For the full article, please visit The American Prospect. "Immigration reform is a tougher sell in a recession. That’s the blunt observation Wall Street Journal columnist Gerald Seib recently offered: "Pushing any kind of immigration reform,

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This post is an excerpt from the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI) sharing the opinion that our perception of the middle class today is no longer in line with reality. The Drum Major Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit think tank generating the ideas that fuel the progressive movement."Thinking about the poor and the middle class in terms of their common aspirations —rather than

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Here's a post, a short excerpt from Mother Jones (January 2009) written by Sasha Abramsky, describing the hardships of today's working poor. The economic downturn has affected those at the financial bottom the most. How long can those like Aubretia Edick last on $195 a week? "I'll take a sandwich to work, and that's about it," says Aubretia Edick, who is 58 and works in the pharmacy

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