LibGuides: Our World 2023: 21st Century Action

GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN THE NEWS

NBC News: Unaccompanied Minors Can be

Reunited with Parents in U.S. March 2021

Goodfaith Media:152 M Remain in Child Labor Worldwide
Oct. 2020
Story of Plastic
This is the website for a film entitled, "The Story of Plastic." This website has resources explaining how plastic pollution unfairly effects marginalized, impoverished communities across the globe.

@ LSA Library: RI Center for the Book/Reading Across RI Focuses on Inequity & Environmental Poverty

What the Eyes Don't See by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
Call Number: 615.9
ISBN: 9780399590832
Publication Date: 2008
This book is about a pediatrician who worked to protect children during the Flint water crisis. The author, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, stood against the poverty of values that many public officials in Flint had.
We Fed an Island by Jose Andres
Call Number: 363.349 AND
ISBN: 9780062864482
Publication Date: 2018-09-11
FOREWORD BY LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA AND LUIS A. MIRANDA, JR. The true story of how a group of chefs fed hundreds of thousands of hungry Americans after Hurricane Maria and touched the hearts of many more Chef José Andrés arrived in Puerto Rico four days after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island. The economy was destroyed and for most people there was no clean water, no food, no power, no gas, and no way to communicate with the outside world. Andrés addressed the humanitarian crisis the only way he knew how: by feeding people, one hot meal at a time.
Rising by Elizabeth Rush
ISBN: 9781571313812
Publication Date: 2019-03-12
Hailed as "deeply felt" (New York Times), "a revelation" (Pacific Standard), and "the book on climate change and sea levels that was missing" (Chicago Tribune),Rising is both a highly original work of lyric reportage and a haunting meditation on how to let go of the places we love. With every passing day, and every record-breaking hurricane, it grows clearer that climate change is neither imagined nor distant--and that rising seas are transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable ways. InRising, Elizabeth Rush guides readers through some of the places where this change has been most dramatic, from the Gulf Coast to Miami, and from New York City to the Bay Area. For many of the plants, animals, and humans in these places, the options are stark: retreat or perish in place.
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds; Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: 305.8 REY
ISBN: 9780316453691
Publication Date: 2020-03-10
The #1 New York Times bestseller and a USAToday bestseller! A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America This is NOT a history book. This is a book about the here and now. A book to help us better understand why we are where we are. A book about race. The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. This remarkable reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America, and inspires hope for an antiracist future.
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
ISBN: 9780812984965
Publication Date: 2015-08-18
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX "[Bryan Stevenson's] Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyer's coming of age, a moving window into the lives of those he has defended, and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice. Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and many more awards!

21st CENTURY ACTION ORGANIZATIONS

GLOBAL PROGRESS

Chef Jose Andres World Central Kitchen - Covid-19 Relief Effort

Chefs for America Initiative

ViIDEO: Chef Jose Andres:

TIME: "Jose Andres is Feeding the World in a Pandemic"

G-7 Leaders commit to US $ 4.3 Billion to Finance Global Equitable Access to Tests, Treatments and Vaccines in 2021

Vaccinations must be distributed worldwide and administered not only in the world's wealthiest nations if Covid-19 is to be beaten! this step taken in February is one of the first major initiatives to address equitable access.

The Jane Goodall Hopecast: Dec. 2020

Borgen Project: "Innovative Solutions for Poverty and Hunger"

United Nations Human Rights Council Concludes 2019 Annual Meeting on the Rights of the Child with a Panel Focusing on Good Practices in Including Children with Disabilities in Educational Settings

This article is summarizing the Human Right's Counsel's annual meeting and describes the emphasis on decreasing the amount of children out of school especially those with disabilities. In order to end educational poverty, it is a global challenge to ensure that education is accessible to all children including those with disabilities.

LASALLIAN POVERTY HEROES

Michael Stabile LSA '21 talks about his experiences with Blessed Assurances Orphanage in Jamaica.

Mrs. Laffey, a former La Salle teacher and guidance counselor shares her experiences volunteering to help migrant refugees at the US/Mexican border.

POPE FRANCIS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Human Trafficking – The Pope Video
This is video by Pope Francis was released on February 7, 2019 and urges that all people must take a stand against human trafficking.
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This topic is related to poverty of values because any form of modern day slavery with people being exploited for the gain of others is a poverty of values issue.

ECONOMIC POVERTY ACTION RI

Backpacks For Life: How One Organization Is Helping Homeless and At-Risk Veterans Get Back on Their Feet
This article is about Brett D'Alessandro and Alexa Modero who both attended the University of Rhode Island and are the president and vice president of Backpacks For Life, a nonprofit that provides impoverished veterans backpacks contained with necessities. The organization also helps to get veterans to appointments and to navigate them on a path out of poverty.
RI Nonprofit Support Fund Created
This article describes how the Rhode Island Foundation awarded 2.5 million dollars to state-wide non-profit organizations that have provided direct relief to families with economic needs due to the Covid-19 virus during 2020 .

Whatsup Newp March 2020: "Raimondo Signs Legislaton

Raising Minimum Wage in RI"

New Coalition Seeks First Increase in Cash Assistance Program in 30 Years

EDUCATIONAL POVERTY ACTION RI

XQ & RI Update: Two New Schools and 18 Awards in High School Design Project
March 20, 2020: Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts and Ponaganset High School joined the 20 other RI high schools across the state who have received $500,000 grants and ongoing support from XQ to increase academic rigor and expand educational equity for all students.

AFFECTIVE POVERTY ACTION RI

University of Rhode Island Joins National JED Campus Initiative to Build on Student Mental Health Services
This article is about how the University of Rhode Island is joining the JED Campus initiative to work towards improving and providing resources for the mental health of students.
Woonsocket Gym Manager's Feat of Kindness Goes Viral

POVERTY OF VALUES ACTION RI

WPRI 12: "These Kids Depend on Us: Child Abuse Reports Plummet During Remote Learning"

Uprise RI 2019: "Governor Raimondo signs executive order creating Juvenile and Criminal Justice Working Groups"