[ut_title_divider] YALE STUDY, CONCEIVED AND CO-EDITED BY CONNECTICUT ALUM, CALLS FOR END TO CRIMINALIZATION OF HOMELESSNESS [/ut_title_divider] A new report from Yale Law School — Forced Into Breaking the Law — The Criminalization of Homelessness in Connecticut — aims to stop the criminalization of homelessness in the state of Connecticut. Central to “conceiving, planning, and editing” the Read More
Month: March 2017
Indianapolis Artist and Public Allies Alum Receives $200,000 Grant from ArtPlace America
LaShawnda Crowe Storm, a community artist and Public Allies Indianapolis alum, was recently awarded a $200,000 grant from ArtPlace America to assist her beautification work in northwest Indianapolis. ArtPlace America is a collaborative effort to incorporate arts and culture into community planning. Crowe Storm, alongside fellow artist and activist Phyllis Viola Boyd, is spearheading a Read More
Public Allies Alum Speak Up to Save AmeriCorps
National service has long enjoyed overwhelming public support as well as eight decades of strong bipartisan legislative support. Nonetheless, President Trump’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget calls for the elimination of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers national service programs including AmeriCorps (which funds Public Allies) and Senior Corps. The final word Read More