Brooklyn Defender Services and ACLU Launch Campaign to Empower Immigrant Communities When Dealing with ICE

Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) launched “We Have Rights,” a national immigrant empowerment campaign to inform immigrant communities of what to do when interacting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The campaign centers around four animated videos available in seven languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin, Russian, Haitian Creole and Urdu. Created as a direct response to expressed community needs, the videos are based on true stories and provide practical tips for how to safely defend the legal and human rights of immigrants during four…

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New Documentary Raises Global Water Crisis Awareness As 844 Million People Still Lack Access to Clean Drinking Water

Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) non-profit Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) Program and National Geographic are raising awareness about the global water crisis with the release of a new documentary and national survey in conjunction with World Water Day. The documentary, titled “The Power of Clean Water,” follows the lives of three women and their families, providing a first-hand perspective on the daily challenges of accessing clean drinking water. As the film progresses, viewers witness how P&G’s Purifier of Water packets, distributed by partners ChildFund in Indonesia, CARE International in Kenya…

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Mediaplanet and Dr. Travis Stork Aim to Inspire Students Into Pursuing a Career in Health Care

Mediaplanet and Dr. Travis Stork, of CBS’s daytime talk show “The Doctors,” are teaming up to combat the upcoming shortage of medical professionals in the U.S. in this year’s edition of “Careers in Health Care.”. It is hoped this campaign will inspire students to pursue one of the many avenues within the healthcare industry. The U.S. will face an estimated shortage of 90,000 professionals by 2020 due to the number of aging Americans along with the potential reforms to the insurance system. To counteract the shortage, medical program enrollment will…

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