Archive for May 2025

Ophir Loyola Hospital’s social worker and event speaker, Cristina Belém, highlighted the importance of ensuring equity in the field of oncology and palliative care

Take Action Now: Contact Your House Member Today!
Send a letter… directly to your Members to vote NO on the House reconciliation bill, which will cause greater hunger and hardship for children, families, veterans, older adults, and others — in addition to slashing live-saving health benefits via Medicaid. These draconian cuts are being made exclusively to finance tax cuts to the wealthy and corporations.

Activists, not elites, are leading the way forward in a world without Roe.

Five years after the pandemic hit, California community colleges are still battling one of the most nefarious problems to surface after courses moved online en masse. Criminals continue to find ways to evade various checkpoints in their pursuit of financial aid and other benefits that come with being a college student….These fraudsters — sometimes called ghost students, Pell runners, or straw students — are hitting the system’s central application portal at an alarming rate. While spam filters stop many of them, colleges are spending hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars finding further fraud. Instructors, as the last line of defense, are struggling to balance due diligence, good teaching practices, and student support.

Through the project, Howard students spend a year working in D.C. K-12 schools, with the goal of becoming permanent social workers. Above: Dr. Sandra Jeter with Project PRESS fellows.