The Links Award $1 Million Grant To National Civil Rights Museum
The National President of The Links, Incorporated, Dr. Gwendolyn Lee, announced a $1 million grant to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee to support the mission of the museum, and help preserve the legacy of a people and a movement that defined social action and social change across the nation. The announcement was made during the 2006 Freedom Award, where individuals are honored for spending their lives in the fight for social, civil, and economic justice. The funds will be used to establish The Links Incorporated Educational and Cultural Center at the National Civil Rights Museum, which will serve as a national resource for teachers and their students to learn about the strategies of non-violence used in the 1960’s to foster social and economic justice. This award is the third in a series of $1 million grants appropriated by the Links, Incorporated.
Photo (left-to-right): Dr. Gwendolyn Lee, National President of The Links, Incorporated; and Beverly Robertson, President of the National Civil Rights Museum.

CU Chancellor Gets Served
CU Students charge the University of Colorado with violating university policy that protects workers’ rights in the factories that make CU apparel, and summon Chancellor Dr. “Bud” Peterson to appear at a public hearing to defend the charges brought against him, scheduled at 12 p.m. on Wednesday Dec. 13.  Should the chancellor fail to appear, he will be found guilty and sentenced for blatant disregard of human rights and failure to fulfill the duties of Chief Executive Officer of the CU Boulder campus. The charges behind the summons stem from university Code of Conduct violations in several factories that produce CU apparel, including the Rising Sun factory in Kenya and the Hermosa factory in El Salvador. Chancellor Dr. “Bud” Peterson has failed to hold the following licensees accountable for these violations: Nike, Russell, and Steve and Barry’s.

Harry W. Rabb Foundation Donates To RFB&D
The Harry W. Rabb Foundation donated $3000 to Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D)/Rocky Mountain Unit, to give playback devices to students in need in Colorado, so that they can listen to their audio text books. The RFB&D volunteers record textbooks, and the RFB&D provides audio textbooks in a wide range of topics at all academic levels to students, from kindergarten to graduate school and beyond, to students who are blind, dyslexic, or physically struggling. The Rocky Mountain Unit of RFB&D was established in 1951, and is celebrating 55 years of service to students. RFB&D is a nonprofit organization serving over 150,000 students nationwide.

Home Repairs Can Reduce Winter’$ Bite
Many low-to-moderate-income Denver homeowners know they can benefit from home repairs during the winter, but may not know where to go for assistance. Fortunately, the Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA) directs two City of Denver housing programs which provide very low interest loans to make emergency repairs and essential improvements possible. DURA’s Single Family Rehabilitation Program provides qualifying homeowners up to $35,000 in low-interest loans to make general renovations and improvements. The Emergency Home Repair Program allocates up to $6,000 in grants or deferred loans for emergency repairs; including sewer, plumbing, mechanical, heating, roofing, electrical and other problems posing an immediate danger to a homeowner’s health and safety. While these loans are available throughout Denver to qualifying low-to-moderate-income homeowners, the funds are targeted for Denver’s lowest-income neighborhoods.

AHA Receives Federal Award To Prove Importance Of Fathers
The American Humane Association (AHA) announced in November that it was selected as recipient of a competitive award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau, to identify effective practices that improve child welfare outcomes by involving non-resident fathers in their children’s lives. Given the Children’s Bureau’s mission to promote improved outcomes of child safety, permanency of placement and relationships, and well-being of children and families across the country, it is essential that new and promising approaches to supporting children and families be tested. AHA will receive federal funding of up to $1 million per year for the next five years to operate the National Quality Improvement Center on Non-Resident Fathers (QIC-NRF) in partnership with The American Bar Association’s Center on Children and the Law, and the National Fatherhood Initiative.