At a White House Rural Council meeting, President Obama says that the Department of Agriculture has been working with every other agency across the federal government to make sure that we are taking every single possible step to help farmers and ranchers to fight back and recover from this disaster. August 7, 2012.More

White House White Board – Benefits of Major Rules

This White House White Board lays out the facts and shows that we can protect health and safety while promoting economic goals as well.More

Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012

President Obama signs a bill that will help improve access to health care for veterans, streamline VA services, expand support for homeless veterans, and also provide extended medical care for veterans and their families who were based in Camp Lejeune in the years the water was contaminated there, and prohibit protesting at military funerals. August 6, 2012.More

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The Road We’ve Traveled

08/08/2012 Nativegrl77

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4 minutes late …Change.org

08/08/2012 Nativegrl77

My bank could evict me from my home because I called them 4 minutes late. Help me stop them.

Sign my Petition

After my bank made me wait 2 years to get my home back, they called off a deal with me to stay in my home because they said I called them 4 minutes late.

When I was threatened with eviction from my home of 17 years, I made an agreement with the Vice President of Woodlands National Bank. They said if I rented the house for two years, and brought money up-front, they would work with me to prepare a new mortgage.

I held up my end of the bargain — but now the bank is backing out, and I could be evicted from my home at any time. I’ve tried calling and visiting the bank’s Vice President Cindy Koonce in person, but she refuses to work with me.

I started a petition on Change.org calling on Woodlands National Bank to follow through on its promise to help me keep my home of 17 years.

Click here to sign my petition now.

I’ve lived in my home for 17 years now. As the years passed, I’ve watched the cedar that I planted grow from fitting in the palm of my hand to as tall as my house. I’ve stood by, smiling, as my great-nieces and nephews picked raspberries from the bushes in my yard. I’ve watched, as my house has grown from my place to a communal place, for my family, my friends, and my community.

The bank has already shown that it is sensitive to public opinion: the bank proposed the original deal because the community sent in petitions and made phone calls on my behalf.

I am confident that if enough people join this campaign, Woodlands bank will negotiate with me, and become part of the solution to the housing crisis we face.

Click here to sign my petition asking the Vice President of Woodlands National Bank to negotiate with me on my mortgage.

Thank you.

— Anita Reyes

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Latesha and Loretta Taylor

08/08/2012 Nativegrl77

My name is Latesha Taylor and I’m scared for my child‘s future.

Every day my 9-year old daughter Loretta goes to school — her life is at risk.

Why? Because without someone available every day to check her blood glucose and administer insulin, Loretta could enter into a coma … or worse.

Help the American Diabetes Association keep Loretta, and children like her, safe at school.

You see, Loretta has diabetes. Yet her school system doesn’t believe that it’s their job to provide basic care for a child with diabetes when a school nurse isn’t available. Other states have adopted laws that allow school employees to provide diabetes care as trained volunteers … but not mine.

Instead, I’m forced to leave my job every time the nurse is absent or unavailable because the school system refuses to train other staff members in how to care for her. And that means I get fired. A lot.

It also means Loretta is falling way behind in school. She can’t pay attention or keep up with her schoolwork when her blood glucose hits an extreme. And because she has so many absences from leaving school when there’s no nurse available, she’s even been cited for truancy!

Now I’m fighting for my child’s rights … and her safety. And I’d like you to join me. Help fight for the care that children like Loretta deserve at school.

Will you please send an urgent donation to help the American Diabetes Association? Your support could help them fight for the diabetes care that children like Loretta deserve at school, as well as support the Association’s research, information, advocacy and education programs.

Many of the over 200,000 children with diabetes in America have no support system in school when they need insulin or face a diabetes emergency. Some are even turned away from their neighborhood school simply because they have diabetes.

I’m sure you’ll agree with me that this is discriminatory and must be stopped. School personnel who aren’t health care professionals can — and should — be trained to provide diabetes care when a school nurse isn’t available.

Please give whatever you can today.

Not only will your generosity help give voice to those like Lorettta who are denied rights because of their diabetes, it will also help fund critical research to prevent, cure and manage diabetes.

I simply can’t thank you enough.

Sincerely,

Latesha Taylor

P.S. The American Diabetes Association had already won key victories in multiple states, allowing school employees to volunteer to be trained in assisting children with diabetes. Help us move forward! Your gift today will help the American Diabetes Association improve the lives of children and adults with diabetes. Donate today and help STOP DIABETES^®