Community Action Organization

Robust decision making: coping with uncertainty: predicting the future and then acting on our predictions leaves us vulnerable to surprises. So we need decisions that will work in a variety of potential situations.(Report)
The Futurist; 1/1/2010; 2100 words; ...identify near-term actions that are robust...that is, actions that promise to...operating within organizations where Individual...Thus, among organizations with varying agendas or within communities that have wide...

Low-hanging fruit: can collecting leftover produce help us re-envision the world?(gleaning)
Earth Island Journal; 1/1/2010; 2417 words; ...Gleaning, a volunteer organization that provides leftover...just one of many such organizations across the country...hungry, and build community. After he gets the...donated throughout the community. In Bellingham...school students doing community service, and retired...Food Research and ...

ACP expresses views on key issues in H.R. 3590, Senate 'Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act'.
NewsRx Health; 12/27/2009; 1865 words; ...United States, calling this one of the organization's "highest priorities." ACP also...safeguards and oversight over the Board's actions. ACP made four specific recommendations...of physicians who deliver care in a community settin

Beers, Dickinson, Levine, Tandy to Receive Food and Drug Law Institute's Distinguished Service and Leadership Award.
Pediatrics Week; 12/26/2009; 1202 words; ...outstanding efforts on behalf of the organization. "These recipients have provided invaluable service to the food and drug law community, and we are pleased to honor them...Pediatric, Pediatrics, Regulatory Actions, Technology, Therapy, Treatment...

Three of the Nation's Largest Italian American Organizations Join in Condemning MTV for 'Jersey Shore' Show That Slurs Italian Americans.
Marketing Weekly News; 12/26/2009; 1250 words; ...many Italian American organizations, including Order...largest Italian American organizations -- in calling upon...and all supporting organizations to immediately contact...now hear from our community." "NIAF supports...decision to air it. The action has resulted in posts...Italian American ...