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Olden Polynice Gives Voice to Haitians and the Disabled
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Olden Polynice Gives Voice to Haitians and the Disabled

Amanda Scurlock, Sports WriterNovember 25, 2015

Former NBA player Olden Polynice overcame having a physical disability growing up and went on to play professional basketball for 17 years. Polynice has also become an Ambassador for the nation of Haiti and people living with disabilities. Polynice represented for the 31 Days Foundation in order to help expose the importance of people with disabilities gaining employment. “It’s all about bringing awareness to employers to hire individuals with disabilities no matter what the disability,” said Polynice. “Our belief is there’s a gem out there somewhere.” Polynice, a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was appointed by the country’s President to promote

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WLAC One of 19 Named “Leader College”

courtesy of Achieving the DreamOctober 7, 2015

Achieving the Dream has announced that West Los Angeles College earned Leader College distinction—a national designation awarded to community colleges that commit to improving student success and closing achievement gaps. West has shown how data can inform policy and practice to help community college students achieve their goals, resulting in improved skills, better employability, and economic growth for families, communities, and the nation as a whole.

Helping Babies By Lifting Up Mothers
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Helping Babies By Lifting Up Mothers

Diandra Bolton, Howard University News ServiceSeptember 16, 2015

  WASHINGTON – In a small red wooden house across from a wooded area in northeast Washington neighborhood, virtually unnoticed by their neighbors, are people who save and transform lives. There are no doctors.  No nurses.  No special emergency technicians.  But, ask Rochele Norfleet what those people have meant to her. “I was a teen mother a couple years ago and at first I didn’t have any place to go,” said the 21-year-old Capitol Heights mother of two.  “I wasn’t in school or anything.” That was before she came to the Healthy Babies Project, those people in that red house.