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a day through Dec. 31, 2007 Sumter Regional Hospital (SRH) has come so far since the March 1 Tornado. The hospital administrator was offered the opportunity by Siemens to record a video about the disaster in an effort to win an MRI machine. SRH had a brand new one that was donated but it was destroyed during the tornado. The Americus community is economically disadvantaged, so buying a new one would put a large dent in their non-existent budget. Please help by going online every day to vote for Sumter Regional Hospital. You can only vote once a day per computer, but can do so until Dec. 31. It only takes a minute to vote and Sumter County asks for your help. Voting instructions: Go to winanmri.com. On the right you will see in big letters "View all Videos" Scroll down until you find Sumter Regional Hospital of Americus, GA. and click the "vote" button next to it. The first time you will have to view the entire video and then vote. After the first time you can vote immediately after opening the video. Vote for Sumter Regional Hospital.
While several activities celebrating National Adoption Month are planned throughout the state, Nov. 17 is National Adoption Day, and courts across the country will finalize thousands of adoptions for children in foster care. For the sixth straight year, the Fulton County Juvenile Court will join the celebration by finalizing the adoptions of 30 foster children, and will host entertainment and a luncheon for adoptive children and families. Go to a complete schedule of activities. Read
how Georgia is celebrating National Adoption Month in State
Child Advocate for the Protection of Children Tom C. Rawlings' bi-weekly
column. Nov.
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– 11:30 a.m. Atlanta
History Center Woodruff Auditorium This event is free. RSVP to Families First at 404-853-2809 by Nov. 9. Visit
familiesfirst.org.
Join The Women's Policy Group for an inspiring day of networking, information-sharing, and empowerment in preparation for an active year of advocacy for issues critical to women. Choose two workshops in the morning to discuss the latest policy trends and knowledge on key topics of importance to women. At lunch, hear from three foundations about why they have come to see advocacy as part of their mission. Then join an afternoon power group to plan advocacy strategies for 2008. 8 a.m.
- 2:45 p.m. State Bar of Georgia Registration
and Breakfast from 8 – 9 a.m. Student rates and scholarships available.
Georgia State University College of Law Center for Law, Health, and Society is hosting the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on Friday, Nov. 16. The program will examine the CRC's key principles, the reasons the United States is a holdout, and the relevance of the CRC to the lives of children in Georgia and elsewhere in the country. Speakers Karen Baynes, who oversees the Vinson Institute's child and family policy initiative; Tom Rawlings, Georgia's Child Advocate; and Professor Jonathan Todres, author of numerous articles on children's rights, will discuss key features of the CRC and its importance to children in Georgia, with a special focus on children's health and juvenile justice. 12
– 1:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided. RSVP
by Nov. 9. Contact Christine Nwakamma at lawcnw@gsu.edu
or at 404-413-9083 Download
brochure. The Webinar will feature Patty Siegel, Executive Director of the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network and Ana Fernandez Leon, Manager of the California Child Care Initiative Project. They will discuss the State-Wide Initiative, funded by the California Department of Education, Child Development Division, and implemented by the state-funded Resource and Referral Network, and the Network’s efforts to support Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN) care providers. This is and last event in the National Women's Law Center's (NWLC) webinar series on FFN care. The NWLC's mission is to to protect and advance the progress of women and girls at work, in school, and in virtually every aspect of their lives. This
online conference call is free to participants, but space is limited
and registration is required. For more information, contact the report authors, Helen Blank or Karen Schulman. Find out how to order hardcopies of Close to Home and other NWLC reports in the publication center. Download
materials from previous webinars on Family Friend and Neighbor
(FFN) Care. Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is hosting "Tax Reform: A Reality Check," a meeting designed to educate the public about proposals being discussed by state legislators that would make major changes to the state's tax system. This meeting is the final stop on a tour, which is a collaboration between GBPI, AARP Georgia, Georgia Association of Educators, Georgia School Board Association, Georgia Municipal Association, and Georgia Coalition United for a Responsible Budget. Details for the January meeting will be available on the GPBI Web site Nov. 15. This meeting is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The meeting will begin at 4 p.m. and end by 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
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