For 81 years, Easterseals Crossroads has improved the lives of children and adults with special needs, disabilities, or challenges by promoting inclusion, independence, and dignity. The local affiliate in Indianapolis has provided important services to children and adults at its Keystone Road location for many years. Recently, however, staff had noticed need in southern Indianapolis… Read more »
In 2008, the United Nations declared August 19 to be World Humanitarian Day to commemorate the loss of life in the 2003 Canal Hotel bomb attack in Baghdad and to pay tribute to aid workers who have risked and lost their lives in humanitarian service. In addition, World Humanitarian Day also highlights all humanitarian crises… Read more »
In one week, Raquel Marti, M.A. ’99, went from helping Hurricane Irma refugees flowing into Puerto Rico from other Caribbean islands to becoming a refugee herself when she had to flee Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria. “I heard on the radio the day before the hurricane hit that the governor said, ‘evacuate… Read more »
In early May, Dr. Una Osili, associate dean for research and international programs at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy at the invitation of Indiana’s Senator Todd Young, who chairs the… Read more »
Marissa Nielsen, M.A. ’16, knew she wanted to do something fulfilling and meaningful for her career, but wasn’t sure what. Her communications degree from Spring Arbor University in Michigan first led to a job with a local newspaper, but she soon found her true passion when she connected with her local community foundation’s board president… Read more »