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...result of his experience, Canales started a nonprofit group called Gridiron Heroes to lend crucial support to other families experiencing the same horror with their sons that he had gone through. Some of the support is financial, but more of it is emotional, and Chris, who through relentless work now has some mobility in his arms, finds sustenance in his life from helping others so they are not alone...
Catania acknowledges that the policy details still have to be worked out - how many dispensaries to allow, whether they'll be nonprofit or private, for which diseases prescription pot will be available, where the stuff will be grown. He leans toward more restrictive implementation, knowing that any legal-weed law can be struck down by future governments. "The voters approved the medical use of marijuana, not the recreational use of marijuana," he says. "The more professional and controlled and evidence-based our system is, the greater likelihood it will be sustained going forward...
After speaking and taking questions from the audience, Stiglitz signed copies of “Freefall” at the event, hosted by the Harvard Book Store and the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations...
Other initiatives are tackling such real-world issues as the commercial and social pressures that affect purchasing decisions. Why exactly do you want those expensive name-brand sneakers so badly? "It takes confidence to take a stand and to think differently," says Jeroo Billimoria, founder of Aflatoun, a nonprofit whose curriculum, used in more than 30 countries, aims to help kids get a leg up in their financial lives. "This goes beyond money and savings...
...Citizens United is a conservative nonprofit dedicated to getting the U.S. out of the U.N. and keeping the Clintons out of office. During the last presidential campaign, the group produced Hillary: The Movie and arranged to distribute it via video on demand using the corporation's money, rather than money from its related political action committee. The FEC ruled this a violation of campaign rules...