Immigration Board Game
Are you looking for a fun activity to start a conversation about immigration with your leaders or allies? NWFCO created this board game as a tool for grassroots organizations to use. Just click on the game parts and print them out and you´re ready to go.
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Equal Treatment? » Seattle Hospitals Put to the Test
Racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes constitute a crisis, one that requires the attention of health care providers, policymakers, and communities alike. In Seattle and across the nation, people of color suffer from higher rates of illness and mortality than their white counterparts. Health care institutions play a critical role in exacerbating or minimizing health disparities. Equal Treatment? Seattle Hospitals Put to the Test, analyzes the policies and practices of Seattle hospitals to determine how hospitals are serving, or failing to serve, people of color in our city.
2008 Northwest Job Gap
» Tough Times for Northwest Families calculates a basic family budget for different family structures in the Northwest. Based on this "living wage" the study then estimates the number and proportion of job openings that provide a sufficient wage to support and individual or a family´s basic needs without relying on public assistance. Get County-Level Living Wages for: Idaho Montana Oregon Washington
Taking the Pulse of Main Street
Small Businesses, Health Insurance, and Priorities for Reform Small business owners are considered a key voice in the public dialogue over health care reform. But where do small business owners stand on the issue? Taking the Pulse of Main Street reports results from a survey of 1,200 small business owners' experiences with health insurance and perspectives on different reform proposals. The results show small business owners want real health reform, are willing to contribute, and want a quality public insurance option.
Community Dialogues on Immigration
NWFCO´s Community Dialogues on Immigration program trains community leaders to talk to their neighbors, friends, family, and other members of non-immigrant communities about immigration. NWFCO provides innovative, interactive tools for starting these conversations, like the immigration board game, and helps leaders practice talking about immigration.
If you would like to host a Community Dialogues train-the-trainers session in your community, click here to email us for more information.
Insuring Health or Ensuring Profit?:
The private health insurance industry is reaping record financial gains while people throughout the U.S. are struggling to meet their health care needs. This report takes a look at recent financial trends in our country´s health insurance industry, with information on national insurance companies and insurers in 26 states. The report recommends greater public oversight of insurers and the creation of a public alternative to private insurance.
Americans are proud of our history of bringing together diverse cultures and peoples to create a rich and vibrant, uniquely American culture. Throughout history, however, there have been movements to isolate people of color, including immigrants, and prevent them from sharing in the nation's prosperity. Today's debate about immigration is nothing new - the same themes, even the same statements - are echoes of debates going back to our nation's founding. This video recalls some of that past, and questions whether we really want to repeat that history.
Equal Treatment?