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bLOgS Angeles
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This blog began in July of 2005 as an place for the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute staff and students to discuss issues of food and health, social justice, the environment, and labor. Based in Los Angeles, UEPI is a multifaceted, social change-oriented Institute consisting of centers, programs and a core staff. We provide a place for faculty, students, organizers, community partners, researchers, and policy analysts to collaborate. The blog serves as a place for further collboration, with posts written by both students, professors, and staff.
Recent Posts
ACORN: “Not guilty”
Friends and Colleagues: An independent report released today has concluded that while ACORN, the community organizing group, needs to improvement its management structure, it did not engage in illegal activities when two videographers, one posing as ...
“Waffling Democrats’ Health Care Hypocrisy” – The Nation
In my new article in The Nation magazine today, “Waffling Democrats’ Health Care Hypocrisy,” I note that Sen. Joe Lieberman, the former Democrat-turned-Indepedent, and six key Democratic senators smear the public option. But each ...
Announcing Bike/Ped Summit Keynote: Janette Sadik-Khan
Janette Sadik-Khan We don’t have all the details worked out, but we’ve got some great news for the 2010 Bicycle and Pedestrian Summit: our keynote speaker will be Janette Sadik-Khan! Sadik-Khan currently serves as the Transportation Commi...
Announcing the 2010 Bike Summit!
London Bicyclist - image: Wikimedia The Urban and Environmental Policy Institute has just gotten started on the 2010 Bike Summit. One big change is that we’re planning to make it both a bicycle and pedestrian event! We’ve just started ...
Vote on Oats video for Farm to School to win $10K
Quaker Oats/Goodbite.com “Awaken Your Senses” Challenge With a click of the thumbs-up button under the Cherries video, you can help Jen win $10,000 to benefit the National Farm to School Network. Twelve food bloggers shared their favorit...
“Meet Stephen Hemsley” – Huffington Post
Friends and Colleagues: Stephen J. Hemsley is one of the most powerful people you’ve never heard of. But Health Care for America Now (HCAN) hopes to change that. Hemsley is the CEO of United Health Group, the nation’s largest health insur...
