Filling The Gap: As Government Shrinks, Community Groups Seek Local Solutions

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 Filling The Gap: As Government Shrinks, Community Groups Seek Local Solutions From infrastructure to personal social services, the challenges facing the nation are enormous. Fixing crumbling bridges and highways would require an estimated $2.2 trillion, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. Municipal emergency food aid requests have increased by 15 percent, according to the U.S. Conference of Mayors. About 24 million Americans remain unemployed, and unsheltered homelessness has continued to increase as banks foreclose on tens of thousands of homes every month. Top Corporate Citizens PHOTOS: Meeting The Children I Sponsor In Uganda Christy: Maternal Health Over Flowers This Mother's Day SLIDESHOW: 28 College Presidents Pledge 5% Of Salary To Fight Poverty We Already Grow Enough Food For 10 Billion People -- and Still Can't End Hunger BLOG POSTS Cesar Millan: Saving the Satos -- Stray Dogs Stray and abandoned dogs are reproducing faster than we can find homes for them, and if spaying and neutering doesn't increase dramatically, we are going to see the problem get completely out of control. Jonathan Reckford: Hult Global Case Challenge Brings New Ideas, Solutions to the Struggle Against Poverty This year, the challenge presented to students focused on alleviating global poverty, and students were to develop solutions along three tracks: affordable education, affordable energy and affordable housing. Katherine Marshall: Bishops and Extractive Industries: A Human Face of Mining The potential coalition of leaders from different world regions and different religious traditions could do wonders for the extractive industry cause. They offer a special promise. Erin Levin: One Woman's Journey Around the World for a Good Cause Betty Londergan's idea was to give away $100 a day for 365 days. She wanted to give to and highlight non-profits that most people had not yet heard about. Dave McMurty: Hult Global Challenge Looks To Students To Break

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