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Disability concerns in San Diego:   

Proposition 63:  A Story of Millionaires and the Mentally Ill
Recent findings calculate that 2 million people in California alone deal with mental illnesses that, without treatment, would be life-altering and hinder their ability to lead a high-functioning lifestyle.  With treatment, these same illnesses would be mere aspects of daily life to maintain under control with adequate assistance and aids.
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Ivey Ranch Park offers Therapeutic Horseback Riding for disabled
When Christina Halleman woke up this morning – Saturday, July 16 – it looked and felt like any other day: wake up, eat something, clean up, and head off to summer school.  But this was a Saturday – a special day for Christina.  She, a 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, was going to Ivey Ranch Park’s Therapeutic Horseback Riding program. 
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Voices: Coping with disability
For those of us who live in bodies that function as they should, comprehending the struggles, abilities, and feelings of someone living with a physical disability is difficult.  But just being innocently uncomfortable does not get us off the hook.  In this issue we hear from two readers with dreams, and friendships, and talents, and wisdom…and unique physical challenges.

The Tomorrow Project trains homeless and low-income women for the workforce.  Through the production and sales of gourmet dried-bean soups, the project provides intensive, individualized job-readiness training.
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                                       photo by wendy porter-francis

WorldLink Program shapes students to be active citizens of the world

WorldLink provides young people with their own powerful forum and motivates them to act for peace and justice in their daily lives through a year-round program of internships, research programs, panels, forums, and journalism opportunities.

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Talking Peace: Palestinians and Israelis tell their stories together

Mark Freeman is a storyteller.  As a documentary filmmaker, he tells community-based stories through the voices of those not usually heard. Talking Peace is a story of dialogue.  In this dialogue, Palestinians and Israelis are brought together to tell their own personal stories.