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Hispanic Access Showcases Leadership and Expertise at the Thriving in Ministry Annual Gathering
WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Hispanic Access Foundation issued the following news release:
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Hispanic Access Showcases Leadership and Expertise at the Thriving in Ministry Annual Gathering
Hispanic Access Foundation participated in the 2026 Thriving in Ministry Annual Gathering, hosted by Leadership Education at Duke Divinity and supported by the Lilly Endowment Inc. The convening brings together faith leaders and project teams from across the country to share learning, strengthen relationships, and explore strategies that support the well-being and long-term sustainability of clergy serving
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WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Hispanic Access Foundation issued the following news release:
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Hispanic Access Showcases Leadership and Expertise at the Thriving in Ministry Annual Gathering
Hispanic Access Foundation participated in the 2026 Thriving in Ministry Annual Gathering, hosted by Leadership Education at Duke Divinity and supported by the Lilly Endowment Inc. The convening brings together faith leaders and project teams from across the country to share learning, strengthen relationships, and explore strategies that support the well-being and long-term sustainability of clergy servingtheir communities.
Representing Hispanic Access, Christine Tamara, Chief of Networks, led a workshop titled "Accompanying Pastors in Addressing Mental Health Issues in Themselves and the Communities They Shepherd." The session highlighted practical approaches to supporting clergy mental health and shared culturally relevant tools and partnerships to help pastors respond to the well-being needs of their congregations.
The workshop drew on work emerging from Hispanic Access's Wellbeing affinity group and Bienestar initiative, which support Latino clergy through culturally relevant mental health resources, peer connection, and trusted spaces for conversation. Faith leaders often carry significant emotional and spiritual responsibilities, yet may have limited opportunities to address their own well-being. Through this work, Hispanic Access connects clergy with trusted partners and practical tools that strengthen their ability to care for themselves while supporting their congregations and communities.
"Faith leaders often carry the emotional and spiritual burdens of their communities while having few spaces to care for their own well-being," said Tamara. "Through our Bienestar initiative, we work alongside Latino clergy to create spaces for honest conversation, share culturally relevant mental health resources, and connect leaders with partners who understand the communities they serve. This gathering offered an opportunity to share lessons that can help strengthen mental health support for clergy across the Thriving in Ministry network."
"For more than a decade, Hispanic Access has partnered with a robust network of Latino clergy representing tens of thousands of churches across denominations," said Maite Arce, President and CEO of Hispanic Access Foundation. "While we are a secular organization, we recognize the important role faith leaders play in Latino communities. By strengthening relationships and sharing knowledge, we help ensure pastors have the support they need to care for their communities and contribute to a thriving nation for all."
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Original text here: https://www.hispanicaccess.org/news-resources/news-releases/item/3542-hispanic-access-showcases-leadership-and-expertise-at-the-thriving-in-ministry-annual-gathering
Hispanic Access Foundation Releases Documentary Highlighting Latino Voices Along the Colorado River
WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Hispanic Access Foundation issued the following news release:
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Hispanic Access Foundation Releases Documentary Highlighting Latino Voices Along the Colorado River
In honor of International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14, Hispanic Access Foundation announces the release of Voices of the River: Latino Stories from the Colorado River, a short documentary highlighting Latino voices from across the Colorado River Basin and their deep connection to one of the nation's most critical waterways.
Observed globally, the International Day of Action for Rivers calls
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WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Hispanic Access Foundation issued the following news release:
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Hispanic Access Foundation Releases Documentary Highlighting Latino Voices Along the Colorado River
In honor of International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14, Hispanic Access Foundation announces the release of Voices of the River: Latino Stories from the Colorado River, a short documentary highlighting Latino voices from across the Colorado River Basin and their deep connection to one of the nation's most critical waterways.
Observed globally, the International Day of Action for Rivers callsattention to the importance of protecting rivers and advancing responsible, community-driven stewardship of water resources. The release of the Voices of the River centers the leadership, values, and lived experiences of Latino communities whose families, livelihoods, and traditions are closely tied to the Colorado River.
Filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada; Moab, Utah; and Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, the film features faith leaders, community advocates, and local residents reflecting on what the Colorado River means to their families, their work, and their communities, and their efforts to preserve it. The film illustrates how Latino cultural values, faith traditions, and lived experiences inform a strong ethic of stewardship and civic engagement across the Basin.
Participants describe the river as essential to agriculture, local economies, recreation, and spiritual connection. They also speak to the growing challenges facing the river, including drought, declining snowpack, and pollution, and increasing demand -- emphasizing that the Colorado River is not limitless and that protecting it requires collective action and responsible management.
"By sharing these stories, the film allows Latino communities to see the many ways people like them are already advocating for and protecting the Colorado River," said Vanessa Munoz, Hispanic Access Foundation Watersheds and Waterways Program Manager. "It invites viewers to recognize their own connection to the river and encourages them to learn more, get involved, and help safeguard this vital resource for the future of this vital resource."
The Colorado River is an economic and ecological backbone of the American West. Its waters serve approximately 40 million people, irrigate 5.5 million acres of farmland, and sustain an economy valued in the trillions of dollars. Roughly one-third of the U.S. Latino population lives within the Colorado River Basin, and many work in sectors -- particularly agriculture -- that depend directly on reliable water supplies for crop cultivation and food production.
As prolonged drought, declining snowpack, climate change, pollution, and increasing demand place unprecedented strain on the river, Latino communities are among those experiencing the impacts most directly. At the same time, their lived experience and long-standing relationship with the land position them as essential partners in shaping sustainable solutions for the future of the Basin.
"Latino communities are deeply connected to the Colorado River -- as workers, business owners, parents, and faith leaders," said Maite Arce, President and CEO of Hispanic Access Foundation. "When our cultural values, community leadership, and lived experience are part of the conversation, we strengthen our collective ability to protect this vital resource and secure a more resilient future for both the river and the communities that depend on it."
At a time when water resources are under increasing pressue, Voices of the River calls for collaboration rooted in shared responsibility and mutual benefit. Its message is clear: the Colorado River is not an infinite resource, and protecting it requires inclusive leadership and collective action.
Voices of the River: Latino Stories from the Colorado River is available for public viewing at: hispanicaccess.org/CO-River
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Original text here: https://www.hispanicaccess.org/news-resources/news-releases/item/3540-hispanic-access-foundation-releases-documentary-highlighting-latino-voices-along-the-colorado-river
FFRF Proudly Co-sponsors 'No Kings III Day' on Sat., March 28
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 14 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release on March 13, 2026:
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FFRF proudly co-sponsors 'No Kings III Day' on Sat., March 28
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is once again proud to co-sponsor the next "No Kings" National Day of Action taking place on Saturday, March 28.
No Kings III is expected to be the largest nonviolent protest in U.S. history. Please visit this site to find the closest event near you.
There are 2,200 No Kings Day events planned in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and a dozen other countries. The flagship
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MADISON, Wisconsin, March 14 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release on March 13, 2026:
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FFRF proudly co-sponsors 'No Kings III Day' on Sat., March 28
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is once again proud to co-sponsor the next "No Kings" National Day of Action taking place on Saturday, March 28.
No Kings III is expected to be the largest nonviolent protest in U.S. history. Please visit this site to find the closest event near you.
There are 2,200 No Kings Day events planned in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and a dozen other countries. The flagshipgathering will take place in the Twin Cities, which are still reeling from the ICE raids and the deaths of two bystanders.
There is still time to sign up to host an event if there isn't one near you or to volunteer as a marshall.
Nearly 7 million people attended No Kings last October and the goal is for an even larger turnout at thousands of peaceful rallies later this month. The "No Kings III" website features a map showing events near you, messaging and many resources, including a host toolkit, graphics and signs.
"As a group with 'freedom' in our very name, the Freedom From Religion Foundation knows that we cannot defend the First Amendment's 'first freedom' in an authoritarian nation," comments Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF co-president. "To defend our secular form of government and civil liberties, we must defend U.S. democracy itself, which is currently imperiled by corruption, chaos and Christian nationalism."
FFRF encourages you to attend a March 28 event near you and to spread the word to friends, family and colleagues, as well as via social media by sharing No Kings III posts.
P.S. By the way, FFRF is offering a new T-shirt that's perfect for No Kings Days (pictured above). FFRF also offers a variety of sun-protecting caps suitable for the occasion, such as one bearing the United States' original motto of unity, "E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One)." To ensure delivery in time for March 28, we encourage you to order immediately and to request expedited shipping by phoning FFRF at 608-256-8900 during office hours (Monday through Friday, 9-5 CDT).
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a national nonprofit organization with 42,000 members and several chapters nationwide. FFRF's purposes are to defend the constitutional principle of separation between church and state, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism.
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Original text here: https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-proudly-co-sponsors-no-kings-iii-day-on-sat-march-28/
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Health Foundation: Workforce Plan Must Prioritise Improving Conditions for Staff to Deliver NHS Reforms
LONDON, England, March 13 -- The Health Foundation issued the following news release on March 12, 2026:
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Workforce plan must prioritise improving conditions for staff to deliver NHS reforms
Responding to the annual NHS staff survey results, Ruth Thorlby, Assistant Director of Policy at the Health Foundation, said:
'Today's survey shows that NHS staff remain under significant pressure, posing a serious risk to the government's ability to deliver planned reforms. Over a third of staff say they feel burnt out because of their work, and a similar proportion say there are not enough staff for
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LONDON, England, March 13 -- The Health Foundation issued the following news release on March 12, 2026:
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Workforce plan must prioritise improving conditions for staff to deliver NHS reforms
Responding to the annual NHS staff survey results, Ruth Thorlby, Assistant Director of Policy at the Health Foundation, said:
'Today's survey shows that NHS staff remain under significant pressure, posing a serious risk to the government's ability to deliver planned reforms. Over a third of staff say they feel burnt out because of their work, and a similar proportion say there are not enough staff forthem to do their job properly - both of these scores have worsened slightly in the last two years.
'There has been no improvement in stress levels since last year's results, with 4 in 10 staff reporting that they felt unwell because of work-related stress. Just under a third of staff often think about leaving their jobs.
'The government's plans for reform rest on having a healthy and well-supported workforce to implement them. However, the survey suggests that the health service still has a mountain to climb to make this happen. Meeting waiting time targets, digitising the NHS and redesigning services so that more care can be delivered outside hospitals all depend on an engaged and motivated workforce, but the overall staff engagement score has fallen since 2024.
'Key to delivering the government's ambition is the ability of staff to make improvement happen. The latest data show a concerning gap of more than 20% between the best and worst performing NHS acute hospital trusts. To reduce variation, trusts need the headspace and staff need the support to create the conditions for sustained improvement.
'Today's survey underlines the urgency of a concrete workforce plan to improve working conditions, boost morale and enable staff to improve services. As well as ensuring that the NHS has adequate staff numbers in the future, the government's forthcoming workforce plan must place equal importance on supporting the existing workforce. This will boost retention, attract more people to work in the NHS and ultimately improve services for patients.'
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Original text here: https://www.health.org.uk/press-office/press-releases/workforce-plan-must-prioritise-improving-conditions-for-staff-to-deliver-nhs-reforms
Health Foundation: Signs of NHS Recovery After Gruelling Winter
LONDON, England, March 13 -- The Health Foundation issued the following news release on March 12, 2026:
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Signs of NHS recovery after gruelling winter
Responding to the latest NHS performance statistics, Tim Gardner, Assistant Director of Policy at the Health Foundation, said:
'Today's data show tentative signs of improvement across the health service after a gruelling winter, which should provide some relief for patients and staff.
'January saw further progress in reducing waiting times for routine hospital care. The waiting list fell for the third consecutive month to 7.25 million, with
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LONDON, England, March 13 -- The Health Foundation issued the following news release on March 12, 2026:
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Signs of NHS recovery after gruelling winter
Responding to the latest NHS performance statistics, Tim Gardner, Assistant Director of Policy at the Health Foundation, said:
'Today's data show tentative signs of improvement across the health service after a gruelling winter, which should provide some relief for patients and staff.
'January saw further progress in reducing waiting times for routine hospital care. The waiting list fell for the third consecutive month to 7.25 million, witha drop in the number of patients waiting more than 52 weeks to under 136,000.
'However, February saw continued severe pressures on urgent and emergency care. Response times for Category 2 emergency ambulance calls are better than last year, but may fall just short of the 30-minute interim target for 2025/26 in the NHS's recovery plan. While there was a slight improvement in A&E waiting times, 1 in 10 patients attending major emergency departments waited longer than 12 hours so far in 2025/26.
'Recent Health Foundation polling shows that improving A&E waits are now tied with GP access as the public's top priority for the NHS. While the government is making steady progress against its headline pledge to reduce routine hospital waits, the ongoing crisis in A&E highlights the risks of being too narrowly focused on one headline target.
'Achieving lasting improvements will require a concerted focus on addressing the root causes of delays, and a system-wide approach to recovery that prioritises investment, workforce resilience and long-term planning.'
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Original text here: https://www.health.org.uk/press-office/press-releases/signs-of-nhs-recovery-after-gruelling-winter
Creationism Expelled From Colorado School After FFRF Complaint
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 13 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release:
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Creationism expelled from Colorado school after FFRF complaint
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully halted the teaching of creationism in the science curriculum at a Colorado public charter school.
FFRF wrote to the CEO of James Irwin Charter Schools after a concerned parent reported that James Irwin Charter Middle School in Colorado Springs was planning to include "intelligent design" and "creationist theory" alongside evolution in its eighth-grade science curriculum.
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MADISON, Wisconsin, March 13 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release:
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Creationism expelled from Colorado school after FFRF complaint
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully halted the teaching of creationism in the science curriculum at a Colorado public charter school.
FFRF wrote to the CEO of James Irwin Charter Schools after a concerned parent reported that James Irwin Charter Middle School in Colorado Springs was planning to include "intelligent design" and "creationist theory" alongside evolution in its eighth-grade science curriculum.
Accordingto an email sent to parents by the school's science lead, the evolution unit proposed to "teach Intelligent Design and evolution" and "present a creationist theory and an evolutionist theory regarding natural selection, adaptation and evolution."
The parent who contacted FFRF expressed concern about the school presenting religious doctrine as science.
"I feel like the public charter school is not trustworthy and I am now questioning the quality of my [child's] education," the parent communicated to the state/church watchdog. "I feel angry that religion is being forced on children and presented as science."
FFRF Staff Attorney Samantha Lawrence wrote to the district explaining that teaching creationism or intelligent design in public school science classes violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
"Promoting creationism, intelligent design or any of its offshoots in public schools is unlawful because creationism is based solely on religion, not scientific fact," her letter stated. FFRF noted that the Supreme Court and federal courts have consistently rejected attempts to introduce religious doctrine into public school science classes, including the landmark ruling in Edwards v. Aguillard (1987) and the federal decision in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (2005), which struck down policies promoting creationism and intelligent design.
FFRF's intervention had the desired result. Following its letter, the school system investigated the matter and scrapped the pseudoscience portion of the curriculum.
"Please know that this practice has ceased," CEO Rob Daugherty wrote in a response to FFRF. "Intelligent design will not be taught in the middle school or in any other James Irwin Charter School as part of a science curriculum."
The district confirmed that the instruction had occurred sporadically over a period of years but was not part of the official curriculum and had not been known to current administrators until the issue was raised. The school system said it has taken several corrective steps, including halting the instruction, verifying that intelligent design is not taught elsewhere, reviewing lesson plans and instructional materials, and providing additional guidance and training to staff regarding religion in the classroom. The district also plans to adopt formal board action to codify these measures in its curriculum policies.
FFRF is pleased that the district moved quickly to correct the constitutional violation.
"Creationism and intelligent design are religious beliefs, not science," says FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor. "Public schools have a constitutional obligation to teach evidence-based science -- not promote religious doctrine."
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a national nonprofit organization with 42,000 members and several chapters nationwide, including more than 1,400 members and two chapters in Colorado. FFRF's purposes are to defend the constitutional principle of separation between church and state, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism.
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Original text here: https://ffrf.org/news/releases/creationism-expelled-from-colorado-school-after-ffrf-complaint/
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Authors of WLF ,Working Paper Receive Burton Awards for Distinguished Legal Writing
WASHINGTON, March 13 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release:
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Authors of WLF,Working Paper Receive Burton Awards for Distinguished Legal Writing
The law firm Kelley Drye & Warren LLP announced that the Burton Foundation has selected two of its attorneys, partner John Villafranco and associate Andrea deLorimier, as recipients of the Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing for a paper published by Washington Legal Foundation. WLF released the Working Paper, FTC Consumer Protection Orders: The Case for a New Sunset Policy, in May 2025.
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WASHINGTON, March 13 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release:
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Authors of WLF,Working Paper Receive Burton Awards for Distinguished Legal Writing
The law firm Kelley Drye & Warren LLP announced that the Burton Foundation has selected two of its attorneys, partner John Villafranco and associate Andrea deLorimier, as recipients of the Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing for a paper published by Washington Legal Foundation. WLF released the Working Paper, FTC Consumer Protection Orders: The Case for a New Sunset Policy, in May 2025.
WLFpublished the paper at a moment when new leadership at the Federal Trade Commission was assessing its priorities and considering possible reforms. Villafranco and deLorimier advanced a thorough, meticulously researched case for why the FTC should depart from its 20-year sunset policy for administrative orders and reconsider its practice of seeking perpetual orders in federal court. The paper also proposed three alternative approaches to better balance consumer welfare with the need to support legitimate, innovative business activity.
Since 1999, the Burton Foundation, a non-profit academic organization devoted to recognizing and rewarding excellence in the legal profession, has chosen 25 partners from the nation's 1,000 largest law firms whose legal writing showcase exceptional clarity, cogency, and persuasion.
"We take great pride in the quality and enduring relevance of its publications and in our successful recruitment of legal experts who write those publications on a pro bono basis," said Glenn G. Lammi, WLF's Executive Director and Vice President of Legal Studies. "John has written multiple papers for us over the years, and we are so pleased to see him and Andrea nationally recognized for this exceptional Working Paper," Lammi added.
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Original text here: https://www.wlf.org/2026/03/13/communicating/authors-of-wlf-working-paper-receive-burton-awards-for-distinguished-legal-writing/
