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Addressing bullying and LGBT teens: A workshop for parents and community members
Submitted by editor on Wed, 01/02/2013 - 12:24pmA workshop on responding to bullying LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning) teens will be offered for parents and Carson City community members on Jan. 15. The workshop will be led by Christopher Daniels, who is an educator with Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. It begins at 7 p.m. at the BRIC (Business Resource Innovation Center), 108 East Proctor Street, Carson City, Nev. The public is invited to attend.
Carson City's Planned Parenthood serves the community, helps the impoverished
Submitted by T. Costa on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 2:46pmPlanned Parenthood evokes strong reactions in most people. The name has been in the media a lot lately; from the many attempts to rescind their funding at a federal level to the recent fiasco with the Susan G. Komen Foundation, nearly everyone has the name at the tip of their tongue these days. With that in mind, it's not too surprising that 100 to 150 people crowded into the new Carson City Planned Parenthood clinic to check out the new digs at their open house Monday night.
New Coalition Proposes Ideas for Government Efficiency in Nevada
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Mon, 12/20/2010 - 1:45pmA new group has formed to propose innovative strategies to create a healthy State with well-supported public systems and services and an improved fiscal system.
Members of the Nevada Values Coalition have met twice for “big tent”, nonpartisan meetings to discuss the complex issues, and members then further examined ideas through subcommittees.
Nevada AG pressured to NOT file state lawsuit against Health Care Reform
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 9:48amA dozen community and labor groups from Nevada have signed onto a letter to Attorney General Catherine Cortez-Masto urging her to support, not file suit, over federal health care reform.
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons this week demanded the Attorney General join a lawsuit filed by 14 other Attorneys General to block implementation of federal health care reform, a package of changes that critics of the lawsuits claim are needed in Nevada, where an estimated 400,000 men, women and children lack health insurance coverage.