Solano Women of the Year boast deep community ties

Originally published in the Daily Republic on January 7, 2017. Local women from around the area were honored this year at Congressman John Garamendi’s Women of the Year ceremony on Oct. 13 in Woodland with a luncheon and round table discussion of issues facing women today in the workplace. Those…

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Coming Up in the Golden Age

Originally published on Foster Focus Magazine By Charles Prinzen This is a story about ME. There are segments of this story that you will agree with and others you will not. None the less it is my story from my heart and soul. This is a story about keeping a…

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Polaris News: Act Now to Support Homeless Youth

Hi Everyone, We’re seeing a flurry of activity from Capitol Hill right now, and we need your help. Congress has been extremely busy introducing legislation addressing human trafficking, as we called on them to do last month. Under Senator Grassley’s (R-IA) leadership, the Judiciary Committee unanimously passed two critical human…

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Starfish

I am sitting in a first-floor apartment at “The Flatted Fifth,” a building in the slums of the Huruma district in Nairobi, Kenya. The building is the newest in the area, and by all local concerns, an engineering marvel and the envy of every neighbor. My American eyes can barely…

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