Public school teachers from 21 school districts in 10 states have completed national seminars at Yale.  A July 23, 2011 post discussed these seminars, the National Fellows, and related Congressional legislation.

As the Literacy Coalition's new LiteracyEveryday website recently received its 1000th unique visitor (along with some 5000 page views), its Twitter page -- launched in May -- now has more than 100 followers.  These are purely volunteer efforts to increase awareness and action on behalf of literacy in the New Haven region and beyond.

Nothing in the U.S. comes close to approaching the extreme drought and famine conditions in East Africa.  UNICEF, the International Rescue Committee, CARE, and Doctors Without Borders are among the organizations that can help alleviate the crisis. 

As mentioned in a July 9 post below, the Real Food Challenge is addressing significant issues in this country.  One of the project’s leaders, David Schwartz – who with Anim Steel was selected for an Echoing Green Fellowship – is a nominee for a Do Something Award on VH1.  Vote for him here, and sign up to vote every day through August 11. 

Do Something itself was featured in a June 2011 New York Times article, "Charity Goes Mobile to Appeal to Young."