The “merely” legal point of view that refugees according to international law have the right to cross borders and apply for asylum in any state, codified in the principle of “non-refoulement” and the Geneva Convention, seems rather negligible considering the atmosphere of a state of exception evoked by many politicians and opinion makers throughout Europe (Massumi 1993).

Emotional shift

In contrast, it seems what Kant dismayed as a “philanthropic” stance plays an important role in how Europeans want to assess the cause of refugees. When a conservative member of parliament (Philipp Lengsfeld, CDU) recently criticized the newspaper for framing the issue as “too emotional” and that its attitude would “invite” refugees to come to Europe, the chief editor of BILD online, Julian Reichelt, responded in an open letter. The conservative critic was worried about the child.

The deserving refugee

The negative reputation of emotions notwithstanding, there is evidence that the shift of public opinion concerning refugees was less informed by reasoning or the reference to the Geneva Convention, but by the mobilization of feelings of empathy towards refugees.

According to our survey, volunteers who started to welcome refugees in 2015 compared to those who were already engaged for a few years stated significantly that “emotional experiences” were increasingly important for them. the formation of an affective block between refugees and large parts of the German population.

Shaky ground for solidarity?

Critics of the seemingly new emotional trend in politics (Robert 2016) have argued that citizens become passivized by merely emotionally reacting to media-driven events instead of referring to reason. 64, University of Oxford.

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Keweenaw Community Foundation to host Keweenaw Gold | News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | WLUCcomponent-social-facebook_share_api-v2-01Keweenaw Community Foundation to host Keweenaw GoldKeweenaw Symphony Orchestra to perform at Keweenaw Gold eventHANCOCK a

The Keweenaw Community Foundation is gearing up for its annual fundraiser of the Keweenaw Gold event on March 22nd.

There will be live performances by members of the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra and PJ Olson’s Rock Camp.

It will take place at the Continental Fire Company with catered food and a cash bar.

Mineral tiles from Clark Mine near Copper Harbor will also be sold.

The Keweenaw Community Foundation is raising money to continue their mission of financially supporting the community’s quality of life.

“This is how we keep our doors open so that we can help everyone else, and also showcase some of the local talent and our community rock stars,” said Keweenaw Community Foundation member, Kyle Kyrm.

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Fairland event supporting teachers set – News – The Miami News-Record – Miami, OK FAIRLAND The Fairland Public Schools Enrichment Foundation will hold its second Denim & Diamonds fundraiser to support Fairland teachers.The event will begin at 6 p.m. The educators and supporting staff will be the stars of the event.The Fairland Public School Enrichment Foundation is a broadly based, non-profit community organization whose purpose is exclusively education. The organization’s goal is to secure and distribute contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations for the benefit of the students in the Fairland Public Schools.”We have some amazing teachers at Fairland and part of our mission is to show how much they are appreciated and loved,” Serena Wilson, vice-president of Fairland Public Schools Enrichment Foundation, said. Cash or check are acceptable forms of payment.Sponsors and businesses also have the opportunity to purchase a table for teachers, if they cannot attend.Page 2 of 3 – “At this banquet, we have local businesses who can’t attend and don’t have any items to donate to the auction, who can sponsor a table for a teacher,” Wilson said. We try to get everything donated, so everyone who donates or buys anything at the live auction, all of the proceeds go into the foundation.”Wilson said the organization is currently looking for sponsors and businesses willing to make a donation to the event.”We are mailing out save the date cards to remind individuals and donors who attended last year to come again,” Wilson said. “We will put their names on the program and they will be mentioned during the event.”At the 2015 event, the organization was able to raise more than $15,000 and had an attendance of approximately 200 people.”Last year was our first dinner and fundraising event for the foundation,” Wilson said. The Enrichment Foundation is giving back to the teachers who work diligently to provide for their students.”I was seeing how much teachers spent out of their own pockets and they don’t make much to begin with,” Wilson said. With the $15,000 raised from last year’s event, the Enrichment Foundation was able to give out $5,000 in grants for Fairland teachers and support personnel.”We give out grants to the teachers for projects for the classrooms,” Wilson said. Applications are due towards the end of September, and the money will be administered after the school reconvenes for next school year in August.Page 3 of 3 – Wilson said she hopes to make the event an annual tradition. Monetary donations can be made in the form of a check or cashier’s check.The organization can also be contacted on its Facebook page at Fairland Public Schools Enrichment Foundation.Kimberly W. mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+mainImageData_credit+”; mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+mainImageData_caption+”;

Trinity Health names first grant recipients in $80 million effort to boost population health – Modern Healthcare Trinity Health on Monday announced the first six recipients of a five-year, $80 million program aimed at solving significant health challenges that can’t be addressed by healthcare providers alone.

The Livonia, Mich.-based system’s Transforming Communities Initiative is awarding grants, loans, community match dollars for a variety of community efforts, with particular focus on providing healthier foods and more physical activity at schools, raising the smoking age from 18 to 21 and improving breastfeeding policies.

“A system can treat illness, but we need to bring in partnerships to create health,” said Dr. The coalition includes Trinity-owned Loyola University Health System, its affiliated medical and nursing schools, the Cook County Department of Public Health and Proviso East High School.

Drew Martin, executive director of Proviso Partners for Health, said solid partnerships and an understanding of a community’s health needs must come before the funding.

Students at the high school in the partnership have grown 400 pounds of produce at a local garden, which is shared with an area soup kitchen, said Lena Hatchett, assistant professor and director of community and university partnerships at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Francis Medical Center)

Live Well Springfield (Mass.) TCI Partnership (includes Trinity’s Mercy Medical Center)

Healthy Montgomery, Rockville, Md., (includes Trinity’s Holy Cross Health in Silver Spring, Md.)

Promise Partnership, Boise, Idaho (includes Trinity’s St.

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Parents unhappy with the secondary school their child is allocated can appeal to any school named on their preference form.

The Good Schools Guide recommends parents also accept the place they have been offered as a back up plan, in case an appeal does not work.

Schools can grant places on appeal when a school has applied its admissions procedures incorrectly, or when the harm done to your child by not getting a place there will be greater than that caused to all the other children by overcrowding.

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SUGAR CITY a The Sugar-Salem Diggers will have two new faces helping around the tennis courts this spring.

Blake Woodruff and Alli Nielsen, two students at Brigham Young University-Idaho, were hired to be assistant coaches to work alongside head coach Greg Grant.

Youth Grants Go to Boys’ and Girls’ Club, Skate Park, Chamber Music Society | The Vineyard Gazette – Martha’s Vineyard News

A venerable Edgartown recreation center that has served Island youth since 1937, an Oak Bluffs skate park that has come of age in the past decade and a longstanding Island chamber music program that provides free string instruction and instruments for young people are the recipients of the 2016 MVYouth expansion grants.

The Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girls’ Club was awarded $229,514; the Martha’s Vineyard Skate Park was awarded $252,172; and the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society was awarded $29,300.