After a health hiatus, your Daily Rundown is back! Today’s stories include: Voting in Virginia. How the recession has affected local children. And CARECEN remembers their president.
— CARECEN (a Women’s Foundation’s Grantee Partner) is mourning the loss of its president, Saul Solorzano. Saul died earlier this week. He was remembered in a press release as a community leader and activist who “fought tirelessly for fair laws and treatment of Central Americans and other Latinos.” Our thoughts are with Saul’s family and the staff and clients at CARECEN.
— Virginia voters will head to the polls for primaries on Tuesday. The Washington Post has details of each race as well as polling locations. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
— The presence of banks in communities makes neighborhoods safer and more prosperous, according to a researcher at the University of Virginia. When banks leave less affluent neighborhoods, predatory lenders take their place and payday robberies rise, reports WAMU.
— How has the recession affected local children? The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2011 Kids Count Data Book is out and shows that low-income children will be impacted academically and socially, even after their parents recover economically. Washington Grantmakers Daily breaks down the local numbers.
