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Thanksgiving Day
Is Any Job Really Better Than No Job?
2017 Race for Results
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Issue: #502

November 21, 2017  

The Census Information Center of Eastern Oklahoma, a program of the provides access to data generated from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Thanksgiving Day: Nov. 23, 2017
From: U.S. Census Bureau

In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims -early settlers of Plymouth Colony - held a three-day feast to celebrate  a bountiful harvest. Many regard this event as the nation's first Thanksgiving.  The Wampanoag Indians in attendance played a key role. 

Historians have also recorded ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America. These include the British colonists in Virginia as early as 1619.
Is Any Job Really Better Than No Job?
From: The Atlantic

Any job is better than no job.
 
Or at least that's the thinking when it comes to preserving physical and mental health after unemployment. Indeed, many studies  have found that the long-term unemployed have at least twice the rate of depression and anxiety, as well as higher rates of heart attacks and strokes. 

2017 Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Childen
From: The Annie E. Casey Foundation

I n a recent KIDS COUNT policy report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores the intersection of children, opportunity, race and immigration.
 
The report features updated data measuring how children are progressing on key milestones by race and ethnicity at the national and state levels, and explores the barriers facing children in immigrant families, the majority of whom are also children of color. 
Until Next Week...Happy Thanksgiving!

Melanie Poulter
Census Information Center of Eastern Oklahoma
       

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