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Sofia DeMartino
Sofia DeMartino is honored to spend her days at local nonprofit Horizons advocating for those in need. Her passion for this work is driven by her own experience as a teen mother in poverty and the transformational impact of the social service network in our community.
Latest Articles by Sofia DeMartino
Opinion Sep. 22, 2021 8:26 am500d ago
“We are thinking about what the library’s role might be in the future and planning what we can bring to informational services.”
Opinion Sep. 5, 2021 6:30 am519d ago
A few weeks after 9/11, my family celebrated my son’s first birthday. The next day, then-President George W. Bush announced the United States military engagement in Afghanistan.
Opinion Aug. 15, 2021 12:27 pm538d ago
The imagined danger posed by Black people existing remains a box office smash, turning out voters, consumers, and vigilantes year after year after bloody year.
Opinion Aug. 4, 2021 6:00 am550d ago
“If there is no available affordable child care, you can’t work — and more often than not, child care continues to fall within the responsibility of women.”
Opinion Jul. 17, 2021 12:00 pm568d ago
It is incumbent upon us — us the community; us the collective; us the village — to support the success of our children as best we are able
Opinion Jul. 10, 2021 6:00 am575d ago
Throughout the pandemic, a widespread challenge for nonprofit agencies has been maintaining volunteer levels that support the work at hand.
Opinion Jun. 28, 2021 11:20 am586d ago
Lack of available housing, exacerbated by last year’s derecho, is a massive barrier to those who have already had their escape plans on hold for months due to the pandemic.
Opinion Jun. 9, 2021 6:00 am606d ago
To write this achievement gap off as another outcome of poverty without acknowledging the role of systemic barriers to economic advancement is to do a disservice to the work of equity.
Opinion May. 23, 2021 5:00 am624d ago
Environmental justice means everyone must have equal access to the decision-making process
Opinion May. 16, 2021 7:30 am631d ago
Gov. Reynolds praised the new bill as creating “choice” for landlords. Stripping these communities of their source of income ordinances actually offers a reduction in options for tenants.