Wednesday 18 November 2009

ON THE AGENDA

Will a Delay on the Climate Treaty be Time Well-Spent?

Scott Bittle
Nov 16, 2009

World leaders flatly admitted this weekend what everyone pretty much knew: there won't be a major deal on climate change at the big conference in Copenhagen next month. Instead, leaders will try to keep the process going, in hopes of coming up with a deal next year.

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Listening To Young Americans On The Deficit

Francie Grace
Nov 13, 2009

You wouldn't think the bottom line on the $1.6 trillion federal budget deficit and $11.9 trillion national debt crisis could be summed up in a single sentence, but when the right words whizzed by, the Wall Street Journal's David Wessel was quick to point them out.

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FACING UP TO THE
Nation's Finances

National Debt Clock

Nora Benavidez

Development Associate

Nora Benavidez helps Public Agenda in our development and fundraising efforts. From researching funding possibilities to assisting in grant-writing, she works with executive staff to pursue and secure support for projects related to our varied research and public engagement initiatives.

Nora joined Public Agenda in 2007, initially working with the editorial staff at PublicAgenda.org. Previously, she served as a writing assistant for undergraduate and graduate students at New York University. Nora's background also includes part-time work for Human Rights First, where she advocated for better media coverage and legal justice for human rights defenders in Latin America and the Middle East.

Nora graduated with a Bachelor's degree from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she combined the study of inequality and social change with practical examples of structural and institutional violence.

Nora can be contacted at 212-686-6610, extension 47, or via e-mail at nbenavidez@publicagenda.org.