Julian Omidi looks at the Urban Institute’s reevaluation of the Moynihan Report from 1965 that outlined the correlation between families and poverty. In 1965, Daniel Patrick Moynihan – sociologist, Assistant Secretary of Labor, and later a United States Senator – published a report that focused on the effect that the dissolution of the nuclear family [...]
Poverty Rates Now Greater in Suburbs
Over the course of the last decade poverty rates in the suburbs have become greater than in cities across the United States. A new book from the Brookings Institution, called Confronting Suburban Poverty in America, brings to light something that many people do not realize; poverty has become a bigger issue in the suburbs of [...]
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NMP Blanket Drive Will Help Los Angeles Homeless
A blanket drive sponsored by No More Poverty will help to provide the Los Angeles homeless with much needed linens. Los Angeles contains the highest population of homeless in the United States. Biennially the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority conducts a report on the number of homeless in Los Angeles County. Though the most recent [...]
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Google “One Today” App to Aid in Charity
A new application from Google that is currently in limited testing could aid charities and nonprofit projects. Currently going through a testing phase is Google’s Android app One Today, an application that is aimed at helping to provide support to limited nonprofit organizations through dollar-a-day donations. The app presents its users with information on a [...]
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Smaller-Sized Dishes May Help with Childhood Obesity
The journal Pediatrics has published a new study that states that reducing the size of plates for children may help fight childhood obesity. Julian Omidi reviews this study and how it may help parents curb the childhood obesity epidemic. Researchers at Temple University took it upon themselves to find out if smaller plates for children [...]
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Teens Unite to Bring Prom to Bedside of Girl Dying From Cancer
In Tennessee, the community and classmates of a young girl dying from cancer have united for “Light the Night with Kate.” Julian Omidi highlights the efforts of this community in Campbell County. Katelyn Norman of Campbell County, Tennessee was recently informed by doctors that the bone cancer she has struggled with for the last two [...]
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Homeless With Mental Disorders 5 Times More Vulnerable to Homicide
The mentally ill are more vulnerable to assault and even homicide than the general population, in part due to the prevalence of mental illness. Julian Omidi examines a recent study that suggests that homeless individuals with mental disorders are five times more likely to be murdered than those who don’t suffer from psychiatric disorders. Homeless [...]
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Julian Omidi Looks at Pet Food Stamps for Animal Support
Julian Omidi discusses a new donation-based program that will help to provide pet food stamps. Julian Omidi is a co-founder of the animal advocacy non-profit organization Animal Support. According to the ASPCA, between “5 million and 7 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year, and approximately 3 million to 4 million are euthanized [...]
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Julian Omidi Supports Annual Starlight Jazz Serenade Fundraiser
Julian Omidi is proud to sponsor an annual event for the charity Hands for Hope. Julian Omidi provides his support for the Annual Starlight Jazz Serenade fundraiser through the non-profit No More Poverty. March 1st, 2013 will mark the 13th Annual Starlight Jazz Serenade where children from the Hands for Hope charity will perform alongside [...]
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Most Confident Multitaskers May Be Worst at Multitasking
Julian Omidi discusses research conducted at the University of Utah that seems to indicate that people who believe that they are excellent multi-taskers could be deluding themselves and, if they are multitasking while driving, putting themselves and others at risk. Do you think of yourself as a master multi-tasker? Well, you could be wrong, according [...]
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Julian Omidi
Philanthropist Julian Omidi co-founded No More Poverty with his brother Michael Omidi. Together the Omidi Brothers strive to spread the awareness of worldwide poverty, and seek solutions and provide support to other charities.
