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Why Restorative Justice Matters

First State Insights

Kim Book, Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit Victims’ Voices Heard, speaks with Danielle Vota and Ruth Decosse, conflict resolution practitioners at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about why restorative justice matters. First State Insights is a podcast presented by IPA.

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Building community, connection and commitment for African American federal executives

Partnership for Public Service

To mark Black History Month, I spoke with Tyra Dent, president of the African American Federal Executive Association, a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 that is dedicated to preparing and supporting African Americans for advancement into and within the senior ranks of the federal government.

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She Wears Many Hats: Block Leadership and Civic Engagement with Jen Devor

Iron Sharpens Iron

She recently co-founded the nonpartisan nonprofit Better Civics. A Philly resident since 2002, she has held leadership positions at Campus Philly, Diversified Community Services, Neighbors Investing in Childs Elementary, and Committee of Seventy among others. She recently co-founded the nonpartisan nonprofit Better Civics.

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She Wears Many Hats: Block Leadership and Civic Engagement with Jen Devor

Iron Sharpens Iron

She recently co-founded the nonpartisan nonprofit Better Civics. A Philly resident since 2002, she has held leadership positions at Campus Philly, Diversified Community Services, Neighbors Investing in Childs Elementary, and Committee of Seventy among others. She recently co-founded the nonpartisan nonprofit Better Civics.

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CONTRACTS: Emergency Orders and Delayed/Excused Action

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

nonessential businesses and nonprofit entities must "reduce the in-person workforce at any work locations by 100%"); Va. 2002) (performance excused until it becomes possible to perform rather than excusing performance entirely). Order 53 (nonessential "brick and mortar retail business[es]. Protravel Int'l, Inc. , 2d 790, 797 (Civ.

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Brightline West should also be used to transform public transit service in Las Vegas

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2002, it was extended almost 3 miles, connecting to a number of other casinos. The system went into bankruptcy and now is run as a nonprofit. The Las Vegas Monorail wasn't designed to be mass transit. It was a private venture connecting two hotel-casinos about one mile apart starting in 1995.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Bok Building served as a model, the former South Philadelphia high school now home to a bounty of small businesses, nonprofits, and artists, attracting people from around the city to the spectacular views of its rooftop bar. Instead, people wanted to open its walls so pedestrians could more easily move between Chinatown and Market East.