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Hear from civil servants who have fought workplace discrimination inside and outside of government

Partnership for Public Service

In their conversation with co-hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher, Ishimaru and Ma discussed: How they have applied their law training to pursue “mission-driven work” in the federal government and with policy advocacy nonprofit organizations. Rebuilding an agency to better serve the public.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

He specifically distinguishes social movements from political parties and advocacy groups. It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009). Collective action (CA) can be defined as all activity of common or shared interest among two or more individuals (Olson, 1971).