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Meet the top 6 finalists for the 2023 Service to America Medals® People’s Choice Award

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Our 2023 People’s Choice Award top 6 finalists  At the Department of Homeland Security, Senior Advisor Michael Camal spearheaded the Blue Lightning Initiative, a government campaign to help aviation personnel identify potential victims of human trafficking and report their suspicions to law enforcement.

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Relearning old lessons: Urban economics, agglomeration economies, and adaptive reuse of "a large stock of old buildings"

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But close encounters during the rest of the week were a selling point in the successful campaign to lure the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, a new federal research agency known as ARPA-H, to Cambridge, said O’Connell, the MassBio CEO. Characteristics of cultural quarters From Montgomery (2003).

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

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But the district is well organized, and successfully campaigned for a more directly accessible transit station as part of a new line being developed to serve their area. Also see " Leimert Theater: Envisioning a Neighborhood Landmark ," KCET. s Black arts scene ," Post ).

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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.

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Not surprisingly, there is growing scholarly interest in the mediation of activism and political campaigning. Social media offer opportunities to citizens the world over to come together and share information and ideas, potentially providing “long-term tools that can strengthen civil society and the public sphere” (Shirky, 2011). Breunig, C.,