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Fostering Financial Literacy in New York State: How's It Going?

Barrett & Greene

New Yorkers’ per capita student loan debt of $6,180 was 11th in the nation in 2021 and marks an increase of 335% since 2003. A comprehensive financial literacy program requires a coordinated effort among all applicable entities.

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Interpreting Covid-19 as a Disaster

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The scenario for a major pandemic was developed over the period 2003-2009 and was first incorporated into emergency plans close to the start of this period. Their increased exposure to infection has taken a considerable toll in terms of morbidity and mortality. The role of emergency planning. Existential threats.

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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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Get the parks working together and coordinated. I think there are two different approaches that could break the logjam, one would be the designation of this area as a National Heritage Area , where NPS helps to coordinate a variety of federal, state, local and private assets in an integrated fashion. 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.

Public Policy Blog

In classic accounts, the problem of achieving effective coordination within movements was so great as to be central to the structuring of activism (Vragra, 2013). Tool: Overcoming challenges to coordination of the group. Fully autonomous groups, however, encourage a lack of coordination and continuity (Tarrow, 1998). Breunig, C.,