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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

More background on the legal and tax aspects of CLTs in North Carolina can be found in this earlier CED Blog post. CLTs offer reliable stewardship of community land assets and a long-term promise of affordable housing (Davis 2010). This post reviews the national research on the benefits of and cautions for those interested in CLTs.

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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

Use of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, blogs and photo sharing sites illustrate the flexibility of ICT platforms in supporting collective action and social movements while the mediums themselves are both inexpensive to operate and instantaneous; multiple messages can be conveyed clearly and consistently over the course of movement evolution.