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Three ideas about presentation of African American History in the context of Black History Month | reprint with an addition about the US Civil Rights Trail (versus the Dixieland Trail)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Many have had serious budget problems. 2011 Doors Open Toronto Guide ) But Open House New York Weekend is increasingly a big deal. One of the problems with creating African-American history museums is that while it is supported politically, once a museum is created they tend to not be well patronized.

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National Library Week, 4/7 - 4/13

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For example, New York City, which has just opened up a bunch of new library facilities (" A Love Letter to Libraries, Long Overdue ," New York Times ) proposed budget cuts that could lead to weekend closures (" NYC Budget Would Close Libraries On Weekends While Police Get Huge Bonuses ," Vice). Libraries as community hubs.

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Funny of course, because this is driven by the financial pressures faced by WMATA foremost (" Facing massive budget shortfall, Metro releases budget proposal that slashes service and increases fares ") but also other area transit providers, who've lost lots of riders in response to work from home. inter-city) transit planning ," 2011).

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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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Prolific proponent of the networked society Manuel Castells (2011) describes mass media being displaced by mass self-communication (Deluca, Lawson, & Sun, 2012) in altering the communication model from one-to-one to many-to-many. 2011; Aday, et al., Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Platforms in Brief.