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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

How about a month long "Doors Open" event during Black History Month. The Toronto Star even publishes an event guide. 2011 Doors Open Toronto Guide ) But Open House New York Weekend is increasingly a big deal. Just think how much stronger and more powerful these trails could be linked up as part of a broader system.

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National Library Week, 4/7 - 4/13

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Drumbrae Library in Scotland includes a day care facility (" Work begins on Drumbrae's new library, day care centre and youth cafe ," Guardian, 2011). Probably in rented space (" PC Tots invites all to ribbon cutting at Park City Library ," Park Record ). Libros Book Club. Photo: Nate Martinez, Express-News. Underfunding school libraries.

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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.

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In this, I do not exaggerate, as the record of recent events in London demonstrates the connections quite clearly. There is no such thing as societeigh", she said in that false plummy, slightly hectoring, distinctly overbearing voice (Tice 2010). Socialist (25 November 2010), p. It may be therapeutic or it may be dysfunctional.

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