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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. It's not exactly the same, but Georgetown Glow, an outdoor sculpture walk in December and January is growing into a great event. In North America, Doors Open Toronto is probably the biggest.

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AWS hosts inaugural Federal Executive Forum at Amazon HQ2

AWS Public Sector Blog

AWS has supported customers in the US federal government since the launch of our public sector business in 2010. Events like the Federal Executive Forum allow AWS to dive deeper with customers on how cloud technologies can continue to expedite modernization and support mission success.

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If you want people to act, provide them with the means to do so: neighborhood historic district sign lacking contact information

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And I have written about historic district signage (" Reassessing historic preservation on account of it being National Historic Preservation Month ," 2010).

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Mapping the Cyber Threat Landscape

GovLoop

Here is a look at the current threat landscape, based on recent cyber-related news and events. Government Accountability Office notes that its auditors have made 712 recommendations to federal agencies since 2010, 21% of which have not been implemented. The problem is not that technology always falls short. million positions unfilled.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Tierney (2008) provided a functional semantic classification of the size of extreme events (revised by Alexander 2016, p. ) I suggest the following five:- (a) Natural disasters, caused by extreme natural events. and this might give us some basis for distinguishing phenomena by the magnitude of their impacts. Field 2018).

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The Primacy of Social Capital for Community Resilience

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

If it seems like we are experiencing more community disasters and traumatic events than ever before, it is probably because we are. Natural and man-made disasters and other adverse events put enormous strain on communities. Natural and man-made disasters and other adverse events put enormous strain on communities.

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Changing Narratives and Engaging Communities Toward Better Policy: New York City’s Low-Density Neighborhoods Event Recap

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

What’s more, the research finds that the lowest-density community districts added housing at only half the rate of the city overall between 2010 and 2020. Watch the full event below: NYU Furman Center State of the City 2022 from Furman Center on Vimeo. percent of the total land across the five boroughs but contain just 28.4

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