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Announcing CitizenLab is ISO/IEC 27001 Certified for information security

Citizen Lab

CitizenLab is excited to announce we’re ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified! This is a huge milestone for us as it verifies that CitizenLab is following best practices for security across our offices, employees, products, and services, including our community engagement platform. So what does this mean for you?

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How London Uses Road Fees to Tackle Air Pollution and Inequality

The City Fix

More recently, in 2013, Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died at the hands of air pollution. Half a century ago, a lethal haze of smoke and fog, otherwise known as the Great Smog of 1952, covered London and killed as many as 12,000 people. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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2023 Year in Review: National Land Bank Network

Center for Community Progress

This award supports projects addressing community engagement, improving data and systems, increasing climate resilience, promoting equity, and/or stewarding vacant lots. In that time, land banks across the state have helped their communities in countless ways, from creating jobs to reducing crime.

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Social Pinpoint Acquires MetroQuest

Social Pinpoint

In an era where governments, organizations, and people seek more effective ways to connect, inform, and engage with their communities online, Social Pinpoint is poised to lead the way. Today, we are delighted to announce the acquisition of MetroQuest , a prominent player in the public engagement software industry.

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Why the Essence of Equity-Centered Work Is Organizational Change — Episode 093

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

He previously served as the National Park Service’s Deputy Director from 2008-2013, and was a long-time employee of the City of Seattle, where he worked on social justice issues, access to nature and other critical work. How he felt after attending the March on Washington in 1963 and witnessing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In disaster risk reduction circles, there is an almost desperate reliance on 'community' and a strong growth in studies and plans to "involve the community" in facing up to risks and impacts (Berkes and Ross 2013). However,'community' is contentious concept (Barrios 2014). I need not repeat them here. Statler and R.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

This was proposed a number of years ago for EM, first in the Barry Administration and then around 2012-2013, but the vendors fought it, with the support of now Mayor Muriel Bowser. Use spaces in an expanded Eastern Market campus, such as for a volunteer fair (" Community engagement #1: Capitol Hill Volunteer Fair this Saturday ," 2016).