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AWS announces expanded IMAGINE Grant opportunities for nonprofits

AWS Public Sector Blog

Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the 2024 AWS IMAGINE Grant cycle. The 2024 AWS IMAGINE Grant application instructions are now available for download. The 2024 AWS IMAGINE Grant application instructions are now available for download. The first application deadline is June 3, 2024.

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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

As of 2024, it’s never been harder for artists to find a place to work. Artists can and will work anywhere and, like their work itself, they’re limited only by the extent of their imaginations — and their finances.

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Interactive digital media platforms impact on Canadians lives

Open Access Government - Technology News

5) Despite these problems, social media platforms allow companies to engage with customers, increase brand awareness, influence consumer views, get feedback, and establish brand loyalty. These technologies have been found to boost student engagement, learning outcomes, and critical thinking and problem-solving. Welch, V., 14 (1): p.

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CFP: CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction

A Library Writer's Blog

Engaging with these ideas is not new; librarians have been researching extraction through other lenses, such as racial capitalism, neoliberalism, surveillance, and issues surrounding academic librarian labour. For more guidance, please see the journal’s Focus and Scope. She is the co-editor, with Karen P.

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Transit safety and security: Broken Windows theory and reality | and the state of transit safety today

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Later he was fired because Mayor Guiliani didn't like how much attention that Bratton got by the press and public, and the policing strategy changed from data based to what is called Zero Tolerance Policing, which could be pretty oppressive and didn't engage the community. By spring 2024, the first four stations should be complete.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Elizabeths campus ," 2018 -- " Part three: the potential for donations around an expanded program ," 2018 Freeway capping. But even before that I went back and forth on it. DC 295 and 695 scar the East of the River neighborhoods. Underground them.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Eight | Civic Engagement and Positive Promotion of Democracy

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Parks agencies can engage citizens as programming providers, community experts, and volunteers, by creating parks and recreation committees and systems for developing and offering program for each facility. Also see " Third place issues " (2024) and " Strangers are good for us ," an op-ed by David Sax in the New York Times.