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How to Increase Accessible and Equitable Public Engagement

Social Pinpoint

You just perfected the virtual meeting, and now you’re looking to combine new online best practices with traditional engagement methods. Then we’ll discuss big lessons learned and emerging trends in digital+ engagement. How does digital engagement bring in new voices and improve outcomes?

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Community Progress Calls on FHA to Improve Access to Rehab Mortgages

Center for Community Progress

Just ten lenders were responsible for originating 24 percent of mortgage loans to Black borrowers in 2019—only three of those lenders were traditional depository banks. These conversations led to the following recommendations: The 203(k) program needs more education and direct outreach.

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National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Another element could be treating schools as "neighborhood cultural centers" too, the way I describe how neighborhood libraries should be positioned (" Neighborhood libraries as nodes in a neighborhood and city-wide network of cultural assets ," 2019). But school districts don't invest in this, don't create assistance programs for schools.

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STEAM-empowered: AWS launches new skills and education programs to inspire cloud-curious students and empower girls, women across Virginia and beyond

AWS Public Sector Blog

Participants then engage in a practical activity that ties together cloud concepts with hands-on learning. In 2019, AWS launched the world’s first AWS Think Big Space , an educational STEAM lab, at River Oaks Elementary in Prince William County, Virginia and has since launched spaces at Wakefield High School in Arlington County and J.L.

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How to Address Homelessness: Reflections from Research

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Some researchers have advocated for tracking landlords who are most likely to evict tenants, so that localities can conduct targeted outreach to landlords (to help with financial assistance or code compliance, for example) and/or tenants (for rental assistance and/or to provide connections to legal services) ( Rutan and Desmond, 2021 ).

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A Nevada Library Shares How They Used A Smart Video Marketing Strategy To Combat Drag Story Hour Protests

Super Library Marketing

Her library held its first Drag Story Hour in 2019. Jamie is also working on the launch of a new grant-funded Bookmobile, “We use parade appearances as an additional marketing and outreach tool, so next up on our list is to debut the Bookmobile at the Sparks Hometowne Christmas Parade,” said Jamie.

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How Virginia unleashed the power of data

AWS Public Sector Blog

Without the engagement and buy-in of operational data sources, like county health departments, area hospitals, and local police departments, you won’t get access to their data. From January through March of 2019, 28 people in the Winchester community died from fatal Fentanyl overdoses.