A Library Writer's Blog

JULY 17, 2023

Since the beginning of the Russian War in Ukraine in February 2022, over 11 million people have left Ukraine, and 7 million are internally displaced (UNHCR, August 2022). How do nonprofits working in migration crises balance advocacy and service delivery? Migrant arrests on the Mexico-U.S.

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A Library Writer's Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Here are some possible topics to get you thinking: Unique Libraries Special Collections New buildings Fundraising Improved Workflows Staff Development Advocacy Efforts Community Partnerships That great thing you’re doing at your library! Submit your proposal by Friday, December 16, 2022.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 14, 2024

In 2022, AWS launched the MLU EEP for educators teaching AI/ML, targeting programs that enroll under-served and underrepresented learners, particularly at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), minority-serving institutions (MSIs), and community colleges.

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A Library Writer's Blog

MARCH 23, 2022

Special Issue title: “Case Studies of Social Justice in South Asian Library and Information Science” for The Serials Librarian (URL: [link] toc/wser20/current ) to be tentatively published in November 2022. Important Deadlines: Abstract Submission Deadline: March 31, 2022. Editors: Drs. Bharat Mehra and Mohamed Taher.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This flyer is from Park City Utah, and was placed at the library.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

APRIL 2, 2023

Dr. Ward is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and was named the Poet Laureate of the City of Norman in 2022. Stephanie is an Environmental Advocacy, Arts and Culture, and Workforce and Economic Development Grants Specialist. She holds a Ph.D. Newest Members Here are our newest team members!

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 17, 2023

That’s why the agency launched a redesigned website in December 2022 to better meet customer needs and expectations. However, when the pandemic forced SSA to close its field offices, a user-friendly website became more essential than ever. This link between the two agencies is frequently misunderstood. 

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 30, 2022

On August 5 th , 2022, Community Progress and forty-three supporting organizations across the country submitted a public comment calling for the modernized Community Reinvestment Act to center racial equity and embed land banking strategies. You can read our comment here.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 1, 2022

2022 Special Olympics USA Games reimagines the athlete and fan experience. As an AWS IMAGINE Grant winner, the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games is on a mission to use the cloud to redefine and enhance the participant experience , and make each athlete feel like the star they are. At previous events, fans only had access to a basic app.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 26, 2023

Philadelphia's Design Advocacy Group, uniting more than 2,000 professional architects, designers, and planners, has come out against the proposal too, because it argues it will have a deadening effect on Market Street at the ground level (" A large Philly-based group of architects and designers just came out against the 76ers’ arena plan ," PI ).

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

MAY 6, 2024

Hence there is potential for floods that equal or exceed those generated in 2008, storms that may be more disruptive than Arwen was in 2021, heatwaves greater than that of July 2022, and so on. With a general election pending there is an opportunity to produce some strong advocacy for the development of a better civil protection system.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

As the Internet--URLs, and QR codes have been widespread, there is no excuse for erecting a sign in 2022 and not having a URL or QR code link, ideally to a website or app with more information about the community, a webpage on the historic district nomination (context statement), link to the sponsoring organization, meeting and events page, etc.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In Washington, 75% of deadly crashes in 2022 involved one or more of the “fatal four”: impairment, distraction, speeding, and not wearing seat belts. In reality, it’s likely a mix of factors, including more speeding, heavier vehicles, dense development concentrated around multilane roads, and a decrease in traffic enforcement.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

. -- Public washroom design and technical guidelines , City of Vancouver BC -- " Building Safe Toilet Design into Shared Urban Space ," Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human (PHLUSH) -- Public toilet advocacy toolkit , PHLUSH -- " Why Do Women Not Use the Bathroom? Access to restrooms for the homeless.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

The state has the Jordan River Commission , and the advocacy group, the Seven Canyons Trust , works on creek daylighting issues throughout the County. On our list of things to do, we are organizing a kind of symposium of the area river and creek stakeholders so that we start moving on Creek issues. There are good models for better practice.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 15, 2024

Needless to say, the local business advocacy group didn't agree. Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Chick-fil-A on 2100 South in Sugar House has historically generated a long drive-thru line, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. That's pretty close to us, and Sugar House is where Sugar House Park is, where I'm on the board.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 14, 2023

Watch the full event below: NYU Furman Center State of the City 2022 from Furman Center on Vimeo. ” Harding said while many housing advocates in New York do great work, she emphasized the role of representation in advocacy would help build trust with communities.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

Some cities like Boston , Denver and Seattle have active pro-walking groups which are a model for improving places, technical assistance, and advocacy. -- In Arlington County, WalkArlington does community walks. Planning and advocacy. Sometimes they're led by the elected official for that district. Goes without saying.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“Jace dedicated the last two years of his life to championing research and coined the phrase ‘DIPG won’t wait’,” said Lisa Ward, Jace’s mom and co-founder of Tough2gether Against DIPG/DMG , a patient advocacy organization that works closely with the CBTN. World Health Day 2022: Leveraging the cloud to build a healthier tomorrow.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

When I got my job in 2014, there were 208 tenure-track Spanish positions advertised ; in 2022 there were only 44. So in Spring 2022, I decided to leave my academic job at the end of the semester. That trend continues today, and even the jobs that are posted are less likely to be tenure-track every single year.

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Death and Taxes

JANUARY 28, 2021

Here is the description of the webinar: The economic disruption of COVID-19 will substantially affect state budgets in coming fiscal years, with an estimated $275 billion in revenue losses through fiscal June 2022. Join us on December 8, 2020, from 1-2:30 p.m Joe served COST as chief operating officer & senior director, policy.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

The FHFA then indicated that it ended this delay and began to employ the newer, higher capital requirement approach beginning in 2022. Individual GSE public financial disclosures do, however, indicate there may have been a modest increase during 2022 (i.e., What about the average G-fee in 2022? percent to 0.49

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

Nevertheless, the advocacy I have found with respect to MH demonstrates some confusion regarding this fundamental. I found additional advocacy approaches designed to support a claim that MH structures will appreciate much like site-built structure-plus-land housing. ” from 55Places.com, October 2022, page 9.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Because that space doesn't exist in DC, either innovative uses don't develop -- such as the nonprofit advocacy sector, which as cheap spaces disappeared groups stopped being created counter to the heyday of the 1960s and 1970s -- or they develop in the suburbs.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This simple advocacy narrative is even generalized, not restricting MH to the geographies where it currently has a high market share, i.e., lower population density areas where land is readily available and inexpensive. MH units 1 currently account for about 6% of the U.S. housing stock, including both owner- and renter-occupied housing.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

The latter conference includes advocacy activities, while Park Pride focuses on technical training. I believe in conferences can be great training events. Park Pride , the friends group in Atlanta, and the Bay Area Open Space Council have annual conferences. Park People of Canada does local events and a national conference.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2024

Seattle's Feet First advocacy group is a great resource for such programs. The state requires that SRTS maps be created for all elementary schools, and some cities go beyond and do it for all schools.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

14 Only when government gets involved – which is when policy and political concerns are combined with advocacy by ideological and economic interest groups – does one sometimes see something different, with the inevitably resulting cross-subsidies. 35] See FHFA’s 2022 Housing Mission Report, Table 10 on Page 15.

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