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La Manplesa: documentary on the Latino "riots" in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of DC, 1991

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: Ultimately, as with Ferguson, we recognized that we had a deeper problem and we had to be more aggressive in owning up to the problem. But the 2009 blog entry indicates that the problem continues. I had only lived in DC for about 4 years when this happened.

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"Temporary" uses as a way to foil development: Bruce Monroe Elementary School site, DC | from school to park to housing

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I really like how the poster mis-states the original intention for the site, and of course, positions the use as a "giveaway to developers."

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Tribune article asks the question of whether or not the streetcar is contributing to traffic reduction. The journal article " Making Cycling Irresistible ," inspired my own blog entry in 2008, " Ideas for Making Cycling Irresistible in DC." Planning and advocacy. I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The state has the Jordan River Commission , and the advocacy group, the Seven Canyons Trust , works on creek daylighting issues throughout the County. The Washington Post had a great article, " Kids getting burned on swings and slides? Parks with extraordinary environmental features face big losses in the face of sustained heat.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

He specifically distinguishes social movements from political parties and advocacy groups. It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009). Collective action (CA) can be defined as all activity of common or shared interest among two or more individuals (Olson, 1971).

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Or is it just a case, in a highly politicized industry, of a politically convenient advocacy rationale to justify not increasing G-fees? 5] This was the policy of the FHFA when it was under the control of Acting Director Edward Demarco (2009 to very early 2014). But is this argument valid? percent, unless otherwise specified. [5]

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African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

She was a leading member of the area transit advocacy group, LINK Houston. Sometime ago, I came across some journal articles about boycotts against streetcar segregation around the turn of the century in the South, including Richmond (" Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African-American Citizenship in the Age of Plessy v.