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How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa

AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 11, 2022

Advocacy is about taking action in real time, so we need to reach people wherever they are. By the end of 2020, 495 million people subscribed to mobile services in Sub-Saharan Africa, representing 46% of the region’s population – an increase of almost 20 million from 2019. Using AWS to deliver on our mission.

Advocacy

Advocacy Nonprofit Campaign Public Sector

Driving Change: A Mid-Year Reflection from Community Progress

Center for Community Progress

JULY 3, 2024

One highlight has been the generous grant of over $1 million from JP Morgan Chase to support our Developers of Color initiative. This initiative, led by our Director of Engagement Odetta Macleish-White, creates opportunities for marginalized local developers and promotes equitable development in underserved communities.

Grassroots

Grassroots Legislation Strategic Planning Leadership

Community Progress Calls on FHA to Improve Access to Rehab Mortgages

Center for Community Progress

MAY 25, 2023

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. Community Progress also joined with our coalition colleagues from other national nonprofit housing and consumer finance advocacy organizations as signatory to a joint letter.

Outreach

Outreach Housing Advocacy Engagement

Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 25, 2022

In this chapter, John O’Callaghan , president and CEO of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP), and Mandy Eidson , senior manager of the ANDP Loan Fund, share how ANDP is innovatively meeting affordable single-family housing needs in Atlanta. Since its inception in 1991, the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc.

Housing

Housing Development Advocacy Voting

Interactive digital media platforms impact on Canadians lives

Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 20, 2024

1, 2) To develop effective mental health policies and treatments, it is crucial to understand how Canadians have dealt with the pandemic. TikTok is crucial for political campaigns looking to reach new audiences through digital advocacy. (4) Paediatrics & Child Health, 2019. Scientific Reports, 2023. 20563051231157604.

Social Media

Social Media Education Campaign Public Health

Providing transparency into government requests for enterprise data

Google Public Sector

MAY 5, 2020

These observations are based on the total number of government requests for user information (81,785) across all of Google we received from July 2019 to December 2019. First, the number of requests targeting enterprises (282) represents a very small percentage (0.3%) of the overall number of requests we received.

Government

Government Advocacy Public Sector Laws

Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

The City Fix

JUNE 26, 2023

Cities occupy just 3 percent of the Earth’s land, but account for most of the global energy consumption and carbon emissions. Many cities are also more vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters due to their population densities and interconnected infrastructure.

Accountability

Accountability Advocacy Housing Security

Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: Q&A on Eight Key Policy Topics (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

Part 2 examines eight key policy topics, via a Q&A format, that must be accurately understood to develop effective policy that can expand affordable housing via MH. Nevertheless, the advocacy I have found with respect to MH demonstrates some confusion regarding this fundamental.

Housing

Housing Advocacy Government Development

Using Data to Prevent the Loss of Home Equity in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 10, 2025

First, we provide background on New York City’s housing market and recent policy developments that relate to heirs’ property and tangled titles. As a response to the city’s housing shortage, the City Council changed the ZR to allow for more housing development. The report proceeds as follows. While only 1.47

Outreach

Outreach Housing Laws Development

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)

MARCH 10, 2023

5 From 2014 through 2019, however, the average G-fee increasingly became based upon a well-established financial markets concept: 6 to generate, after covering expenses, a proper market return (also known as the “cost of capital”) on the capital that is required to support the risks being taken in the business.

Press Release

Press Release Housing Regulations Implementation

Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: Key Facts and Figures, and Some Unusual Economics (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The purpose is to establish a solid fact base that is needed to develop effective MH-related policy. MH units 1 currently account for about 6% of the U.S. housing stock, including both owner- and renter-occupied housing. and (3) how much do MH structures appreciate in value over time?

Housing

Housing Advocacy Development Laws

National Public Lands Day, Saturday September 23rd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

They remained open during the 2018-2019 shutdown, through restrooms and information desks were closed and waste disposal was halted. Although states and localities can step in with interim funding to keep them open. They were closed during a 2013 shutdown. Security planning for trails.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Advocacy Security Laws

The GSEs and the Incoming Trump Administration: Part 1 of 2 – Answering Ten Key Questions About Conservatorship Exit

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 7, 2025

The incoming presidential administration of Donald Trump (Trump II) is now developing key policy priorities to implement once it takes office in January. Will Trump II aim, in developing a post-exit business model, to primarily satisfy the members of its political coalition who are small-government conservatives?

Legislation

Legislation Housing Campaign Voting

63 things to do during National Historic Preservation Month

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 1, 2025

Over the years, originally inspired by a "what you can do" list by Preservation Action Council of San Jose , I've developed a four-part series on what people can do to "celebrate" National Preservation Month. Preservation Action is a 501(c)4 advocacy group that advocates for specific legislation and is also a membership group.

Housing

Housing Advocacy Transportation Legislation

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How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa

Driving Change: A Mid-Year Reflection from Community Progress

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Community Progress Calls on FHA to Improve Access to Rehab Mortgages

Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Interactive digital media platforms impact on Canadians lives

Providing transparency into government requests for enterprise data

Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: Q&A on Eight Key Policy Topics (Part 2)

Using Data to Prevent the Loss of Home Equity in New York City

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

Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: Key Facts and Figures, and Some Unusual Economics (Part 1)

National Public Lands Day, Saturday September 23rd

The GSEs and the Incoming Trump Administration: Part 1 of 2 – Answering Ten Key Questions About Conservatorship Exit

63 things to do during National Historic Preservation Month

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