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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

Although tech’s “next big thing” seems to change moment to moment, two things remain constant: the increasing demand for cloud computing, and the need to inspire and educate the next generation of tech-savvy students to evolve and support it.

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United Arab Emirates Space Agency and AWS sign agreement to support long-term growth in the region’s space ecosystem 

AWS Public Sector Blog

This initiative includes outreach and training designed to support talent development for the space industry in the UAE, particularly with regards to cloud computing and big data. The new AWS Region in UAE is the second Middle East region, with Bahrain having launched in 2019. The Emirati – AWS Talent for Space Program (EATS).

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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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10 Tips to Make The Most of Your Next Library Marketing Conference

Super Library Marketing

Those are a series of related sessions designed to give you an in-depth and multi-layered education about one area of librarianship. You may be expecting me to recommend that you always attend sessions in the marketing, communications, or outreach track. Most conferences offer sessions in tracks.

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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). One way to think of this is as mitigation. Capital City Public Charter School, DC.

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How to Address Homelessness: Reflections from Research

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Policy approaches focused on the structural root causes of homelessness might prioritize progressive zoning and tax regimes, equity in access to childcare and education, initiatives to encourage savings, target debt relief, and/or augment the social safety net. 2019 ; Collinson and Reed, 2017 ).

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

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

How we did it: This report uses public and proprietary data to quantify homes that meet heightened vulnerability indicators in order to support targeted outreach and inform policy solutions. What policymakers will want to consider: Target outreach with precision. Provide zoning-related education.