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How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa

AWS Public Sector Blog

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.

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

Center for Community Progress

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.

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How one nonprofit commemorates enduring sibling relationships with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

I founded SibsForever in August 2020. I decided to develop and deploy the SibsForever application on AWS for two main reasons. How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa. Offering resources and community for surviving siblings with the cloud. Building a low-cost application with the support of AWS.

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Simplifying the Online Employee Onboarding Process in Park Agencies

Let's Talk Parks

While I’m a certified park nerd (trademark pending), I wouldn’t recommend learning code for developing your intranet. Like any point of strategic adoption of technology, advocacy and support from your colleagues is often the missing link with adoption. It makes updating your policies a total pain – take it from my experience.

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Changing Narratives and Engaging Communities Toward Better Policy: New York City’s Low-Density Neighborhoods Event Recap

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

What’s more, the research finds that the lowest-density community districts added housing at only half the rate of the city overall between 2010 and 2020. ” 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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Over Forty National, Local, and Land Bank Stakeholders Join Community Progress in Asking Bank Regulators to Strengthen the CRA

Center for Community Progress

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition notes that from 2009 to 2020, more than $4 trillion dollars in CRA-qualified lending went to homeowners and businesses in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, pointing to the massive significance of the CRA and its impact on communities across the US. Don’t limit the scope or scale of CRA.

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How JDRF uses AWS to power Type 1 diabetes research

AWS Public Sector Blog

Health research paves a path for medical developments and cures for diseases. JDRF is the leading global T1D research and advocacy organization with a vision of eliminating T1D permanently. patients, regulators, and drug developers), like, Who gets T1D?, How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa.