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2024 Service to America Medals® finalists put major federal investments into action

Partnership for Public Service

Heyman Service to America Medals ® program demonstrated innovative strategies for implementing large-scale federal legislation. Targeted outreach: The Clean School Bus Team set the goal of receiving an application from every state and started “pounding the pavement” to make sure communities in need were aware of the program.

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Alliance for Cannabis Equity launches document, website to help minority marijuana entrepreneurs

The Whistle Post

February 25, 2022. The Alliance for Cannabis Equity (ACE), a group formed by the Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program (ConnCORP) and The WorkPlace, held a press conference in Bridgeport this week to announce the release of the manifesto. Hartford Business Journal. By Skyler Frazer.

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Cannabis Manifesto: Resource For Black And Brown Entrepreneurs In Connecticut And Beyond

The Whistle Post

February 28, 2022. The Alliance for Cannabis Equity (ACE), a group formed by the Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program (ConnCORP) and The WorkPlace , held a press conference in Bridgeport recently to announce the release of the manifesto. By Maureen Meehan. The Cannabis Manifesto.

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The Alliance for Cannabis Equity release Manifesto, a resource for Black and Brown Entrepreneurs, Social Equity Applicants, and Minority Workers in the Cannabis Industry

The Whistle Post

The Social Equity Council and the legislation are attempting to ensure the opportunity to prosper for marginalized groups that have been disproportionately harmed by the War on Drugs,” said Fred McKinney, Ph.D., FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24.

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Social Media Gives an Oklahoma Agency Its Voice

GovLoop

The digital outreach works, and it’s a model for other agencies. Especially when there’s legislation going on and we need their support, social media has allowed us to be…a really authentic version of ourselves and be seen more as a person than a government entity,” Adams said.

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Summit County (Utah) Community Planning Lab as an example of civic engagement and best practice technical assistance

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

To me, a classic failure to do this kind of work to result in significant improvements in civic participation are DC's Advisory Neighborhood Commissions , which get little in the way of help. -- " Setting up DC's Advisory Neighborhood Commissions for success ," 2022 There are 46 bodies, set up to cover part of a Ward.

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Is the Growth Machine a casualty of the culture wars?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The primary example is Florida, where Disney complained too late to make a difference, about Florida's various anti-gay legislative acts after being shamed and prodded by employees (" After protests, Disney CEO speaks out against Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill ," NPR, 2022).