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Fresh Blogging: The Top 50 Clean Air Advocacy Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

Clean Air Advocacy In these letters to the editor of Backwoods Home, readers gain tips on canning garlic and mixed vegetables. Clean Break Break away from fossil fuels with the help of this blog, which will educate you on clean air practices and how big cities are making an effort to reduce greenhouse emissions. Clean Energy Websites.

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National framework for AI assurance in Australian government: Guidance when building with AWS AI/ML solutions

AWS Public Sector Blog

Human-centred values At Amazon, we prioritise equity, privacy, fairness, and respect for human rights and the rule of law. Organisations should also consider leveraging external resources such as user testing, focus groups, third-party advocacy groups, and public resources like the EU Assessment List for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence.

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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

However, the CRA is “color-blind;” despite the strengths and impacts of the CRA, the law has failed to adequately change persistent racial disparities in lending, banking, and investments. As of this blog post, Community Progress is one of several hundred commenters to submit ideas and positions to the Agencies.

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Celebrating Pride Month in Parks and Recreation — Episode 138

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

In fact, just last week, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group, declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. So far in 2023, more than 525 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced and more than 75 signed into law as of the time of this recording – the worst year on record.

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Of course, the bigger cities, with homelessness, a propensity for vandalism, higher usage, low investment in facilities, and lack of attendants, have a problem in maintaining quality public facilities (" The Disappearing Public Toilet ," Seton Hall Law Review , 2020). Fancy restroom" in Bryant Park, New York City. Single occupant restrooms.

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National Public Lands Day, Saturday September 23rd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Always the fourth Saturday of September. -- Last year's blog entry Entrance to national parks is free. There is tension in the federal laws on parks and public lands, between access and protection, including keeping some lands natural, or wilderness. Many parks, at all levels: national; state; and local, have events. More should.

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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. Occupy folks used blogging as a means to tell in-depth stories from the field, photos to document and illustrate the stories, and podcasting to make the voice of the protesters heard and to amplify the message (Tocchi, 2013).