Librarian.net

AUGUST 9, 2023

A friend writes in: What are you doing about the idiotic book bannings and attacks on Librarians and what can I do to help? Familiarize yourself with the books (go read Gender Queer , some of the others ) so you know what’s being talked about. Anyone, whether an ALA member or not, can join ALA’s Advocacy List.

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Super Library Marketing

JUNE 10, 2024

and I could read and look at all the books I wanted!” When Austin Railey III joined DML as the new Government Relations and Advocacy Director we started brainstorming how we could strategically tell our stories to decision-makers. Claudine says the newsletter, Beyond Books, is a collaborative effort. Why did we create a program?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

The following are some examples of the innovations nonprofits have developed with support from this program: Amplifying citizen advocacy across Africa ONE is a global movement to end extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030. To help reach audiences across Africa, ONE launched a mobile chatbot built on AWS.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 31, 2024

As a book pointed out, if that doesn't communicate that Mayoral control isn't the solution, nothing does. Many school systems have formal councils that bring parents, teachers and school officials together on a committee that isn't powerful, that deals with "school transformation." For decades, in Chicago, the Mayor runs the school system.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Alzheimer’s, veterans, or energy) you may want to look for funding opportunities sponsored by foundations and advocacy organizations associated with these issues. A project-oriented grant might be based on an outreach campaign to try to improve food access and healthy eating within the target community. Robertson, Stephen W.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

The Friends of the Salt Lake City Library, which covers all of the libraries in the city, is particularly good (" Outdoor library book sale as an opportunity for "social bridging"/triangulation "). While out of date in terms of current programs, the book Neighbor Power describes the first couple decades of the program.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

A few years ago when I was doing research on public markets I came across the book Civic Agriculture: Reconnecting Farm, Food and Community , which posits a more locally controlled and democratically involved regional food system, as opposed to the one we have, dominated by huge corporations. It's an interesting book.

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