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Voting and Campaign Transparency w/ Asm. Sabrina Cervantes

Policy Chats

The first Latina Millennial elected to the State Assembly, she is currently a member of the Human Rights Campaign and serves on the Advisory Board for the University of California, Riverside (UCR) School of Public Policy. That means it dilutes the Latino voting power and their capacity to elect a representative of their choice.

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Asm. Sabrina Cervantes: Voting and Campaign Transparency

Policy Chats

The first Latina Millennial elected to the State Assembly, she is currently a member of the Human Rights Campaign and serves on the Advisory Board for the University of California, Riverside (UCR) School of Public Policy. That means it dilutes the Latino voting power and their capacity to elect a representative of their choice.

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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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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

This blocking has been enabled by extensive political advocacy and lobbying, especially aimed at elected members of Congress and state legislatures, and stands out for how effective it has been. ” 4 Starting nearly half a century ago, antitrust law in the U.S. Appraisals.

Advocacy 101
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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Years ago I wrote a piece (" Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda ," 2015) about what would be an ideal approach to a truly ward-focused Councilmember election and governance platform, including having a dashboard on ward-specific data on traffic safety. Ward focused traffic safety programming.

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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. Not surprisingly, there is growing scholarly interest in the mediation of activism and political campaigning. Collective action (CA) can be defined as all activity of common or shared interest among two or more individuals (Olson, 1971).