A Library Writer's Blog

APRIL 1, 2022

We welcome theoretical explorations, case studies, and creative or imaginative proposals that examine how we: advocate for funding and combat austerity; purchase, describe, and organize collections; create and enforce policies and institutional rules; design spaces that welcome people with different levels of ability, linguistics backgrounds, and ways (..)

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Communications 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

There is a local walking and transit advocacy group called Sweet Streets , that helped promote this change.) That scandalizes my MIL, but I'm not about to get into a debate with her about how the car companies and their allies changed the definition of street to be car centric instead of people centered. It's pretty, not cheap.

Transportation 52

Transportation Sustainability Communications Campaign 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

But other cities out West too, bigger like Boise, and smaller like Ennis, Montana or at trailheads in the Wasatch Front like Bell Canyon (" New trailhead expected to help grow one of Salt Lake County's more popular trails ," KSL) which has a great facility and definitely no concerns about the homeless because it is so remote.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Advocacy Housing Communications 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Casey Anderson, the chair, was someone I met through bike advocacy, and in 2010, as a member of the Planning Board, he invited me to present on " best practice suburban bicycle planning " at the Montgomery County Planning smart growth series, based on the work I was doing at the time in Baltimore County.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Voting Coordinator Advocacy 52

Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

My dissertation was on the rhetorics of advocacy in Appalachia, and I knew from my field research that nonprofits in the region could use help with their communications and grant writing. At that point I was already very interested in using my skills and research into something outside of the academic world.

Nonprofit 98

Nonprofit Housing Cultivation Translation 98

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

As more of the world becomes connected online, revolutionaries across the globe are being empowered like never before although not all are successful as sustaining the movement the use of information communication technologies (ICT) are critical in developing and executing modern social movements. Social Media Definitions.

Social Media 40

Social Media Sustainability Communications Grassroots 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 23, 2024

Some argue it's co-opted by elites and there's definitely truth to that. But definitely after the US took out the troops, the big reason or impetus for activism faded. There are protests at University of Washington today (" Student walkout: Updates as WA students protest Israel-Hamas war ," Seattle Times ). I don't know why exactly.

Social Media 52

Social Media Development Housing Communications 52