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CFP: Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies #ACRL #ACRLPublication

A Library Writer's Blog

Dear Colleagues, We are issuing a call for proposals for an edited volume tentatively titled, Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies to be published by ACRL (forthcoming Spring 2024). Consumer Data Privacy) Public access to federally funded research (e.g.

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Student training program tackles Thailand’s air pollution with help from AirGradient, AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

By working alongside the educators and facilitating the students, we are not only raising awareness about air quality and its health impact, but most importantly, inspiring future generations to advocate for cleaner air.” We are grateful to AirGradient and AWS for their support. School chairman Mechai Viravaidya.

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State of Land Banking: 2023 Survey Highlights 

Center for Community Progress

35 percent of respondents reported their land banks are currently engaged in vacant lot stewardship and 25 percent are planning vacant lot stewardship projects within the next three years (Figure 3). Continued support, education, and advocacy towards local-level political leadership is necessary for effective long-term partnerships.

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CFP: Women in Leadership Conference - Cambridge, Massachusetts - July 16-17, 2025

A Library Writer's Blog

Join us at the 2025 Women in Leadership Conference, a prestigious gathering of trailblazing women in higher education. We're seeking dynamic speakers and panelists to illuminate key topics shaping the future of academia.

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Community Progress Calls on FHA to Improve Access to Rehab Mortgages

Center for Community Progress

Our response was informed by our longstanding engagement in disinvested communities with vulnerable populations underserved by traditional housing financing and our work supporting land banks that repurpose vacant inventory into affordable homeownership opportunities. There is a dearth of qualified 203(k) FHA consultants.

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Chicago has elected local school councils

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Modeled after Chronicle of Higher Education, a newspaper for higher education, that we used to subscribe to and read at the University of Michigan student government, Education Week provides the same type of in depth and feature coverage of K-12 education. I've never seen a public library that subscribes.

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Voting and Campaign Transparency w/ Asm. Sabrina Cervantes

Policy Chats

In this episode, California State Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about election policy and election policies and civic engagement. About Sabrina Cervantes : Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes was elected in November 2016 and represents California’s 58th Assembly District.

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