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Changing Narratives and Engaging Communities Toward Better Policy: New York City’s Low-Density Neighborhoods Event Recap

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Watch the full event below: NYU Furman Center State of the City 2022 from Furman Center on Vimeo. ” Harding said while many housing advocates in New York do great work, she emphasized the role of representation in advocacy would help build trust with communities.

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How one nonprofit commemorates enduring sibling relationships with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

The application uses AWS Lambda for a performant event-driven, serverless photo resizing and video conversion processing tool that helps support a smooth user experience as they upload large videos and photos. How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa. Unifying data to boost nonprofit fundraising outcomes.

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City Colleges of Chicago drives tech program innovation with AWS Machine Learning University and Tech Alliance

AWS Public Sector Blog

CCC faculty and students with AWS staff at the MLU EEP launch event in September 2023. These programs were selected because of their faculty advocacy for the initiative and their topical alignment with two of most in-demand entry-level roles in Illinois: software engineering and cloud support.

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NEW SPECIAL ISSUE BLOG SERIES ON POLICY EXPERTISE IN TIMES OF CRISIS. BLOG 7: The challenges experts face during creeping crises: the curse of complacency

Policy & Politics Journal blog

Special issue blog series on Policy Expertise in Times of Crisis Ahmad Wesal Zaman, Olivier Rubin and Reidar Staupe-Delgado The policy literature has generally presented crises as urgent public threats with clearly demarcated ‘focusing events’. As a result, most studies… Continue reading →

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Flyer, Park City (Utah) Community Events for September 2022

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In the old days, when I'd travel I would pick up community newspapers and alternative weeklies and weekend sections in local newspapers to find other things to do, along with visitor centers (there should be community calendars posted there too), etc.

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How JDRF uses AWS to power Type 1 diabetes research

AWS Public Sector Blog

JDRF is the leading global T1D research and advocacy organization with a vision of eliminating T1D permanently. In the future state, IoT devices send events which are processed by AWS IoT rules and streamed into Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose to store on Amazon S3. How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa.

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How three AWS IMAGINE Grant winners are transforming the future of games, music, and health with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

At previous events, fans only had access to a basic app. The app will improve the athlete and fan experience of Special Olympics events worldwide. How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa. Fans can also follow athlete profiles and send virtual cheers to express support. AWS was integral to that.”

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