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Is it really a hostile community or is it a community reacting with hostility?

Bang the Table

Reciprocity is also a feature of hostility, which can result in escalating conflict, both in how people communicate and how we behave. community members have started their own website, taking petitions door to door, leafleting the neighborhood and holding meetings in the park. The outrage may look like: .

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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Child protective services , which include assessing suspected cases of abuse, neglect, or dependency; providing in-home counseling and supportive services to help children stay at home with their families when possible; coordinating community and agency services for the impacted family; and petitioning the court for removal of the child from their (..)

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Fox Television station license being challenged in Philadelphia, on character grounds

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Now, the only license up for renewal until 2028, in Philadelphia, is being challenged by the Media and Democracy Project (" FCC allows for public comment on petition to deny Fox 29′s broadcast license ," Philadelphia Inquirer ). Public comments are being accepted, and I'm working on my submission. There isn't a final deadline date listed.

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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

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.