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How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa

AWS Public Sector Blog

Whether lobbying political leaders in world capitals or running grassroots campaigns in local communities, ONE encourages governments to fight extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. Our goal is to create a world in which everyone, everywhere can lead a life of dignity and opportunity.

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Driving Change: A Mid-Year Reflection from Community Progress

Center for Community Progress

One highlight has been the generous grant of over $1 million from JP Morgan Chase to support our Developers of Color initiative. This initiative, led by our Director of Engagement Odetta Macleish-White, creates opportunities for marginalized local developers and promotes equitable development in underserved communities.

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Publication: Championing Leaders of Color

Center for Community Progress

Community development unites people to take collective action to build stronger, more resilient places to live. Over time, though, the field of community development has shifted from grassroots movements to the careers of specialized professionals.

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It's not the age of the housing stock, but the ability of property owners to maintain it: Disinvestment in Pittsburgh

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Pittsburgh has an incredible history in community development. Those initiatives have influenced me greatly and taught me a lot. -- " Urban economic development strategies: do you invest in people or places? Ironically one of the influences is a program developed in Pennsylvania, called Elm Street.

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Upskilling Your Workforce for GenAI

GovLoop

Especially for organizations with relatively small development teams, GenAI “is where the immediate, low-hanging fruit is,” said Tony Holmes, Practice Lead for Solutions Consultants, Public Sector in North America, at Pluralsight, which provides skills training through an online data-analytics platform. And then there’s workforce culture.

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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.