Center for Community Progress

JULY 3, 2024

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

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A Library Writer's Blog

JULY 5, 2023

This book focuses on how academic and research library workers can engage in advocacy and policy work at different levels ( local, regional, and national ) , and share s strategies on advocating for specific policies/issues impacting academic/research libraries. Consumer Data Privacy) Public access to federally funded research (e.g.

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Center for Community Progress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The 2020-2021 CRF Cycle The 2020-2021 Community Revitalization Fellowship included grassroots community leaders from Fitchburg, Massachusetts; Montgomery, Alabama; and Reading, Pennsylvania. The garden engages other King Hill residents, too. Volunteers gathered together at King Hill Community Garden.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 24, 2022

Cohorts of grassroots community leaders from Syracuse, New York ; Braddock/East Pittsburgh/North Braddock (BEN), Pennsylvania ; and Loíza, Puerto Rico will collectively learn revitalization strategies for neighborhoods struggling with vacancy, abandonment, and disinvestment. The Syracuse fellows are: Patrona Jones?Rowser Loíza, Puerto Rico.

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Stewardship Grassroots Urban Planning Leadership 52

The City Fix

MARCH 8, 2024

For a woman living in an African city, public transport can be a daunting experience. Women usually plan their trips in advance, and consider a multitude of factors before setting out: What is the safest way to reach the bus.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Because social media can increase the perceived social and public equity, users are more likely to engage in active participation. Social media has played an integral part in grassroots communication and participation. OWS reached citizens in general, but also engaged the entire world in a domestic matter.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

“It’s very much a grassroots approach that encourages innovation from the ground up,” he said. People, for example, with a liberal arts education will be much more predisposed to making abstract connections when it comes to solving problems than perhaps [IT staff who] go deep down the rabbit hole,” he explained.

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