article thumbnail

Bridging Policy Gaps with Inclusive Data w/ Candice Mays

Policy Chats

Alongside a diverse professional background in grassroots nonprofit organization management, development, and grant making, she spent three years as a literacy teacher with the New York City Department of Education after receiving her M.A. in English Education from New York University.

article thumbnail

Creative Placemaking in Loíza, Puerto Rico

Center for Community Progress

Loíza residents, like the grassroots leaders participating in CRF, have worked hard to reclaim some of these properties as sites of community and culture. Corporación Piñones se Integra (COPI) is a community space in Piñones that offers education and activities around culture, justice, and conservation to residents and visitors.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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 donors and supporters are crucial to our work. They come from every walk of life and from across the political spectrum.

Advocacy 162
article thumbnail

Driving Change: A Mid-Year Reflection from Community Progress

Center for Community Progress

And finally, our Education, Leadership, and Engagement initiatives are creating opportunities for learning and networking for community revitalization champions at all knowledge and experience levels. This program has helped dozens of community members expand their leadership, commitment, and role in strengthening their neighborhoods.

article thumbnail

How to Protect What We Love (People and the Planet) — Episode 144

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

Christina is NRPA’s marketing coordinator and is the brilliant person behind all the fun, inspiring and educational content you see throughout NRPA’s social media channels. If you follow NRPA on social media, you likely already know Christina High. A big welcome to Christina as our other new co-host!

article thumbnail

CFP: Place of Teaching in Academic Librarians Work - Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship

A Library Writer's Blog

Formal instruction largely began in the 1960s and 1970s as a grassroots movement led by librarians rather than library administrators or library schools (Mellon 1987), and some librarians still feel their library administrations do not understand or value their teaching.

article thumbnail

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

A Library Writer's Blog

The sections of the book are tentatively divided as the following: Section I: Overviews of Public Policy Issues Impacting Academic and Research Libraries Accessibility Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education (AIM HIGH) Artificial Intelligence Broadband Access/Speed Controlled Digital Lending Copyright (e.g.