Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JULY 31, 2018

He is an internationally sought-after community development consultant and grassroots engagement strategist who is passionate about bottom-up community development and the people who are making change happen.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JANUARY 12, 2021

Our guests today, Mason Whitcomb, Aidan Moore and Griffin Caiozzo, along with their other teammates Aidan Swift and Chris Roy, noticed there weren’t any safe, legal places to skateboard in their community, and started a grassroots movement to build a permanent, concrete, public skate/BMX/scooter activity park on land donated by their town.

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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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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.

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Center for Community Progress

APRIL 26, 2022

Over time, though, the field of community development has shifted from grassroots movements to the careers of specialized professionals. Through classroom engagements, school partnerships, and other creative ways to expose young people to the work, community development organizations can plant the seeds for future leaders to grow.

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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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The City Fix

MARCH 24, 2023

About two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. While cities are hubs of innovation and opportunity, the increasing pace of urbanization also exacerbates inequality, stresses infrastructure, and fuels climate change, air pollution and other environmental problems.

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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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

ChopChop Family is an initiative promoting healthier eating for families, and greater engagement by children in preparing meals. Are there children in the house? They published a quarterly magazine, ChopChop.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

It’s very much a grassroots approach that encourages innovation from the ground up,” he said. But forward-looking agencies will engage with their workforce and basically use concepts like, ‘hey, yes, the AI can do this part of your job, but what that does is free you up to do much more interesting stuff,’” he said.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Each year, Community Progress welcomes grassroots community leaders to our Community Revitalization Fellowship (CRF) program, where they collectively learn how to help their neighborhoods tackle vacancy, abandonment, and disinvestment. Whats one thing you love about your community?

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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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Policy Chats

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Osprey was the visionary behind the International Women’s Earth and Climate Summit, which brought together 100 global women leaders to draft and implement a 'Women’s Climate Action Agenda', and co-founded the International Women’s Earth and Climate Initiative (IWECI), the precursor initiative of WECAN International.

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