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carmen powell

Community PlanIt Turns Civic Engagement into a game - and the prize is better discourse - 0 views

This is a link to a story about an incentive/evaluation program via a computer program, the the Boston School Committee is using to try to gain some control over conduct and how suggestions are rec...

http:__www.niemanlab.org_2011_09_community-planit-turns-civic-engagement-into-a-game-and-the-prize-is-better-discourse_

started by carmen powell on 17 Feb 14 no follow-up yet
Cori Williams

Neighborhoods United for a Better East Boston (NUBE) - 0 views

Mission Neighbors United for a Better East Boston (NUBE) is an organization explicitly of and for low-income people, people of color, immigrants and allies that uses issue and electoral organizin...

Engagement Civic Community Better Change

started by Cori Williams on 04 Dec 13 no follow-up yet
camille fenton

COOL GLOBES - 1 views

This week's resource comes from a story that I saw on the weather channel. It was later featured on the Boston Globe. It's called Cool Globes. Globes that show green strategies that contend with en...

started by camille fenton on 14 Oct 13 no follow-up yet
Lori C

Education advocates urge for a better New Jersey school - 4 views

The SDA's chief executive officer Charles McKenna retorted, "That is not an SDA problem." "If we had new schools, it wouldn't be a problem," Hodges replied. This stood out the most to me. The pas...

started by hollybelanger on 18 Sep 14 1 follow-up, last by Lori C on 19 Sep 14
Athena Wyman Battalen

Resource 4 - 1 views

This past week I read an article on NY City Lens about Lara Land, a yoga teacher who opened a studio in Harlem where there are certainly less yoga studios than the rest of the city. She shared:...

started by Athena Wyman Battalen on 04 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
edwaldoabarbosa

Project Quest - 1 views

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Communtiy Development Project Quest IAF TIAF Better Together Civic Engagement

shared by edwaldoabarbosa on 18 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • edwaldoabarbosa on 18 Feb 13
     
    I think this is a great program for the community. I was actually speaking to my boss today about a Welfare program they had tried to introduce some years back that completely failed. The idea was to get people on Welfare to start working, and if certain agencies hired said employees then they would be tax exempt. But then the people hired had terrible attitudes towards the program because they didn't want to be at the job or other personal reasons. Bottom line, it was a good idea with good intentions, but since the actual people in the community weren't invested, it just couldn't work. Project QUEST seems like a much better solution because it deals with parties that have their best interests invested and best foot forward.
donna mogardo

Libraries in the Community - 1 views

This article confirmed the information in Chapter 2, Branch Libraries, of Better Together, but because of it's statistical presentation the issue of how community building is done through libraries...

http:__libraries.pewinternet.org_2013_12_11_libraries-in-communities_

started by Briana Bizokas on 26 Feb 14 1 follow-up, last by donna mogardo on 26 Feb 14
anonymous

Example of civic engagement - 3 views

http://www.dtwt.org/about-dtwt Do the right thing is a national campaign geared towards reducing the violence in the lives of youth all around the USA. Everyday there are so many young victims of v...

Engagement Civic Change Better Community american

started by anonymous on 12 Sep 13 no follow-up yet
Ryan Walsh

Philadelphia Schools - 0 views

In this PDF, there are plans in a Philadelphia school and how they want to undergo a school reform to encourage children to want to come to school, to better their education and to provide better t...

started by Ryan Walsh on 30 Sep 13 no follow-up yet
Mark Dempsey

Skoll Foundation/Social Entrepeneurs - 0 views

www.skollfoundation.org/about

Better Community Promoting Change

shared by Mark Dempsey on 23 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Mark Dempsey on 23 Nov 13
     
    Jeff Skoll created The Skoll Foundation in 1999 to pursue his vision of a sustainable world of peace and prosperity. Led by CEO Sally Osberg since 2001, our mission is to drive large scale change by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs and the innovators who help them solve the world's most pressing problems. Social entrepreneurs are society's change agents, creators of innovations that disrupt the status quo and transform our world for the better.
anonymous

Libraries Will Survive - 0 views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8QjjKrEK7Y The link i find for this weeks topic was a clip i found on libraries. Its a funny video seeing how its a remix of the famous song "i will survive". Th...

Engagement Civic Community Better Change Together Promoting

started by anonymous on 07 Oct 13 no follow-up yet
Cori Williams

Checkout the Freedom House - 1 views

I recently came across this facility that offers civic engagement opportunities as well as takes an initiative to better the lives of aspiring young professionals on their way to college. Here is a...

Engagement Civic Community

started by Cori Williams on 15 Oct 13 no follow-up yet
Nina Marrero

Resource Contribution: Jurors and Voting. - 1 views

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-guthrie-ferguson/do-jurors-become-better-c_b_5621396.html This link shows an article on a study about jurors and the how it takes effect on the citizen's life ...

Engagement community civic Change Better Promoting Project Voting Juror Service

started by Nina Marrero on 16 Sep 14 no follow-up yet
lauren917

Proposed new rules aimed at better protecting elders in Massachusetts assisted living r... - 0 views

www.bostonglobe.com/...story.html

shared by lauren917 on 01 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • lauren917 on 01 Dec 14
     
    Residents of assisted living homes would receive significant new protections under rules proposed Friday by Massachusetts regulators - changes aimed at closing gaps that threatened elders' safety. Under the strengthened regulations, assisted living residences would be prohibited from accepting residents so frail they need months of skilled nursing care.
Edward Geary Jr

Library Supports Community - 0 views

started by Edward Geary Jr on 03 Mar 13 no follow-up yet
edwaldoabarbosa

Planning a Campaign - 0 views

www.movements.org/...ial-change-before-you-start-it

Civic Engagement Planning Executing Campaign Social Better Together Lobbying On A Shoestring

shared by edwaldoabarbosa on 05 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • edwaldoabarbosa on 05 Mar 13
     
    Great template for planning and executing a social campaign. Has great resources and case studies to learn from.
edwaldoabarbosa

No Limits on Dreams and No Obstacles to Achievements - 0 views

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Civic Engagement Better Together Project Tenacity Change Truth

shared by edwaldoabarbosa on 11 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • edwaldoabarbosa on 11 Mar 13
     
    Marks an epic journey of one who wasn't scared to take risks to reach her goals.
edwaldoabarbosa

A Creative Community for a Changing - 0 views

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Civic Engagement Better Project Promoting Community Change Transfer Learning

shared by edwaldoabarbosa on 26 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • edwaldoabarbosa on 26 Mar 13
     
    This is a very inspiring video. Though it doesn't delve deep into the things we've discussed this week, it does demonstrate the process of considering our past and present efforts in order to apply transfer learning for a proposed resolution.
edwaldoabarbosa

The story of your enslavement - 0 views

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Civic Engagement Better Together Project Change

shared by edwaldoabarbosa on 25 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • edwaldoabarbosa on 25 Mar 13
     
    While looking up the legislative process, I stumbled across this video and found it interesting. Are we looking at the current processes in place and really examining them? Are we slaves without knowing it?
gwenbroadway

Brockton After Dark - 0 views

www.brockton.ma.us/...ton-after-dark-begins-july-2nd

shared by gwenbroadway on 05 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • gwenbroadway on 05 Apr 13
     
    Mayor Linda M. Balzotti announces that the Brockton After Dark summer program will start on July 2nd. Various activities will take place over the course of the summer at different locations throughout the city until August 24th. "Brockton After Dark accomplishes more than just keeping youth busy," said Mayor Balzotti. "The wide range of activities offered enables young people to take part not only in athletics, but also social and leadership development activities, learning skills that will stay with them for many years to come." Now in its ninth year, Brockton After Dark provides athletic and enrichment opportunities to youth, ages 13-20, at no cost, weeknights during the summer. Brockton After Dark will not be held Wednesday, July 4th. Various activities include basketball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, hip hop dancing, and art classes, as well as several other programs, which can be found on the City of Brockton's web site. Food will be provided at most sites. This is a great program to get these youth off the streets. I think many cites need to look into this and see if there city has funds for these programs.
  • Paula Shane on 07 Apr 13
     
    This is nice Gwen! This program goes hand in hand with your community project! I also agree that if we had these type of programs available to our youth in more towns and cities, many lives would be changed for the better!
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