One Person's Influence - 1 views
What I took from the reading the most was the fact that it can be so easy in today's world to become fast overwhelmed with the amount and severity of issues that exist. How can we possibly know whe...
Kansas City Youth Civic Engagement Project. - 1 views
Kansas City program that invites school and youth programs working with school-age children, to participate in creative projects that allow the youth to express their ideas, feelings and hopes for ...
When Policy-Making Goes Wrong... - 0 views
This article - http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/21/us/arizona-anti-gay-bill/ - mentions the ridiculous bill that was considered for implementation in the state of Arizona. It ties into our recent reading...
Homeless Children in New York Need More Aid - 0 views
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Rachael Solano on 10 Mar 14Advocates rally to revamp conditions of homeless shelters in New York City.
Multidisciplinary, Clinic-Based Teams Support Obese Children in Changing Behaviors, Lea... - 0 views
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Initiatives in Boston Neighborhood clinics to address the issue of Pediatric Obesity
The Rising Costs of Special Education in Massachusetts: Causes and Effects - 0 views
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Something that I found that confirmed some things for me that I remembered about some work I was involved in with regard to this.
Boston Library Exhibit To Pay Tribute To Boston Marathon Bombing Victims - 0 views
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An enormous effort that will bring many people from around the world together in one place!
How A Cambridge Woman's Campaign Against Polaroid Weakened Apartheid - 0 views
I posted this to represent how we can be engage locally in causes that are abroad, yet still affect a person personally; has cultural signifigance.
Bridgewater State university partners with university of Santa Catarina - 0 views
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The article I chose this week is about Bridgewater State University partnering with the University of Brazil to offer a very unique learning experience.
Grassroots Efforts Yield Successes in 2013 - 1 views
Having spent so much time trying to remember all that lobbying information, I thought it would be interesting to read about an organization experiencing some successes. The story also seemed releva...
PACT (Partners Advancing Communities Together) - 2 views
An initiative in Boston started in 2010 to reduce the amount of violence in the city. Multiple organizations and committees have come together in this joint initiative. This is a prime example of...
When hunger hits home - 0 views
This link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBQSCQcfY18 provides a brief summary of hunger in America. It focuses on individual families and faces, which ties into the idea from the readings of 'mak...
Charitable Golf Tournament - 0 views
This link I shared is what I talked about in my reflection it is a Golf Tournament my family has done for the past 20 years in honor of my Aunt and Uncle. We donate all of the money made to several...
How We Can Help Our Daughters Remove Social Boundaries - 0 views
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Cisco is a company working to foster gender equality and support of women in STEM.
Salem State University and Lynn Library collaborate to empower teens - 2 views
Students working together to help design a digital learning lab for low-income students to use. "As they design the lab and raise money for its ultimate creation, the teens will learn skills in gr...
Developing Global Citizens - 0 views
This piece is less an example of civic engagement but commentary on the status of contemporary college students and what the changing global structure required of higher education today. I thought ...
Immigration - 0 views
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People in the Latino community continue the fight for immigration rights and equality.
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There's a group I belong to through my church and they are currently supporting the Fast For Families Bus Tour. It's a route across America culminating in a march in Washington to bring attention to immigration reform, families who are separated because of deportation laws and the difficult path to citizenship for migrant workers and their families. I'll forward the article if anyone's interested, but the link didn't work when I tried it.
Learning About Civic Engagement At A Young Age - 1 views
Nice piece. It's too bad we couldn't have heard more from the kids. The idea that they are helping children who need protection probably made quite an impression. Learning by using skills so practi...
Free webinars to Engage! young adult audiences through visual arts programming - 1 views
This is my delayed post from week 3 and combines the CIRCLE survey look at young adults and their civic involvement and the Better Together look at Branch Libraries. This piece is a press release f...
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