Civic Engagement PCSCOR 325

....and to fight for what you believe is right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMwP7GbqPjY#t=73

Promoting Civic Engagement

started by Mark Dempsey on 20 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

This website has helped to promote change in communities across the globe. It allows you to help bring about change with a simple mouse click. https://www.change.org/

started by Mark Dempsey on 20 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

Glad to see that cities are still investing in libraries.

started by April Aguirre on 08 Oct 13 1 follow-up, last by Mark Dempsey on 19 Oct 13

Great article. California really has it together in regards to environmental issues.

started by Lauren Lee on 18 Oct 13 1 follow-up, last by Mark Dempsey on 19 Oct 13

Community Better Together Change Promoting Project american

started by anonymous on 15 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEkoc5H49uM This video goes hand in hand with the better together reading. It is a video about bridging the gap of arts in the communities.The main narrarator in...

Civic Engagement Community Promoting Together

started by anonymous on 14 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

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

I really like the Better Together reading using art to get a message out it is creative and I think touches people. I found this article/blog it is from 2011 but I also added a link to what the org...

started by Rachel Denning on 14 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

LINK" http://dorchesteryouthcollaborative.org/ DYC is a local community organization in Dorchester. This organization is multi-racial and multi-lingual. The purpose of this program is to create a ...

started by Mercedes Ferguson on 14 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

Touching upon similar key insights from this weeks readings, another million dollar lobbying has taken place in MA over the last six months. The gaming interests has spent over $1 million in MA in ...

started by April Aguirre on 14 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

At least one of the Boston Mayoral candidates is actively seeking civic engagement from residents, and will be sponsoring workshops and seminars to seek out community leaders. I don't know that I h...

Promoting Community Civic Engagement

started by Mark Dempsey on 12 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

This is a great story about private citizens keeping federal programs running during the shutdown. I think it is wonderful that these people believe in their community enough to fund such vital pro...

started by Lauren Lee on 11 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

The NAACP has been at the forefront protecting, defending, and fighting for our civil rights and human rights for over a century. If you care about fighting the racial disparities that are still to...

Engagement Civic Community Better Together Promoting

started by Cori Williams on 10 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

I googled "how to lobby" and this website appeared. Reading into it, it was founded in 1970 as a method for citizens to have their voices heard on a range of democratic issues. The website aims to ...

started by Abigail Martin on 08 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

http://newsdesk.gmu.edu/2012/04/mason-brings-global-communities-together-through-sports-visitors-program/ I picked this because it shows another way of bringing a community together. It shows how ...

started by Rachel Denning on 08 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

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

http://www.bbbsmb.org/site/c.9gKMJZMxF7LUG/b.8453071/k.A45A/Boston_Mentoring.htm I think that this is one of the most important social organizations, not only in Boston, but across the country...

Promoting Better Community

started by Mark Dempsey on 07 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

LINK: http://www.gokids-boston.org/ Umass Boston College of Nursing and Health Sciences has taken the initiative to help fight obesity and improve the health of children. This program is designed ...

started by Mercedes Ferguson on 06 Oct 13 no follow-up yet