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Jul
05
2011
Creating Spaces for Change
A dialogue report among 40 organizations from across the country, all committed to civic engagement; what it means and its goals.
Jul
05
2011
Active Civic Engagement: The Power of People to Make Change
by Huffington Post
In 2008, hundreds of thousands of citizens engaged in the political process, some mobilizing others to vote for the first time. To both describe and recapture that activism, Matt Leighninger of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium has written Creating Spaces for Change: Working Toward A 'Story of...
Jul
05
2011
Federal Government Uses Mobile Accessibility to Increase Engagement With Citizens
by GovWin
On Tuesday, FedScoop and the General Services Administration (GSA) presented MobileGov: Citizen Engagement on the Go to explain how the federal government is using mobile development in creating innovative technology to better communicate with citizens.
Jul
01
2011
Americans Can Help Each Other a Lot by Lending a Little
by Huffington Post
The prospect of a long "jobless recovery" continues to erode the kind of economic growth that matters to most Americans -- the one with a paycheck. The most recent Labor Department report on employment, showing a sharp slowdown in hiring in May, only underscores how challenging the problem has...
Jul
01
2011
Do Something Scavenger Hunt to Hit Your Community July 11
by MTV
Springboarding off everyone's favorite elementary school birthday party activity, DoSomething.org is staging a massive nationwide scavenger hunt that sends cues and clues via text message to participants who like a little adventure with their social change. Think "The Amazing Race" meets community...
Jul
01
2011
Playing Games and Getting Results
by Stanford Social Innovation Review
Today’s savvy entrepreneurs, businesses, and nonprofits alike are looking to harness the power of games to achieve social impact. As Al Gore expressed at the 8th Annual Games for Change Festival (G4C) last week, “Games are the new normal.” During his keynote, he described a growing interest in...
Jul
01
2011
Can the United States Remain United?
by National Conference on Citizenship
Some have said that America’s dynamic is beginning to shift, as communities become more homogenized and the nation becomes more fragmented than ever before. This was a central point of discussion at “Can the United States Remain United?”, a conference hosted by the Center for Social Cohesion on...
Jul
01
2011
Are Facebook, Twitter Fostering Civic Engagement?
by Miller-McCune
While some argue that Facebook and Twitter and their peers have awakened democracy in repressive lands, others argue they are lulling civic engagement to sleep in democracies.
Jul
01
2011
Using Online Tools to Engage – and be Engaged by –The Public
by National Conference on Citizenship
Americans who have the luxury of Internet capability are able to instantly tweet, blog and post their every opinion to a virtual community of millions. This fosters an endless cycle of idea exchange that cross-cuts social, cultural, regional and economic divides, creating a horizontal interactive...
Jun
30
2011
Good: Get Your Volunteer On
by Guest Blogger
Frustrated by the state of the world? Feeling powerless, but wish you could do something to help? There are numerous worthy non-profits, both in the United States and abroad, in need of energetic volunteers. Consider logging some hours with any of the fine organizations highlighted in our latest...
Jun
30
2011
Celebrating 2,000 Playgrounds Over 15 Years!
by Kaboom.org
On June 15, we celebrated 15 years and 2,000 playgrounds at Imagine Southeast Public Charter School in our hometown of Washington, DC! Our 2,000th build was funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, with the participation of our National Partners Dr Pepper Snapple, Foresters, Kraft...
Jun
30
2011
Tech Leaders Ask You To Code For America
by Guest Blogger
Leaders from technology and government, including Mark Zuckerberg, Biz Stone, Aneesh Chopra, Caterina Fake, and Tim O'Reilly, ask you to apply to be a Code for America fellow and help bring the innovation and culture of the tech industry to city government.

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