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Study offers lessons on public health efforts to prevent gun violence

Candid

Engaging with local community leaders and residents early and often is key to implementing public health and racial justice approaches to preventing gun violence successfully, a report from the Annie E. Improving Community Safety Through Public Health Strategies: Lessons From Atlanta And Milwaukee." Annie E.

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Research Friday: Strengthening the Economy through Civic Engagement

ASU Lodestar Center

When he visited America in 1831, French philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville was impressed with the way Americans from all walks of life gathered together in associations. The paper investigates the effect of civic engagement indicators on economic indicators to explore if and where civic engagement strengthened local economies.

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One Web. For All.

NTEN

OneWebDay provides an opportunity for communities to celebrate the power of the Web for positive change, to take action to protect what they value most about it, and to educate the public and policy-makers on the social, economic, and political impact of the Web. You can send an Op-Ed to a local newspaper about local digital divides.

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