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Study offers lessons on public health efforts to prevent gun violence

Candid

When individuals do feel safe in their neighborhoods, they are more likely to trust public systems and access needed services, engage and advocate on behalf of their communities, and pursue life and career goals. Improving Community Safety Through Public Health Strategies: Lessons From Atlanta And Milwaukee." Annie E.

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Thank You RCI Customers!

Tech Soup

TechSoup started the RCI program because we wanted to offer low-cost, high-quality computers to charities and libraries, including good solid warranties and free end-of-life recycling. We have also championed reuse or extending the life of electronic devices through refurbishment and repair. Learn More. Learn how to avoid the junk.

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Navigation by Recommendation: Lessons Learned from a Little Experiment

Museum 2.0

I spent some time playing with this question last week at the Milwaukee Art Museum, a large general museum that is moving toward redesign of the permanent galleries. The pictures I took are full of life and reflect the diversity both of the museum collection and the audience. How do you find your way around a multi-faceted museum?

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Secret Agent L: Covering the Globe with Random Acts of Kindess

Have Fun - Do Good

Well, I think first of all, I'm definitely a person of faith, so I pray about it, The other thing is that for most of my adult life I always had this voice in my heart that was telling me, "You really need to enact goodness. He's out of Milwaukee. OK, how are you going to do that?" I also talk to her about things that are important.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

I’ve lived here most of my life. You require some dollars, you’re fundraising, because of that face, that person whose life is different because you walk alongside them. . So imagine that this is a gentleman who is well into the last years of his life, who I did not imagine he would know how to use his iPhone in this way.

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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. Cities with high volunteering rates in 2006 which were correlated to low unemployment increases are Austin, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Pittsburg, Columbus, and Denver.

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One Web. For All.

NTEN

The Internet and the Web are changing every institution and impacting every aspect of life. In Milwaukee, they're spreading knowledge about the current state of copyright and what it means for artists by screening the film Copy/Bad Copy , featuring appearances by Girl Talk, Danger Mouse, and Lawrence Lessig.

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