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Gathering: looking back

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Another person with equal dedication was Julann Jatczak, who was chairing the program committee for a second Gathering (her first was also successful: the Milwaukee Gathering a few years back)! Dave McDonough and the local host committee also did a terrific job of making our stay in Long Beach exciting. Kris comes to SEA from the U.S.

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

Have Fun - Do Good

The two of us went to a local hospital during a cancer expo, and we basically, for lack of a better word, we hijacked the place. He's out of Milwaukee. This mission occurred when I was anonymous, but with the help of my very good friend, Vivian, who's my Number 2. I refer to her as Number 2 in the project.

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Research Friday: Strengthening the Economy through Civic Engagement

ASU Lodestar Center

Tocqueville declared in Democracy in America that these associations were indispensable to a functional democracy and that the knowledge of how to work together was the “mother of all forms of knowledge” in a democratic country. We have long known that civic engagement strengthens democratic systems.

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One Web. For All.

NTEN

Because the Web shifts the balance of power in our global society and local communities, even those who never go online live in a constantly changing world. While they're having fun, they'll take some time to talk about Internet policy and highlight the work of local digital inclusion advocates. Happy OneWebDay!

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