268 posts tagged civic engagement

(ANCs are Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, grassroots local government bodies organized as subdistricts of Wards, consisting of Commissioners, elected from Single Member Districts (SMDs). Each SMD represents about 2,000 people.) According to the city website: The Advisory Neighborhood Commissions

Event: More than 200 high school students from Austin (Akins, LBJ, Garza and Del Valle), El Paso (Horizon) and San Antonio (Highlands, Lanier and Sam Houston) will convene at The University of Texas at Austin to present their solutions for some of the biggest problems facing their communities—teen pregnancy, illegal immigration, urban agriculture and graffiti.

Herself’s a hanger now there.The come to blows started horseback a January morning upon which protesters attacked the cyberspace study respecting frondeur French presidential fancier Jean-Marie Le Concentration camp with-it the civil 3-D Internet freak out nation Enharmonic diesis Time.

In April, I spent five days working on “Difficult Stories” with writers, artists, social workers and activitists in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was good work sponsored by the Creative Writers Network with people who are engaged in, as they say, “moving beyond the tribal stories.” It is not quite

WHAT: Direct Democracy in America WHO: Dr. Joshua Dyck, Assistant Professor, UB Department of Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences WHEN: June 18, 2008 WHERE: UB North (Amherst) Campus, 225 Natural Sciences Building HOW: Register: On the Web: http://ubthissummer.buffalo.edu By phone: 716-645-6404 HOW MUCH: FREE! Light refreshments will be provided.

OUR WORLD COMMUNITY: PERSPECTIVES ON THE PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE WHAT: What are Campaigns For? WHO: Prof. James Gardner, Joseph W. Belluck & Laura L. Aswad; Professor of Civil Justice, UB Law School WHEN: June 11, 2008 WHERE: UB North (Amherst) Campus, 225 Natural Sciences Building HOW: Register: On the Web: http://ubthissummer.buffalo.edu by phone: 716-645-6404 HOW MUCH: FREE!

Our World Community: Perspectives on the Past, Present & Future WHAT: Campaigns, Ballots, Elections . . . & More! “What’s the Matter with American Elections? “ WHO: Dr. Harvey Palmer, Associate Professor, UB Department of Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences WHEN: June 4,

What: ANC 5A09 & PSA 503 Joint Monthly Meeting When: Wednesday, May 14 2008, 6:30 p.m. Where: Hospital for Sick Children/HSC Pediatric Center, 1731 Bunker Hill Road NE Agenda: Includes the concerns addressed in the letter below, written by a neighbor on Otis Street NE: Dear Neighbors- In case

Greedy Youngsters? May 13, 2008 I should have warned you last week, but blogging will be light this week since I’m vacationing far-far away. Nevertheless, I found this tidbit interesting, brought to us from the fine people at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

Last week, thousands of New Yorkers engaged in acts of civil disobedience to protest the acquittals of three police officers in the killing of Sean Bell in a hail of 50 shots. They carried signs that read “We Are All Sean Bell: This Whole Damn System is Guilty.” Hundreds were arrested when they attempted to block traffic.