Articles about community engagement
Four Key Lessons from District Leaders Tackling the Homework Gap
Last updated: 07/04/2020
Last week, New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) convened a number of broadband experts and district leaders to talk through innovative approaches to addressing the...
Community Engagement for Environmental Action in a COVID-19 era
Last updated: 05/19/2020
Around the world, groups and organisations are scrambling to reinvent how we enable and/or do environmental conservation work during these large scale societal lockdowns. There...
Five ways health and social services can support babies, toddlers and the people who care for them…
Last updated: 05/10/2020
Sign in Anyone can publish on Medium per our Policies , but we don’t fact-check every story. For more info about the coronavirus, see cdc.gov . Five ways health and social...
6 Ways Local News Makes a Crucial Impact Covering COVID-19
Last updated: 04/23/2020
During the pandemic, local news publishers and journalists have become essential sources of trusted information The horrific spread of the novel coronavirus across America has...
What Improv Can Teach Us About Innovation and Community Engagement
Last updated: 03/19/2020
What Improv Can Teach Us About Innovation and Community Engagement photo by World Domination Designs , used via creative commons With the debut of Spotlight, the film about the...
6 New Cities to Address Health Hazards in Housing
Last updated: 12/24/2019
Health and success begin at home, yet millions of Americans live in housing that is making them sick. Young children are particularly vulnerable to lead poisoning and asthma....
Climate change & online community engagement: 10 examples, 5 countries
Last updated: 11/03/2019
We do most of our community engagement work with local government organizations. A challenge that keeps coming up is how we meaningfully make a contribution of the fight against...
A Little Paint Can Change a Community's Relationship to Its Streets
Last updated: 10/31/2019
If you’re frustrated with the slow speed of efforts to make streets safer, perhaps you should grab a paint brush. During New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration,...
Playing Together Pays: Digital Engagement Transforms Parks and Recreation - Bang The Table
Last updated: 10/31/2019
Parks and recreation facilities are at the heart of community wellbeing. It’s universally acknowledged that successful parks and recreation projects demonstrate a living...