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Frontiers in Public HealthAcross West Virginia, tobacco use continues to be a significant public health challenge. Specifically, tobacco use is linked to high poverty across the state and disproportionately affects African Americans.
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New Orleans Education Reform: A Guide for Cities or a Warning for Communities? (Grassroots Lessons Learned, 2005-2012) [PDF]
, 2013 Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, co-chair of the Senate Public Charter School Caucus inWashington, DC, hosted a forum for education policymakers. It centered on New Orleans-StyleEducation Reform: A Guide for Cities (Lessons Learned, 2004-2010), a report ...
Members Urban South Grassroots Research Collective +3 more
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Grassroots Innovation Movements
, 2016 Innovation is increasingly invoked by policy elites and business leaders as vital for tackling global challenges like sustainable development. Often overlooked, however, is the fact that networks of community groups, activists, and researchers have been ...
Fressoli, Juan Mariano +9 more
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Sideways Fences: Resisting Gentrification in Boyle Heights, a Los Angeles Community
Lateral, 2017 From the introduction of hipster IPA beer to fences that go sideways (instead of up and down), Oscar Arguello’s "Sideways Fences" (2017) explores the gentrification of Boyle Heights, a predominately Latino/a community near downtown Los Angeles.
Kimberly Chantal Welch
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An exploratory qualitative interview study on grassroots esports in sports clubs
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingAimThe current study aimed to explore grassroots esports in sports clubs in Norway from the perspective of volunteer esports leaders.Method and resultsFifteen volunteers were recruited from grassroots esports initiatives in various sports clubs and were ...
André C. K. Baumann +10 more
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Buildings, 2014 In January 2013, civic leaders, community stakeholders, and residents came together to release Detroit Future City: 2012 Detroit Strategic Framework Plan, a guiding blueprint for transforming Detroit from its current state of population loss and ...
Toni L. Griffin +2 more
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SocietiesGrassroots and community-led initiatives are increasingly recognized as important actors of local development, yet their role of “local networkers” capable of co-designing and co-creating solutions remains insufficiently explored, particularly in post ...
Michal Hrivnák +2 more
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Poverty and Wellbeing at the ‘Grassroots’ - How Much is Visible to Researchers? [PDF]
, 2009 This paper discusses the grassroots level understanding of poverty and wellbeing. There is rich debate and ever expanding literature on the meaning of wellbeing and poverty and their relationship in developing countries.
Tiwari, Meera
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The Innovation in Libraries Awesome Foundation Chapter
In the Library with the Lead Pipe, 2017 In Brief: This article discusses the creation, philosophy, and future directions of the Innovation in Libraries Awesome Foundation Chapter, a grassroots crowdfunding initiative incubated within Library Pipeline.
Joshua Finnell, Stacy Konkiel
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International Journal of Communication, 2023 Social media platforms are a powerful tool to exert influence and impress opinions—for commercial operators, brands, and political campaigns. Influencers can help campaigns reach specific audiences and convey support for issues and candidates.
Anastasia Goodwin +4 more
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