Good News for Democracy

August 23, 2021

The late magazine writer Janet Malcolm once began an essay with the following sentence: “Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is...

Addressing Secondary Impacts of COVID: Oakridge Neighborhood

August 23, 2021

For over a year the world has read daily headlines containing the latest numbers of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic. While much of the focus is on...

The News about News Deserts

July 28, 2021

You’ve probably heard of the term “food deserts,” generally speaking, an area of a town or city where there are few, if any, places for people to buy nutritious food....

Civic Illiteracy Fuels Misinformation

July 28, 2021

Schoolhouse Rock educated a generation of Americans through short films on topics from grammar to science and math. Most notably, the ‘America’ series offered education (and entertainment) on a broad...

TEMPO Engages Disconnected Youth in Tallahassee

July 26, 2021

70 young people in Tallahassee just received a new opportunity to succeed with the latest graduation of TEMPO, a program aimed at improving the education and job prospects of disconnected...

Revitalizing Democracy (starting locally)

June 28, 2021

“Objective: To create a robust, functioning network of cities and organizations dedicated to promoting and fortifying democratic participation and civic engagement at a local level. We want to build a...

Workshops and Speeches from AAC 2021

June 25, 2021

The 2021 All-America City Awards featured pre-recorded workshops on equity and resilience, as well as three terrific keynote speakers: Dr. Gail Christopher, Executive Director of the National Collaborative for Health...

Youth, Social Media, Cultural Entertainment and Civic Action Fair Winners

June 25, 2021

In addition to celebrating this year’s finalists and announcing the ten winners, the 72nd Annual All-America City Awards also recognized winners of the John Parr Youth Leadership Award, Social Media...

Schools as a community catalyst: Happy, healthy, and high performing

June 25, 2021

(This article was originally published in the Virginia Town and City magazine and is being published here with the permission of the Virginia Municipal League) By Rob Winstead Among the...

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