Community Resiliency and the Power of Solar Make El Paso’s Future Bright

August 23, 2021

Located in the Chihuahuan Desert, the arid climate of El Paso, Texas is a stressor on energy systems and puts the city at risk for sustainability challenges like drought. These...

Engage the Community in Spending Federal $

August 23, 2021

With federal dollars filtering down through CARES, ARPA and a future infrastructure bill, this is an ideal opportunity for cities and counties to engage residents and other community stakeholders in...

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...

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