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[openDemocracy - OurKingdom] Towards a national civic service? | openDemocracy: The idea of incentivised or ’paid’ service is similarly problematic, suggesting that citizenship can only be effective and meaningful if rewards are offered. There is little consideration of how participation would be monitored or enforced, or what penalties would be applied to those who refuse to participate.

[Corporation for National and Community Service - Newsroom Feed] Press Release: AmeriCorps Boosts Disaster Response, Youth Service ...: In addition to the AmeriCorps*State and National grant programs, of which these competitions are a part, AmeriCorps also includes AmeriCorps*NCCC, a 10-month, full-time residential program for 1,100 men and women between the ages of 18 and 24 who carry out projects in public safety, public health, and disaster relief; and AmeriCorps*VISTA, whose 6,600 members help bring individuals and communities out of poverty by serving full-time to fight illiteracy, improve health services, create businesses, increase housing opportunities, or bridge the digital divide.

[Garibaldy Blog] Grammar Schools in Social Elitism Non-Shock « Garibaldy Blog: Yet so focused is New Labour on its (increasingly futile) determination to maintain the support of the middle classes of south-east England, that nothing will be done by this government to mount a serious attempt to reform the education system. The education system in England is completely skewed by the public schools, which mean that the state sector in the most electorally important parts is practically seen as fit for only the under-privileged and disadvantaged –

[The 3NR] The 3NR » Defending Switch-Sides Contest Debating: Responses to ...: They write, “The production and management of this field of governance allows liberalism to trade in cultural technologies in the global cosmopolitan marketplace at the same time as it creates a field of intervention to transform and change the world one subject (regime) at a time.”11 Here, Greene and Hicks argue that this new conception of liberal governance, which epitomizes the ethical citizen as an individual trained in the switch-side technique, serves as a normative tool for judging other polities and justifying forcible regime change. One need look only to the Bush administration’s framing of war as an instrument of democracy promotion to grasp how the switch-side technique can be appropriated as a justification for violence.

[CEC Newsletter] CEC Newsletter » Word from Chair: During the fall semester, the Allegheny Executive Committee (AEC) continued to work with faculty, staff and students to finalize a proposal for the College’s next strategic plan, which hints at renewed and enhanced commitments for our collaborations with the local and regional community. President Mullen has indicated that the Board of Trustees will vote on this proposal at their next meeting, after which time the plan will be made public.

[Corporation for National and Community Service - Newsroom Feed] Press Release: New National Campaign Urges America's 77 Million ...: The campaign also has support from private-sector organizations that share a commitment to civic responsibility including IBM, CVS, America Online, and Inova Health System. The Corporation for National and Community ... and Learn and Serve America. Together with USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation is working to foster a culture of citizenship, service, and responsibility in America. For more information, visit www.nationalservice.gov. ###. AddThis Social Bookmark Button ...

[The LA Progressive] UC Campuses Expand Assistance for Former Foster Kids | The LA ...: Joseph Palermo: When the television cameras stop whirring and the famous correspondents leave Haiti and move on to the next Tiger Woods scandal, we should take a hard look at the power relations between the United States and Haiti that not only tolerated but helped create the Western Hemisphere’s best known economic, medical, political, judicial, educational, and ecological disaster long before the natural disaster hit.

[Rebooting The News] A breakthrough for the Times? Possibly. « Rebooting The News: This device would also allow capture of content for offline reading and manage content similar to an iPod. It could have a digital keyboard to comment on news and respond to email, but it would also have a button to allow me to flag content to comment on or respond to later when I am online and using a regular computer and keyboard.

[CKUT's news collective blog] (audio available) Redefining Media: Media Democracy and Community ...: He has been working with the CKUT community news collective for the last 5 years, trying to deepen the links between social justice movements and independent media. As an organizer, Aaron is a member of Solidarity Across Borders (a migrant justice network), ... Closing Plenary Discussion: What is Media Democracy? http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=25214 Darin Barney, McGill Darin Barney is Canada Research Chair in Technology and Citizenship at McGill University. ...

[Intelligent Community Forum Blog] Intelligent Community Forum (ICF): And the flow of cash that accompanies European and national priorities sends some communities chasing whatever program is being funded rather than creating sensible strategies to tackle their problems. At worst, the European Way makes passivity profitable as communities wait for directives and money to arrive from above before taking action. 

[River Country Journal] River Country Journal - SNOOK'S NOOK BLOG: Building a Better Citizen: The National Conference on Citizenship’s 2008 Civic Health Survey found that Americans overwhelmingly support laws and policies to improve citizenship. Among the initiatives researchers tested for public support: civics education in schools, service learning and tuition-for-service programs, and town hall-style gatherings to deliberate on issues of local or national importance.

[Ponoko - Blog] Cialis generic « GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICES ON THE INTERNET: Society argues that design will be fundamental to closing the gap between behaviour and aspiration because of the particular resourcefulness that designers represent. Ready to improvise and prototype, brave in the face of disorder and complexity, holistic and people-centred in their approach to defining problems, designers have a vital role to play today in making society itself more resourceful.

[Weimpel.org] Weimpel.org , mission: Today’s leaders must collaborate in this time of hardship and scarcity. Community building is more important now in a time when our civic fabric has eroded over decades of declining participation and activism in virtually all forms of community life.

[Center for Future Civic Media Blog, News, and Events] Inside the Computer Clubhouse (Part Two of Three) | Center for ...: ROBBIN: Clubhouse member self-identification as critical thinkers is a product of their experiences in deep learning activities such as debugging, critical reflection, etc., and their exchanges with others learners in the Clubhouse. There are many ways to practice these skills, whether utilizing software (Pearls of Wisdom, for example), hardware (robotics, Legos, etc.), and people (working on team projects, exchanging ideas with other leaders, reacting to project feedback from other learners, etc.).

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