Community Activism

Cooperative action that actively creates positive social change along the lines of the old-fashioned neighbor-helping-neighbor tradition.

MCC Recruiting AmeriCorps*VISTAs

Submitted by edwardvielmetti on May 5, 2006 - 12:36pm

AmeriCorps*VISTA opportunities are now available through the Michigan Campus Compact. Visit http://www.micampuscompact.org/joinvista.asp for step-by-step
application instructions and answers to frequently asked questions, or contact Joanna Kroll for more details. … Read more »

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Rethinking Urban Poverty: Forms of Capital, Information Technology, and Micro-Enterprise Development

Submitted by Lev Rickards on March 25, 2006 - 10:12pm

Dr. Lynette Kvasny is an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University College of Information Sciences & Technology. She will be visiting SI on April 3rd, noon-1pm, to present a case study on information technology (IT) and enterprise development being conducted within the framework of a partnership between PSU and community-based groups. Personally, I can't wait!

Reception w/ Light Food and Refreshments to follow from 1-2pm.
Open to the campus community Hosted by UM@SI
Co-Sponsored by Dean Frost, CIC & CREW … Read more »

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CICers return from RecentChangesCamp

Submitted by Lev Rickards on February 17, 2006 - 12:25pm
Brian Kerr and I recently got back from RecentChangesCamp, a conference for wiki developers and other parties interested in "Building Communities Worth Having." We've written up a small wiki to talk about our experiences, including a few CIC concepts. Check it out below! http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bkerr/asset/rcc-report.html
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Reuters Digital Vision Program

Announcement 
The Reuters Digital Vision Program (RDVP) at Stanford University is accepting applications for the 2006-07 academic year (September 2006 - June 2007). The deadline is April 3, 2006. Fellowships will be awarded at the end of May, 2006.
 
The Program
 
The Digital Vision Program supports social entrepreneurs who seek to leverage technology-based solutions in the interest of humanitarian, educational, and sustainable development goals. The Program fosters interdisciplinary projects and prototyping efforts that address real needs in underserved communities. For the 2006-07 academic year, the program will focus on the following broad categories:
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PledgeBank - dada dada dada dada

Submitted by Lev Rickards on October 8, 2005 - 2:47pm
I pledged on PledgeBank to help Rebecca and Kyle bring a group of students to New Orleans. You can too: http://www.pledgebank.com/ArchivesNOLA The best part was when I thought only 10 people had signed up, and it turns out they have more like 46 out of 50 necessary pledgers. Talk about social capital - what we cannot do alone, what we could never do alone - can be done with a group of people working together. Like sending a team of students to New Orleans.
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