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- Industry Communities (VerticalNet)
- Provides 55 industry communities. 1-01
- Intentional Communities (Intentional Communities)
- Provides information on communities commited to a better environment. 12-00
- Original Sources on the Civil War - Two Communities (University of Virginia Research Project - Ayers)
- Provides original sources of information, such as newspapers, letters, diaries, wills, battle maps, images, and more, to study the beliefs and issues in Augusta and Franklin counties in Virginia during the American Civil War era. The project is called "The Valley of the Shadow." 2-01
- Trust Building in Communities (Daily News - Levinson)
- Discusses how hate crimes decrease when news articles cover meetings in communities to combate hate crimes and they increase when media focus on the victims. 11-01
- 02-02-04 Israel Plans to Remove Jewish Communities from Gaza (CNN News)
- "Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told an Israeli newspaper Monday that he has ordered plans to be made to dismantle Israeli settlements in Gaza." 1-04
- Communities Help Iraq War Vets (ABC News)
- "Thanks to Senatore and the people of Wheaton, Ill., who helped her raise the money, one badly injured solider, Sgt. Joel Gomez, will receive a new home free of charge."
While Senatore is proud of the way her community rallied to support this soldier of misfortune, she says she wonders why the need exists in the first place."
"The VA is dealing with an increasing number of wounded troops without a commensurate increase in funding from Congress. Nearly 68,000 U.S. service personnel have suffered wounds in Iraq that were serious enough to prevent them from returning to action." "The VA's maximum home-building grant, for example, is $50,000. But Gomez's house — with technology geared to the disabled — costs almost $500,000."
"John Gonsalves' Massachusetts-based organization, Homes for Our Troops, is also providing homes for badly disabled veterans. They've built five homes so far, but he expects hundreds more will be needed." 8-05 - Intentional Communities Listing (Fellowship for Intentional Communities)
- "If you are looking for an intentional community, ecovillage, cohousing, commune, co-op, or other cooperative living arrangement, browse through our alphabetic list or search our database. You can filter your search on many key characteristics of each community such as location, size, etc." 06-06
- -04-07-09 Communities Print Their Own Currency (USA Today)
- "A small but growing number of cash-strapped communities are printing their own money. Borrowing from a Depression-era idea, they are aiming to help consumers make ends meet and support struggling local businesses." 04-09
- World Trek - Odyssey
- The mission is "To educate youth about diverse communities around the world, to empower youth through service learning to change locally and globally, and to actively engage students and teachers in the use of emerging technologies as a tool for education and social action. In service of this mission, the Odyssey will link students via the World Wide Web to a team of volunteers traveling and performing community service throughout the world."
- Gujarati (Riddle)
- "Gujarati is an Indic language spoken by approximately 44,000,000 people, primarily in the state of Gujarat on the western coast of India but also by sizeable communities elsewhere in South Asia and worldwide."
- Native American Resources (Haa tl'atgi )
- Provides links to Native American resources, including a special emphasis on Tlingit and Haida communities.
- Colonias Information (HUD)
- Colonias are rural communities and neighborhoods located within 150 miles of the U.S.-Mexican border that lack adequate infrastructure and frequently also lack other basic services. 12-00
- Jihad Vs. McWorld (TheAtlantic.com - Barber)
- Presents world politics as a contest between between alternative world views, the Western vision of globalization (or McWorld) versus the movement back to tribal communities (or Jihad). Argues that neither approach necessarily supports democracy but that democracy can be fostered within both approaches. (This was written in 1995.) 10-01
- Multicultural Toolkit (Elliott, Adams, Sockalingam)
- "The Toolkit discusses barriers to cross-cultural collaboration and provides methods for assessing and improving communication patterns and cultural competence on an organizational basis and on an individual basis. By improving cultural competence, trust and mutual respect can be improved between agencies and minority communities, forming a solid foundation for cross-cultural collaboration." 3-02
- Walking and Bike Riding to School (Walk to School Day)
- "Find out how Walk to School activities are being used to create more walkable and healthier communities all year long." 3-02
- Peace Organizations (WorkablePeace.org)
- Provides information about "about youth and adults in the United States and around the world who are working to build communities of peace and reconciliation." 11-02
- Peace Travellers (WorkablePeace.org)
- "Peace Travellers Centers will form a global network of small locally operated bed and breakfasts." "These Centers will each feature a local social or environmental participatory Project which will develop according to the need and traditions of each community. They will be primarily places of exchanges between the local communities and international travellers." 11-02
- -09-02-04 Republican National Convention - Bush to Speak (CNN News)
- "President Bush set out immediately to remind the Republican faithful of his purpose in delivering the final address of his party's national convention."
"Bush said his plans for a second term cover changes relating to taxes, education, economic development and Social Security."
" 'To create jobs, my plan will encourage investment and expansion by restraining federal spending, reducing regulation, and making tax relief permanent," Bush said. 'To stand with workers in poor communities and those that have lost manufacturing, textile, and other jobs we will create American opportunity zones. In these areas, we'll provide tax relief and other incentives to attract new business, and improve housing and job training to bring hope and work throughout all of America.' " 8-04 - Plan to Reduce U.S. Military Bases (CBS News)
- "Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is proposing to close and shrink hundreds of bases to create a leaner, more cost-effective force. If accepted, the plan would alter the domestic military landscape and greatly affect the four services branches and communities that are home to the installations." 5-05
- -Ruzicka, Marla (Boston Globe)
- "ARMED ONLY with her humanity, Marla Ruzicka did the impossible. Virtually alone, she directed attention and resources to the invisible victims of war. She moved the military without using force, galvanized official Washington without powerful connections, and motivated the press without sensationalism -- just intimate connection to civilians whose deaths she documented and grieved. Her work was a triumph of the heart."
"She healed as she moved through ravaged communities: holding victims, crying with the bereaved, gathering evidence of harm, and promising help. Strangers responded to her for no reason other than her authentic concern."
"Marla represented Americans better than we deserved. Honoring her life means asking our government to acknowledge the unintended victims of armed conflict and to learn from their suffering." 5-05