Blogs: Urban Online Community

Since its launch, Interactive One has quickly become the #1 online platform for the African American community. Interactive One is powered by the mission to create an online community that engages and positively impacts the lives of ...

Bill Berkowitz of the UMass Lowell master's program in Community Social Psychology is affiliated with the online Community Tool Box based at the University of Kansas. He sent this message to colleagues on campus and in the city: ... Your group's innovation may involve activities to improve community health, education, urban or rural development, poverty, the environment, social justice, or other related issues of importance to communities. We invite you to enter the ...

Pocket Books launches online community for romance and urban fantasy readers. (Publishers Weekly). Who will blink first in the eReader price war? (PCWorld). Rachel Harvey offers an update on the Alan Shadrake trial in Singapore. (BBC) ...

Celebrating its 100 year mark in Washington, DC By Lynda L. Jones The National Urban League celebrated its Centennial Conference in Washington, DC. ... In this, the 34th edition of The State of Black America, the National Urban League responds to this crisis – it presents the National Urban League's Plan for Creating Jobs and features analysis and recommendations from experts and leaders on specific steps to address the jobs crisis in urban communities. ...

... and Urban Development (HUD) and initially created by the Louisiana Recovery Authority – the state agency that designed and administered the program until June 30, 2010, when it was succeeded by Louisiana's Office of Community Development. ... They have asked that Louisiana and HUD correct these violations of the Fair Housing Act and Housing and Housing and Community Development Act immediately, by giving all New Orleans homeowners a fair opportunity to receive the ...

He followed to the podium Arne Duncan, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. Both were introduced by Marc Morial, the President and CEO of the Urban League. Below are excerpts of John Payton's remarks. John Payton ... All of us on the program this afternoon have been asked to look back on the last hundred years with respect to education and the Black community. I want to look to the past in order to put the present into a sharp perspective. ...

Sketchers from the Portland area share their drawings on this blog. By making a donation to our nonprofit you'll be supporting the work of urban sketchers around the world and helping our community grow. ... 5. We use any kind of media and cherish our individual styles. 6. We support each other and draw together. 7. We share our drawings online. 8. We show the world, one drawing at a time. The Urban Sketchers logo was created by Italian graphic designer Franco Lancio. ...

Agricultural and urban development were the main reasons for the decrease in water flow and increase in pollution levels, Unesco said. It is the second time the Everglades, home to 20 endangered species, have been added. ...