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Publics Globally Want Unbiased News Coverage, but Are Divided on Whether Their News Media Deliver
Pew Research Center | READ STORY
Publics around the world overwhelmingly agree that the news media should be unbiased in their coverage of political issues, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of 38 countries. Yet, when asked how their news media are doing on reporting different political issues fairly, people are far more mixed in their sentiments, with many saying their media do not deliver. And, in many countries, there are sharp political differences in views of the media – with the largest gap among Americans.
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We Know How to Save Millions from Dying on the World’s Roads
World Resources Institute |
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Fewer than 3 people per 100,000 are killed in road crashes in Sweden every year, less than almost anywhere else in the world. In contrast, it’s 11 per 100,000 in countries like India and the United States. One reason for the difference? A “Safe System” approach.
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Meditation is Common Across Many Religious Groups in the U.S.
Pew Research Center | READ STORY
In popular culture, meditation often is associated with Eastern spirituality and its secular offshoots, such as mindfulness. But substantial shares of Americans of nearly all religious groups – as well as those who have no religious affiliation at all – say they meditate at least once a week. Americans tend to say they meditate regularly (40% do so at least weekly) or rarely, if at all (45% seldom or never do). There’s not much middle ground – only 8% say they meditate once or twice a month and only 4% say they do so several times a year. But these figures vary widely among different U.S. religious groups.
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Craft Beer Is the Strangest, Happiest Economic Story in America
City Lab | READ STORY
Research has found that the existence of corporate behemoths stamps out innovation and hurts workers. Indeed, between 2002 and 2007, employment at breweries actually declined in the midst of an economic expansion. But in the last decade, something strange and extraordinary has happened. Between 2008 and 2016, the number of brewery establishments expanded by a factor of six, and the number of brewery workers grew by 120 percent.
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Democracy in Crisis
Freedom House | READ STORY
Political rights and civil liberties around the world deteriorated to their lowest point in more than a decade in 2017, extending a period characterized by emboldened autocrats, beleaguered democracies, and the United States’ withdrawal from its leadership role in the global struggle for human freedom.
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Moving Americans Out of Poverty Will Take More Than Money
City Lab | READ STORY
A new report by the U.S. Partnership on Mobility from Poverty furthers the idea that too many Americans linger in poverty largely because they are trapped, literally—isolated in low-income communities where only other poor people surround them. And, statistically, few manage to escape. The report emphasizes how much where we are born and grow up shapes our chances for upward mobility. A child growing up in a community with the lowest level of mobility can expect to earn up to 40 percent less during his or her lifetime than one who lives in a high-mobility neighborhood.
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Do you know of a community development professional who is involved in praiseworthy work? Consider nominating them for a NACDEP or CDS award. Regional and national awards recognize work done by individuals, teams and for distinguished service. Nominations for NACDEP are due March 5 and more information can be found here. Nominations for CDS are due Feb. 14 with more info available here.
The Special Birthday Issue of IACD’s magazine Practice Insights is now available to download. This Special Issue reflects upon some of the key influencers and shapers of the community development profession and movement since 1953.
Paul Lachapelle
MSU Community Development Specialist
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2018 JCEP Leadership Conference
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February 14-15, 2018
Orlando, Florida
Sponsor: JCEP
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2018 Building Active Communities Initiative
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Workshop: May 8-10, 2018
Livingston, Montana
Building Active Communities Initiative (BACI)
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2018 NACDEP Conference
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June 10-13, 2018
Cleveland, Ohio
Sponsor: NACDEP
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2018 Community Development Society Conference
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July 22-25, 2018
Detroit, Michigan
Sponsor: Community Development Society
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Awards for Faculty
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Deadline: April 11
Funder: National Endowment for the Humanities
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PEPFAR Small Grants Program 2018 Capacity Building
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Deadline: April 30
Funder: U.S. Mission to Lesotho
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Health Services and Economic Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobbaco Abuse
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Deadline: May 7
Funder: Department of Health and Human Services
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Community Facilities Programs
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Deadline: Ongoing
Funder: Rural Development, USDA
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International Bioethics Research Training Program
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Deadline: May 17
Funder: Department of Health and Human Services
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Grand Crossing Wins National Award
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The Courier, February 2
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Community Development Grant Applications Accepted
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City Lab, February 2
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Civil Society 'Surprised and Disappointed' as DFID's GPE Pledge Falls Short
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Devex, February 2
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Poverty Eradication Only Possible with Structural Transformation, Says BIC
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Bahai, February 2
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$600K from Wildfire Relief Fund to be Divvied up Among Rural Fire Departments in Montana
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Billings Gazette, February 2
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Montana Repertory Theatre: Candidate Wants Legacy to be Excellence, Growth
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Missoulian, February 2
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Montana's Community Health Centers Critical to Communities' Health
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Great Falls Tribune,
February 2
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Non Profit Helps Better Community
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Lake County Leader, February 2
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