Innovation isn’t just happening in big cities—it’s thriving in small towns across North Carolina. This week Tom highlights how rural entrepreneurship is fueling sustainable growth—turning creativity, connection, and local problem-solving into powerful economic drivers and communities like Wilson, Pittsboro, and the Sandhills are proving that great ideas don’t need skyscrapers or venture capital to take [...] The post The Rural Tech Revolution: Where Innovation Finally Comes Home app...| RIoT
Detroiter Deanne Austin shares what she’s learned from years of navigating Detroit without a driver’s license and what she hopes the city’s next mayor will do for transit. The post The Metro: Building a Detroit that moves everyone appeared first on WDET 101.9 FM.| WDET 101.9 FM
To the Editor:If civility is understood as merely a prescribed set of manners designed to make sure thatnothing unpleasant is said or heard, that no disagreements exist, that life is all honey androses, then it is indeed a fantasy, a type of script where everyone must know their place andwhat they can and cannot say...| Institute for Civility
We live in a time of wicked problems, some at planetary scale, each entangled with the others in a thorny thicket of multidimensional polycrisis. In a Climate Civics brief for the Food Sy…| Climate Civics
The University of Tulsa’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB), in collaboration with Food on the Move, is partnering on the development of a solar-powered solution to help feed economically challenged communities in Tulsa. Food on the Move provides food grown at their facilities to impoverished areas and homeless shelters. The local nonprofit also […]| The University of Tulsa
The University of Tulsa and Hurricane Ventures have announced an investment in Tobe Energy, a groundbreaking electrolysis startup co-founded by UTulsa alumni Colby DeWeese and Caleb Lareau. The funding will accelerate the company’s mission to make clean hydrogen production cheaper, more efficient and widely accessible to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. “We are […]| The University of Tulsa
The University of Tulsa’s McFarlin Library recently hosted the third annual Building Bridges: A Collaborative Librarianship Conference, bringing together school librarians from across Tulsa and surrounding areas for a day of connection, empowerment and professional growth. The event was created in 2023 by McFarlin librarian Lisa Grimes in response to her research showing that more […]| The University of Tulsa
Tulsa’s unhoused community is large, disparate and expanding. Since 2021, homelessness has increased in the city by 8.6%, outpacing the overall population growth. In addition to the challenge of finding food and shelter, many of these people face immense barriers to health care access. To address this critical shortcoming, Cassy Abbott Eng, executive director of […]| The University of Tulsa
The University of Tulsa is proud to announce that the national office of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (ASF) recently relocated from Boston to its new home in Oxley College of Health & Natural Sciences. Founded in 1940 by the physician and humanitarian Dr. Albert Schweitzer, the ASF is a leadership development program for graduate and […]| The University of Tulsa
From literature to data analytics: How a UTulsa alum uses opposing degrees to drive social impact in tech.| The University of Tulsa
They are among 40 visionaries, volunteers and leaders to earn the 2025 Bruin Excellence in Civic Engagement distinction from UCLA Alumni Affairs.| UCLA Luskin
September 16 2025, is National Voter Registration Day! CAI reaffirms its commitment to promoting civility and civil engagement. We are here to assist community association residents, professionals, and industry leaders to register and make a plan to vote in elections at every level.| CAI Advocacy Blog
The University of Tulsa has partnered with the American Journalism Project to provide a home for the new nonprofit local news initiative Tulsa Flyer, which has moved into a custom-designed space at 101 Archer this summer. In exchange for the physical space inside the university’s building, which sits in the Tulsa Arts District adjacent to […]| The University of Tulsa
The peoples’ voice builds democracy. The line that separates democracy and something like a dictatorship is not written on paper. It’s heard throughout the country. It’s given by the people. Representation in government is a massive part of why America has been so prosperous for 242 years. The people have gotten to choose who leads....| Institute for Civility
There’s a very telling question I’m fond of asking artists, writers and journalists about the single most critical factor responsible for that impactful career choice...| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
Building Movement Project has been monitoring executive orders being issued by the Trump Administration with an emphasis on understanding the impact on nonprofit organizations. The Building Movement Project is monitoring executive orders issued by the Trump Administration to assess their impact on nonprofit organizations and the communities they serve.| Building Movement
This June, The University of Tulsa’s Collins College of Business welcomed more than 100 high school students to campus for a series of immersive summer camps focused on energy, forensic accounting, entrepreneurship and personal finance. These programs give students a hands-on introduction to business, while building early confidence and interest in potential career paths. Camp […]| The University of Tulsa
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When civil society and policymakers collaborate, development becomes more inclusive, effective, and sustainable. The power of civic intelligence cannot be overemphasized. Yet, across Central Africa, civil society remains on the margins of national and regional development agendas. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) across Central Africa face systemic challenges, including limited access to funding, restrictive legal [...] The post Unlocking Civic Intelligence: The Risk of Excluding Civil Soci...| Nkafu Policy Institute
**This piece is co-authored by Wanda Alarcón, Dolores Inés Casillas, Esther Díaz Martín, Sara Veronica Hinojos, and Cloe Gentile Reyes For weeks, we have been inundated with executive orders (220 a…| Sounding Out!
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Sound has a peculiar relationship to mindfulness; zoning in and out, active and passive forms of listening while we situate our listening practices alongside other daily activities. Especially when it comes to driving, listening to something or someone or just singing aloud by myself, I have realized, helps me drown out other noises of alertness. […]| Sounding Out!
Abstract Rural small towns continue to face serious challenges, including population decline, high poverty levels, and insufficient infrastructure, among others. The sustainable ecosystem economic development (SEED) model provides a framework for remote rural communities to work collaboratively with government agencies, businesses, and nonprofits facilitated by project champions to develop and maintain healthy, sustainable economies. While…| BC Rural Centre
What if you were told that adults who were long-term homeschooled (a) now live in lower income households than do the non-homeschooled and (b) that the long-termed homeschooled value hard work more than do the non-homeschooled? Or, that the long-term homeschooled (a) are the most likely to have done any unpaid, volunteer work than any other group but (b) less likely than the non-homeschooled to have volunteered with a social-service organization that is non-religious. You might scratch your h...| National Home Education Research Institute
Elections are coming up soon in the US and voting-age citizens with disabilities have the right to access polling places, ballots, and information about candidates and issues. We shared resources from the grantee community and elsewhere to help people with disabilities exercise their right to vote. Continue reading →| Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center
Ninth and tenth grade students sampled a variety of hands-on STEM activities during their four-day stay.| W&M News
W&M’s John Swaddle co-authored a recently published paper that accurately predicted lead levels in children by way of a wildlife sentinel species.| W&M News
New collaboration will help government agencies achieve more effective and inclusive community engagement and enhance decision-making.| PublicInput
Drawing on her experience as president of the University of La Verne during active political campaigns, Devorah Lieberman offers strategies to equip students with essential skills that help foster civil discourse and build a thriving campus community.| Higher Education Today
The 2012 Current Population Survey November supplement has now been released which enables one to examine voting patterns by different racial and ethnic groups and different age groups. Youth turno…| Social Capital Blog
