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Artist Explores the "Hapa" Experience
by Ashlee Greenposted Mar 04, 2010 - Kip Fulbeck created the book he always wanted as a kid: The Hapa Project, a series of photos and essays documenting the part-Asian experience.
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Intentional Integration in Pennsauken, N.J.
by M. Paloma Pavelposted Mar 04, 2010 - Pennsauken, pop. 36,800, established a Stable Integration Board to oversee real-estate transactions and other efforts, and a multicultural community has flourished.
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Blended Nation: Photos That Teach About the Complexities of Race
by Berit Andersonposted Mar 04, 2010 - Mark Tauber's Blended Nation is a book that chronicles the struggle for identity faced by mixed-race individuals.
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El Otro Lado: Immigrant Stories Become Public Art
by Judy Herzl, Aaron Sternposted Feb 26, 2010 - How residents of Santa Fe are breaking down barriers and growing closer as a community.
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Homegrown Aid in Haiti
by Beverly Bellposted Feb 25, 2010 - Many displaced Haitians are turning to neighbors, family, and peasant organizations in the countryside for help.
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We Won't Bow Down
by Rebecca Solnitposted Feb 15, 2010 - The tradition of Carnival teaches us that resistance to the status quo can be a pleasure and an adventure.
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Help Without Humiliation
by Beverly Bellposted Feb 15, 2010 - Haitian community groups are organizing to bring food to the hungry in ways that don't reinforce dependence.
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Economic Trouble? Join the Club
by Andrée Collier Zaleskaposted Feb 12, 2010 - How can we support each other through hard times? An update from Common Security Clubs in Portland, Boston, and Fort Lauderdale.
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Breakthrough Communities: Lessons from Pennsauken, N.J.
by M. Paloma Pavelposted Feb 12, 2010 - M. Paloma Pavel, founder of Breakthrough Communities and president of Earth House Center, shares tips for intentional integration in your community.
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Building Cultures of Peace
by Riane Eislerposted Feb 11, 2010 - To transition from a system of domination to one of partnership, we need to take a hard look at the way we think about gender.
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The Work that Reconnects
by Pamela O'Malley Changposted Feb 09, 2010 - As residents plan Transition Albany, they're turning to Joanna Macy for guidance in building resilient communities.
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Transition Albany: A Local Response to Climate Change
by Pamela O'Malley Changposted Jan 06, 2010 - Meet Catherine Sutton, the initiator of Transition Albany—the effort of a 1.7-square-mile California town (population 16,500+) to transform itself into a self-reliant and resilient community.
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10 Courageous Things You Can Do to Build Community
by Milenko Matanovicposted Dec 29, 2009 - Building strong communities is critical, hard work. It’s also one of the most courageous and important things each of us can do every day.
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Growing Home—Urban Agriculture in Chicago
posted Dec 29, 2009 - Orrin Williams of Growing Home explains urban agriculture's crucial role in rebuilding our cities and communities—from increasing job security and food access to decreasing the environmental impact of farming.
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Have Yourself a Commons Holiday
by Jay Walljasperposted Dec 22, 2009 - The holidays are the one time of the year when American domesticity expands beyond the narrow circle of the nuclear family of mom, dad, and the kids—when we take a step in the direction of commoning.
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