Social Issues

Were you raised by your Grandparents?

Leon Clowes, a UK Fellow and recipient of a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship, will be in New York City in April.  His research looks at grandparents raising their grandchildren.  He’s  particularly keen to meet adults who were raised by grandparents and their reflections on their life experiences.  Leon was raised by his grandparents himself [...]

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Women’s eNews Event

September 7, 2011 92YTribeca MAINSTAGE 200 Hudson Street New York New York Fellow Charlotte Cooper would like to invite fellows to join an event she has organized through her work at Women’s eNews with the aid of RSA-US Trustee Henry Timms, Director of 92Y on Wednesday, September 7. 10 Years Later: Women Heroes on 9/11 & [...]

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Ballet Memphis reaches out to a young survivor

Ballet Memphis has never danced in a vacuum. From programming for their professional company to activities in the community, connections are made with the population around them. Being a part of civic dialogue, and forwarding progress and compassion for others has led them to start another program for children in need, beyond the many they [...]

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Update on Collaborative Working Research for Winston Churchill Memorial Trust

What is the impact of crowdsourcing, dispersed leadership, or community funding on public services? Emily Miles, Winston Churchill Fellow, gives an update on her research which looks at how the centre of Government can do more to promote collaboration between agencies and organisations, for publicly funded services. She writes: I got back from my three [...]

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On 21st Century Enlightenment

What do you think about this recent quote from a prospective Fellow: I am convinced that we have now arrived at a time and place where society is in great need of enlightenment. Bill Gates has given us this wonderful thing called email. We have been to the moon and back and have learned how [...]

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On Race: in her own Voice

Lolita Jackson responds to a conversation on whether racism is eliminated or in hiding and on the impact of Bin Laden’s death on the Obama Presidency, originally inspired by Threshold of Change, written by Tom Clark in the spring RSA Journal and continued at http://www.blog.rsa-us.org/2011/05/the-threshold-of-change/ and elsewhere. Let me start by saying that I have a unique perspective on [...]

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Chattanooga: Broken Windows, Suicide and Murder

The Broken Windows Project offers after school activities for children living in a blighted area of Chattanooga, rated as one of the ten most dangerous cities in the country. It was created by Bijan Dhanani, FRSA. Kids are enjoying yoga, music, and mentorship instead of hanging around on dangerous streets. The housing project has recently [...]

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