September 2011
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Sep 30th
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Sep 20th
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Sep 15th
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eaglerockschool: Our Asset Based Community Development delivery with our @publicallies Teaching Fellows in FF.  
Sep 14th
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Sep 14th
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Sep 12th
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Sep 8th
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Sep 7th
June 2010
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Jun 30th
March 2010
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Mar 20th
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Mar 20th
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Mission 3: Impact on our Fan Page →
Mission 3.  Continuous Learning.  The third mission (of four) is based on our value of Continuous Learning.  The mission for our participants is to direct three conference goers to our Facebook Fan Page, and have them post what they’ve learned about their leadership practice while at the conference. Both Jazzi Goode and Shanell Ransom have completed the 3rd Mission of our PA Values...
Mar 20th
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Mar 20th
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Mar 20th
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Mar 17th
February 2010
2 posts
Feb 9th
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January 2010
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Jan 27th
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MLK Day Reflection: Robbie Flick in Maryland
mlkdaypa: I stand on a shaky ladder emblazoned in safety orange.  A white paintbrush in my right hand drips viscous white globs down the side of a tired grey wall, the paint raining onto my bare toes and onward to the plastic covered floor below.  I paint in long, lazy strokes while discussing politics and current events with another Public Ally, Gary Williams, who has mirrored my Tom...
Jan 26th
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How Do You Serve? - MLK Jr. Day of Service
ashleypala: “The ultimate test of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and moments of convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge and moments of controversy.” — Martin Luther King Jr. I preface this description of our Public Allies Los Angeles MLK Jr. Service Day because I believe that the allies and myself were simultaneously inspired and challenged throughout the...
Jan 22nd
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Jan 19th
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Jan 15th
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Serve with PA Silicon Valley
The San Francisco Unified School District [SFUSD] has the largest achievement gap, by race, when compared to the seven largest school districts in California. SFUSD has had a racial achievement gap for over 30 years and it continues to widen. Public Allies is joining Marcus Bookstore on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to launch a city wide education initiative embracing the literary heritage of ...
Jan 14th
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PA LA Service Day: MacArthur Park Winter Festival
thanks, ashleypala: Hope everyone had an amazing holiday! On December 21st, Public Allies Los Angeles attended their first service day of the program year. PALA partnered up with Los Angeles Housing Partnership to host their annual Winter Festival in MacArthur Park. Servicing over 3,000 community members in the area, the festival aimed to provide food and gifts to those who may not have the...
Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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“Happiness cannot be found through great effort and willpower, but is already...”
– Free and Easy - A Spontaneous Vajra Song by Venerable Lama Gendun Rinpoche (via dancondon)
Jan 9th
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“Great cities are made, not born. The “making of a city” is found in...”
– Anne Marie Predovich, ED of Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center, the home of PA Indy.  This is from her Dec 17 Indy Star op-ed, “Great Cities are home to Great Neighborhoods”
Jan 8th
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December 2009
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2nd Years Best of 2009: "CD"
A select group of 2nd Year Allies from across the network chime in on their favorite CD’s from 2009. Ashley Smith (LA):  Anything Michael Jackson Maria Robilotto (NY):  Thievery Corporation’s The Richest Man in Babylon Reggie Scruggs (ER):  Q-Tip’s The Renaissance Jack Stucker (DE):  91.3 FM WVUD (U of DE radio) ‘cause I can’t afford CD’s right now ...
Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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ListenPA Silicon Valley’s Austin Emanuel Jonas,...
Dec 21st
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2nd Years Best of 2009: "Movie"
A select group of 2nd Year Allies from across the network chime in on their favorite movies from 2009. Ashley Smith (LA):  Push and Star Trek Maria Robilotto (NY):  In Bruges Reggie Scruggs (ER):  Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes Jack Stucker (DE):  Star Trek Shavonda Sisson (MKE):  Law Abiding Citizen Chime in. What was your favorite from 2009?
Dec 21st
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2nd Years Best of 2009: "Book"
Ashley (LA): Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self Esteem by Bell Hooks
Maria (NY): If On a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Carvino
Reggie (ER): Encountering Life's Endings by Louis Silverstein
Shavonda (MKE): Precious by Sapphire
Jack (DE): Places in Between by Rory Stewart
What's your best book of 2009?
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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ListenPA Milwaukee’s Shavonda Sisson takes a...
Dec 17th
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ListenPA Minute. PA Arizona’s Laci Lester takes a...
Dec 15th
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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of...”
– Harper Lee (thanks, kari-shma)
Dec 15th
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Dec 11th