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Link: The Civic Media Project is Live! | Engagement Lab Blog
Well, this is interesting …. #newtech #games #media #discussion #socialchange Defining Civic Media Civic media implies the adoption or invention of new technologies with the intentionality of social, political, or cultural change. The practices associated with civic media range from government “engaging citizens” to activist groups coordinating across the globe for collective action. The common…
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Slow Journey toward New Paths
I realized last year that I’ve never really put any thought into “designing” my own vocational path. I’ve “fallen into” three interesting jobs thus far, and I’ve enjoyed each of them. But now I’m realizing I intentionally need to identify my strengths, decide what field deserves the next two or three decades of my attention,…
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Link: Should Mom-and-Pops That Forgo Gay Weddings Be Destroyed? — The Atlantic
Mob “shaming” tactics do nothing to advance LGBT rights, just as refusal to bake a cake does little to stop them. We need to follow a better way – dialogue, grace, patience. Both sides. A very good read. An excerpt: The owners of Memories Pizza are, I think, mistaken in what their Christian faith demands…
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Article: Teaching Human Evolution at UKy: Some students I’ll never reach
This is a fascinating read for many reasons, and I commend it to you on this rainy Monday: Teaching human evolution at the University of Kentucky: There are some students I’ll never reach. The author, James Krupa, details his experience teaching non-major biology at University of Kentucky, a state where the tussle over teaching evolution…
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Article: “Goodbye Evangelicalism” | exhaleinexhile
This blog post really resonates with me right now. Recommended. Feel free to dialogue via comments. Goodbye Evangelicalism. “Historically, this fixation on absolute certainty is a rather recent development in the course of Christianity. It is primarily the result of the Enlightenment and the evangelical response to scientific evidence. But for me, there is much…
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