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Disaster Recovery Operations
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What's Missing From Community Disaster Response? The Whole Community
Gary Cecchine @GaryCecchine, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg @aclarkginsberg
Nov 9, 2020
The National Interest
Across the United States, significant gaps exist in disaster response needs and capabilities. Community volunteers have stepped up to fill those gaps where possible. They may need more support and resources.
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Firearms
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U.S. Gun Policy, Reopening Schools, Prepping for a Hurricane: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 24, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on what scientific evidence says about the effects of U.S. gun laws, how schools may have to change when they reopen, preparing for a COVID-19 hurricane, and more.
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Community Organizations
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The Important Role of Faith-Based Organizations in the Context of COVID-19
Kathryn Pitkin Derose, Michael Mata
Apr 16, 2020
The Health Care Blog
Maintaining social and spiritual connections in the midst of COVID-19 are not the only challenges facing communities of faith. Congregations play critical roles in providing social services within communities. How can their services, such as food assistance, be delivered safely?
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Information Operations
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Social Manipulation, Boko Haram, Citizen Scientists: RAND Weekly Recap
Sep 6, 2019
This weekly recap looks at hostile social manipulation, stopping the next Boko Haram, a citizen-science success story, and more.
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Citizen Science
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How Citizen Scientists Are Protecting Their Communities
Aug 29, 2019
After Superstorm Sandy, residents of Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood cleaned up debris, pumped out basements, and teamed up with researchers to find out what was in the floodwater. They established safety protocols to help local businesses prevent their chemicals from escaping and wrote a guide to help other communities.
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Military Veterans
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Nonprofits and Bridging the Civil-Military Divide
Kayla M. Williams
Mar 31, 2014
The Hill
Troops, veterans, and military families can go to the National Resource Directory to find help if they need it, and citizens can turn there to find organizations serving those communities where they can donate their time or money. Each of us can play a role in bridging the civil-military divide, but only if we take action.
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Tax the Nonprofits
Charles Wolf, Jr.
Mar 6, 2013
The Weekly Standard
Charles Wolf asks: Can the NPO sector contribute to easing the U.S. fiscal imbalance, while helping rather than hindering the dynamic free enterprise system, and retaining societal benefits provided by nonprofits?
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Community Organizations

What's Missing From Community Disaster Response? The Whole Community

U.S. Gun Policy, Reopening Schools, Prepping for a Hurricane: RAND Weekly Recap

The Important Role of Faith-Based Organizations in the Context of COVID-19

Social Manipulation, Boko Haram, Citizen Scientists: RAND Weekly Recap

How Citizen Scientists Are Protecting Their Communities

Nonprofits and Bridging the Civil-Military Divide

Tax the Nonprofits

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