I got this email about a class being offered at the University of Michigan Residential College next semster on community organizing. The course is being taught by RC Seniors Sarah Barcus and Ryan Bates and supervised by Professor Helen Fox. Here’s the description: RCIDIV 351 Section 5 Community Organizing: Theory and Praxis Instructors: RC Seniors […]
Democracy in Online Journalism
Now that I am semi-employed, I have had time to catch up on projects and reading that I had been neglecting. This means that not only have I been reading quite a bit more, I’ve finally got around the trying to catch up on my Bloglines subscriptions. Reading through posts from the past couple months […]
Anatomy of a Good Blog Post
This is something I wrote back in 2004. I am not sure if it ever made it up on the blog, but I found it and thought it was worth re-posting. These rules most apply to the sort of civic and news blogs I have been involved with — Arborupdate and DCist — and obviously […]
PFAW’s Celebrity Auction
My employer People For the American Way is always able to work their Hollywood connections for some interesting loot to auction off as part of their annual eBay celebrity auction. This year is no exception — the goods include The Von Bondies handwritten lyrics to “C’mon, C’mon” (currently at $25!), a private tour of Desperate […]
Looking For Housing In DC?
I know of a couple openings in houses; send me a message.
Good Urbanism In Downtown Detroit
When I was in Michigan last week on vacation I took a trip to downtown Detroit with my girlfriend Libby to go ice skating at Campus Martius Park and dine in Mexicantown in the city’s Southwest side. Campus Martius park re-opened in 2004 after undergoing a major upgrade to coincide with the recent opening of […]
Buzz Alexander Lauded for Teaching
Prison Creative Arts Project founder U-M English Professor “Buzz” Alexander has won a Carnegie Foundation award for his dedication to undergraduate teaching. The University press release quotes Alexander: “This award for our work brings recognition to a heretofore invisible national crisis—massive incarceration.”