August 6th, 2009 NPi Community Dialogue Reflections, Photos, & Video
Thanks to everyone who made it out to our event earlier this month, “Building Community Online and Offline” at City Year’s headquarters in Boston. Speakers at this event were Dave McLaughlin, Executive...
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The Heidelberg Project is an open-air art environment in Detroit’s East Side. I first encountered it when I was maybe 10 years old. My father's company maintained several properties in Detroit. Each...
View ArticleVIDEO: Aerin Dunford on upcycling, creativity, and systems change
In this video, Aerin explains what upcycling is all about and shares her thoughts on how upcycling connects to social change and large-scale systems change.
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