Tag Archives: civic life

CivCity’s quest to rescue American democracy, one community at a time

By Mark | September 8, 2015

Earlier this summer, the trustees of the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation awarded a $1,000 grant to journalist-tuned-local civics champion Mary Morgan for the purposes of creating a how-to kit for those interested in hosting nonpartisan pre-election potlucks. Here, with more on this specific initiative, as well as on the newly formed CivCity non-profit from which […]

Posted in A2Awesome, Ann Arbor, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged A2 Game Designers, Ann Arbor Chronicle, Ann Arbor District Library’s Summer Game, apathy, candidate forums, Candidates Gone Wild, Citizen Interaction Design, CivCity, civic engagement, civic involvement of students, civics, community potlucks, Donald Harrison, GameStart, iCivics, Johanna Epstein, League of Women Voters, local government, LocalWiki, Mary Morgan, Omari Rush, POP-X, Portland, potluck, pre-election potlucks, Sandra Day O’Connor, Sandra Gergerman, uninformed voters, Washtenaw Literacy | 7 Comments

Ypsi Immigration Interview: Megan Maurer

By Mark | March 16, 2014

Several days ago I was approached by a young woman named Megan Maurer, asking if she could interview me for her master’s thesis. I agreed on one condition. I told her that, for every question she asked me, I’d ask one of my own. What follows are her responses to my questions. MARK: As I […]

Posted in Environment, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AAATA, AmeriCorps, Beezy's, civic engagement, Columbus, community gardens, cultural anthropology, Deja Vu, dissertations, Dos Hermanos, environmentalism, FernGully, gardening, gateway drugs, graduate school, Growing Hope, immigration interview, Indian restaurants, Kenyon, Kenyon Lords and Ladies, local food, Megan Maurer, More Buses, Ohio, Philander Chase, Portland, public space, race, research, social justice, Sustainability, tamales, urban gardening, Ypsi immigration interview | 6 Comments

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