By Minnie Bliesner and Diamonique Walker Those in the public administration and policymaking sectors may have been hearing a new term floating around program design — co-design. Spurred on by the largescale and high-profile efforts of the New Zealand government to redesign programs in a way that centers the experiences of the whānau and other …
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To say that the Supreme Court has recently played a monumental role in forcing the country backward would be a profound understatement. The court’s super majority of conservative judges has already passed down rulings about abortion, the 2nd Amendment, religion, voting rights, and more that have set back the country decades and put us on …
We all know that our basic survival needs must be met in order for us to live, right? Food, water, oxygen, all of that Maslow hierarchy stuff. But what about healthcare, economics, safety or civil rights? That might not be the things we tend to think about— not unless those needs aren’t being met. For …
Juneteenth may be over for white America, but it is not over for me. Today is July 1st. On the heels of Juneteenth, America pats itself on the back for recognizing the holiday that celebrates the “freedom” of Black America and turns its attention to celebrating the “real” day of American freedom, July 4th, 1776. …
