World Urban Forum 2010: "Our Urban Future"
At the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, General Motors unveiled "The Futurama" exhibit, a captivating model that displayed a vision for the not-so-distant "future" of 1960. Visitors to the exhibit, most of whom did not own cars, were left in awe of the “ideal city of tomorrow,” imagining themselves riding in a vehicle amidst [...]
Federal Interagency Members Meet with Public on Next Steps for the National AIDS Strategy
Cross-posted from the AIDS.gov blog.
Approximately 200 people gathered on Wednesday to hear about progress on one of President Obama’s major initiatives—the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). This meeting provided an opportunity to update the public on the process for developing the Strategy, as well as current status and next steps. It allowed the White House [...]
Live Video Chat at 1:45: Nancy-Ann DeParle on the President’s Health Reform Proposal
On Monday the President released his proposal to move forward on health reform that will finally put American families and small businesses in charge of their own health care. The President will bring the proposal to tomorrow’s bipartisan meeting on reform as a starting point for discussion.
While we tried to address many of the questions [...]
On the Way to Gold
What an exhilarating start for the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team! I sat in the stands yesterday at the University of British Columbia’s Thunderbird Arena as the U.S. Women’s Ice Hockey Team defeated China 12-1 in their first game this Olympics. At the moment the team took the ice, the crowd broke out in [...]
As We Approach the One-Year Anniversary of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships — An Update
On February 5, 2009, President Obama launched the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He charged this Office with a specific and critical mission: shifting the focus of the previous initiative from funding to programmatic impact, and helping the federal government partner with faith-based and other nonprofit organizations to better serve all Americans. [...]
MLK Technology Challenge
Serve.gov and the Corporation for National and Community Service continue to spotlight innovative ways that people across the country are answering the call to participate in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service on Monday, January 18th. The MLK Tech Challenge is working to connect IT and web professionals who are willing to volunteer their [...]
