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Alliance For Education

Mission and Purpose
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Annenberg Institute for School Reform

I. Purpose and Mission of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform:
The purpose and mission of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform is to challenge to the nation to improve public education in America by enhancing the quality of learning for youth in urban communities across the country.
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APSA Task Force on Democracy, Economic Security, and Social Justice

APSA Statement of Purpose
Three recent developments have thrust issues of economic security and social justice into the public consciousness.
First, the global economic crisis has brought economic insecurity home to developed countries and highlighted that increasing inequality coupled with decreasing regulation is unsustainable.
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Ballot Initiative Strategy Center

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An Overview of Ballot Measures
Ballot measures are powerful policy-making, messaging, and political tools – and also a permanent part of the process in the 24 initiative states.
In recent years, initiatives have been used by well-funded, right-wing donors and special interests to deny rights to working families, public education, women, LGBT people, communities of color, immigrants, and the poor.
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BetterMeans.org

Imagine companies without managers or employees. Just contributors. You decide what work you do, when you do it, and how. Contribution determines your ownership, not job titles or office politics. Problems are solved collaboratively. Quickly. Efficiently. And innovation is through the roof.
This kind of business isn’t just an idea. It exists. It’s a system we developed called The Open Enterprise Model. We use it and love it. And now, through the BetterMeans Platform, our aim is to make this model available to everyone who wants it.
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