A Jumble of Needs: Women's Activism and Neoliberalism in the Colonias of the ...

 By Rebecca Dolhinow

http://books.google.com/books?id=6zCUH2H4RtAC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=ngo+providing+access+in+colonias&source=bl&ots=Aic5-Ux--6&sig=W7EKH3bCGOF2qHANGhFc-xAGjB8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lTgIU9GsH4jhyQHWwoGwDQ&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=ngo%20providing%20access%20in%20colonias&f=false

The production of colonias as neoliberal spaces

money Infrographics

http://xkcd.com/980/huge/#x=-2122&y=-6188&z=5

TAMU - startup

- workshops to start business
- TAMU


source:
http://tamu.3daystartup.org/

Capacity building model _ Theory of Change

"TOC maps out your initiative through 6 stages:

1. Identifying long-term goals
2. Backwards mapping and connecting the preconditions or requirements necessary to achieve that goal and explaining why these preconditions are necessary and sufficient.
3. Identifying your basic assumptions about the context.
4. Identifying the interventions that your initiative will perform to create your desired change.
5. Developing indicators to measure your outcomes to assess the performance of your initiative.
6. Writing a narrative to explain the logic of your initiative."

source:
http://www.theoryofchange.org/what-is-theory-of-change/how-does-theory-of-change-work/#5

social enterprise websites

How might we make low-income urban areas safer and more empowering for women and girls?

http://www.openideo.com/challenge/womens-safety/brief.html

What Failing Taught Me About Positioning a Social Venture For Long Term Sustainability

http://www.good.is/posts/what-failing-taught-me-about-positioning-a-social-venture-for-long-term-sustainability?utm_source=tdg&utm_medium=email&utm_content=What%2BFailing%2BTaught%2BMe%2BAbout%2BPositioning%2Ba%2BSocial%2BVenture%2BFor%2BLong%2BTerm%2BSustainability&utm_campaign=cta


Social Tech guide
http://socialtech.org.uk/


Guides for startup change-makers
http://www.socialgoodguides.com/

History of the border

interactive timeline

http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/index.html

Texas legislation related to Colonias

a full list of all legislation related to colonias from 1987 to 2005
source:
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/border/colonias/legislation.shtml#70th



Secretary of State's Definitions of colonias:
source:
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/border/colonias/what_colonia.shtml