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Monday, July 29
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Heat Mapping Poject - Need Volunteers
2pm Ain't No Recess for Climate Change: Office Takeover!
4:30pm #BuildTheLink Rally for the North South Rail Link
7pm The Cuba Revolution Day 60th Anniversary Celebration
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Tuesday, July 30
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7am Breakfast with Remix: What does a multimodal future look like?
2pm The Public Health Crisis on the U.S. Border: An Urgent Conversation
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Wednesday, July 31
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5pm Global Engagement Through the Arts
6pm As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock
6pm The Future of Energy Storage
7pm The Drama of Celebrity
7pm Extinction Rebellion Sharing Circle
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Thursday, August 1
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12pm No Rubber Stamp Permits #GovernorGas for Weymouth
6pm The Future of Work in Boston
6:30pm "The Devil We Know" Film Screening
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Friday, August 2 - Sunday, August 4
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LIFTING OUR SPIRITS, DEEPENING PREPARATION FOR ACTION
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Friday, August 2
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12pm No Rubber Stamp Permits #GovernorGas for Weymouth
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Monday, August 5
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12-m No Rubber Stamp Permits #GovernorGas for Weymouth
7pm Vanguards In Urban Planning: Transforming Vancouver, Toronto, & Minneapolis
7pm The Public Option: How to Expand Freedom, Increase Opportunity, and Promote Equality
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My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:
Six Climate Goals Before 2020
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Monday, July 29
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Heat Mapping Poject - Need Volunteers
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS COMING MONDAY, JULY 29TH! The City of Cambridge is collaborating with the Museum of Science, Town of Brookline, and City of Boston on a citizens science urban heat project this summer. We have scheduled Monday, July 29th as the day to collect temperature and humidity data along two routes in Cambridge and we are short of volunteers.
There are two routes in Cambridge, one to the west of Harvard Square and one to the east. Each route takes about 1 hour to drive. We have cars. The Museum of Science will provide sensors to mount on the cars to collect the data.
Specifically, we need navigators for the 3:00-4:00 pm slot for the west side route and for the 6:00-7:00 am and 3:00-4:00 pm slots for the east side route. If you are able to help, please contact Sara Benson at the Museum of Science at sbenson@mos.org or John Bolduc at the Community Development Department, jbolduc@cambridgema.gov, 617-349-4628. We understand it's the workday and not possible for many people.
This data will help in 3 ways: corroborate the satellite data the City has used to map urban heat islands; provide higher resolutions readings of temperature and humidity; and provide evening temperatures that we don't currently have. The data will be used in the City's Climate Change Preparedness and Resilience Plan.
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Ain't No Recess for Climate Change: Office Takeover!
Monday
2 PM – 5 PM
Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street, Boston
Sign Up here! http://bit.ly/ClimateRecess
The MA legislature is about to go on August Recess and they have not done anything to address the CLIMATE EMERGENCY!!! We are going to show up and ask these leaders to LOOK US IN THE EYES and tell us WHAT'S YOUR PLAN to fix the heat waves and tornadoes! Climate Change doesn't take a recess and neither should they!
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#BuildTheLink Rally for the North South Rail Link
Take Action to #BuildTheLink
Monday, July 29
4:30pm
Massachusetts State House, Boston
On Monday, July 29th there will be a hearing in front of the Boston City Council to support the North South Rail Link (NSRL). Such a connection would allow for the through running of Amtrak and commuter trains, eliminating the wasteful backup moves that are now a major cause of congestion at both terminals. Those who would benefit from such a link are invited to share their stories, which will be read during testimony at the hearing.
We are supporting an action on July 29th at 4:30pm, to rally outside of the state house ahead of the formal testimony of Former Governor Michael Dukakis. The Massachusetts Chapter has supported this link for many years, as an expanded South Station with a connection to North Station is the optimal path forward for traveler mobility and reduced greenhouse gases.
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The Cuba Revolution Day 60th Anniversary Celebration
Monday, July 29
7:00-9:00pm
Fenway Community Center, 1282 Boylston Street, Boston
Program Introduction by Margaret Witham
Moderated by Nalda Vigezzi
Living and Working in Cuba as a Young Revolutionary
Jessica Borges, graduate student, Clark University; Policy Specialist, Cuba Ministry of Foreign Relations; Intern, Cuban Institute for
Friendship with the Peoples, http://www.icap.cu/
LGBT in Cuba: Personal Narrative of a Gay Northamerican Comrade
Wally Sillanpoa, political activist, July 26th Coalition, 20+ years experience in Cuba
A DC Strategy in the Current Era of U.S.-Cuba Relations
Mavis Anderson, Senior Associate, Latin America Working Group, https://www.lawg.org
jhttp://www.july26.org/
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Tuesday, July 30
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Breakfast with Remix: What does a multimodal future look like?
Tuesday, July 30
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM EDT
Sauciety Restaurant, 425 Summer Street, Boston
Join us for the first ever Breakfast with Remix, a morning event series which offers a dedicated space to discuss trends in transportation and network with industry leaders while enjoying a warm breakfast and cup of joe. In learnings from recent conversations with over 350 cities, planners across the board have seen a decline in ridership across the U.S. The reasons vary from place to place but a similar question keeps surfacing - How do new modes impact a transit system and what does a multimodal future look like for a transit agency? Join 10 industry leaders and the Remix team to learn from each other and discuss how fixed-route transit can coexist and thrive in a mode rich ecosystem.
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The Public Health Crisis on the U.S. Border: An Urgent Conversation
WHEN Tuesday, July 30, 2019, 2 – 5 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Jefferson Lab - 250, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Education, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Harvard Global Health Institute
COST Free
TICKET WEB LINK https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/events/migration
DETAILS The public health crisis on the U.S Border is escalating. Children are being held in squalid conditions; abuse is rampant and people are dying due to inadequate health services. In response to this dire situation, the Harvard Global Health Institute is convening a multi-disciplinary panel of front-line responders and experts to provide a health perspective on the situation; identify action steps to mitigate the crisis and highlight the consequences of inaction.
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Wednesday, July 31
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Global Engagement Through the Arts
Wednesday, July 31
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Artists For Humanity - Epicenter, 100 West 2nd Street, Boston
Join WorldBoston + Artists For Humanity for a unique Open Studios celebrating global engagement + international networking through the arts!
“Global Engagement through the Arts” brings together the missions of two Greater Boston nonprofits: WorldBoston and Artists For Humanity. Combining WorldBoston’s international networking events with Artists For Humanity’s monthly Open Studios, visitors will network with other globally-minded professionals, tour AFH’s six creative studios, talk with teen artists and designers, and enjoy conversation over wine and cheese! We will kick off the event with a brief, open conversation about what ‘global engagement in the arts’ means.
5:00pm - Doors open
5:30pm - Opening Remarks
5:45pm - Networking and Studio Tours
7:00pm - End
The Hosts:
WorldBoston’s mission is to foster international engagement and global cooperation amongst people of all nations. WorldBoston implements a number of international professional exchanges each year and have a number of events in the city all focused on international topics. Last year, WorldBoston hosted over 800 international visitors. To learn more visit: www.worldboston.org
Artists For Humanity (AFH)’s mission is to provide under-resourced urban youth with the keys to self-sufficiency through paid employment in art and design. Bridging economic, racial, and social divisions, AFH enriches urban communities by introducing young people's creativity to diverse businesses. To learn more visit: http://afhboston.org/openstudios.html
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As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock
Wednesday, July 31
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Boston
Through treaty violations, struggles for food and water security and protection of sacred sites, Native people have resisted environmental injustice and land incursions for hundreds of years. Join Indigenous researcher and activist Dina Gilio-Whitaker to explore this history and discuss how modern environmentalists can look to Indigenous resistance for new approaches.
Book signing to follow
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The Future of Energy Storage
Wednesday, July 31
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
Enel X, 1 Marina Park Drive, Boston
What role does storage play in the energy transition? How is the energy storage landscape changing? What is the future of energy storage?
Join YPE Boston on Wednesday, July 31 from 6 to 8 PM for a discussion on energy storage hosted by Enel X in the Boston Seaport.
Daniel Finn-Foley from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables (formerly Green Tech Media Research) will lead an engaging presentation followed by Q&A, group discussion, and time for networking among attendees. Light refreshments will be provided by our generous sponsor – Enel X.
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The Drama of Celebrity
Wednesday, July 31
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Harvard Book Store welcomes award-winning author and editor SHARON MARCUS—Orlando Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University—for a discussion of her latest book, The Drama of Celebrity. She will be joined in conversation by JOSEPH REZEK, Director of Graduate Studies in English at Boston University.
About The Drama of Celebrity
Why do so many people care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? What are the privileges and pleasures of fandom? Do celebrities ever deserve the outsized attention they receive?
In this fascinating and deeply researched book, Sharon Marcus challenges everything you thought you knew about our obsession with fame. Icons are not merely famous for being famous; the media alone cannot make or break stars; fans are not simply passive dupes. Instead, journalists, the public, and celebrities themselves all compete, passionately and expertly, to shape the stories we tell about celebrities and fans. The result: a high-stakes drama as endless as it is unpredictable.
Drawing on scrapbooks, personal diaries, and vintage fan mail, Marcus traces celebrity culture back to its nineteenth-century roots, when people the world over found themselves captivated by celebrity chefs, bad-boy poets, and actors such as the “divine” Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923), as famous in her day as the Beatles in theirs. Known in her youth for sleeping in a coffin, hailed in maturity as a woman of genius, Bernhardt became a global superstar thanks to savvy engagement with her era’s most innovative media and technologies: the popular press, commercial photography, and speedy new forms of travel.
Whether you love celebrity culture or hate it, The Drama of Celebrity will change how you think about one of the most important phenomena of modern times.
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Extinction Rebellion Sharing Circle
Wednesday, July 31
7 p.m.
Online through Zoom
Join rebels as we sit with each others' feelings on the ecological crisis and this huge adventure we're on together.
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Thursday, August 1
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No Rubber Stamp Permits #GovernorGas for Weymouth
Thursday, August 1
12:00 PM
Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street, Boston
We cannot have any new fossil fuel infrastructure in our state, and we must be rapidly dismantling the current system. That's why the proposal to build an explosive gas compressor station in the Fore River Basin is insult on injury.
Join us as we push him to keep his promises, and NO "rubber stamp" permits for Weymouth!
Like in 2017, we will assemble in the hallway outside his office in the statehouse. Please arrive with enough time to get thru security and take the stairs or elevator to the 3rd floor.
PLEASE SIGN UP HERE SO WE CAN GET A HEAD COUNT: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080a4eaea923a2f58-gov
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The Future of Work in Boston
Thursday, August 1
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Venture Cafe Cambridge (CIC Building), 1 Broadway, (5th Floor - Havana Conference Room), Cambridge
The Future of Work is here. But many Boston residents are faced with uncertainty given the rising cost of living in our city, the threat of automation, a global competitive workforce, and the prevalence of the gig economy. Furthermore, many well-paying tech-based positions are unfilled given lack of technical skills or training. We believe Boston has enough untapped talent to take on these phenomena.
Panelists will discuss how employers and job seekers can create a more equitable and vibrant Future of Work in Boston. Very special thanks to our sponsor Venture Cafe!
Speaker Panel (begins at 6:30pm)
Midori Morikawa - Director of Business Strategy of City of Boston
Lauren Jones - State Director of Apprenti
Michael Goldstein or Robert Dame - Growth Initiative Director or Executive Director of Year Up
Andrew Wolk - Founder and CEO of Root Cause
Moderator: Scott Stolze - Communication Coach and Contributor at General Assembly
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"The Devil We Know" Film Screening
Thursday, August 1
6:30pm
Brighton Branch of Boston Public Library, 40 Academy Hill Road, Brighton
Please join us for a showing of "The Devil We Know" on Thursday, August 1st at the Brighton Branch of the Boston Public Library. This documentary discusses DuPont's coverup of the potential harm that the chemicals in Teflon products cause. The event is free to the public.
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Friday, August 2 - Sunday, August 4
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LIFTING OUR SPIRITS, DEEPENING PREPARATION FOR ACTION
Friday, August 2- Sunday, August 4
Cambridge.(Place to be announced.)
a weekend "training" to support a new cadre of trainers-to-be on nonviolence, civil disobedience, community-building -
open to those interested in becoming a trainer/NVCD resource person for their movements.
This weekend will include materials, approaches, and training strategies for offering trainings to include:
considerations for making decisions re. civil disobedience
opportunities for community-building/relational connection
inquiry into the power of nonviolence
logistics/practicalities of arrestable situations
honoring the roots and messages of other freedom movements
inviting awareness about the sacred space we occupy
exploring privilege and identity
Dear Friends,
I have been offering nonviolence, civil disobedience training for many years, including with the Resist the West Roxbury Pipeline fight, XR, immigrant, racial and economic justice, youth, GLBTQ/Trans and environmental gatherings. My approach has morphed over the years as I draw more deeply on the justice work I have been part of over 4 decades, experience other peoples' workshops or incorporate other modalities from insight dialogue to beloved community.
I would love to expand our capacity as movement builders by offering a training for people who want to become trainers for NVCD- to share the framework I have developed and try to spread the practices to others.
There may be some "guest" trainers there to add some of their approaches.
If you are interested or know people involved in activism who might be interested, please let me know.
I look forward to this experimental and hopefully amazing weekend of connecting.
Cathy Hoffman
RSVP needed to create a workable size group:
Specific details:
August 2 Friday 6-10 PM ,
August 3 Saturday 10-6,
August 4 Sunday 11-5
Donations accepted. (Suggested $50-$150)
For more information, catherinebhoffman@gmail.com
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Friday, August 2
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No Rubber Stamp Permits #GovernorGas for Weymouth
Friday, August 2
12:00 PM
Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street, Boston
We cannot have any new fossil fuel infrastructure in our state, and we must be rapidly dismantling the current system. That's why the proposal to build an explosive gas compressor station in the Fore River Basin is insult on injury.
Join us as we push him to keep his promises, and NO "rubber stamp" permits for Weymouth!
Like in 2017, we will assemble in the hallway outside his office in the statehouse. Please arrive with enough time to get thru security and take the stairs or elevator to the 3rd floor.
PLEASE SIGN UP HERE SO WE CAN GET A HEAD COUNT: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080a4eaea923a2f58-gov
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Monday, August 5 - Tuesday, August 6
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INMM Workshop on Emerging Issues in Nuclear Security 2019
Monday, August 5 - Tuesday, August 6
Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, USA
Cost: $75 - $400
Presented By: The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management and Project on Managing the Atom at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
This workshop will focus on three emerging issues in nuclear security:
Drones/unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
Modeling and simulation
Cyber security
Each of these will be covered on one day of the workshop, with a mix of presentations and panel discussions. It is anticipated that the attendees will include professionals from the government NGOs, academics, commercial nuclear industry, and government laboratories.
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Monday, August 5
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No Rubber Stamp Permits #GovernorGas for Weymouth
Monday, August 5
12:00 PM
Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street, Boston
We cannot have any new fossil fuel infrastructure in our state, and we must be rapidly dismantling the current system. That's why the proposal to build an explosive gas compressor station in the Fore River Basin is insult on injury.
Join us as we push him to keep his promises, and NO "rubber stamp" permits for Weymouth!
Like in 2017, we will assemble in the hallway outside his office in the statehouse. Please arrive with enough time to get thru security and take the stairs or elevator to the 3rd floor.
PLEASE SIGN UP HERE SO WE CAN GET A HEAD COUNT: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080a4eaea923a2f58-gov
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Vanguards In Urban Planning: Transforming Vancouver, Toronto, & Minneapolis
Monday, August 5
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07egfncmv69e850c52&oseq=&c=&ch=
Vancouver, Toronto and Minneapolis are flourishing. Through innovative housing, green space and transportation policies, plus shifts to renewable energy, these communities offer roadmaps for sustainable urban growth.
This free community event brings together three renowned chief city planners who are transforming their cities, tackling where and how people live and how they get around. Together, they’ll offer lessons for our own region, revealing ready solutions to our shared challenges.
Panelists:
Gil Kelley, General Manager of Planning, Urban Design and Sustainability, City of Vancouver
Jennifer Keesmaat, Former Chief Planner, City of Toronto
Heather Worthington, Director of Long-Range Planning, City of Minneapolis
Moderator:
Barbara Moran, WBUR Senior Producing Editor, Environment.
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The Public Option: How to Expand Freedom, Increase Opportunity, and Promote Equality
Monday, August 5
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Harvard Book Store welcomes acclaimed authors GANESH SITARAMAN—Professor of Law and Director at the Program on Law and Government at Vanderbilt Law School—and ANNE L. ALSTOTT—Jacquin D. Bierman Professor at the Yale Law School—for a discussion of their new book, The Public Option: How to Expand Freedom, Increase Opportunity, and Promote Equality. This event is co-sponsored by Mass Humanities.
About The Public Option
Whenever you go to your local public library, send mail via the post office, or visit Yosemite, you are taking advantage of a longstanding American tradition: the public option. Some of the most useful and beloved institutions in American life are public options―yet they are seldom celebrated as such. These government-supported opportunities coexist peaceably alongside private options, ensuring equal access and expanding opportunity for all.
Ganesh Sitaraman and Anne Alstott challenge decades of received wisdom about the proper role of government and consider the vast improvements that could come from the expansion of public options. Far from illustrating the impossibility of effective government services, as their critics claim, public options hold the potential to transform American civic life, offering a wealth of solutions to seemingly intractable problems, from housing shortages to the escalating cost of health care.
Imagine a low-cost, high-quality public option for child care. Or an extension of the excellent Thrift Savings Plan for federal employees to all Americans. Or every person having access to an account at the Federal Reserve Bank, with no fees and no minimums. From broadband internet to higher education, The Public Option reveals smart new ways to meet pressing public needs while spurring healthy competition. More effective than vouchers or tax credits, public options could offer us all fairer choices and greater security.
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Wednesday, August 7
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Powering the Future: Electrifying & Expanding the MBTA Bus Network
Wednesday, August 7
12:00pm
290 Congress Street, Boston
Join A Better City for a series of short presentations and moderated panel discussion as they release their new report titled: "New MBTA Bus Maintenance Facilities & Evolving Battery Electric Bus Technology." Presentation topics will be related to the need for a bus maintenance modernization and the challenges and opportunities of moving towards an electric bus fleet. The Sierra Club's Veena Dharmaraj will be one of the panelists.
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E2 1 Hotels Fellowship: 2018-2019 Fellow Showcase
Wednesday, August 7
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern
Webinar
Dial-in information will be provided upon registration. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Embury at membury@e2.org
The E2 1Hotels Fellowship supports emerging business leaders execute projects that amplify the business and economic case for smart policies to address pressing environmental issues. In September, E2 announced our 2018-2019 class of 10 fellows at the Global Climate Action Summit. This will be the second of three webinars showcasing our new class of remarkable fellows working on issues ranging from agriculture, energy, and water.
Please join us to learn more about the fellowship program and hear from three of our fellows about their projects and the progress they’ve made this year.
Featuring
Jesse Barlow, Colorado
This project will culminate in the production of Clean Jobs in Colorado: A series of short documentary videos examining the economic and environmental advantages of clean job creation in Colorado and beyond.
Tasfia Nayem, New York City and other select municipalities
This project profiles cities pursuing innovative financing mechanisms, such as green bonds and public-private partnerships, to build the low-carbon transportation infrastructure we need to combat climate change.
Jordan Wildish, Washington
This project will create an agricultural carbon offset toolkit to help farmers and ranchers implement sustainable practices and sell carbon offsets from those practices in existing carbon markets.
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Sunrise Boston Potluck Picnic
Wednesday, August 7
6 PM – 8 PM
Boston Common
Our first picnic was a blast, so we're doing it again! Join us for a potluck picnic to hang out, relax, and enjoy the warm weather together.
We will be in the space behind the Frog Pond Carousel (the Charles St./Beacon St. side of the Common):
We will provide some food, and please bring food if you can! Please also bring a plate and cutlery if you can, but we will also have disposables available. We will also provide some outdoor activities, and feel free to bring your own!
More information at https://www.facebook.com/SunriseBoston/
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Heading for Extinction and What to Do about It
Wednesday, August 7
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Public Library of Brookline (Brookline Village Library), 361 Washington Street, Brookline
We are in the midst of an unprecedented climate crisis and ecological breakdown that threatens the continuation of life as we know it, and we only have 10 years to make profound changes in all aspects of society. Join us to learn how you can be part of a global movement of social transformation for a livable future!
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Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century
Wednesday, August 7
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge,
Harvard Book Store welcomes CHARLES KING—National Jewish Book Award-winning author of Odessa—for a discussion of his new book, Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century.
About Gods of the Upper Air
At the end of the 19th century, everyone knew that people were defined by their race and sex and were fated by birth and biology to be more or less intelligent, able, nurturing, or warlike. But one rogue researcher looked at the data and decided everyone was wrong. Franz Boas was the very image of a mad scientist: a wild-haired immigrant with a thick German accent. By the 1920s he was also the foundational thinker and public face of a new school of thought at Columbia University called cultural anthropology. He proposed that cultures did not exist on a continuum from primitive to advanced. Instead, every society solves the same basic problems—from childrearing to how to live well—with its own set of rules, beliefs, and taboos.
Boas's students were some of the century's intellectual stars: Margaret Mead, the outspoken field researcher whose Coming of Age in Samoa is one of the most widely read works of social science of all time; Ruth Benedict, the great love of Mead's life, whose research shaped post-Second World War Japan; Ella Deloria, the Dakota Sioux activist who preserved the traditions of Native Americans of the Great Plains; and Zora Neale Hurston, whose studies under Boas fed directly into her now-classic novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Together, they mapped vanishing civilizations from the Arctic to the South Pacific and overturned the relationship between biology and behavior. Their work reshaped how we think of women and men, normalcy and deviance, and re-created our place in a world of many cultures and value systems.
Gods of the Upper Air is a page-turning narrative of radical ideas and adventurous lives, a history rich in scandal, romance, and rivalry, and a genesis story of the fluid conceptions of identity that define our present moment.
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Thursday, August 8
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2019 Climate Action Business Association Cookout
Thursday, August 8
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Old West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-climate-action-business-association-cookout-tickets-65266823827
Cost: $15
It’s that time of year again! Join us for the annual CABA cookout, an evening of grilled cuisine, refreshments, and lawn games. Learn what we’ve been up to this year, and engage with fellow member businesses and environmental professionals.
CABA members and local businesses are welcome! Whether you are simply building your network with like-minded businesses, learning how to become more involved with CABA, or finding out how you can incorporate sustainability and resiliency into your business practices, the annual cookout is a chance to build relationships in a relaxed atmosphere.
Thank you to our sponsors’ Willie’s Superbrew and Proud Pour. Additional sponsorship roles for the event are available. We welcome interested businesses to reach out to our Programs Director, Kristin Kelleher, at Kristin.kelleher@cabaus.org
We ask that if you register, please plan to attend so your food does not go uneaten!
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Transformational Transportation
Thursday, August 8
7:00pm
Druker Auditorium, Newton Free Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton Centre
Come learn from Josh Fairchild and Jarred Johnson from Transit Matters about their vision for a truly modern regional rail system and how it can benefit the entire Greater Boston region. Their presentation will advocate for the need for flat platforms, electrified transit, and more frequent trains.
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HEALTH JUSTICE NOW: Single Payer and What Comes Next w/ Timothy Faust
Thursday, August 8
7:00pm
Trident Booksellers Cafe, 338 Newbury Street, Boston
Author and activist Timothy Faust will be reading from his new book, Health Justice Now, and answering audience questions about singler-payer insurance and the state of health care in America.
About the book
The sun is setting on America’s half-century-long experiment in punishing the sick. A single-payer program is within reach. Even as their elected officials deny it, Americans demand it. In Health Justice Now, healthcare advocate and organizer Tim Faust shows the nuts and bolts of the current system—Who are the payers? Who are the providers? How are the rest of us lumped into risk pools? —can morph into a single-payer model that benefits us all. Once we’ve achieved single-payer healthcare, a whole world of progressive reforms becomes within reach.
TIMOTHY FAUST‘s writing has appeared in Splinter, Jacobin, and Vice, among others. He has worked as a data scientist in the healthcare industry, before which he enrolled people in ACA programs in Florida, Georgia, and Texas, where he saw both the shortcomings of the ACA and the consequences of
the Medicaid gap firsthand. Since 2017, he’s been driving around the United States in his 2002 Honda CR-V talking to people about health inequity in their neighborhoods. He lives in Brooklyn.
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Tuesday, August 13
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Happy Hour with Cass Sunstein: How Change Happens
Tuesday, August 13
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Porter Square Books, 25 White Street, Cambridge
A special "happy hour" event with author and Harvard Law professor Cass Sunstein! Join us to mingle over light refreshments, hear from the author, and get your copy of How Change Happens signed. Please note the 4:30 pm event time, and feel free to stop by throughout the hour!
"Sunstein's book is illuminating because it puts norms at the center of how we think about change."--David Brooks, The New York Times
How does social change happen? When do social movements take off? Sexual harassment was once something that women had to endure; now a movement has risen up against it. White nationalist sentiments, on the other hand, were largely kept out of mainstream discourse; now there is no shortage of media outlets for them. In this book, with the help of behavioral economics, psychology, and other fields, Cass Sunstein casts a bright new light on how change happens.
Sunstein focuses on the crucial role of social norms--and on their frequent collapse. When norms lead people to silence themselves, even an unpopular status quo can persist. Then one day, someone challenges the norm--a child who exclaims that the emperor has no clothes; a woman who says "me too." Sometimes suppressed outrage is unleashed, and long-standing practices fall.
Sometimes change is more gradual, as "nudges" help produce new and different decisions--apps that count calories; texted reminders of deadlines; automatic enrollment in green energy or pension plans. Sunstein explores what kinds of nudges are effective and shows why nudges sometimes give way to bans and mandates. Finally, he considers social divisions, social cascades, and "partyism," when identification with a political party creates a strong bias against all members of an opposing party--which can both fuel and block social change.
Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School, was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration. He was the recipient of the 2018 Holberg Prize, one of the largest annual international research prizes awarded to scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the arts and humanities, social science, law, or theology. He is the author of The Cost-Benefit Revolution (MIT Press), Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Richard H. Thaler), and other books.
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Sudden Courage: Youth in France Confront the Germans, 1940-1945
Tuesday, August 13
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Harvard Book Store welcomes acclaimed writer and educator RONALD C. ROSBOTTOM—Winifred L. Arms Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Amherst College—for a discussion of his new book, Sudden Courage: Youth in France Confront the Germans, 1940-1945.
About Sudden Courage
The author of the acclaimed When Paris Went Dark, longlisted for the National Book Award, returns to World War II once again to tell the incredible story of the youngest members of the French Resistance—many only teenagers—who waged a hidden war against the Nazi occupiers and their collaborators in Paris and across France.
On June 14, 1940, German tanks rolled into Paris. Eight days later, France accepted a humiliating defeat and foreign occupation. Most citizens adapted and many even allied themselves with the new fascist leadership. Yet others refused to capitulate; in answer to the ruthless violence, shortages, and curfews imposed by the Nazis, a resistance arose. Among this shadow army were Jews, immigrants, communists, workers, writers, police officers, shop owners, including many young people in their teens and twenties.
Ronald Rosbottom tells the riveting story of how those brave and untested youth went from learning about literature to learning the art of sabotage, from figuring out how to solve an equation to how to stealthily avoid patrols, from passing notes to stealing secrets—and even learning how to kill. The standard challenges of adolescence were amplified and distorted.
Sudden Courage brilliantly evokes this dark and uncertain period, from the beginning of the occupation until the last German left French soil. A chronicle of youthful sacrifice and courage in the face of evil, it is a story that holds relevance for our own time, when democratic nations are once again under threat from rising nativism and authoritarianism. Beyond that, it is a riveting investigation about what it means for a young person to come of age under unpredictable and violent circumstances.
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Solar bills on Beacon Hill: The Climate Minute Podcast
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"Hugs For the Planet" in support of the Green New Deal -- will take place late June or early July -- depending on when I can raise the money. I may be able to cover a small shortfall myself but, like many people, I struggle to cover my own needs for the most part.
I'm looking at a Saturday or Sunday, 1pm, one hour.
Our idea is to position ourselves at the Park Street T exit on Boston Common and give out free "Hugs for the Planet." The goal is to raise awareness of the climate change crisis and garner support for the Green New Deal -- the only blueprint to date that offers a comprehensive plan that reflects the urgency needed to, literally, save the planet for our kids and grandkids.
There is no party or group affiliation. I am a career journalist/writer/editor/activist of some standing, working independently, to contribute to building a critical mass of support for the Green New Deal.
I plan to hire (probably six) promotional/event models to give out free hugs and hand out leaflets with some basic info, a call to action, and Congressional phone numbers on them.
OUR SECONDARY GOAL IS TO GET SOME MEDIA COVERAGE. (I have worked in the media, as well as in the capacity of Press Officer and Communications Director.) I will also contact the mayor's office.
You can support Hugs for the Planet at https://www.gofundme.com/quothugs-for-the-planetquot-for-the-green-new-deal
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Envision Cambridge citywide plan
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Climate Resilience Workbook
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Where is the best yogurt on the planet made? Somerville, of course!
Join the Somerville Yogurt Making Cooperative and get a weekly quart of the most thick, creamy, rich and tart yogurt in the world. Members share the responsibility for making yogurt in our kitchen located just outside of Davis Sq. in FirstChurch. No previous yogurt making experience is necessary.
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Sustainable Business Network Local Green Guide
SBN is excited to announce the soft launch of its new Local Green Guide, Massachusetts' premier Green Business Directory!
To view the directory please visit: http://www.localgreenguide.org
To find out how how your business can be listed on the website or for sponsorship opportunities please contact Adritha at adritha@sbnboston.org
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Boston Food System
"The Boston Food System [listserv] provides a forum to post announcements of events, employment opportunities, internships, programs, lectures, and other activities as well as related articles or other publications of a non-commercial nature covering the area's food system - food, nutrition, farming, education, etc. - that take place or focus on or around Greater Boston (broadly delineated)."
The Boston area is one of the most active nationwide in terms of food system activities - projects, services, and events connected to food, farming, nutrition - and often connected to education, public health, environment, arts, social services and other arenas. Hundreds of organizations and enterprises cover our area, but what is going on week-to-week is not always well publicized.
Hence, the new Boston Food System listserv, as the place to let everyone know about these activities. Specifically:
Use of the BFS list will begin soon, once we get a decent base of subscribers. Clarification of what is appropriate to announce and other posting guidelines will be provided as well.
It's easy to subscribe right now at https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
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The Boston Network for International Development (BNID) maintains a website (BNID.org) that serves as a clearing-house for information on organizations, events, and jobs related to international development in the Boston area. BNID has played an important auxiliary role in fostering international development activities in the Boston area, as witnessed by the expanding content of the site and a significant growth in the number of users.
The website contains:
A calendar of Boston area events and volunteer opportunities related to International Development - http://www.bnid.org/events
A jobs board that includes both internships and full time positions related to International Development that is updated daily - http://www.bnid.org/jobs
A directory and descriptions of more than 250 Boston-area organizations - http://www.bnid.org/organizations
Also, please sign up for our weekly newsletter (we promise only one email per week) to get the most up-to-date information on new job and internship opportunities -www.bnid.org/sign-up
The website is completely free for students and our goal is to help connect students who are interested in international development with many of the worthwhile organizations in the area.
Please feel free to email our organization at info@bnid.org if you have any questions!
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Boston Maker Spaces - 41 (up from 27 in 2016) and counting: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zGHnt9r2pQx8.kfw9evrHsKjA&hl=en
Solidarity Network Economy: https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com
Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston: http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at over 50 colleges and universities at Hubevents: http://hubevents.blogspot.com
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Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/
Startup and Entrepreneurial Events: http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/
Cambridge Civic Journal: http://www.rwinters.com
Cambridge Happenings: http://cambridgehappenings.org
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Mission-Based Massachusetts is an online discussion group for people who are interested in nonprofit, philanthropic, educational, community-based, grassroots, and other mission-based organizations in the Bay State. This is a moderated, flame-free email list that is open to anyone who is interested in the topic and willing to adhere to the principles of civil discourse. To subscribe email
If you have an event you would like to see here, the submission deadline is 11 AM on Sundays, as Energy (and Other) Events is sent out Sunday afternoons.
