I will be away most of the month of January so this will be the only edition of Energy (and Other) Events until January 27, 2020.
Happy Merry New and Bah Humbug
Please take care of each other while I’m away.
—————————
Energy (and Other) Events is a weekly mailing list published most Sundays covering events around the Cambridge, MA and greater Boston area that catch the editor's eye.
Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com is the web version.
If you wish to subscribe or unsubscribe to Energy (and Other) Events email gmoke@world.std.com
What I Do and Why I Do It: The Story of Energy (and Other) EventsGeo
----------------------------------------------------------
*******************************************
Details of these events are available when you scroll past the index
******
———
Index
———
******
———————————
Monday, December 30
———————————
7pm Ending the Yemen War: An Update
———————————
Tuesday, December 31
———————————
4:45pm Extinction Rebellion at the First Night Puppet Parade
————————————
Friday, January 3, 2020
————————————
8am The Art of Motivating Others | BostonSpeaksSeries
——————————
Saturday, January 4
——————————
7pm Music for Food 10th Anniversary Gala
—————————
Sunday, January 5
—————————
10am Under Pressure
5pm CIVIC PRACTICE SYMPOSIUM: Reimagining Community Futures Through Arts & Philanthropy
—————————
Monday, January 6
—————————
7pm Long Now Boston FLASH TALKS 02020 | Call for proposals
——————————
Tuesday, January 7
——————————
9am TEDxBeaconStreetSalon: Healthcare USA
4pm Northeastern's The Civic Experience: a Conversation with Samantha Power
5:45pm The politics of defense spending: science, profits, and endless wars
7pm The Stars in Our Pockets: Getting Lost and Sometimes Found in the Digital Age
*******************************************
My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:
The Overstory: The Heroism of Trees and Forests
*******************************************
———————————
Monday, December 30
———————————
Ending the Yemen War: An Update
Monday, December 30
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cambridge Friends Meeting, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge
Hassan El-Tayyab will report on efforts to use Congress to end the Yemen war and US arms sales to Saudi Arabia that are being used in the war. After three times voting to end US arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Congress folded this month and approved a $738 billion Pentagon spending bill http://masspeaceaction.org/congress-approves-ndaa/ with no meaningful restrictions on the Yemen war.
A member of the Raytheon Antiwar Campaign will also present "Raytheon: The Local Connection to Famine and Death in Yemen," an update on the campaign in Massachusetts.
An accomplished musician as well as an activist, Hassan will end the evening by singing some of his songs.
Hassan El-Tayyab is Legislative Representative for Middle East Policy of the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). Prior to joining FCNL in August, he was co-director of Just Foreign Policy. Hassan?s passion for foreign affairs is rooted in his desire to make life better for people in the Middle East, including his extended family in Jordan. He is convinced that advancing a more peaceful and diplomacy-based foreign policy in the Middle East is critical, not only for the family he loves, but for peace and stability worldwide. His writings and commentaries have been featured in numerous news outlets, including The Intercept, The Hill, Truthout, Al Jazeera, and more. Hassan holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Rhode Island.
Hassan El-Tayyab is front man of the band "American Nomad" and an award winning singer songwriter. He was honored as a finalist in the 2017 Telluride Troubadour Song Competition, for best vocal performance in the 2013 Berkeley Old Time Music Competition, as a finalist in the 2011 International songwriting competition, and was recognized in the 2013 and 2011 Rocky Mountain Folk Festival Songwriter Competition. Rooted in Americana and folk/swing traditions, his carefully crafted original music maintains a modern relevance. Smart songwriting, catchy lyrics, tight rhythms, rich harmonies, and strong musicianship have earned Hassan a reputation as a musician that can intrigue listeners from a wide variety of musical tastes and backgrounds. Keeping in line with the ancient troubadour
tradition, his music draws from the spirit of travel and authentic life experience. http://americannomadmusic.com
———————————
Tuesday, December 31
———————————
Extinction Rebellion at the First Night Puppet Parade
Tuesday, December 31
4:45 p.m.
The Puppet Free Library 15 Public Ally 437, Boston
Extinction Rebellion will be part of the Boston First Night Puppet Parade with our large Green Elk Spirit puppets and XR flags.
————————————
Friday, January 3, 2020
————————————
The Art of Motivating Others | BostonSpeaksSeries
Friday, January 3, 2020
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST
BostonSpeaks, 50 Milk Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of-motivating-others-bostonspeaksseries-tickets-82766638243
What does it take to motivate others? Motivation is what drives people to keep pushing forward – but keeping those around you motivated isn’t always plain sailing.
There are a multitude of ways that you can motivate others - it doesn't always need fancy words and cheesy smiles. When you're leading people to reach a common goal - you must learn and understand what motivates different individuals and their needs from you as their leader.
Start your new year off right! Join us for our January BostonSpeaksSeries to learn the Art of Motivating Others.
TAKEAWAYS:
How motivating others makes successful leadership
The importance of motivating others
Build relationships and network with panelists, business professionals, and entrepreneurs from Boston
Q/A with panelists
The BostonSpeaksSeries is a panel breakfast series for the entrepreneurial and business community. First Friday, every month. Learn more about BostonSpeaks.
AGENDA:
8:00-8:15 AM: Breakfast, Networking, Chit-Chats
8:15-8:20 AM: Introductions/Announcements
8:20-8:45 AM: Special Activity
8:45-9:45 AM: Panel Discussion
9:45-10:00 AM: Closing, Shout-outs, Networking
A Link To Tune-In Virtually Will Also Be Provided The Day Before
PANELISTS:
IAN DICKINSON, VP OF CATEGORIES, ASICS
Ian Dickinson, a 21 year sports industry veteran, is currently the VP of Categories at ASICS North America. Working out of the ASICS Boston creation studio, Ian leads a team of product merchants, designers & developers all of whom are focused on bringing ASICS back to a leadership position in the running market. Prior to Asics, Ian spent the past 9 years at Under Armour where he held a number of merchandising & product creation leadership positions both internationally and domestically.
Prior to Under Armour, Ian held roles within the running specialty sales divisions at Nike and Fila. He began his career in retail at Fleet Feet Sports in Lawrenceville, GA in 1998.
MICHELLE CARAZAS, CO-FOUNDER & CEO
Michelle Carazas grew up in La Paz, Bolivia. She earned an undergraduate degree in marketing and entrepreneurship from the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. She was recently recognized as the Boston Latinos 30 under 30 and always knew she was destined to follow her entrepreneurial spirit. Since graduating in 2015, Carazas had been working in sales as the Director of Client Services at Divurgent. With an ambitious goal of paying off her student loans in two years, she picked up weekend shifts bartending in Boston, which is when the idea for Host was born.
@HOSTDRINKS
BRENDA LOAN BAKER, LEADERSHIP COACH, COO, SPEAKER
Brenda partners with women and minorities in normally male-dominated industries like STEM, finance and law, to help them become more confident, visible, and influential leaders. It is Brenda’s passion to assist women and minorities in building greater confidence, improving their communication and public speaking, so they can lead with strength and compassion and become a role model for women to follow. Leading them to dream bigger, achieve their goals with or without a female mentor, and blaze a path of leadership combining all of their qualities including the feminine ones.
WWW. LINKEDIN.COM/IN/BRENDA-LOAN-BAKER-PCC-ELI-MP-BB16207B WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/INNEROVATION | @BLOANBAKER | BRENDALOANBAKER
Your Host:
KIT PANG, FOUNDER OF BOSTONSPEAKS
Kit Pang is a Communication Expert TEDx, Inbound and Keynote speaker, the host of the BostonSpeaksSeries and the founder of BostonSpeaks. He is on a mission to help individuals become exceptional speakers and communicators. He started this monthly breakfast series in order to build a community where entrepreneurs, business professionals, workaholics and individuals could come together to get motivated, learn the latest tips and discover new insights. @kitpangx www.bostonspeaks.com
——————————
Saturday, January 4
——————————
Music for Food 10th Anniversary Gala
Saturday, January 4
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM EST
Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston
Cost: $10 – $125
The Music for Food 10th Anniversary Gala to benefit Music for Food Artist Fellows & Women’s Lunch Place.
Join Music for Food & Women's Lunch Place
Join us on Saturday, January 4th for an amazing 10th Anniversary concert supporting the Music for Food Fellowship program and Women's Lunch Place. This gala concert will take place in the beautiful Church of the Covenant on the intersection of Newbury and Berkeley Streets and will feature internationally renowned pianist and composer, Marc-André Hamelin. VIP guests will be invited to join the concert's Fellows and performers for an intimate dessert & conversation reception at Women's Lunch Place, located downstairs from the church.
Music for Food's Fellowship Program
Your support funds the Fellowship program. The Fellows are ambassadors for MFF, reaching into area schools to inspire and guide students as they create their own MFF events. Help spread Music for Food's vision of music as a powerful force to combat hunger in local communities!
Women's Lunch Place
Women's Lunch Place is a safe, welcoming day shelter community providing nutritious food and individualized services for women who are experiencing homelessness and poverty. We meet our guests where they are and treat them with dignity and respect.
Program
The Women’s Chorus
Launched in September 2018 as a project of the Eureka Ensemble, The Women’s Chorus (TWC) connects women experiencing poverty and homelessness with the healing power of music.
Since its launch, TWC has engaged over 80 of Boston’s most vulnerable women from many diverse backgrounds, aged 19 to 82. Women in this new, permanent chorus have come to the ensemble through their association with Women’s Lunch Place.
Music Director - Kristo Kondakçi
Assistant Conductor - Ismael Sandoval
Mozart Viola Quintet
Danny Koo - Violin
Abigail Hong - Violin
Martine Thomas - Viola
Kim Kashkashian - Viola
Mari Nagahara - Cello
Faure, 3rd Barcarolle, Op. 42
Hamelin, Toccate on 'L'homme armé'
Mark-André Hamelin - Piano
Schumann Piano Quintet
Tessa Lark Lucy Chapman - Violin
Kim Kashkashian - Viola
Marcy Rosen - Cello
Mark-André Hamelin - Piano
—————————
Sunday, January 5
—————————
Under Pressure
Sunday, January 5
10am
Temple Beth David, 7 Clapboardtree Street, Westwood
The cost of the breakfast is $10.00
Do you heat with natural gas? Still think natural gas is "cleaner" than coal? The remarkable film Under Pressure describes the gas disaster in the Merrimack Valley of a year ago, safety issues in the gas distribution system, and challenges of gas and other fossil fuels in a time of accelerating climate change.
This impressive documentary was created and produced by high school students in Greenfield, MA.
All are welcome to attend.
More at http://UnderPressureFilm.org
————————————
CIVIC PRACTICE SYMPOSIUM: Reimagining Community Futures Through Arts & Philanthropy
Sunday, January 5
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST
Lesley University Hall, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Lower Level Screening Room (Room L-030), Cambridge
How can creative people in place-based communities catalyze economic change, bridge divisions, and foster meaningful connections between people? How can philanthropic efforts be reoriented toward social weaving, toward participatory democracy, and toward the slow push in communities to integrate and reconnect—to build shared interests and shared purpose in heart and mind?
Join a conversation with local and national voices—from arts, philanthropy, and community development—to discuss expanding practices that can cultivate democratically minded communities that are healthier, more equitable, and more sustainable. Presenters include:
Jan Avgikos, Lesley Art + Design
Jamie Bennett, ArtPlace America
Adam Erickson, ArtPlace America
Christopher Hope, The Loop Lab
Joseph Kunkel, Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative
Sara Reisman, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
Danya Sherman, ArtPlace America & Sherman Cultural Strategies
Katherine Shozawa, Lesley Art + Design
Karen Young, Boston Artist in Residence
—————————
Monday, January 6
—————————
Long Now Boston FLASH TALKS 02020 | Call for proposals
Monday, January 6, 2020
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
The Venture Cafe at the Cambridge Innovation Center, One Broadway, 5th Floor, Kendall Square, CambridgeCheck in at the CIC desk in the lobby, they point you to the elevators for the 5th floor.
Calling all members! Bring your 20/20 vision to the task of determining how the world should be in the future, and what we need to do to get there! Tell us about one important aspect of our future society, something relating to science, technology, culture, personal life, or the environment, perhaps something specific to the Boston area, that you hope will happen. Imagine what this would be like for your great-great-grandchildren (about 100 years out!). Tell us why you think this is possible. What do we need to do now if we want to make this future a reality?
INVITATION:
On January 6, 02020, Long Now Boston will host its Second Annual FLASH TALK FOR MEMBERS, starting at 7PM at the CIC Venture Café in Kendall Square. The event will be FREE and open to the public.
FLASH TALK proposals are due December 5 by email to: ggantz@longnowboston.org. Proposals will be screened using the Guidelines below. Up to six (6) will be selected for presentation on January 6. That night, the audience will be asked to vote for their favorite – the winning entry will be awarded a $100 prize voucher towards Long Now Boston events or membership. All presenters will receive 2 free admissions to Long Now Boston Conversation events in 02020. Long Now Boston Steering Committee members may submit a proposal but may not vote on their proposal and will not be eligible for the $100 prize.
GUIDELINES:
1. Contestants must be signed up at the Long Now Boston MeetUp Group or on the Long Now Boston website mailing list.
2. Proposals must be submitted to ggantz@longnowboston.org no later than midnight on Wednesday December 4, and must contain the following:
a. Name, email, phone, and a short bio (max 100 words) indicating your occupation and/or avocation.
b. A FLASH TALK Title.
c. A one-paragraph summary (max 200 words) of your proposed Talk. Please provide cites to any references or sources (citations are not included in the 200-word limit).
3. FLASH TALK concepts should be original, interesting and designed to provoke discussion on science, technology, culture, personal life, or the environment. They should fall within the purview of the title and introduction above.
4. Proposals will be evaluated by members of the Long Now Boston Steering Committee. Those selected for presentation on January 6th will be contacted by email no later than Monday December 9. Contestants will be asked to give their permission for event promotion and for recording their FLASH TALK.
5. FLASH TALK presentations will be limited to 5 minutes. This will be strictly enforced. Slides are encouraged but will be limited to three (slide builds and short videos are OK) and must be submitted by December 30. A Q&A period of up to 5 minutes will follow each presentation.
6. Audience members will be asked to vote for their favorite presentation at the end of the presentations.
7. FLASH TALK presenters will join a final panel conversation and Q&A to close out the evening.
We welcome your participation in an exciting Long Now Boston evening to share interesting ideas and be part of a lively discussion!
Note: there is no ticket charge for this event. Bring friends to vote on the presentations and learn more about Long Now Boston. Register for tickets here, but submission of talks is the separate process described above. You do not have to be presenting to get a ticket here.
——————————
Tuesday, January 7
——————————
TEDxBeaconStreetSalon: Healthcare USA
Tuesday, January 7
9 am–1 pm
Boston Medical School, One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tedxbeaconstreetsalon-boston-medical-center-registration-81078964365
Healthcare USA presents a panel of highly distinguished physicians, medical researchers, policymakers, administrators and patient advocates who will present a thorough, balanced and inspiring survey of the current state of the US healthcare system. Audience will learn about what lifelong trauma victims endure after the gunshot, how open source medical research is transforming and accelerating advances in treatment, cure and prevention of disease, steps being taken to contain the rapid rise in healthcare costs, the ways that healthcare providers are improving outcomes and quality of life, and many more engaging and motivating topics. Healthcare USA promises to inform and engage healthcare professionals, public and policymakers alike to understand where we are today, and the great achievements that will shape our healthcare system for decades to come.
——————————————
Northeastern's The Civic Experience: a Conversation with Samantha Power
Tuesday, January 7
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST
Northeastern, East Village, 291 St. Botolph Street, 17th floor, Boston
Hear from one of America’s top diplomats and a true global citizen about her experiences turning idealism into action on the world stage.
Ambassador Power will sign copies of her memoir, The Education of an Idealist, available for sale, at the conclusion of the event.
——————————————
The politics of defense spending: science, profits, and endless wars
Tuesday, January 7
5:45PM-7:00PM
MIT, Building 2-105, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
Subrata Ghoshroy, Research Affiliate
Prereq: An interest in science, militarism, foreign policy, gov't
After the end of World War II, U.S. embarked upon a policy to spend large sums of money for defense. It was a two-pronged strategy to at once fight communism, and spur economic growth. A big part of the defense budget was for weapons R&D in order to gain a "technology-edge" over the USSR. The strategy continues nearly 30 years after the Cold War ended. Today, the U.S. defense budget is over $700 billion per year, which is more than the combined spending of the next ten nations. It includes more than $80 billion for weapons R&D. An unfathomable $1-trillion will be spent on nuclear weapons modernization over the next 30 years, shortchanging research on climate change, e.g., and many other social needs. The course will present a brief history of the "military-indistrial complex," the defense budget and associated politics, profits and waste in weapons R&D, whistleblowing, and the endless wars. In recent years "Artificial Intelligence" (AI) has become a focus of attention for governments, the media and universities. Iin his guest lecture, Yarden Katz will discuss the forces behind the so-called AI “revolution” - who profits from its various narratives and how. He is a Fellow in Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School, and received a PhD in neuroscience from MIT in 2014.
The sessions:
1/7 The politics of defense spending
1/14 Artificial Intelligence (AI): hype and reality (Guest Lecture by Yarden Katz, Harvard)
1/21 Defense R&D: science, profits, waste, and whistle blowing
Sponsor(s): Science, Technology, and Society
Contact: Subrata Ghoshroy, E51-296, 617 253-3846, GHOSHROY@MIT.EDU
—————————————
The Stars in Our Pockets: Getting Lost and Sometimes Found in the Digital Age
Tuesday January 7
7:00 pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline
What shapes our sense of place, our sense of time, and our memory? How is technology changing the way we make sense of the world and of ourselves? As we navigate the rapid shifts between the physical and digital realms, what traits are we trading without being aware of it?
The Stars in Our Pockets is a personal and profound reminder of the world around us and the worlds within us–and how, as alienated as we may sometimes feel, they were made for each other.
Howard Axelrod is the author of The Point of Vanishing: A Memoir of Two Years in Solitude, named one of the best books of 2015 by Slate, the Chicago Tribune, and Entropy Magazine, and one of the best memoirs of 2015 by Library Journal. His essays have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, O Magazine, Politico, Salon, the Virginia Quarterly Review, and the Boston Globe. He has taught at Harvard, the University of Arizona, and is currently the director of the Creative Writing Program at Loyola University in Chicago. Connect with him at howardaxelrod.com.
*****************
----------------------
Upcoming Events
----------------------
*****************
———————————
Wednesday, January 8
———————————
Next Level Housing Solutions Discussion: Building Urgency and Political Will
Wednesday, January 8
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Dewitt Center, 122 Dewitt Drive, Roxbury
Please join us for a Next Level conversation on building political will for housing policies that meet our many housing needs, ranging from affordable rental housing to homeownership opportunities that address the racial homeownership gap to affordable, walkable neighborhoods near transit to addressing displacement. There are many policy solutions that could have an impact, but their success is challenged by the lack of urgency, political will, and agreement on which strategies should be pursued.
One part of this challenge is a need to engage audiences who don’t currently view housing affordability or stability as their concern. But we are also challenged to build broad enough coalitions to be effective politically because those of us advocating for housing solutions have differing priorities. We would like to use this session to explore approaches to this second challenge.
How do we move forward?
It is important that we consider all strategies, listen to each other, and think about how we can build political will for meeting our housing challenges head-on. Our next conversation will provide an opportunity to hear about two strategies that are being pursued by different sets of stakeholders, both with the goal of ensuring that everyone has access to safe, healthy, and affordable homes in the communities they choose: rent stabilization and housing production. What are the goals of these proposals? What would be the impact?
Please join us with an open mind and an understanding heart. Everyone needs a safe, healthy, and affordable home. How do we make it happen?
For information on all sessions, meeting notes, and materials from earlier discussions, visit the Next Level Housing Solutions webpage:
Discussion Group Series
Building Urgency and Political Will
New Date: January 8, 2020, 9:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Next Level Housing Solutions Symposium
February 6, 2020
Tentative Time: 10:00 – 3:00
——————————————
Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream
Wednesday, January 8
1 - 2pm
MIT, Building E51-145, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Jonathan Gruber, Professor of Economics
The untold story of how America once created the most successful economy the world has ever seen and how we can do it again.
The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal enclaves. Corporations and investors are disproportionately developing technologies that benefit the wealthiest Americans in the most prosperous areas--and destroying middle class jobs elsewhere. To turn this tide, we must look to a brilliant and all-but-forgotten American success story and embark on a plan that will create the industries of the future--and the jobs that go with them.
Beginning in 1940, massive public investment generated breakthroughs in science and technology that first helped win WWII and then created the most successful economy the world has ever seen. Private enterprise then built on these breakthroughs to create new industries--such as radar, jet engines, digital computers, mobile telecommunications, life-saving medicines, and the internet-- that became the catalyst for broader economic growth that generated millions of good jobs. We lifted almost all boats, not just the yachts.
Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson tell the story of this first American growth engine and provide the blueprint for a second. It’s a visionary, pragmatic, sure-to-be controversial plan that will lead to job growth and a new American economy in places now left behind.
Sponsor(s): Economics
Contact: Krista Moody, E52-539A, 617 324-7651, KRISTAMO@MIT.EDU
—————————————
Climate Change: A Course for Everyone
Wednesday, January 8 - Wednesday, April 8
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Northeastern, West Village F, Room 20, 40A Leon Street, Boston
This free and open course is intended to promote climate change education, resilience, and action. We will examine the basic science of climate change, its local and global impacts on the natural world, the built environment, and humankind, and strategies for preventing its worst outcomes while preparing for those we can no longer avoid. Our panels will include faculty experts, community practitioners, and youth leaders. Throughout the course, we will center the experiences of vulnerable communities already threatened by climate change and issues related to the ethical and equitable distribution of resources to address it.
This course is open to the public and will be live streamed as well at https://www.facebook.com/northeasternpolicyschool
More information at https://cssh.northeastern.edu/policyschool/myra-kraft-open-classroom/myra-kraft-spring-2020/#_ga=2.92019539.875319906.1577414569-593491830.1457895416
—————————————
Sunrise Boston Climate Grief Circle
Wednesday, January 8
6 PM – 9 PM
50 Federal Street, Boston
In January, the Climate Impact Team will be facilitating two climate grief circles. We welcome anyone of any age who wants to participate in a guided grief circle. At these events, we will process our thoughts, feelings, and experiences on the climate crisis and how it impacts us and our communities. Using a variety of sharing techniques, we will share in both small and large groups. You’re free to join us afterwards to grab a bite at Sip Cafe. Please reach out to Eva Kaso-Collette at ekcollette@gmail.com if you have any questions.
These events will be held at 50 Federal St. Boston, Sierra Club, near Downtown Crossing and South Station near the Red Line, and State on the Blue and Orange Line. The Sierra Club's office is wheelchair accessible. We will be meeting on the 3rd floor.
—————————————
Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything
Wednesday, January 8
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Harvard Book Store welcomes renowned behavioral scientist BJ FOGG for a discussion of his latest book, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything.
About Tiny Habits
Based on twenty years of research and Fogg’s experience coaching more than 40,000 people, Tiny Habits cracks the code of habit formation. With breakthrough discoveries in every chapter, you’ll learn the simplest proven ways to transform your life. Fogg shows you how to feel good about your successes instead of bad about your failures. Whether you want to lose weight, de-stress, sleep better, or be more productive each day, Tiny Habits makes it easy to achieve.
——————————
Thursday, January 9
——————————
Photovoltaic Systems and the 2020 National Electrical Code
Thursday, January 9
8am-4:30pm registration and breakfast 7am
Doubletree Hilton, 5400 Computer Drive Westborough
Cost: $150 SEBANE or IAEI Member Group Discount (3+ employees)
$175 SEBANE or IAEI Member
$200 Non-member Group Discount (3+employees)
$250 Non-member
SEBANE welcomes all PV installers, electrical and building inspectors to attend the most up-to-date training available on PV Systems and the 2020 National Electrical Code.
WANT TO ATTEND FOR FREE? JOIN SEBANE TODAY AND RECEIVE 1 COMPLIMENTARY TICKET TO THIS EVENT!
Join leading experts Bill Brooks, Brooks Engineering, Matt Piantedosi, Ridgeline Energy Analytics and Jim Rogers for an informative one-day program that will include presentations and interactive panel discussions on:
2020 National Electrical Code requirements for solar PV installations
Latest installation best-practices
Interconnection
Energy storage
And much more!
6 hours of NABCEP CEUs or Professional Development credit for MA Licensed Electricians
Learn how leading manufacturers can help you build code compliant PV systems in New England.
——————————————
Building a Movement: The Organizer's Toolkit: Campaigns
Thursday, January 9
10AM-12:30PM
MIT, Building 9-255, 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
In this first session, we will explore different strategies for activism, the theories of power that undergird these techniques, and the fundamental role of organizing. We will then discuss developing issue campaigns, tactics for winning these campaigns, and the part they play in building movements.
Madeleine Daepp, Gabriel Nahmias, Jeff Rosenberg
While the fight for women’s suffrage is remembered for its picket lines and parades, it was first won in living rooms across the country, where women talked one another into action. Before the sit-ins and freedom rides of the civil rights movements, there were thousands of conversations in church basements and campus classrooms where people who had suffered injustice for generations were mobilized to act. And, before unions built America’s middle-class, labor organizers had to convince their fellow workers that if they united they could win.
The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but justice isn’t what bends it. It takes people willing to do the work of convincing others that, together, they can make change. History is made by organizers.
In four one-day workshops, we will learn why organizing is critical to building effective campaigns for social change. We will develop a “tool-box” of organizing strategies including power mapping, campaign planning, and ladders of engagement. And most importantly, we will offer hands-on practice and critical feedback on the foundational task of activism, the organizing conversation: how to talk to someone, not simply to convince them you are right, but to get them to join with you in working for a better world.
Please sign up at https://tinyurl.com/organize-iap-signup or contact Gabriel Nahmias (gnahmias@mit.edu) with any questions.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning, Political Science
Contact: Gabriel Nahmias, gnahmias@mit.edu
———————————————
JP Community Conversation: Climate Change
Thursday, January 9
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library, 30 South Street, Jamaica Plain
Join fellow Bostonians for a Local Voices Network conversation on the critical topic of climate change.
What are your hopes and concerns for your community when it comes to climate change? What are the most important issues in a conversation about our climate - infrastructure, race, socioeconomic disparity, government regulation?
The Boston Public Library (BPL) is teaming up with the Local Voices Network (LVN) and local media partners for a project that seeks to record neighborhood conversations on important local topics. These recordings will be shared on a searchable website for journalists, decision-makers, and other local stakeholders to tune into the community’s real concerns.
We need the participation of local community members to make this a success.
Here's how it works:
Step one: You'll join a 4 - 6 person recorded conversation with fellow Bostonians in your community, facilitated by BPL staff or volunteer hosts. You'll share real concerns, stories, and ideas connected to your experience living in Boston.
Step two: Our recorded conversation will then be transcribed, keyworded and posted on a website to be shared with media outlets, local decision-makers, and other neighborhood stakeholders with the goal of offering a new window into issues that are important to our community.
Together, we'll create a platform where everyone is invited to be heard.
Space is limited. RSVPs are necessary for this program. Refreshments will be served.
About the Local Voices Network:
The Local Voices Network project aims to bring the perspectives and concerns of everyday Bostonians to light through facilitated community conversations that invite anyone and everyone to the table to share and listen. Conversations are recorded and transcribed with the goal of offering media, local leadership, and the greater public a new window into the most important community issues. Learn more at our website here: http://lvn.org
—————————
Friday, January 10
—————————
White Supremacy Culture 101
Friday, January 10
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
Trinity Church, 206 Clarendon Street, Boston
Cost: $50
In this training, participants will learn the basics of White Supremacy Culture (WSC). We will explore how WSC works to exclude people with marginalized identities, and maintain the status quo for those in power. Participants will develop their understanding of WSC, have the opportunity to explore barriers to identifying and challenging WSC, and see the ways that they individually connect to various aspects of WSC.
For more info on WSC, visit: www.bit.ly/SURJWSC
Breakfast refreshments provided, BYOBrown bag lunch or pick up something on your way in!
—————————————
Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Chuck Turner
Friday, January 10
10 AM – 1 PM
First Church in Roxbury, 10 Putnam Street, Roxbury
—————————————
Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent and Navigating the New Masculinity
Friday, January 10
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Harvard Book Store and AMAZE welcome bestselling writer PEGGY ORENSTEIN—author of Girls & Sex—for a discussion of her latest book, Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity. She will be joined in conversation by RICHARD WEISSBOURD, Senior Lecturer in Education at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.
About Boys & Sex
Peggy Orenstein’s Girls & Sex broke ground, shattered taboos, and launched conversations about young women’s right to pleasure and agency in sexual encounters. It also had an unexpected effect on its author: Orenstein realized that talking about girls is only half the conversation. Boys are subject to the same cultural forces as girls—steeped in the same distorted media images and binary stereotypes of female sexiness and toxic masculinity—which equally affect how they navigate sexual and emotional relationships. In Boys & Sex, Peggy Orenstein dives back into the lives of young people to once again give voice to the unspoken, revealing how young men understand and negotiate the new rules of physical and emotional intimacy.
Drawing on comprehensive interviews with young men, psychologists, academics, and experts in the field, Boys & Sex dissects so-called locker room talk; how the word “hilarious” robs boys of empathy; pornography as the new sex education; boys’ understanding of hookup culture and consent; and their experience as both victims and perpetrators of sexual violence. By surfacing young men’s experience in all its complexity, Orenstein is able to unravel the hidden truths, hard lessons, and important realities of young male sexuality in today’s world. The result is a provocative and paradigm-shifting work that offers a much-needed vision of how boys can truly move forward as better men.
—————————————————————
Saturday, January 11 - Sunday, January 12
—————————————————————
January 2020 Sunrise Orientation Training
Saturday, January 11 - Sunday, January 12
Location to be determined
Get to know Sunrise! Get HYPED! The training will be capped at 30 PARTICIPANTS SO REGISTER ASAP!! Registration does not guarantee a spot but we will try our best to take in everyone!
If you can't make it to this training or the training is full, you can do Sunrise 101 online (https://www.sunrisemovement.org/trainings)
>>> WHAT IS THIS? <<<
This is a Youth Climate Organizing Training by Sunrise Boston, a local chapter of the youth-led organization, Sunrise. Our mission is to build a movement of young people to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process.
Sunrise Boston has a powerful strategy to make climate change an urgent political priority, end the corrupting influence of fossil fuel money on our politics, and elect true progressive climate champions for our state and country. During the training, we will discuss strategies to ending corruption in politics and learn why we have gotten to this point in society, specifically calling out the oppressive forces of colonialism, capitalism, and white supremacy for disenfranchising many in the name of profit and hate. We will then dive into workshops on mastering the tools necessary to make our plan happen, including bird-dogging, storytelling, and action design.
This training is for any young person (millennials and younger) looking for a meaningful way to protect our climate, our homes, and our values during this critical election year. The training has been designed to be engaging for all levels of background or experience, so whether you're brand new to taking action or a veteran organizer, you'll get a lot out of this experience.
>>> AT THIS TRAINING YOU WILL: <<<
1.) Gain a deep understanding of Sunrise Movement's DNA (our strategy, structure, story, political analysis, principles and culture) and theory of change.
2.) Develop and practice key organizing skills for growing our movement and winning real change.
3.) Make lasting friendships and build community with other youth leaders who share your progressive values and vision for climate justice.
4.) Leave ready to take bold action, armed with the resources, network and support you need to hit the ground running.
Specific Topics Covered:
What's the problem (Climate Background & Political Analysis)
How We Go Here (Political Alignments, Anti-Oppressive Organizing & Progressive Populism)
Our Plan to Win (Sunrise's Strategy, Social Movement Theory)
Strategic Messaging (Sunrise's Story, Messaging Our Movement)
Decentralized Movements (Sunrise Structure & Principles)
Creative Action Design 101, Song in Movements, Storytelling as a practice of leadership,
Sunrise's 2019 organizing strategy (Green New Deal & #ChangeTheDebate)
Bringing it Home (How you can take action post training).
Plus: There will be lots of time built in for getting to know each other and having fun -- including a hilarious no-talent talent show!
>>> WHO IS THIS FOR? <<<
It's for you - whether you've come to Sunrise Boston events and meetings before and want to get the big picture of the Sunrise vision, you're involved with other climate organizations and want to hone your skills/build your network or whether you're just starting out and want to learn more about climate justice, we'd love to have you!
This is a movement of young people – that means we have members of our hub who are high school students, college students, working young people, and more. We love our diversity of ages and experiences and we are committed to supporting people of all identities so they feel welcome and supported in this space. Please reach out to the Sunrise Boston coordinator (email at the bottom) if you have any concerns or questions about this.
>>> LOGISTICS OVERVIEW <<<
LOCATION: TBD
DATE: Saturday, January 11th 10-8pm and Sunday January 12th 10-4pm
DO I HAVE TO STAY THE WHOLE TIME?: You are highly encouraged to attend the full day training if you're able, as the training curriculum builds on itself and you will have more opportunities to learn, grow and bond with other attendees. However, if you aren't able to commit to the full day, you are still invited to attend (as long as you commit to coming to as much of the training as you are able).
FOOD: We will provide vegetarian and vegan breakfast, lunch, and snacks on Saturday and Sunday
HOUSING: If you are coming from out of town or need to stay closer to the training venue, we will help match you to Sunrise Boston hosts! You are also welcome to reach out to friends/family of your own and commute from there.
COST: Sunrise is a new organization run by young people (read: we don't have a lot of money). As such, we ask all participants to pay a suggested registration fee of $20-50 to help us cover the costs of this training (including meals, space, materials, etc.). That said, we do not want cost to be a barrier to anyone -- so ultimately, we just ask people to pay what they can. You can pay the registration fee/donation in person or via venmo (@SunriseBoston) or paypal (paypal.me/SunriseBoston).
>>> CONTACT INFO <<<
For any questions, reach out to Katie Gilmore, Sunrise Boston Trainings Lead, at Katherinegilmore39@gmail.com
——————————
Saturday, January 11
——————————
Northeast Organic Farmers Association (NOFA) winter conference
Saturday, January 11
Worcester State University
Dozens of sessions, from interesting knowledgeable farmers, gardeners, foodies. Always worth attending.
————————————
Nature Inspired Building Design (Biomimicry) for Climate Resiliency-Part 2. A Free Introductory Workshop
Saturday, January 11
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Porrazzo Skating Rink, Conference Room at DCR's Constitution Beach, 199 Coleridge Street, East Boston
Create a design idea for a visitor center that is resilient to the wind, rain and flooding associated with climate change. We will draw inspiration from written scientific lessons about wildlife (plants and animals) that reside in coastal Massachusetts State Park. Suitable for adults and teenagers accompanied by an adult.
Meet at: Conference Room of Porrazzo Skating Rink at DCR's Constitution Beach, 199 Coleridge Street, East Boston, MA 02128. Free parking available in the paved lot. MBTA Blueline Orient Heights Station. For those not traveling by car the entrance to the park is via Anthony and Dee Dee Marmo pedestrian overpass 799 Bennington St., East Boston, MA 02128
For more information contact Matthew Nash at Matthew.Nash@mass.gov or 781-656-1485
For the program calendar of the DCR state parks visit mass.gov/dcr/calendar
For program cancellations phone 978-937-2094 ext. 121, one hour before start time.
————————————
Extinction Rebellion [XR] NVDA training
Saturday January 11
11:00-5:00pm. Please arrive at 10:50pm to give yourself time to settle before the training begins, and please plan to stay the entire time.
Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge
Learn how to take part in XR actions at this NVDA training! You will learn how to engage in non-violent civil disobedience and have the opportunity to form an affinity group, which is your creative team and support system for Extinction Rebellion actions. Bring people who you would like to form an affinity group with! You can also make one with fellow rebels that you meet while you're here.
Beforehand
We recommend that you attend an 'Heading for Extinction' talk and an XR orientation before you attend our NVDA training. You can find these events on our calendar. We recommend these because understanding the climate science and more about XR will help you figure out how you'd like to be involved.
If you cannot attend these events, you are still welcome to attend the training. Instead of the in-person events, you may want to watch a version of the Heading for Extinction talk online (e.g. here).
What to bring
wear comfortable clothes
your own plate, cup, and cutlery to minimize waste. We will provide snacks and drinks during a short break.
if you have them, people who you would like to form an affinity group with. Don't worry if you can't, there will be amazing fellow rebels for you to build community with at the training!
This training is free. If you would like to and can bring a contribution, we will collect cash donations to cover our costs at the end of the session.
Preparation for Civil Disobedience. Honoring the movements we stand on. Building community for action.
Contact action.care.xrmass@gmail.com with questions.
————————————
Winter Solstice Luncheon: Tufts Chaplain Bristol, "Campus Humanism/Spirituality"
Greater Boston Humanists
Saturday, January 11
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
India Pavilion, 17 Central Square, Cambridge
We'll celebrate the recent Solstice, and coming of our Western Calendar New Year, 2020, by having our traditional GBH Winter Secular Solstice Luncheon in association with other secular groups in the area. We'll share in another Indian buffet meal at the India Pavilion in Central Square Cambridge, on SATURDAY January 11, with a snow cancellation date of Sunday at the same time (any change will be posted here).
Our speaker is Tufts Humanist Chaplain Walker Bristol. Walker's topic is "Humanism and Spirituality on College Campuses Today."
At least one third of Generation Z would consider themselves to be nonreligious. They are already finding their own secular ways of making meaning of the world: social activism, storytelling through social networks, and art rooted in their lived experiences. As this generation grows up, what are they looking for in religious and spiritual life programs at universities, and how are Humanist Chaplaincies trying to meet that need?
Walker will also share a bit of their experience building the program at Tufts and thinking collaboratively with young people about what campus programs should like today. They'll also discuss the intersections of gender identity and Humanist life.
Walker Bristol directs the Tufts Humanist Chaplaincy and curates programming for Tufts’ atheist, agnostic, secular humanist, and otherwise non-religious community members. Walker also coordinates chaplaincy resources at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in Grafton. In addition to Walker’s work in the Chaplaincy, they are currently serving as a confidential resource for the Tufts Center for Awareness, Education, and Resources.
Walker has been published in the Huffington Post, The Humanist magazine, Mic.com, and the interfaith engagement blog NonProphet Status. They previously coordinated service programming with the Humanist Community at Harvard for six years, in particular a series of successful meal packing events supporting food insecure families in the Greater Boston area. In addition to work at Tufts, Walker serves as a per diem staff chaplain at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. They are a community educator and certified Rape Crisis Counselor with the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center.
—————————————
Book Launch Party: Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience
Saturday, January 11
2:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST
Aletheia Theatre YMCA, 820 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Sheila Wise Rowe invites you to the Book Launch Party for her newest book; Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience! Join in the celebration as Sheila reads from her book, engages in Q&A. There will also be special guests, live music, yummy refreshments and you can buy the book and have it signed by Sheila. Its FREE must RSVP on Eventbrite
——————————
Sunday, January 12
——————————
Introducing the Labyrinth: Then & Now
Sunday, January 12
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
MT Auburn Cemetary, Bigelow Chapel, Chapel Avenue, Cambridge
Chris Farrow-Noble will share the ancient design of the Labyrinth from its earliest Spanish and Greek examples and history to the current worldwide revival of interest and use as a walking meditation tool. You’ll learn to draw one from the ‘seed pattern’ and walk a small temporary labyrinth in Bigelow Chapel. Chris Farrow-Noble is the author of Walking a Labyrinth Daily, Exploring a Spiritual Practice.
——————————
Monday, January 13
——————————
Secrets, Morality and AI: Artistic Reflections on Being Human
Monday, January 13
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Northeastern University School of Law, 250 Dockser, 65 Forsyth Street, Boston
CLIC Artist-in-Residence Guest Lecture with Sarah Newman
CLIC’s first artist in residence, Sarah Newman, a senior researcher at metaLAB at Harvard and a fellow of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, is challenging the Northeastern Law community through a series of installations at the intersection of technology and society.
——————————————
Beyond Bits to Bytes: Looking to the Future in Imaging and Data Science
Monday, January 13
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge
The role of data science in life science innovation is rapidly growing and evolving. If harnessed, the information explosion has the potential to catalyze new discoveries and treatments in healthcare to benefit patients in need. During this time of digital transformation, the potential exists to derive value from a wide variety of data sources, including next generation sequencing, mass spectrometry, electronic health records, images, and consumer wearables.
The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) will convene various stakeholders to discuss how data is rapidly changing patient care. The gathering will feature voices from industry and academic research partners leading in this space. The event will feature a panel discussion covering a wide range of topics, including requirements and standards for generating useful data, patient privacy, barriers to adoption, and workforce training challenges.
Panelists:
Anne Carpenter, Senior Director of the Imaging Platform, Institute Scientist at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Aditya Khosla, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer at PathAI
Bruce Rosen, Director of the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Laurence Lamson Robbins Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School
Zachary Piccolomini, Shareholder, Electrical & Computer Technologies at Wolf Greenfield
Trent Thakur, Senior Program Manager at GE Healthcare
The MLSC recently launched the second round of its Bits to Bytes Capital Call to provide funding for projects that will generate and analyze large datasets to answer pressing life science questions, and train data scientists in the Commonwealth. The inaugural round of Bits to Bytes provided $6.7 million in capital funding to nine data-driven, cross-sector projects focused on imaging, cancer, neuroscience, drug discovery and clinical trial design.
—————————————
Boston New Technology Augmented & Virtual Reality Startup Showcase #BNT109
Monday, January 13
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
PTC, 121 Seaport Boulevard, Boston
Cost: $0 – $99
Join us to:
Learn about the latest AR and IoT tech from PTC's experts
See 6 innovative and exciting local AR & VR tech demos, presented by startup founders
Network with attendees from the Boston-area startup/tech community
Get your free headshot photo (non-intrusively watermarked) from The Boston Headshot!
Enjoy pizza, veggies, fruit, juice and more
Each company presents an overview and demonstration of their product within 5 minutes and discusses questions with the audience.
Free tickets for AR-VR-MR companies and any Investment Firms! See ticket page for details.
Register at least 2 days prior to save 50%. Only $15!
To save on tickets and enjoy exclusive benefits, purchase a BNT VIP Membership.
BNT109 will be held at PTC’s Corporate Experience Center (CXC), where you'll "See Digital Transformation Come To Life With Real Use-Cases!" Come early, from 5-6 pm, to check out PTC's AR & IoT exhibits with demonstrations by their experts! Experience how physical digital convergence is transforming industry. Instead of just sitting through slide presentations talking about what's possible, get your hands on real technology and use cases that companies are already using to advance. You’ll walk out of here with an understanding of how to turn your vision into reality—as well as hands-on experience of how others have solved similar challenges.
If you can't attend this event in person, watch our livestream on Introvoke (https://www.introvoke.com/company/bostonnewtechnology/) at 7 pm!
—————————————
Urban Planning Film Series: Containment!
Monday, January 13
7:00PM-9:30PM
MIT, Building 3-133, 33 Massachusetts Avenue (Rear), Cambridge
Ezra Glenn, Lecturer
For IAP, the department's ongoing Urban Planning Film Series will presents three science fiction films -- all from the same decade at the start of the 21st century -- exploring themes of fear, prejudice, and containment in a chaotic post-Apocalyptic world.
All films start following brief remarks at 7:00PM, MIT Room 3-133; everyone welcome. Come to one or come to all!
Monsters (2010)
After crashing during the re-entry over Central America, new life forms began to appear and spread rapidly. Half of Mexico is quarantined as an infected zone. In this context we follow the story of a US journalist escorting his bosses's daughter through this area to the United States. Directed by Gareth Edwards.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Ezra Glenn, EGLENN@MIT.EDU
—————————————
Spiraling Through Time: Radically Rethinking Our Relationship to Land
Tuesday evenings, January 14, 21, 28; February 4, 11, 18, 25
6:30-8:00 pm
Hebrew College, 160 Herrick Road, Newton Centre
Getzel Davis and Leora Mallach
How could Shabbat, Shmitah (sabbatical), and agricultural cycles disrupt our assumptions about what it means to own, rest, and relate to the earth and each other? We will delve into rabbinic and biblical agricultural wisdom to inform our contemporary understandings and practice.
——————————
Tuesday, January 14
——————————
Toward a Better Future for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
Tuesday, January 14
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM EST
Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge
All-Day workshop about working with children who have been exposed to domestic violence.
Domestic violence does not only negatively affect survivors. Many children grow up in homes or communities where they experience domestic violence (either as direct targets or as witnesses). Repeated exposure to violence and the subsequent trauma heightens the risk for a range of negative effects on their physical, mental, and behavioral health. This full-day training will provide participants with a basic understanding and familiarity with the needs of and services for children who experience domestic violence, as well as best practice for strengthening protective factors that increase resilience.
Featuring sessions with Betsy McAlister Groves, Founder of the nationally-recognized Child Witness to Violence Project, as well as experts from Transition House and Riverside Community Care.
This training is intended for any providers or individuals who work with youth ages 0-18. No prior domestic violence training is required.
Snacks and a light lunch will be served.
——————————————
Food Waste: Can We Reach Zero?
Tuesday, January 14
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Cambridge Innovation Center, 245 Main Street, 3rd Floor Mosaic Room, Cambridge
Cost: $10 Members; $30 Non-Members; $5 Student Members, $10 Non Member Students
Whether it’s packaging materials, food waste and agricultural producers, manufacturing castings and beyond, the concept of “waste” is changing as companies embrace circular economy where unused or discarded products and their components are reused to make new products.
Still, the food industry continues to experience inefficiencies. Each year, American consumers, businesses, and farms spend an eye-popping $218 billion a year - 1.3% of U.S. GDP - growing, processing, transporting, and disposing of food that is never eaten. That’s 52 million tons of food sent to landfill, plus another 10 million tons discarded or left unharvested. Food waste is responsible for roughly the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as 37 million cars. Meanwhile, one in seven Americans is food insecure.
As innovators know, “problems” are “opportunities” waiting for solutions: the bigger the better. Food industry entrepreneurs are stepping up to the opportunity. They are developing solutions bringing efficiencies to the supply chain (upstream) and reducing food waste (downstream). And of course, using less water, energy, and soil improvement.
Please join us for an insightful roundtable discussion and start-up exhibition as we shed light on:
What are systemic causes of food inefficiencies?
What drives the movement toward zero food waste?
Where are innovative companies and startups seeing opportunities - manufacturing, farms, upcycling, etc.?
Fireside Chat: Moderator TBA
Speaker: Jonathan Krones, MIT PhD Engineering Systems, Visiting Associate Professor, Boston College
Startup Exhibitors:
AdaViv
Cambridge Crops
GreenChoice
Magnomer
New Bedford Port Authority
Shameless Pets
Spoiler Alert
Agenda
5:30 PM to 6:00 PM - Registration
6:00 PM to 6:45 PM - Introductions and Fireside Chat
6:45 PM to 7:30 PM - Startup Pitches
7:30 PM to 8:00 PM - Networking
—————————————
The politics of defense spending: AI: Hype and Reality
Tuesday, January 14
5:45PM-7:00PM
MIT, Building 2-105, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
Yarden Katz, Harvard
Prereq: An interest in science, militarism, foreign policy, gov't
After the end of World War II, U.S. embarked upon a policy to spend large sums of money for defense. It was a two-pronged strategy to at once fight communism, and spur economic growth. A big part of the defense budget was for weapons R&D in order to gain a "technology-edge" over the USSR. The strategy continues nearly 30 years after the Cold War ended. Today, the U.S. defense budget is over $700 billion per year, which is more than the combined spending of the next ten nations. It includes more than $80 billion for weapons R&D. An unfathomable $1-trillion will be spent on nuclear weapons modernization over the next 30 years, shortchanging research on climate change, e.g., and many other social needs. The course will present a brief history of the "military-indistrial complex," the defense budget and associated politics, profits and waste in weapons R&D, whistleblowing, and the endless wars. In recent years "Artificial Intelligence" (AI) has become a focus of attention for governments, the media and universities. Iin his guest lecture, Yarden Katz will discuss the forces behind the so-called AI “revolution” - who profits from its various narratives and how. He is a Fellow in Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School, and received a PhD in neuroscience from MIT in 2014.
The sessions:
1/7 The politics of defense spending
1/14 Artificial Intelligence (AI): hype and reality (Guest Lecture by Yarden Katz, Harvard)
1/21 Defense R&D: science, profits, waste, and whistle blowing
Sponsor(s): Science, Technology, and Society
Contact: Subrata Ghoshroy, E51-296, 617 253-3846, GHOSHROY@MIT.EDU
——————————————
Witnesses: Re-reading the Cartographies of Dispossession
Tuesday, January 14
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Boston
The United States achieved its 19th-century policy of expansionism across the midwestern and western regions of the continent by aggressively enacting policies of dispossession and genocide at the state and federal level against Indigenous people. Maps were both the mechanisms for, and witnesses to, the betrayals of justice that made the violence of dispossession and extermination possible. Margaret Pearce, independent cartographer and Faculty Associate at the University of Maine, asks us to stand in witness, look closely and listen to these stories in support of Indigenous people on whose lands we are guests.
Presented in connection with the exhibition America Transformed: Mapping the 19th Century at the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
——————————————
The New Yorker's Adam Davidson: "The Passion Economy"
Tuesday, January 14
6:30 pm Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Cost: $5.00-$20.00
Adam Davidson, New Yorker staff writer and creator of NPR’s Planet Money, delves into the forces shaping the new economy in his first book, "The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the 21st Century." Contrary to daily news reports, the middle class is not dying and robots are not stealing our jobs. From a sweatshop owner to an Amish craftsman, Davidson shows how economies of scale are giving way to economies of passion.
Contrary to what you may have heard, the middle class is not dying and robots are not stealing our jobs. In fact, writes Adam Davidson--one of our leading public voices on economic issues-- the twenty-first-century economic paradigm offers new ways of making money, fresh paths toward professional fulfillment, and unprecedented opportunities for curious, ambitious individuals to combine the things they love with their careers. Drawing on the stories of average people doing exactly this--an accountant overturning his industry, a sweatshop owner's daughter fighting for better working conditions, an Amish craftsman meeting the technological needs of Amish farmers--as well as the latest academic research, Davidson shows us how the twentieth-century economy of scale has given way in this century to an economy of passion. He makes clear, too, that though the adjustment has brought measures of dislocation, confusion, and even panic, these are most often the result of a lack of understanding. In The Passion Economy, he delineates the ground rules of the new economy, and armed with these, we begin to see how we can succeed in it according to its own terms--intimacy, insight, attention, automation, and, of course, passion. An indispensable road map and a refreshingly optimistic take on our economic future. Adam Davidson is the founder of NPR's Planet Money podcast and a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he covers economics and business. Previously he was an economics writer for The New York Times Magazine. He has won many of journalism's most prestigious awards, including a Peabody for his coverage of the financial crisis.
——————————————
Fanocracy: Turning Fans into Customers and Customers into Fans
Tuesday, January 14
7:00 pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline
David Meerman Scott and his daughter Reiko are very different - one is a baby boomer business strategist, the other a millennial medical student. But both noticed that the kind of enthusiasm they once reserved for pleasures like the Grateful Dead (David) and Harry Potter (Reiko) now extends to all sorts of companies and organizations. So they teamed up to explore a big question: Why do some brands, even in supposedly boring categories like car insurance and enterprise software, attract not just customers but raving fans?
David Meerman Scott is an internationally acclaimed business strategist, entrepreneur, advisor to emerging companies, and public speaker. He is the author of ten previous books, including The New Rules of Marketing & PR (now in its 6th edition and in 29 languages) and Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead. In his spare time he surfs and travels around the world for great live music.
Reiko Scott earned a neuroscience degree from Columbia University and is now a medical student at Boston University. In her spare time she writes and publishes fanfiction based on her favorite fantasy worlds and loves to cosplay at Comic Con.
————————————
Wednesday, January 15
————————————
Boston Sustainability Breakfast
Wednesday, January 15
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM EST
Pret A Manger, 101 Arch Street, Boston
Join us every month for Net Impact Boston's informal breakfast meetup of sustainability professionals for networking, discussion, and moral support. It's important to remind ourselves that we are not the only ones out there in the business world trying to do good! Feel free to drop by Pret a Manger any time between 7:30 and 8:30 AM.
—————————————————
Inner Core Committee Transportation Discussion
Wednesday, January 15
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
Metropolitan Area Planning Council, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 60 Temple Place, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inner-core-committee-transportation-discussion-tickets-85157525451
The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) invite you to a transportation-specific meeting of the Inner Core Committee.
Hear about the work the MPO is doing to revise its project evaluation criteria to reflect new funding programs for transit modernization, dedicated bus lane infrastructure, first- and last-mile connections, and climate resiliency. Help the MPO better serve the Inner Core and the region by providing feedback on the types of projects that should be considered and how they should be selected for funding.
Questions?
Kate White
Public Participation Planner
857.702.3658 | kwhite@ctps.org
—————————————————
The State of the World Economy
Wednesday, January 15
1:00PM-02:30PM
MIT, Building E51-345, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Ricardo Caballero, Professor of Economics, Olivier Blanchard, Professor of Economics, Jason Furman, Professor of Economic Policy, Roberto Rigobon, Professor of Management
Trade wars, negative interest rates, high public debt, growing inequality, social unrest, populist governments, global warming. Should we panic?
Sponsor(s): Economics
Contact: Krista Moody, E52-539A, 617 324-7651, KRISTAMO@MIT.EDU
——————————————
The Political Economy of Authoritarian Populism
Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics
Wednesday, January 15
4:00PM-5:15PM
MIT, Building E51-376, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Sponsor(s): Economics
Contact: Krista Moody, E52-539A, 617 324-7651, KRISTAMO@MIT.EDU
————————————
Mass Innovation Nights 130: The Successful Founders Journey
Wednesday, January 15
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST
Workbar - Downtown, 24 School Street, #2nd Floor, Boston
Mass Innovation Nights is a monthly showcase that helps local entrepreneurs gain visibility.
Mass Innovation Nights #130 will be a night focusing on successful MIN alumni women founders coming back to share their stories. Join us for a night of networking and learning about entrepreneurship!
————————————
Effect of the Environmental Crisis on the Poor and the Vulnerable
Wednesday, January 15
6:15 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Courtyard Marriott Downtown Boston, 275 Tremont Street, (near the Boylston St/Green Line and Tufts Medical Center/Orange Line T Stations), Boston
A Faith That Does Justice / Una Fe Que Hace Justice
The impacts of climate change disproportionately affect the poorest and most vulnerable among us. Learn what you can do about it.
The impacts of climate change, from extreme weather events that decimate the world’s poorest nations to polluted air and water that disproportionately affect our country’s poorest neighborhoods, damage our planet and stress our social and economic systems. What are the moral responsibilities of developing nations in providing for and protecting the poorest and most vulnerable among us who are most impacted by these unfolding, worldwide devastations?
Join us to hear from leading experts about:
Why climate change is disproportionally impacting the health and wellness of the poor
What we can do as individuals to help those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change
Steps the US can and should take to become a worldwide climate leader
Speakers:
William G. Kaelin Jr., MD, Nobel Laureate, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is the 2019 Nobel Prize recipient in medicine or physiology. Dr. Kaelin received his MD from Duke University in 1982 and was a house officer and chief resident in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was a medical oncology clinical fellow at Dana-Farber and a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. David Livingston, where he began his studies of tumor suppressor proteins. He became an independent investigator at Dana-Farber in 1992, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in 2002. The 2019 Nobel was awarded jointly to Kaelin, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.
Aaron Bernstein MD, MPH Co-Director of C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Pediatric Hospitalist, Boston Children's Hospital, focuses on the health impacts of the climate crisis on children’s health and advancing solutions to address its causes to improve the health and wellbeing of children around the world. In 2019, Dr. Bernstein testified before Congress on the child health impacts of climate change, drawing from his personal experience as a pediatrician having to treat children with breathing difficulties, vector-borne diseases, and trauma from natural disasters.
Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS, Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an emergency medicine physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), is a 2018 Burke Fellow is addressing the current research gaps in climate change and health. She served as the lead for the 2018 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change U.S. Brief and is a nationally recognized leader on this subject.
————————————
We Are the Luckiest
Wednesday, January 15
7:00 pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline
What could possibly be “lucky” about addiction? Absolutely nothing, thought Laura McKowen when drinking brought her to her knees. As she puts it, she “kicked and screamed … wishing for something – anything – else” to be her issue. The people who got to drink normally, she thought, were so damn lucky. But in the midst of early sobriety, when no longer able to anesthetize her pain and anxiety, she realized that she was actually the lucky one. Lucky to feel her feelings, live honestly, really be with her daughter, change her legacy.
Laura McKowen had a successful career in public relations and the Mad Men-esque drinking culture of advertising. After getting sober, she became recognized as a fresh voice in recovery, beloved for her soulful and irreverent writing. She now leads sold-out retreats on sobriety and is a celebrated yoga instructor.
———————————
Thursday, January 16
———————————
Building a Movement: The Organizer's Toolkit: Civic Skills
Thursday, January 16
10AM-12:30PM
MIT, Building 9-255, 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
How do you convince others to join your work, and how do you identify the folks who need to be at the table? In session two, we learn the importance of stakeholder analysis and practice the skills of political persuasion, combining the two in an organizing conversation meant to bring key stakeholders on board.
While the fight for women’s suffrage is remembered for its picket lines and parades, it was first won in living rooms across the country, where women talked one another into action. Before the sit-ins and freedom rides of the civil rights movements, there were thousands of conversations in church basements and campus classrooms where people who had suffered injustice for generations were mobilized to act. And, before unions built America’s middle-class, labor organizers had to convince their fellow workers that if they united they could win.
The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but justice isn’t what bends it. It takes people willing to do the work of convincing others that, together, they can make change. History is made by organizers.
In four one-day workshops, we will learn why organizing is critical to building effective campaigns for social change. We will develop a “tool-box” of organizing strategies including power mapping, campaign planning, and ladders of engagement. And most importantly, we will offer hands-on practice and critical feedback on the foundational task of activism, the organizing conversation: how to talk to someone, not simply to convince them you are right, but to get them to join with you in working for a better world.
Please sign up at https://tinyurl.com/organize-iap-signup or contact Gabriel Nahmias (gnahmias@mit.edu) with any questions.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning, Political Science
Contact: Gabriel Nahmias, gnahmias@mit.edu
—————————————
Starr Forum Film: Where Powers Live
Thursday, January 16
12:00PM-1:00PM
MIT, Building E40-496, Lucian Pye Conference Room, Cambridge
John Tirman, Executive Director, CIS
Where Powers Live -- A film that chronicles the lives of indigenous faith believers in Nigeria, and the discriminatory attitudes they face.
About the speaker: Shola Lawal, a Nigerian journalist, is the writer, producer, and director of the recently released film “Where Power’s Live.” She is the recipient of the 2019 International Women’s Media Foundation’s (IWMF) Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, which brought her to MIT as a research associate at the MIT Center for International Studies, and provides journalism stays at The Boston Globe and The New York Times. She reports on issues of humanity and injustice, including the women’s rights movement in Nigeria, migrants in Libya, forest reserves in Ghana, political upheaval in Togo, the Boko Haram conflict, and the migrant crisis in Mexico and the US.
The film is ~15 minutes in length and will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with Shola Lawal.
A light lunch will be served.
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
Contact: Michelle English, starrforum@mit.edu
—————————————
Living Building Challenge: Designing for the People in a Living Building
Thursday, January 16
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Meridian Conference Room, 5th Floor, 50 Milk Street, Boston
Cost: $199.58
This session looks at the Living Building Challenge (LBC) petals and imperatives that directly affect people – health, sense of self, and sense of delight. We will look specifically at the less technical and more empathetic petals in the LBC: Place, Health and Happiness, Equity, and Beauty are LBC petals where human-ness lives. We want to explore the potential of these petal areas, while practicing some deep caring and empathy with exercises designed to bring these ideas to life. Participants will leave knowing that the Living Building Challenge is as much about enhancing life as it is about saving energy. Participants will gain an understanding of where they can use the guidance of the Living Building Challenge to make life truly beautiful and… more alive.
A basic introduction to the Living Building Challenge Petal and Imperative structure is recommended for this course.
This event is organized by the Living Future Collaborative New England.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the design opportunities inherent in the non-technical LBC imperatives
Define the most powerful places to put design energy
Practice using design thinking to meet the intent of the LBC goals
Engage with the power of Place to drive design.
——————————————
Good Economics for Hard Times
Thursday, January 16
4:00PM-05:00PM
MIT, Building E51-345, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Esther Duflo, Professor of Economics
Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the greatest challenge of our time. Immigration and inequality, globalization and technological disruption, slowing growth and accelerating climate change—these are sources of great anxiety. In this lecture, Esther Duflo will introduce "Good Economics for Hard Times", a new book co-authored with Abhijit Banerjee, where they draw on the best recent economics to demonstrate how to think about these problems differently, and present intelligent, daring solutions based on sound research into real-life situations , towards a society built on compassion and respect.
Sponsor(s): Economics
Contact: Krista Moody, E52-539A, 617 324-7651, KRISTAMO@MIT.EDU
——————————————
Heading for Extinction (and what to do about it)
Thursday, January 16
6 p.m.
Jamaica Plain Branch Library, 30 South Street, Jamaica Plain
We are in the midst of an unprecedented climate crisis and ecological breakdown that threatens the continuation of life as we know it: record atmospheric carbon levels, global temperature rise, deforestation, plastic pollution, mass extinction of species... Join us to hear the latest information on the state of our planet, and learn how to become part of a global movement of social transformation for a livable future.
——————————————
The Create Curiosity Fair With Science Friday
Thursday, January 16
6:30 pm - 8:30pm
WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Cost: $0.00-$10.00 (Ages under 12: Free)
Has there ever been a more iconic duo than Science and Art? Science Friday is coming to Boston to celebrate the best things happening at the intersection of the two subjects with local artists, scientists, and experts of all kinds.
The Create Curiosity Fair is a great way to explore art-influenced science and science-influenced art projects. Plus, you can get a chance to create something for yourselves! Comic book artists, science communicators, immersive artmakers, and research scientists will be showing the interactive pieces they’ve made and will be giving hands-on demonstrations throughout the evening. We’ll also screen two new Science Friday videos featuring the sciarts happening right here in Boston.
——————————————
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America meeting
Thursday, January 16
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
700 Boylston Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/moms-demand-action-for-gun-sense-in-america-meeting-tickets-84459898831
Join us to take action to help prevent gun violence in our homes, our city and our nation.
——————————————
AI Talks: Artificial Intelligence for Good
Thursday, January 16
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST
General Assembly Boston, 125 Summer Street, Boston
Join to:
Meet, network with and learn from experts in Artificial Intelligence
Hear about real use cases for AI being used to help people and make the world better, plus best practices
Ask the experts your questions
Artificial Intelligence is leading the way in technology as a forefront in innovation, creativity, and advancement. Every day, new inventions are being created that are paving the way for technological advancement in today's world.
Join us for a conversation as we discuss these new inventions and how they are helping create a better world for tomorrow. Learn from our panelists as we delve deeper into the topic of artificial intelligence, how further innovation is helping create a better world, and what we can expect and gain from it.
Featuring:
4 Expert AI Speakers, to be announced shortly!
Chris Requena (moderator) - Lead Organizer, Boston New Technology and BDR, CapeStart
Chris is an app/software innovator, business grower, community builder and people connector. Since 2011, Chris has led the tech and startup group, Boston New Technology, growing it into one of the largest in the world. BNT is a network of 14 meetup groups that reach 50k members! BNT startups get extensive publicity and support from the community at monthly events and via BNT's network. Chris works in business development for CapeStart, which offers the best value for enterprise-class software, app and web development services. See CapeStart's free $5k new client offer below. Chris greatly enjoys collaborating with clients and users to design and build innovative solutions that solve problems. Chris also co-founded hubEngage, a platform for employee communication and engagement. Follow @CERequena @BostonNewTech @CapeStart
Agenda:
6:30 pm: Networking
6:45 pm: Welcome & Introductions
6:50 pm: Expert Panel Discussion
7:45 pm: Ask your questions!
8:15 pm: Networking
8:30 pm: Event Ends
—————————
Friday, January 17
—————————
The Privacy Puzzle: Piecing Together Patron Privacy, Data Efficiency, and the Modern Web
Friday, January 17
8:30 AM – 3:00 PM EST
Simmons University, 300 Fenway, Main College Building, first floor lobby, Boston
The New England Chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology, together with the Simmons University Student Chapter, invite you to join us at our 2020 Winter Event!
The struggle over privacy, protecting our privacy versus the potential benefits from giving up pieces of it, has become part of the mainstream conversation. For libraries and other stewards of information, privacy is not only a familiar conversation, but also a professional responsibility that requires us to be vigilant and proactive.
Technology has been evolving exponentially to permeate every bit of our lives and sometimes in ways we don’t even realize.
How can we handle this when privacy is inextricably linked to technology?
How should we handle vendor products?
How do we appropriately use patron data to improve services?
How can we balance patron privacy with patron preferences for speed and convenience?
While – and spoiler alert!- we don’t have a solution to this enormous privacy puzzle, we will offer opportunities to examine the various pieces of it and figure out some things we can do improve privacy.
Schedule (Please note that the schedule is subject to change up to the day of the conference)
8:30 AM: Registration, coffee, and networking
9:15 AM: Welcome and logistics
9:30 AM: Keynote - Callan Bignoli, Library Director, Olin College - "Troublesome Tech Trends: Libraries in the Age of Surveillance"
10:15 AM: Keynote - Michael Leach, Head of Collection Development, Cabot Science Library at Harvard University - "Control: Giving People Authority Over Their Personal Data – A Library Perspective"
11:00: Break
11:15: Breakout Session 1
Presentation: Privacy vs. Convenience: Self-Service Holds in Public Libraries - Kate Wing, Course Materials and Collections Specialist and Graduate Student, Bowdoin College/Simmons University
Workshop: Be Your Own Digital Private Eye: Using Bulk_Extractor to Detect Personally Identifying Information - Grete Graf, Yale University (capped at 20 participants)
Structured roundtable discussions: A series of privacy related discussons facilitated by keynote speakers and others
12:00: Lunch
1:15 PM: Panel presentation on privacy education - Jen Ferguson, Head of Research Data Services at Northeastern University; Paige Walker, Digital Collection & Preservation Librarian at Boston College; Melissa Morrone, Supervising Librarian, Information Commons at Brooklyn Public Library
2:00: Break
2:15: Breakout Session 2
Presentation: Do We (unintentionally) Spy on Our Users? What Every Librarian Needs to Know about Data Privacy in Academic Library Systems - Emily Singley, Head of Library Systems, Boston College
Workshop: Be Your Own Digital Private Eye: Using Bulk_Extractor to Detect Personally Identifying Information - Grete Graf, Yale University (capped at 20 participants)
Structured roundtable discussions: A series of privacy related discussons facilitated by keynote speakers and others
3:00: End
—————————————
American Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves
Friday, January 17
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Harvard Book Store welcomes BOB GARFIELD—cohost of WNYC’s weekly Peabody Award–winning On the Media—for a discussion of his latest book, American Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves.
About American Manifesto
As is often observed, Trump is a symptom of a virus that has been incubating for at least fifty years. But not often observed is where the virus is imbedded: in the psychic core of our identity. In American Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves, Bob Garfield examines the tragic confluence of the American preoccupation with identity and the catastrophic disintegration of the mass media. Garfield investigates how we’ve gotten to this moment when our identity is threatened by both the left and the right, when e pluribus unum is no longer a source of national pride, and why, when looking through this lens of identity, the rise of Trumpism is no surprise. Overlaying that crisis is the rise of the Facebook-Google duopoly and the filter-bubble archipelago where identity is tribal and immutable.
A quick, fascinating read, American Manifesto offers not only a vision “of a country in extremis,” but also a plan for how to address the ways in which our democracy is imperiled. American Manifesto is a call to action, unmistakable and provocative.
—————————————
Average is the New Awesome
Friday, January 17
7:00 pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline
A celebration of ordinary awesomeness, for all of us who were told “You can do anything!” and then found out we actually can’t. Crappy homes, lame love lives, getting passed over for a great job (again)–not what we expected for our adulthoods. Full of hilarious stories and insightful advice, Average is the New Awesome is a manifesto for ordinary awesomeness–for the beauty that can be found when we acknowledge that good enough really is good enough, and that greatness is ours to define.
Samantha Matt is the director of audience development at Reviewed, a USA TODAY website, and the founder and editor-in-chief of ForeverTwentySomethings.com. Her writing has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health, Seventeen, Good Housekeeping, USA Today, Esquire, Redbook, and more. She lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.
——————————
Sunday, January 19
——————————
Climate Zine-Making and Crafting Workshop
Sunday, January 19
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
Somerville Public Library, 79 Highland Avenue, Somerville
The Climate Forward Ambassadors will be leading a zine-making activity to highlight climate action and solutions in Somerville. Materials will be provided for the zine-making project. If you'd rather work on your own craft, feel free to bring your own crafting project to work on while chatting with other participants about climate change. Climate Forward Ambassadors are Somerville residents who have joined together to learn about and take action on climate change. This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.
—————————————
Sunrise Boston Climate Grief Circle
Sunday, January 19
3 PM – 6 PM
50 Federal Street, Boston
In January, the Climate Impact Team will be facilitating two climate grief circles. We welcome anyone of any age who wants to participate in a guided grief circle. At these events, we will process our thoughts, feelings, and experiences on the climate crisis and how it impacts us and our communities. Using a variety of sharing techniques, we will share in both small and large groups. You’re free to join us afterwards to grab a bite at Sip Cafe. Please reach out to Eva Kaso-Collette at ekcollette@gmail.com if you have any questions.
These events will be held at 50 Federal St. Boston, Sierra Club, near Downtown Crossing and South Station near the Red Line, and State on the Blue and Orange Line. The Sierra Club's office is wheelchair accessible. We will be meeting on the 3rd floor.
——————————
Tuesday, January 21
——————————
The politics of defense spending: AI: Defense R&D
Tuesday, January 21
5:45PM-7:00PM
MIT, Building 2-105, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
Prereq: An interest in science, militarism, foreign policy, gov't
After the end of World War II, U.S. embarked upon a policy to spend large sums of money for defense. It was a two-pronged strategy to at once fight communism, and spur economic growth. A big part of the defense budget was for weapons R&D in order to gain a "technology-edge" over the USSR. The strategy continues nearly 30 years after the Cold War ended. Today, the U.S. defense budget is over $700 billion per year, which is more than the combined spending of the next ten nations. It includes more than $80 billion for weapons R&D. An unfathomable $1-trillion will be spent on nuclear weapons modernization over the next 30 years, shortchanging research on climate change, e.g., and many other social needs. The course will present a brief history of the "military-indistrial complex," the defense budget and associated politics, profits and waste in weapons R&D, whistleblowing, and the endless wars. In recent years "Artificial Intelligence" (AI) has become a focus of attention for governments, the media and universities. Iin his guest lecture, Yarden Katz will discuss the forces behind the so-called AI “revolution” - who profits from its various narratives and how. He is a Fellow in Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School, and received a PhD in neuroscience from MIT in 2014.
The sessions:
1/7 The politics of defense spending
1/14 Artificial Intelligence (AI): hype and reality (Guest Lecture by Yarden Katz, Harvard)
1/21 Defense R&D: science, profits, waste, and whistle blowing
Sponsor(s): Science, Technology, and Society
Contact: Subrata Ghoshroy, E51-296, 617 253-3846, GHOSHROY@MIT.EDU
——————————
Tuesday, January 21
——————————
Past the Tipping Point: Fixing The Commonwealth's Traffic Congestion Crisis
Tuesday, January 21
8:00 AM – 10:30 AM EST
Transportation Board Room, 10 Park Plaza, Boston
Join us for presentations and discussion on solutions to the Commonwealth's traffic congestion crisis.
The Massachusetts Business Roundtable, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, and Transportation for Massachusetts are joining together to host a special event on traffic congestion, its impacts, and potential solutions. Speakers will include Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Pollack as well as national experts and business leaders from other regions of the country that are tackling traffic head on. Traffic is at a "tipping point" and policymakers must address it if we want to sustain our economic success, improve our quality of life, and make our transportation system more equitable.
Drivers in the Boston metropolitan area face the worst traffic in the country, according to the national data firm INRX, spending up to 164 hours each year in traffic delays and wasting $2,291 in lost productivity and higher costs each year. The Baker administration's landmark 2019 Congestion Study concluded that traffic congestion has reached a “tipping point.” Congestion increases carbon emissions and local air pollution and reduces access to jobs and opportunities. But there are tools to fix these problems, and we can learn from other regions that have successfully reduced congestion on their roads. Please join us for this important discussion.
Cost: Free, but registration required
Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, and Transportation for Massachusetts.
——————————————
The Citizen's Senate Premiere
Tuesday, January 21
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, 210 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston
RSVP at
Join the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the premiere of The Citizen’s Senate, a new educational program that features a combination of archival footage and live performance in order to highlight key moments in American history when citizens have compelled the U.S. Senate to act. The first installment will examine the struggles and ultimate success of the final decade of the suffrage movement. The event will include a reception, performance of the program, and panel discussion moderated by Roberta Wollons, Ph.D., Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The conversation will include:
Paula Austin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies, Boston University
Susan Ware, Ph.D., Honorary Women’s Suffrage Centennial Historian, Schlesinger Library, Harvard University
The Citizen’s Senate features a combination of archival footage and live performance.
————————————
Future Design: The Next 35 Years in an Evolving Industry
Tuesday, January 21
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST
General Assembly Boston, 125 Summer Street, Boston
Cost: $8 – $15
What does the future of design look like?
Expand the future potential of your career!
AIGA Boston is celebrating 35 years of design and community. As we look back, we are also looking forward to what lies ahead in the next few decades.
Join us in an open discussion with a panel of local industry veterans & up-and-comers about the future of design. Together we’ll explore how the field of design has and continues to change, and learn practical insights to help shape and prepare for the next stages of our careers.
————————————
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Tuesday, January 21
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Harvard Book Store welcomes celebrated author STEPHANIE LAND for the paperback release of her acclaimed, New York Times bestselling memoir, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother's Will to Survive.
About Maid
At 28, Stephanie Land’s plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer, were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, and with a tenacious grip on her dream to provide her daughter the very best life possible, Stephanie worked days and took classes online to earn a college degree, and began to write relentlessly.
She wrote the true stories that weren’t being told: the stories of overworked and underpaid Americans. Of living on food stamps and WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) coupons to eat. Of the government programs that provided her housing, but that doubled as halfway houses. The aloof government employees who called her lucky for receiving assistance while she didn’t feel lucky at all. She wrote to remember the fight, to eventually cut through the deep-rooted stigmas of the working poor.
Maid explores the underbelly of upper-middle class America and the reality of what it’s like to be in service to them. “I’d become a nameless ghost,” Stephanie writes about her relationship with her clients, many of whom do not know her from any other cleaner, but who she learns plenty about. As she begins to discover more about her clients’ lives—their sadness and love, too—she begins to find hope in her own path.
Her compassionate, unflinching writing as a journalist gives voice to the “servant” worker, and those pursuing the American Dream from below the poverty line. Maid is Stephanie’s story, but it’s not her alone. It is an inspiring testament to the strength, determination, and ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
————————————
Wednesday, January 22
————————————
Disrupting the Internal Combustion Engine: One MIT Alum’s Path to Launching a Hard Tech Startup - 2020 Intellectual Property Speaker Series
Wednesday, January 22
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (EST)
MIT, Building Building E25-111, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge
Venture Capital has its place for funding companies, but Hard Tech is . . . particularly HARD for VCs to embrace. So how does a startup navigate in a space that requires a lot of time and money for development where traditional routes of funding are challenging?
The answer, in a word: grit.
The internal combustion engine is 150 years old--a technology that is ripe for disruption. Yet it's a very tough space to get funded. This talk will describe the journey of a startup that launched with an award in the 2004 MIT $50K Competition, and today has demonstrated engine technology that is 1/10th the size and weight of traditional Diesel engines with 30% improved efficiency.
Alec Shkolnik (Ph.D. CSAIL 2010), co-founder and CEO of LiquidPiston, will describe the company's journey having raised a mix of venture funding, "equity crowd funding," angel funding, and non-dilutive Government funding; surviving several company recapitalizations; and now transitioning to commercialization in a B2B environment.
This talk will cover a broad range of topics around the funding and commercialization of tough technology.
This session is part of the "2020 Intellectual Property Speaker Series" co-sponsored by the Technology Licensing Office and MIT Libraries. Lunch will be provided to attendees of the Intellectual Property Speaker Series events. Please register for the seminar and for lunch. Please note that lunch will be served from 11:30am-12:30pm.
FREE SWAG!
We will also be giving away some branded MIT Libraries and Technology Licensing Office swag to participants who attend any 6 sessions from this series, so please check out our other sessions! http://mit_tlo.eventbrite.com
———————————————
Achieving a Sustainable Future for Nuclear Energy
Wednesday, January 22
1:00PM-3:30PM
MIT, Building 26-168, 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Neil Todreas, Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Phillip Hildebrandt, Battelle Energy Alliance, Idaho National Lab, Michael Golay, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering
The future role of nuclear energy is important in addressing climate change & vital to everyone on the planet. Nuclear Power deployment in the US is at a standstill. Deployment of large light water reactors is considered economically risky while deployment of modular reactors or other advanced technologies has yet to materialize. We will explore challenges to the future of nuclear energy from the perspectives of business, public policy & energy markets in the US. We will discuss a suggested path forward. Partnering of private sector & government will be essential to mitigate business risk in technology development, achieve supportive public policies, & ensure viable global markets.
Central to resolving challenges is reducing costs & business risks for constructing nuclear energy facilities. A suggested framework will be offered for reducing & managing the capital cost based on two pillars- a Systems Dynamic model and a Discounted Cash Flow model, both reflecting influences of uncertainties. Use of such models can greatly increase the sophistication with which managers can understand the projects & the values of alternative options that they might employ in responding to unanticipated but potentially ruinous project surprises. Complexity is inherent in the nonlinear interactions that characterize megaprojects, where combined influences render traditional linear project planning tools incapable of success.
We will explore factors likely to affect the success of nuclear energy.
Sponsor(s): Nuclear Science and Engineering
Contact: Neil Todreas, 24-216A, 617-253-5296, todreas@mit.edu
——————————————
U.N. Perspective Series: Life on Land
Wednesday, January 22
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Impact Hub Boston, 50 Milk Street, #20th floor, Boston
Want to learn about the United Nations SDGs? Presented by Impact Hub Boston and UNAGB, we will focus on SDG 15: Life on Land.
Want to learn about the United Nations SDGs? Presented by Impact Hub Boston and United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNAGB), we will focus on SDG 15: Life on Land.
In each event, we will explore both the global and local work being done to address a United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) by featuring global experts and local social enterprises and non-profits...many from Impact Hub Boston.
You will also have the chance to engage with other community members on SDG campaigning and advocacy in Boston.
U.N. Perspective Series: Life on Land
Wednesday, January 22 from 5:30-8:00p.m. at Impact Hub Boston on the 20th floor
This event will feature...
Global Perspective
Confirming representative from Tufts Fletcher School's Global Development and Environment Institute
Confirming representative from Harvard Forest
Local Perspective
Representatives from Speak for the Trees: the only Boston area non-profit solely dedicated to improving the size and health of the urban tree canopy in the Greater Boston area.
This is a free event, but registration is required.
Agenda:
5:30-5:45--Networking
5:45-6:15--Updates from the SDG Committee
6:15-7:15--U.N. Perspective Series
7:15-7:45--Networking
——————————————
Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War
Wednesday, January 22
6:00 PM (Doors at 5:30)
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge
Cost: $6 - $34 (book included)
Harvard Book Store welcomes STEVE INSKEEP—celebrated reporter and cohost of NPR's Morning Edition and Up First—for a discussion of his latest book, Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War. He will be joined in conversation by author and national security analyst JULIETTE KAYYEM.
About Imperfect Union
John C. Frémont, one of the United States’s leading explorers of the nineteenth century, was relatively unknown in 1842, when he commanded the first of his expeditions to the uncharted West. But in only a few years, he was one of the most acclaimed people of the age—known as a wilderness explorer, bestselling writer, gallant army officer, and latter-day conquistador, who in 1846 began the United States’s takeover of California from Mexico. He was not even 40 years old when Americans began naming mountains and towns after him. He had perfect timing, exploring the West just as it captured the nation’s attention. But the most important factor in his fame may have been the person who made it all possible: his wife, Jessie Benton Frémont.
Jessie, the daughter of a United States senator who was deeply involved in the West, provided her husband with entrée to the highest levels of government and media, and his career reached new heights only a few months after their elopement. During a time when women were allowed to make few choices for themselves, Jessie—who herself aspired to roles in exploration and politics—threw her skill and passion into promoting her husband. She worked to carefully edit and publicize his accounts of his travels, attracted talented young men to his circle, and lashed out at his enemies. She became her husband’s political adviser, as well as a power player in her own right. In 1856, the famous couple strategized as John became the first-ever presidential nominee of the newly established Republican Party.
With rare detail and in consummate style, Steve Inskeep tells the story of a couple whose joint ambitions and talents intertwined with those of the nascent United States itself. Taking advantage of expanding news media, aided by an increasingly literate public, the two linked their names to the three great national movements of the time—westward settlement, women’s rights, and opposition to slavery. Together, John and Jessie Frémont took parts in events that defined the country and gave rise to a new, more global America. Theirs is a surprisingly modern tale of ambition and fame; they lived in a time of social and technological disruption and divisive politics that foreshadowed our own. In Imperfect Union, as Inskeep navigates these deeply transformative years through Jessie and John’s own union, he reveals how the Frémonts’ adventures amount to nothing less than a tour of the early American soul.
———————————————
Going Beyond the Gut: The Future of Microbiome Therapeutics
Wednesday, January 22
6:00pm to 9:00pm
The Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge
Cost: $25 Members; $45 Non-Members; $10 Students; $5 Student Members $25 Livestream Members; $45 Livestream Non-Members; $10 Livestream Students; $5 Livestream Student
The microbiome market is one of the hottest areas for innovation in the life sciences space. We are seeing an uptick in both research and venture capital dollars going into the microbiome industry—both in humans and plants. As a result, the global microbiome market is expected to grow from $235.8 million in 2018 to $521.23 million by 2022.
Please join us for a panel discussion led by some of Boston’s most innovative companies in the space to learn about the science behind the microbiome, the utilization of emerging technologies, and various perspectives on the future of the industry.
Confirmed Speakers
Ryan Barrett, VP, Corporate Development & IP, Axial Biotherapeutics
Dr. Martha Herbert , Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Pediatric Neurologist and Neuroscientist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Geoff van Maltzahn, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Indigo
—————————————
American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power
Wednesday, January 22
6:30 pm Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Cost: $5.00-$20.00
Tonya Mosley, co-host of Here & Now, interviews investigative journalist Andrea Bernstein about her book, "American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power."
Copies of "American Oligarchs" will be on sale via Harvard Bookstore. Bernstein will sign books following the discussion.
About "American Oligarchs"
A multigenerational saga of two families who rose from immigrant roots to the pinnacle of U.S. power that tracks the unraveling of American democracy.
In "American Oligarchs," award-winning investigative journalist Andrea Bernstein creates a vivid portrait of two emblematic American families. Their journey to the White House is a story of survival and loss, crime and betrayal, which stretches from the Gilded Age through Nazi-occupied Poland to the rising nationalism and inequality of the twenty-first century.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews and over 100,000 pages of documents, many previously unseen or long forgotten, Bernstein traces how the families grew rich on federal programs that bolstered the middle class, and then sheltered their wealth from tax collectors. Wielding half-truths, secrecy, and media manipulation, they blurred the lines between public and private interests, then leveraged political, prosecutorial, and judicial power to avoid legal consequences. At once intimate and sweeping, American Oligarchs reveals how these dynasties encouraged and profited from a system of political dark money that has pushed America to the precipice of oligarchy.
—————————————
Politics Is for Power
Wednesday, January 22
7:00 pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline
In Politics Is for Power, pioneering and brilliant data analyst Eitan Hersh shows us a way toward more effective political participation. Aided by political theory, history, cutting-edge social science, as well as remarkable stories of ordinary citizens who got off their couches and took political power seriously, this book shows us how to channel our energy away from political hobbyism and toward empowering our values.
Eitan Hersh received a PhD from Harvard University in 2011. He served for six years on the faculty of Yale University as assistant professor of political science and resident fellow of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies before becoming a tenured associate professor of political science at Tufts University. His peer-reviewed articles have been published in the major political science journals. Hersh is the author of Hacking the Electorate and Politics Is for Power.
—————————————
The Perils of Partnership Industry Influence, Institutional Integrity, and Public Health
Wednesday, January 22
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST
Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass Avenue, Cambridge
A novel critique of public-private partnerships and multistakeholder initiatives in public health. Draws on widely accepted concepts: institutional integrity, separation of powers, and antitrust.
About the Author: Jonathan H. Marks is the Director of the Bioethics Program at Pennsylvania State University, and affiliate faculty at Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs. Whether writing about torture, fracking, obesity, or public health, his work addresses the intersections of ethics, law, and policy. His research also explores institutional ethics, integrity, and corruption.
———————————
Thursday, January 23
———————————
Building a Movement: The Organizer's Toolkit: Leadership + Facilitation
Thursday, January 23
10AM-12:30PM
MIT, Building 9-255, 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
While we often think of leadership as a position, this session explores leadership as a practice of engaging others in a shared purpose. In the first half of this session, we will practice identifying and incubating leaders; the second half will focus on strategies for effective meeting facilitation.
Madeleine Daepp, Gabriel Nahmias, Jeff Rosenberg
While the fight for women’s suffrage is remembered for its picket lines and parades, it was first won in living rooms across the country, where women talked one another into action. Before the sit-ins and freedom rides of the civil rights movements, there were thousands of conversations in church basements and campus classrooms where people who had suffered injustice for generations were mobilized to act. And, before unions built America’s middle-class, labor organizers had to convince their fellow workers that if they united they could win.
The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but justice isn’t what bends it. It takes people willing to do the work of convincing others that, together, they can make change. History is made by organizers.
In four one-day workshops, we will learn why organizing is critical to building effective campaigns for social change. We will develop a “tool-box” of organizing strategies including power mapping, campaign planning, and ladders of engagement. And most importantly, we will offer hands-on practice and critical feedback on the foundational task of activism, the organizing conversation: how to talk to someone, not simply to convince them you are right, but to get them to join with you in working for a better world.
Please sign up at https://tinyurl.com/organize-iap-signup or contact Gabriel Nahmias (gnahmias@mit.edu) with any questions.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning, Political Science
Contact: Gabriel Nahmias, gnahmias@mit.edu
—————————————
A Glimpse at the Future of Work with Collaborative Robots Enhancing the Worker Quality of Life
Thursday, January 23
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EST
Northeastern, 440 Egan Research Center, Boston
The development and deployment of collaborative robots will transform a wide spectrum of industries in terms of profitability, productivity, safety, sustainability, and worker quality of life. This session will provide an overview of our ongoing work on collaborative robotics and shared autonomy in a variety of applications including manufacturing, and healthcare. The focus will be on personalization and adoptability of new technologies to shape the future workplace.
—————————————
Forever Suspect: Racialized Surveillance of Muslim Americans in the War on Terror
Thursday, January 23
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Northeastern, Renaissance_Park, 956, 1135 Tremont Street
Saher Selod, Associate Professor,Department of Sociology, Simmons University (saher.selod@simmons.edu) to speak about her book: Forever Suspect: Racialized Surveillance of Muslim Americans in the War on Terror
—————————————
Red's Best Open Forum: Dive into New England's Local Seafood Supply Chain
Thursday, January 23
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EST
Red's Best Headquarters, 37 Boston Fish Pier, Boston
Have questions about our local, seafood supply chain? Do you know which species are harvested in New England and American waters? Are you maybe a little uncertain but hungry for more information?
Join Red's Best’s Founder & CEO, Jared Auerbach, for casual, transparent, quarterly conversations where you ask the questions and we dig into the inner workings of New England’s lively, historic fishing industry. All are welcome no matter how much seafood knowledge you currently have. Come learn. Come chat. Come participate.
Location Details
Red's Best Headquarters, 37 Boston Fish Pier, Boston, MA 02210
Meeting Spot: Red’s Best is the last door on the right at the end of the Pier. Come up to the reception area on the 2nd floor.
—————————————
Urban Planning Film Series: Containment!
Thursday, January 23
7:00PM-9:30PM
MIT, Building 3-133, 33 Massachusetts Avenue (Rear), Cambridge
Ezra Glenn, Lecturer
For IAP, the department's ongoing Urban Planning Film Series will presents three science fiction films -- all from the same decade at the start of the 21st century -- exploring themes of fear, prejudice, and containment in a chaotic post-Apocalyptic world.
All films start following brief remarks at 7:00PM, MIT Room 3-133; everyone welcome. Come to one or come to all!
District 9 (2009)
Aliens have landed -- only to be exiled to a slum on the fringes of Johannesburg. Now, one lone human discovers the mysterious secret of the extraterrestrial weapon technology. Hunted and hounded through the bizarre back alleys of an alien shantytown, he will discover what it means to be the ultimate outsider on your own planet. Directed by Neill Blomkamp.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Ezra Glenn, EGLENN@MIT.EDU
—————————
Friday, January 24
—————————
Design Museum Mornings: Towards a Robotic Architecture
Friday, January 24
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST
Red Thread + Steelcase Showroom, 101 Seaport Boulevard, Suite 600, Boston
Cost: $0 – $20
Design Museum Mornings with Dr. Mahesh Daas, President of the Boston Architectural College
Mahesh Daas, President of the Boston Architectural College, presents findings related to his recent book, Towards a Robotic Architecture. The field of robotics is coming of age. Robotics and artificial intelligence represent the next cutting edge technology to transform the fields of architecture and design. The past decade's surge towards more computationally defined building systems and highly adaptable open-source design software has left the field ripe for the integration of robotics wither through large-scale building fabrication or through more intelligent/adaptive building systems. Through this surge, architecture has not only been greatly influenced by these emerging technologies, but has also begun influencing other disciplines in unexpected ways.
Join us in January for Design Museum Mornings at the Red Thread + Steelcase showroom for a conversation about robotics role in architecture.
Doors Open • 8:30 – 9:00am
Program & Q&A • 9:00 – 10:00am
Become a member to attend this event for free • Membership starts at just $5/month
The Speaker
Dr. Mahesh Daas, DPACSA, ACSA Distinguished Professor, is the eighth president of the Boston Architectural College. President Daas is a designer, technologist, and an experienced academic leader. His career spans 23 years at four universities including 14 years in higher education leadership roles. Prior to becoming president of the BAC, Daas served as dean of the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.
Mahesh earned a bachelor's degree in architecture from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India; a master's degree in urban design from Kansas State University; and an executive doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania. He has received executive certificates in management from the University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University.
He is also an author and has been featured in scholarly journals, federal publications, and academic books. He most recently co-edited the book Towards a Robotic Architecture (Oro Editions 2018), which has been chosen as Top Tech Book of 2018 by Architect's Newspaper. President Daas is also the author of Leading with Aesthetics: The Transformational Leadership of President Charles M. Vest at M.I.T. (Lexington Books, 2015 & 2019).
Throughout his career, Mahesh has received several awards. In 2011 he was the youngest educator and second person of Asian origin to be elevated as an Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Distinguished Professor, the highest national recognition for an architectural educator. He was recognized for contributions to design computing with the 2013 Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) Society Award of Excellence. ACADIA elected him twice as its president and he served on the editorial board of the International Journal of Architectural Computing and currently serves on the editorial board of Construction Robotics Journal.
About Design Museum Mornings
Design Museum Mornings is a monthly event series brought to you by Design Museum Boston. These events are meant to inspire you before your day begins and bring you closer to the Design Museum Boston community. Each event will include a short presentation by a local thought-leader, free breakfast, and great people to wake up with. These events are hosted and sponsored by various generous businesses of the Greater Boston area. If you are interested in hosting one of these events, please check out our host page here for more information.
————————————
Emerging Issues in Bioethics | The 2020 AJLM Symposium
Friday, January 24
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
BU School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
The 2020 American Journal of Law and Medicine Symposium, Emerging Issues in Bioethics, will explore bioethical legal issues in new and developing areas of health care. As the methods utilized within the medical community to treat patients and administer care rapidly evolve, it is crucial that ethicists and legal professionals examine the ways in which bioethics and the law inform and react to these changes. The symposium will feature presentations on gene editing, DNA testing, biobanking, telehealth, opioid prescribing and treatment, artificial intelligence, and other important topics. Please join AJLM as we explore the bioethical and legal implications of developments in healthcare.
Speakers & Presenters
George Annas | William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor & Director, Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights; Boston University School of Public Health, School of Medicine, and School of Law
Colleen Conboy | Law Student, University of Tennessee College of Law
Rebecca Dresser | Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law
Leah Fowler | Assistant Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
Stephanie Morain | Research Assistant Professor, Health Law & Policy Institute, University of Houston Law Center
Barry Furrow | Professor of Law and Director, Health Law Program, Drexel University Kline School of Law
Laura Hoffman | Assistant Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law
Medha D. Makhlouf | Assistant Professor, Penn State University Dickinson Law
Jonathan H. Marks | Director of the Bioethics Program, Penn State University
Kate Nicholson | Co-chair, Chronic Pain/Opioids Task Force for the National Council on Independent Living; President, National Pain Advocacy Center
Deborah Hellman | Professor, University of Virginia School of Law
Tara Sklar | Professor of Health Law, Director of the Health Law & Policy Program, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of law,
Christopher Robertson | Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Professor of Law, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
————————————
Achieving a Sustainable Future for Nuclear Energy
Friday, January 24
1:00PM-3:30PM
MIT, Building 26-168, 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Neil Todreas, Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Phillip Hildebrandt, Battelle Energy Alliance, Idaho National Lab, Michael Golay, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering
The future role of nuclear energy is important in addressing climate change & vital to everyone on the planet. Nuclear Power deployment in the US is at a standstill. Deployment of large light water reactors is considered economically risky while deployment of modular reactors or other advanced technologies has yet to materialize. We will explore challenges to the future of nuclear energy from the perspectives of business, public policy & energy markets in the US. We will discuss a suggested path forward. Partnering of private sector & government will be essential to mitigate business risk in technology development, achieve supportive public policies, & ensure viable global markets.
Central to resolving challenges is reducing costs & business risks for constructing nuclear energy facilities. A suggested framework will be offered for reducing & managing the capital cost based on two pillars- a Systems Dynamic model and a Discounted Cash Flow model, both reflecting influences of uncertainties. Use of such models can greatly increase the sophistication with which managers can understand the projects & the values of alternative options that they might employ in responding to unanticipated but potentially ruinous project surprises. Complexity is inherent in the nonlinear interactions that characterize megaprojects, where combined influences render traditional linear project planning tools incapable of success.
We will explore factors likely to affect the success of nuclear energy.
Sponsor(s): Nuclear Science and Engineering
Contact: Neil Todreas, 24-216A, 617-253-5296, todreas@mit.edu
———————————
Saturday, January 25
———————————
3rd Annual Seed Sovereignty Day
Saturday, January 25
9am - 5pm (dinner 5pm - 7pm)
Round the Bend Farm, 92 Allen's Neck Road, South Dartmouth
Cost: $30 -$50
Sessions:
BEETS!: Solveig Hanson, celebrated plant breeder and researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will share her work with breeding beets for flavor and quality.
SEEDS ON THE FARM: Two sessions of stories and lessons, from farmers young and not-as-young who have integrated seed work into their farm organisms.
FSF BREEDING ROUNDTABLE: Hannah Traggis and Heron Breen facilitate a discussion with participating farmers on beet and butternut projects with FSF.
THE CULTURAL IMPORTANCE OF SEED: A multicultural panel discussion of the deeper underpinnings of seed keeping.
*Full presenter roster and bios coming soon
*PLEASE NOTE: Lunch is potluck style. Bring a dish to share! Round the Bend Farm is striving to be a waste-free site, and disposable or one use plastics go against our belief system: let's work together to make this a waste-free event. Please bring your own plates and utensils.
The seed swap is official this year, and will occur both during lunch time and post-session at the end of the day. Bring seeds to share, and if you have none, worry not - a credit with karma goes a long way. For booth requests, please email freedseedfederation@gmail.com
This year we're excited to include a locally-sourced dinner for an additional $10, thanks to our friends at Round The Bend Farm. An excellent opportunity to mingle with a fantastic Northeast seed community, and ask those burning questions that slipped through the day.
——————————————
Find Your Path: Unconventional Lessons from 36 Leading Scientists and Engineers
Saturday, January 25
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
MIT Press Bookstore, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Please join us in welcoming author Daniel Goodman, Director of Advanced Technology at ASM-NEXX and of the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, to the MIT Press Bookstore on Saturday, January 25. He will be discussing his new book, Find Your Path , with some of his contributors. Names will be soon announced.
About the Book
Scientists offer personal accounts of the challenges, struggles, successes, U-turns, and satisfactions encountered in their careers in industry, academia, and government.
This insightful book offers essential life and career lessons for newly minted STEM graduates and those seeking a career change. Thirty-six leading scientists and engineers (including two Nobel Prize winners) describe the challenges, struggles, successes, satisfactions, and U-turns encountered as they established their careers. Readers learn that there are professional possibilities beyond academia, as contributors describe the paths that took them into private industry and government as well as to college and university campuses. They discuss their varying preferences for solitary research or collaborative teamwork; their attempts to achieve work-life balance; and unplanned changes in direction that resulted in a more satisfying career. Women describe confronting overt sexism and institutional gender bias; scientists of color describe the experience of being outsiders in their field.
Daniel Goodman is Director of Advanced Technology at ASM-NEXX, a Massachusetts-based company that produces semiconductor capital equipment, and a director of the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, which provides graduate fellowships in applied science.
——————————
Sunday, January 26
——————————
Be the Change Community Action: State of Small Businesses in Cambridge
Sunday, January 26
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Porter Square Books, 25 White Street, Cambridge
Be the Change LogoAlthough most people don’t know this, entrepreneurship in general has been declining in America for decades. In the 1950s and 1960s (the golden era of small businesses) there were over 150,000 new businesses created annually. This number was less than 20,000 in 2018. Cambridge is no exception -- Cambridge is experiencing dramatic economic change, with exciting growth, but with increasingly prominent barriers to entry for small businesses. These include: (1) changing consumer preferences, as consumers increasingly purchase retail goods from online providers, drives traffic away from our Main Streets and online; (2) An increasingly unstable and unaffordable commercial rental market that compounds the problem, as international real estate and financial entities are increasingly investing in our cities, and consequently driving up commercial rents and displacing local businesses; (3) multi-decade bank consolidation diminishes funds for local business development; and (4) Cambridge's Retail Strategy report, published in 2017, describes significant "leakage," which means that consumers in Cambridge are not able to conveniently find products in various retail categories such as clothing, hardware, and durable goods in Cambridge. However, a thriving small business sector is vital to Cambridge's sense of self. Theodora Skeadas, the Executive Director of Cambridge Local First, plans to highlight the challenges facing local and independent businesses, the issue of vacant storefronts, and what work is being done to tackle these compelling local issues.
Theodora Skeadas is the Executive Director of Cambridge Local First, a non-profit that promotes a local economy community by educating the public and government about the significant environmental, economic, and cultural benefits of a strong local economy. She is also an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she works on issues of cyber security in the Middle East and North Africa region. She concurrently works as an independent political consultant and campaign manager, having strategically advised and managed campaigns for Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor and Cambridge City Council, among others. She recently graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School with a Master in Public Policy, where she studied International Trade and Finance.
20% of sales from 3PM-5PM will be donated to Cambridge Local First.
——————————
Monday, January 27
——————————
Reducing and Preventing Homelessness: Lessons from Randomized Evaluations
Monday, January 27
11:00AM-12:30PM
MIT, Building E51-376, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Arielle Rawlings, Policy Associate, Jacob Binder, Policy Associate
In the United States, more than 500,000 people experience homelessness on a given night and 1.4 million people pass through emergency shelters in a given year. How can rigorous evaluation drive improvements to policies and services aimed at fighting homelessness? This presentation highlights key research findings on programs to help people access and maintain stable, affordable housing and identifies research questions that remain to be answered. The publication synthesizes results from forty rigorous evaluations of eighteen distinct programs related to homelessness prevention and reduction in North America.
Sponsor(s): Economics
Contact: Krista Moody, E52-539A, 617 324-7651, KRISTAMO@MIT.EDU
—————————————
Mergers and Monopolies: Does U.S. Policy Do Enough to Protect Consumers?
Monday, January 27
4:00PM-5:00PM
MIT, Building E51-376, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Nancy Rose, Department Head and Professor of Applied Economics
Competition policy, long the domain of dusty academics and legal practitioners, is attracting increased attention from mainstream media, popular books, presidential campaigns, think tanks and government commissions. What should we make of reports of rising concentration in U.S. industries? Should big tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon be broken up or regulated? How do enforcers decide whether to try to block mergers like Sprint/T-Mobile or Facebook/WhatsApp? This talk will discuss evidence on the state of competition in U.S. industries and describe the role of antitrust enforcement in preserving competitive markets, drawing on Professor Rose's leadership experience in the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
Sponsor(s): Economics
Contact: Krista Moody, E52-539A, 617 324-7651, KRISTAMO@MIT.EDU
—————————————
Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus
Monday, January 27
6:30 pm Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Cost: $5.00-$20.00
Carey Goldberg, editor of CommonHealth, interviews Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan about their groundbreaking book, "Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus," which looks at sexual assault as a public health problem. Their study was profiled in the New Yorker last year.
Copies of "Sexual Citizens" will be on sale via Porter Square Books. Hirsch and Khan will sign books following the discussion.
About "Sexual Citizens"
A groundbreaking study that transforms how we see and address the most misunderstood problem on college campuses: widespread sexual assault.
The fear of campus sexual assault has become an inextricable part of the college experience. And for far too many students, that fear is realized. Research has shown that by the time they graduate, as many as one in three women and almost one in six men will have been sexually assaulted. But why is sexual assault such a common feature of college life? And what can be done to prevent it? "Sexual Citizens" provides answers. Drawing on the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation (SHIFT) at Columbia University, the most comprehensive study of sexual assault on a campus to date, Hirsch and Khan present an entirely new framework that emphasizes sexual assault’s social roots, transcending current debates about consent, predators in a “hunting ground,” and the dangers of hooking up.
"Sexual Citizens" is based on years of research interviewing and observing college life―with students of different races, genders, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Hirsch and Khan’s landmark study reveals the social ecosystem that makes sexual assault so predictable, explaining how physical spaces, alcohol, peer groups, and cultural norms influence young people’s experiences and interpretations of both sex and sexual assault. Through the powerful concepts of “sexual projects,” “sexual citizenship,” and “sexual geographies,” the authors offer a new and widely-accessible language for understanding the forces that shape young people’s sexual relationships. Empathetic, insightful, and far-ranging, "Sexual Citizens" transforms our understanding of sexual assault and offers a roadmap for how to address it.
—————————————
Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
Monday, January 27
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Harvard Book Store welcomes award-winning journalist and author KIM GHATTAS for a discussion of her latest book, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East.
About Black Wave
Kim Ghattas seamlessly weaves together history, geopolitics, and culture to deliver a gripping read of the largely unexplored story of the rivalry between between Saudi Arabia and Iran, born from the sparks of the 1979 Iranian revolution and fueled by American policy.
With vivid story-telling, extensive historical research and on-the-ground reporting, Ghattas dispels accepted truths about a region she calls home. She explores how Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran, once allies and twin pillars of US strategy in the region, became mortal enemies after 1979. She shows how they used and distorted religion in a competition that went well beyond geopolitics. Feeding intolerance, suppressing cultural expression, and encouraging sectarian violence from Egypt to Pakistan, the war for cultural supremacy led to Iran’s fatwa against author Salman Rushdie, the assassination of countless intellectuals, the birth of groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon, the September 11th terrorist attacks, and the rise of ISIS.
Ghattas introduces us to a riveting cast of characters whose lives were upended by the geopolitical drama over four decades: from the Pakistani television anchor who defied her country’s dictator, to the Egyptian novelist thrown in jail for indecent writings all the way to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. Black Wave is both an intimate and sweeping history of the region and will significantly alter perceptions of the Middle East.
——————————————
Urban Planning Film Series: Containment!
Monday, January 27
7:00PM-9:30PM
MIT, Building 3-133, 33 Massachusetts Avenue (Rear), Cambridge
Ezra Glenn, Lecturer
For IAP, the department's ongoing Urban Planning Film Series will presents three science fiction films -- all from the same decade at the start of the 21st century -- exploring themes of fear, prejudice, and containment in a chaotic post-Apocalyptic world.
All films start following brief remarks at 7:00PM, MIT Room 3-133; everyone welcome. Come to one or come to all!
Children of Men (2006)
The human race has become mysteriously sterile, and no babies have been born in 18 years. A dictatorship has arisen, but a group of revolutionaries discover they must protect the only pregnant woman in the world. Director by Alfonso Cuaron.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Ezra Glenn, EGLENN@MIT.EDU
—————————————
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
Monday, January 27
7:30 PM (Doors at 6:30)
Back Bay Events Center, 180 Berkeley Street, Boston
Cost: $34 (book included)
Harvard Book Store welcomes Pulitzer Prize–winning authors NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF and SHERYL WuDUNN for a discussion of their latest book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope.
All books included with tickets are pre-signed editions of Tightrope, personally signed by the authors. This event does not include a public book signing. (Additional pre-signed copies will be available for purchase at the event, while supplies last.)
About Tightrope
With stark poignancy and political dispassion, Tightrope draws us deep into an “other America.” The authors tell this story, in part, through the lives of some of the children with whom Kristof grew up in rural Yamhill, Oregon, an area that prospered for much of the twentieth century but has been devastated in the last few decades as blue-collar jobs disappeared. About one-quarter of the children on Kristof’s old school bus died in adulthood from drugs, alcohol, suicide, or reckless accidents. And while these particular stories unfolded in one corner of the country, they are representative of many places the authors write about, ranging from the Dakotas and Oklahoma to New York and Virginia.
But here too are stories about resurgence, among them: Annette Dove, who has devoted her life to helping the teenagers of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, as they navigate the chaotic reality of growing up poor; Daniel McDowell, of Baltimore, whose tale of opioid addiction and recovery suggests that there are viable ways to solve our nation’s drug epidemic. Taken together, these accounts provide a picture of working-class families needlessly but profoundly damaged as a result of decades of policy mistakes. With their superb, nuanced reportage, Kristof and WuDunn have given us a book that is both riveting and impossible to ignore.
——————————
Tuesday, January 28
——————————
First Annual “Patient Safety in a Digital World” Symposium
Tuesday, January 28
3:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute , 1 Jimmy Fund Way, Smith Building, 3rd Flr., Rooms 308 & 309, Boston
International Symposium Series explores the intersection of digital technology and patient safety. Join us at DFCI on January 28th 2020!
About this Event
The Foundation for the Innovation and Development of Health Safety (FIDHS) is pleased to convene our 1st Annual International Patient Safety Symposium at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. In an effort to move the needle on patient safety, the symposium will convene thought leaders in digital health innovation, hospital CEOs and their pharmacy leaders, and patient safety executives from across the U.S. and Europe to address the latest digital strategies that ensure patient safety for hospitals, insurers, and pharma manufacturers. The symposium provides a global platform for medical professionals and innovators to collaborate on a vision of patient safety in a digital world, providing insights and recommendations based on real world digital programs.
Agenda Outline
3:00 – 3:15 PM Welcome/Refreshments
3:15 – 3:30 PM Opening Remarks
3:30 – 4:15 PM Executive Panel Discussion: "Patient Safety, International Considerations & Lessons Learned"
4:15 - 4:45 PM Special Guest Speaker
4:45 – 5:30 PM Executive Panel Discussion: "Safety in a Digital World, Opportunities for Disruption"
5:30 – 6:00 PM Closing Remarks
6:00 – 8:00 PM Cocktail/Networking Reception
—————————————
Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia
WHEN Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South Building, Room S250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
SPEAKER(S) Joshua Yaffa, Journalist and Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker
Moderator: Timothy Colton
Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Harvard University
COST Free
CONTACT INFO For more information, please call 617-495-4037.
Email for general inquiries: daviscrs@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS Joshua Yaffa, Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker, presents his first book, "Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia" (Tim Duggan Books, January 2020), in conversation with Professor Timothy Colton.
"In this rich and novelistic tour of contemporary Russia, journalist Joshua Yaffa introduces readers to some of the country’s most remarkable figures — from politicians and entrepreneurs to artists and historians — who have built their careers and constructed their identities in the shadow of the Putin system. Torn between their own ambitions and the omnipresent demands of the state, each walks an individual path of compromise. Some muster cunning and cynicism to extract all manner of benefits and privileges from those in power. Others, finding themselves to be less adept, are left broken and demoralized. What binds them together is the tangled web of dilemmas and contradictions they face.
—————————————
Botany Blast: What is Biodiversity and Why Does It Matter?
Tuesday, January 28
6:30PM TO 8:00PM
Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain
Join Jake Grossman, Putnam Postdoctoral Fellow, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, for an exploration of the world of biodiversity research.
Most of us have an intuitive sense of what counts as "biodiversity" and why it is important to live in a biodiverse world, but these questions have also powered decades of revelatory and complex ecological research. Join Putnam Postdoctoral Fellow Jake Grossman for an exploration of the world of biodiversity research. Our focus will be on how scientists define and quantify biodiversity and how biodiversity loss affects the way that ecosystems work. Jake will share highlights from his dissertation research, which entailed the use of experimentally planted "forests" to study the role of biodiversity in supporting tree growth, health, and nutrient use.
Free, but registration is requested at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or 617-384-5277.
Contact Name: Adi Shafir
617-384-5277
*********
------------
Resource
------------
*********
Environmental Voter Project's Spring Internship Program is now accepting applications at https://www.environmentalvoter.org/jobs/intern
Can you help us spread the word by forwarding this email to anybody who might be interested in joining us this winter/spring?
Located in our Boston office, our Spring Internship Program is great for anybody who's interested in learning more about environmental politics, cutting-edge voter turnout techniques, and data analytics.
All interested parties are encouraged to apply.
Click here for more information and details on how to apply.
————————————
Science for the People seeks proposals for articles, art, and other content for the upcoming issue, “A People’s Green New Deal” (Volume 23, Number 2, Summer 2020). Deadline for submissions: Friday, January 10, 2020.
More information at https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/submissions/
————————————
Living With Heat - Urban Land Institute report on expected climate impact in Boston
————————————
Solar bills on Beacon Hill: The Climate Minute Podcast
————————————
Envision Cambridge citywide plan
——————————
Climate Resilience Workbook
——————————
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
————————————
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
———————————
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!
——————————
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/
****************************************
———————————————————————————
Links to events at over 50 colleges and universities at Hubevents: http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
MIT Events: http://calendar.mit.edu
Harvard Events: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/harvard-events/events-calendar/
Harvard Environment: http://environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
Sustainability at Harvard: http://green.harvard.edu/events
Boston Science Lectures: https://sites.google.com/view/bostonsciencelectures/home
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/
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
Cambridge Community Calendar: https://www.cctvcambridge.org/calendar
Adam Gaffin’s Universal Hub: https://www.universalhub.com/
Extinction Rebellion: https://xrmass.org/action/
Sunrise Movement: https://www.facebook.com/SunriseBoston/events/
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.
