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.
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What I Do and Why I Do It: The Story of Energy (and Other) Events
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html
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Since almost all events are online now, Energy (and Other) Events is now virtual and can happen anywhere in the world. If you know of online events that are happening which may be of interest to the editor of this publication, please let me know. People are connecting all across the world and I’d be more than happy to help facilitate more of that.
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Mutual Aid Networks
National
Spreadsheet of mutual aid networks
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1HEdNpLB5p-sieHVK-CtS8_N7SIUhlMpY6q1e8Je0ToY/htmlview
Mutual Aid Networks to Combat Coronavirus
https://itsgoingdown.org/autonomous-groups-are-mobilizing-mutual-aid-initiatives-to-combat-the-coronavirus/
Local
Boston COVID-19 Community Care
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15GYuPYEzBk9KIyH3C3419aYxIMVAsa7BL7nBl9434Mg/edit?usp=sharing
Boston + MA COVID19 Resources
(This is a different Google Doc with a similar name, compiled by the Asian
American Resource Workshop)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-x6vOZKVsla5H363mtdgcyivvLmcx7-f2s6l-O_ba8A/edit?usp=sharing
Cambridge Mutual Aid Network
https://sites.google.com/view/cambridge-nan/home
Mutual Aid Medford and Somerville (MAMAS) network
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1RtYZ1wc8jxcSKDl555WszWhQWlOlSkNnfjIOYV0wXRA/mobilebasic
Food for Free (for Cambridge and Somerville) volunteers to provide lunches for schoolchildren, elderly, and hungry
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed0cSIoOc7-Fvoms3VHR1Lc44fjql-vTNknz_a-7T_sKDnrw/viewform
My notes to Rebecca Solnit’s A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster, about how people faced with emergency and disaster usually move towards providing mutual aid, at least until elite panic, a term in disaster studies, kicks in, are available at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2016/07/notes-on-rebecca-solnits-paradise-built.html
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Daily Events
Entertainment!!!
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Monday, May 11 - Wednesday, May 13
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International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
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Monday, May 11
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12pm Intro To Extinction Rebellion's Self Organizing System
1pm Women In Energy Virtual Roundtable Discussion: Virginia Snyder, Energy Sector Specialist at the Inter-American Bank
3pm SOLUTIONS with/in/sight: How Are Cancer Researchers Fighting COVID-19?
6pm Personal Finance During the Pandemic
7pm Extinction Rebellion Spokescouncil May 2020
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Tuesday, May 12
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12pm The Coronavirus Pandemic: Safely Reopening Workplaces
12pm Online: Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits
12pm Confronting the Challenge of COVID-19 in American Indian Communities
12:30pm Author Talk: Technologies of the Human Corpse, by John Troyer
12:30pm Will the Coronavirus Change Russian Foreign Policy?
6:30pm Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Air Affects Our Health, Creativity, and Productivity
8pm Extinction Rebellion [XR] Online Movie Night: How to Change the World
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Wednesday, May 13 - Thursday, May 14
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IdeaStream 2020
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Wednesday, May 13
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11am Webinar: Natural Experiments in Health Care - What Really Works
11am Helping those who serve: How family members and friends can support healthcare workers during COVID-19
11am Webinar series on energy innovation: Innovations in Critical Low-Carbon Technologies
12pm How Youth Driven Climate Litigation Sustains Democracy: Perspectives from the US and Europe
12pm Closing the loop: Technion COVID19 efforts from diagnostics to therapeutics
1pm COVID-19 & Cities: Pollution and the Environment
1pm Children of Puerto Rico & COVID-19: The mental health impacts of the pandemic on children, youth and families in a post-disaster environment
2pm Oil, Clean Energy and National Security
2pm Supporting Small Businesses, Offsetting Unemployment
3:30pm GSE Climate Change Leadership Curriculum Webinar
4pm BNT: Boston Tech Comes Together to Help Conquer COVID-19 #BNT113
4pm [Virtual] Town Hall Meeting on What Happens to Tech and Cities When They Open Up?
7pm Community Meeting
7pm Sustaining All Life: Tools for Climate Justice
7pm Undeclared Emergency: Addressing the Climate Crisis in our Schools
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Thursday, May 14
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12pm Extinction Rebellion [XR] DNA Interactive Training
12:30pm Hot Topics in Computing: A Conversation with Microsoft President Brad Smith
4:30pm Pandemic Financial Policies: Actions and Consequences
5pm Pandemic Resilience: Testing
6pm Sunrise Boston Phonebank for Ed Markey
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Friday, May 15
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12pm Startup Spotlight 2020 [VIRTUAL]
1pm Big, If True Webinar: The Trouble with Science
2:30pm LOCKED-DOWN AMERICANS: Isolation and Loneliness in 21st Century
3pm Extinction Rebellion SF [XRSF] Friday Online Activism
4pm Ethical Smart Cities (Soft Launch)
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Saturday, May 16
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10:30am Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
7pm Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
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Sunday, May 17
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11am NE Witness for Peace Director Lee Schlenker: Popular Struggles in Latin America Today
7pm Extinction Rebellion New Member Orientation
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Monday, May 18
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12pm Gutman Library Book Talk: Schooling for Critical Consciousness: Engaging Black and Latinx Youth in Analyzing, Navigating, and Challenging Racial Injustice
12:30pm Women In Energy Virtual Roundtable Discussion: The Role of Natural Gas in the Energy Transition with Erin Blanton, CGEP Senior Research Scholar
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Tuesday, May 19
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9am Audacious Education Purposes Book Launch
12:30pm MIT Press Live! presents a virtual conversation with Wade Roush, author of Extraterrestrials
2pm Virtual Panel Discussion on How Nonprofit Leaders are Responding to COVID-19
4pm The Ethical Algorithm
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My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com
COVID19 and Energy: What McKinsey Thinks
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/3/1942370/-COVID19-and-Energy-What-McKinsey-Thinks
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Sunrise Boston Daily Breakfast Boogie! (May 11 - May 15)
8:30am
Online - Zoom link: http://zoom.us/my/brian.sunrise
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/529278624637010/
Covid-19 got you feeling isolated? Lonely? Wanting to start your day off with some connection, laughs, meditation or poetry? Join us for a daily “Breakfast Boogie” hosted by the Member Support Team.
It is so important that we remember and hold onto our connections with one another at a moment in time when we are still going all-out to build a powerful movement to stop climate change. We will be having this gathering on Zoom EVERY WEEK DAY from 8:30-9 am! We may offer different rituals, grounding practices, pair-shares, songs or poetry. Suggestions welcome! Let’s stay grounded and present in community even when we increasingly are apart physically.
Questions: Rosie at rosiemcinnes@gmail.com
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Swing Left Boston Virtual Activism Calendar
https://swingleftboston.org/calendar/category/training-education/
Daily electoral activist events with social distancing kept in mind.
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Entertainment!!!!
Stay At Home Fest - online music and performance events
https://www.stayathomefest.com/#events
Here Are All the Live Streams & Virtual Concerts to Watch During Coronavirus Crisis
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9335531/coronavirus-quarantine-music-events-online-streams
A List Of Live Virtual Concerts To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/816504058/a-list-of-live-virtual-concerts-to-watch-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown
Watch These Livestreamed Concerts During Your Social Distancing
https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/all-musicians-streaming-live-concerts.html]
Virtual Art Project (VAP-IT!)
https://sgimproviz.wixsite.com/virtualartproject
Free virtual music, museums, and art round-up
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/16/1927955/-Your-mega-round-up-of-free-music-museums-and-art-to-check-out-virtually-amid-coronavirus-outbreaks
300,000 ebooks to download for free from the NY Public Library
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/you-can-now-download-over-300-000-books-from-the-nypl-for-free-031820
Free streaming services
https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/streaming-services-free-trial-coronavirus-pandemic.html
Free nonprofit webinars
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ozk1VfHPYlUC6h0XdDtHpsK-PYq4Y6FTnMPh_LliWwM/edit?ts=5e7b5cdf#gid=0
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Monday, May 11 - Wednesday, May 13
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International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Monday, May 11 - Wednesday, May 13
Online
RSVP at https://underline.io/conferences/19
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Monday, May 11
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Intro To Extinction Rebellion's Self Organizing System
Monday, May 11
12-2pm
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/vJItdu6vpj4oGqzZLmAKaYCknyJKBkoBMQ
A mass movement has to unlock the leadership and creativity of far more people than a top-down structure will allow. XR's approach to governance has been vital to our growth and effectiveness, and a shared understanding of our structure and decision-making will be key to continued success!
This training covers the building blocks of SOS, including: 1) working groups and mandates 2) creating roles that empower people to get stuff done 3) making decisions and learning from them
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Women In Energy Virtual Roundtable Discussion: Virginia Snyder, Energy Sector Specialist at the Inter-American Bank
Monday, May 11
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Online
RSVP at https://events.columbia.edu/eventregext/uereg/init.do?href=%2Fpublic%2Fcals%2FMainCal%2FCAL-00bb9e25-71debbd3-0171-e063c3ca-000022b1.ics&calsuite=/principals/users/agrp_SIPA_CGEP&formName=Virginia_Snyder_Registration&evcontactemail=energypolicy@columbia.edu
Please join the Women in Energy program for a virtual roundtable discussion with Virginia Snyder, Energy Sector Specialist at the Inter-American Bank.Ms. Snyder will discuss her background and experience working in the energy sector. In addition to her career path and current work, she will discuss how the Inter-American Development Bank is mainstreaming gender in the operations of the energy division.
Biography
Virginia is an Energy Sector Specialist at the Inter-American Bank (IDB) in Washington, DC. She works for the Infrastructure and Energy Sector where she is working on program and policy issues across Latin America and the Caribbean. She is leading Gender Initiatives for the Energy Sector, is the focal point for innovation and digitalization, and is co-leading and working in new initiatives such as the future Energy HUB for LAC. She works on technical and operational issues on diverse projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Prior to her work at the IDB, she worked for the California Center for Sustainable Energy, where she was the Associate Program Manager for the California Solar Initiative (the US’s largest solar initiative) and worked for the US Department of Energy (DOE). She collaborated with the team members of DOE’s Solar Technologies Program working in the Solar America Cities program. Through this effort, 25 American cities have been working to accelerate the adoption of solar energy technologies for a cleaner and more secure energy future. Virginia earned an MBA from the University of San Diego, CA.
Registration is required.
There is limited capacity for this event. We ask that you register only if you are sure you can attend this event in its entirety.
For more information contact: energypolicy@columbia.edu.
Event Contact Information:
Center on Global Energy Policy
energypolicy@columbia.edu
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SOLUTIONS with/in/sight: How Are Cancer Researchers Fighting COVID-19?
Monday, May 11
3:00pm to 4:15pm
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/6215881820477/WN_PJdd0HIhQm285lBe2NDZ-Q
The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT cordially invites you to attend a virtual SOLUTIONS with/in/sight:
How Are Cancer Researchers Fighting COVID-19? showcasing the work of MIT faculty and clinical investigators to address urgent and pressing needs related to the COVID-19 crisis.
Integrating presentation with Q&A, participants will learn about the science behind each project and find out how the Koch Institute’s flexible, collaborative research models allow for rapid response and agility across the biomedical landscape.
Featuring
Angela Belcher, PhD, James Mason Crafts Professor, Head of the Department of Biological Engineering
Novel materials for PPE
Salil Garg, MD, Charles W. (1955) and Jennifer C. Johnson Clinical Investigator
diagnostics for test-and-trace
Hojun Li, MD, PhD, Charles W. (1955) and Jennifer C. Johnson Clinical Investigator
on-demand protective immunity testing
J. Christopher Love, PhD, Raymond A. (1921) and Helen E. St. Laurent Professor of Chemical Engineering
scalable and accessible vaccine development
Moderated by
Tyler Jacks, PhD, Director, Koch Institute, David H. Koch Professor of Biology
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Personal Finance During the Pandemic
Monday, May 11
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://edportal.harvard.edu/event/personal-finance-during-pandemic
Participants will receive the Zoom link after registering for this workshop.
In these unstable times, many people are worried about how to best manage personal finance with challenges such as lost income. Join Migdalia Gomez and Sarah Scruggs from the Harvard University Employees Credit Union for a two-part workshop series that will answer common questions about debt repayment, reducing expenses, budgeting, and more. Participants will also learn about resources to keep your personal finances on track. Each workshop will be one hour, with the opportunity to ask questions in real time.
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Extinction Rebellion Spokescouncil May 2020
Monday, May 11
7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/spokescouncil-may-2020/ or by emailing ag.network.xrmass@gmail.com
Spokescouncil for all affinity group members, no limit to the number of people (and you're welcome if you're an active member of XR-Boston but not in an AG). This will be an agenda-free meeting to talk about what we've all been doing since the pandemic began -- both in and outside XR - and to discuss what we'd like to see on the road ahead.
Please sign up and you'll get an email with the zoom link.
Email ag.network.xrmass@gmail.com if you have questions.
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Tuesday, May 12
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The Coronavirus Pandemic: Safely Reopening Workplaces
Tuesday, May 12
12 – 12:35 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/Forumhsph/
SPEAKER(S) Joseph Allen, Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science and Director of the Healthy Buildings Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Moderator: Elana Gordon, Reporter and Producer, The World
As some Americans return to workplaces closed by the coronavirus pandemic, employers and employees alike may be wondering how society can do so safely. In this Facebook Live Q&A, Joseph Allen, Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science and Director of the Healthy Buildings Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will lay out a framework for the phased reopening of workplaces, ultimately describing what makes an office building healthy.
CONTACT INFO theforum@hsph.harvard.edu
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Online: Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits
Tuesday, May 12
12:00pm
Online
RSVP by contacting Ellen Daoust at ellen@cctvcambridge.org
with Maritza Grooms
In this workshop you'll be creating and executing an effective social media strategy.
Figuring out how to make your nonprofit stand out on social media can be overwhelming. In this workshop you'll be creating and executing an effective social media strategy that works for you. We'll review best practices in social media, determine the goals for your organization and brainstorm creative content ideas that will maximize your message.
Advance registration is required and is accepted on a first-come basis. Early registration is advised since courses may fill up or be canceled due to low enrollment. Schedules are subject to change.
At this point in time, CCTV's live online classes and pre-recorded tutorials are free to the public. If it's available to you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to CCTV. Even a small contribution makes a big difference. Thanks!
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Confronting the Challenge of COVID-19 in American Indian Communities
Tuesday, May 12
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-covid-19-american-indian-communities-virtual
SPEAKER(S) Nicole Redvers Dene, Member of the Deninu K’ue Frist Nation Band, assistant professor in the Indians into Medicine program and in the Department of Family & Community Medicine, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of North Dakota
Donald Warne, Oglala Lakota, associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion, director of the Indians Into Medicine program, and professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of North Dakota; senior policy advisor, Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board
Moderator: Joseph P. Gone, Aaniiih-Gros Ventre tribal nation of Montana, professor of anthropology, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, professor of global health and social medicine, Harvard Medical School, and faculty director, Harvard University Native American Program
American Indian communities in the United States have improbably survived centuries of dispossession, subjugation, endemic poverty, and coercive assimilation. The latest threat to their “survivance” is the COVID-19 epidemic. In this Virtual Radcliffe program, two indigenous professors of medicine will consider the implications of the pandemic for lives and livelihoods in contemporary American Indian communities.
Registration is required for this Zoom webinar. Instructions can be found by visiting the event web page.
CONTACT INFO events@radcliffe.harvard.edu
Editorial Comment: The effect of the pandemic on Native American communities is a seriously under-reported story. I have seen nothing on what is happening to the Lakota although I’ve seen a little about the effect upon the Navaho and Hopi. Please spread the word about this event to anyone you know might be interested.
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Author Talk: Technologies of the Human Corpse, by John Troyer
Tuesday, May 12
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-talk-technologies-of-the-human-corpse-by-john-troyer-tickets-102214550472
MIT Press Live! presents a virtual author talk with John Troyer, author of Technologies of the Human Corpse.
John Troyer grew up as the son of a small-town undertaker and went on to become the Director of the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath. His book explores the relationship of the dead body with technology through history, from nineteenth-century embalming machines to the death-prevention technologies of today. Beyond that, it hopes to make us more aware of death, and to consider death, dying, and dead bodies in radically different ways.
About the Book
Death and the dead body have never been more alive in the public imagination—not least because of current debates over modern medical technology that is deployed, it seems, expressly to keep human bodies from dying, blurring the boundary between alive and dead. In this book, John Troyer examines the relationship of the dead body with technology, both material and conceptual: the physical machines, political concepts, and sovereign institutions that humans use to classify, organize, repurpose, and transform the human corpse. Doing so, he asks readers to think about death, dying, and dead bodies in radically different ways.
Troyer explains, for example, how technologies of the nineteenth century including embalming and photography, created our image of a dead body as quasi-atemporal, existing outside biological limits formerly enforced by decomposition. He describes the “Happy Death Movement” of the 1970s; the politics of HIV/AIDS corpse and the productive potential of the dead body; the provocations of the Body Worlds exhibits and their use of preserved dead bodies; the black market in human body parts; and the transformation of historic technologies of the human corpse into “death prevention technologies.” The consequences of total control over death and the dead body, Troyer argues, are not liberation but the abandonment of Homo sapiens as a concept and a species. In this unique work, Troyer forces us to consider the increasing overlap between politics, dying, and the dead body in both general and specifically personal terms.
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Will the Coronavirus Change Russian Foreign Policy?
Tuesday, May 12
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Online
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH28PeWmkYs&feature=youtu.be
SPEAKER(S) Timothy Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Davis Center
Irina Busygina, Professor, Higher School of Economics (HSE), St. Petersburg; Director, Center for Comparative Governance Studies, HSE, St. Petersburg; Visiting Scholar, Davis Center
Moderator: Alexandra Vacroux, Executive Director, Davis Center; Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
During the Cold War, crises created opportunities for the United States and the Soviet Union to put aside mistrust and develop joint strategies to deal with thorny issues like arms control. Could the coronavirus create an opportunity to improve the frigid bilateral relationship now? Much will depend on how both countries will respond to extreme pressure on national economies, social conditions, and public health systems. This webinar will explore the ways in which COVID-19 could change the course of Russian foreign policy. Will the pandemic create opportunities for collaboration? Or will it harden the Kremlin’s antipathy towards the west?
CONTACT INFO Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor • Cambridge, MA 02138
617.495.4037
LINK https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/will-coronavirus-change-russian-foreign-policy
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Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Air Affects Our Health, Creativity, and Productivity
Tuesday, May 12
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healthy-buildings-joe-allen-living-on-earth-virtual-radiopodcast-event-tickets-103718005346
and https://www.facebook.com/events/2573357142924638/
By the time we reach 80 years old, we will have spent 72 years of our lives indoors. However, these homes, offices, schools, and hospitals often lack fresh air and have an outsized impact on our wellbeing, health, creativity, and focus.
Join the nationally-syndicated radio show and podcast Living on Earth and Director of the Healthy Buildings Program and an Assistant Professor at Harvard’s T. H. Chan School of Public Health Joe Allen for a live-streamed interview on his new book, "Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity," co-authored with John Macomber of Harvard Business School.
Allen is a “forensic investigator of sick buildings.” He explores how while the “green” building movement tackled energy, waste, and water, the new healthy building movement focuses on the most important (and expensive) asset of any business: its people.
This virtual event is part of Good Reads on Earth, a series of events where public radio program & podcast Living on Earth holds live radio interviews with authors of the latest environmental books. To learn more about Living on Earth, please visit loe.org.
This event is sponsored by Living on Earth, Harvard University Press, the UMass Boston School for the Environment, & the UMass Boston McCormack Graduate School.
Register for Zoom link above or watch live on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/2573357142924638/
Contact jfeinstein@loe.org
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Extinction Rebellion [XR] Online Movie Night: How to Change the World
Tuesday, May 12
8 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/xr-online-movie-night-how-change-world/
Join XRmass for online movie night via Netflix party on May 12th, 8pm!
We plan to watch the documentary "How to Change the World" (2015), which is the story a group of activists who gathered to protest nuclear testing, formed the iconic Greenpeace environmental organization and defined the modern green movement.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/U-XQAN9L_MQ
You will need to have a Netflix subscription as well as the Netflix Chrome extension to view the movie with us.
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Wednesday, May 13 - Thursday, May 14
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IdeaStream 2020
Wednesday, May 13 - through May 14
1:00pm to 4:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZYwfwHMd0dhXJo0_gT8FEttDiX8SqhLF32BOLcWyPAiMMTQ/viewform
IdeaStream 2020 brings together the leading minds in innovation and entrepreneurship. This conference, now set online over 2 days, will feature presentations showcasing groundbreaking research at MIT, along with breakout sessions where attendees can engage in Q&A. This is a free event, but registration is required.
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Wednesday, May 13
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Webinar: Natural Experiments in Health Care - What Really Works
Wednesday, May 13
11 – 11:30 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https://executiveeducation.hms.harvard.edu/thought-leadership/webinar-series/natural-experiments-health-care-what-really-works
SPEAKER(S) Anupam Jena
DETAILS One of the biggest challenges facing health care today is identifying what treatments and policy initiatives work and don’t work in real-world settings, particularly when early evidence on treatment effectiveness stems from highly controlled, small populations of patients and when treatments are costly. In this webinar, Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, the Ruth L. Newhouse Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, will discuss how natural experiments and big data can be used to inform our understanding of what works and doesn’t work in health care.
LINK https://executiveeducation.hms.harvard.edu/thought-leadership/webinar-series/natural-experiments-health-care-what-really-works
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Helping those who serve: How family members and friends can support healthcare workers during COVID-19
Wednesday, May 13
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94979081312
SPEAKER(S) Patricia Watson, Psychologist, National Center for PTSD
Karestan C. Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology; Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Kristina Korte, Instructor and Clinical Psychologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School; Research Associate, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
This forum is designed for family and friends of COVID-19 essential workers. The forum will provide attendees with practical skills and techniques to help support their loved ones as they are exposed daily to the work challenges they experience due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The forum will cover how to recognize when a loved one is in need, review strategies from Stress First Aid, and end with a Q&A session.
CONTACT INFO Shaili Jha
sjha@hsph.harvard.edu
Courtney White
cowhite@hsph.harvard.edu
LINK https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-news-and-resources/covid-19-mental-health-forum-series/
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Webinar series on energy innovation: Innovations in Critical Low-Carbon Technologies
Wednesday, May 13
11:00am to 1:00pm
Online
RSP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fAMQh3u4QdWVggcc0y-5FA
Speakers: Robert Armstrong, Shreya Dave, T. Alan Hatton, Brandon Sorbom, Sahag Voskian, and Dennis G. Whyte
Introduction by CJ (Changjie) Guo, Program Director, MIT Corporate Relations
The energy sector is facing unprecedented challenges, with the global Covid-19 pandemic complicating an already challenging transition toward a low-carbon future. One of the key elements in addressing both the current pandemic and climate change is with forward-looking collaborations in technology development and innovation-which have long been a hallmark of MIT’s approach to problem solving.
In May, MIT’s Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) and Energy Initiative (MITEI) are pleased to present a special webinar series with leading researchers and experts in the energy domain sharing their views on three important themes: “Energy Transitions & Economics” (May 6th), “Innovations in Critical Low-Carbon Technologies” (May 13th) and “Grid-Scale Energy Storage” (May 21st).
Please join us in these webinars to hear and discuss with the experts so together we will be able to better navigate these difficult times for a successful transition to a sustainable energy future after the current crisis.
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How Youth Driven Climate Litigation Sustains Democracy: Perspectives from the US and Europe
Wednesday, May 13
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrcuGtqj4oHtC2GPharalCClI9A0lZz43d
SPEAKER(S) Phil Gregory, Attorney (California)
Nathan Baring, Our Children's Trust (Alaska)
Mia Catherine , Haugen-Chamberlain, Boardmember with Nature and Youth (Norway)
Marjan Minnesma, Former campaigns director for Greenpeace Netherlands (Netherlands)
Moderator: Muriel Rouyer, Professor of Political Science (University of Nantes, France) and Ash Center Fellow
The Ash Center invites you to meet the inspiring generation that is organizing and advocating for the right to a healthy climate -- and reinventing democratic values and practices to be effective in times of climate change.
LINK https://ash.harvard.edu/event/how-climate-litigation-brought-youth-sustains-democracy-times-climate-change-perspectives
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Closing the loop: Technion COVID19 efforts from diagnostics to therapeutics
Wednesday, May 13
12:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/2715888798535/WN_F48ci-oFTUqbyLC46B6PJA?fbclid=IwAR0s9id6090fpy8Q4ERqUPKo1mYPZ50DoD1_MqWzdKaLUzSDuikSgWDuBgQ
Interested in COVID-19 medical breakthroughs? Join our free webcast to hear from Professors Josué Sznitman and Moran Bercovici.
Associate Professor Moran Bercovici heads the Microfluidic Technologies Laboratory in the Technion Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. An aeronautical engineer by training, he is best known for his research into the lab-on-a-chip, which integrates several analyses that are usually done in the laboratory.
Associate Professor Josué Sznitman heads the Technion Biofluids Laboratory in the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering and is the director of the Norman Seiden Multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute. His research focuses on groundbreaking bioengineered lung models for respiratory disease characterization and therapeutic screening, and delivering innovative approaches that break away from traditional models and methods of pulmonary drug delivery.
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COVID-19 & Cities: Pollution and the Environment
Wednesday, May 13
1pm
Online
RSVP at https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Wyk_y0eRTJ-roxMzXnVc2A
Please join the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) for a webinar to learn about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban air quality and the environment, and the implications for the future of environmental policy. Katharine Lusk, Co-Director of the Initiative on Cities, will moderate and be joined by:
David Miller, Director of International Diplomacy at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and a member of the IOC's External Advisory Board
Lucy Hutyra, Associate Professor of Earth & Environment at Boston University and a member of the IOC's Faculty Advisory Board
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Children of Puerto Rico & COVID-19: The mental health impacts of the pandemic on children, youth and families in a post-disaster environment
Wednesday, May 13
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
Registration Required: https://bit.ly/3acU2E1
NCDP in collaboration with the Institute for Youth Development (IDJ), will host a series of discussions focused on the impacts of COVID-19 as a public health emergency and how the children of Puerto Rico may be affected by the compounding effects of poverty and prior disaster exposure.
Session #6: The mental health impacts of the pandemic on children, youth and families in a post-disaster environment / Los impactos en la salud mental de la pandemia en niños, jóvenes y familias en un ambiente post-desastre
Date & Time: Wednesday May 13th, 2020 / Miércoles 13 de mayo, 2020, 1:00 PM -2:30 PM ET
Moderator: Antonia Samur
Speakers: TBD
Please note: These events will be simultaneously translated in English and Spanish but are subject to technological limitations.
Submit your questions for the presenters here: https://bit.ly/3aHVQG8
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Oil, Clean Energy and National Security
Wednesday, May 13
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern
Online
RSVP at http://www.e2.org
Dial-in information will be provided immediately upon registration. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Embury at membury@e2.org.
America’s reliance on petroleum continues to be a risk to our national security, our economy and our environment.
The current crash in oil markets—and the job losses, industry bailout requests and increased vulnerability to foreign powers such as Russia and Saudi Arabia that come with it—is but the most recent example.
At the same time, the rise in renewable energy and the chance to restart our economy post-COVID-19 in a cleaner, more resilient and more secure way is creating new opportunities for wind, solar and clean fuels that improve our national security, our economy and our environment.
Please join E2 and an expert panel of speakers for a timely discussion of the economic and national security impacts of the current oil crash and opportunities that come with clean energy.
Pavel Molchanov, Director and Equity Research Analyst at of Raymond James & Associates, will give an overview of the impact fluctuating global oil markets have on the economy and the potential for cleantech industries to provide greater market stability.
Lt. Gen. Richard Mills (USMC-RET), President and CEO of the Marine Corps University Foundation, will discuss energy and oil in relation to national security and Marine Corps operations.
Dan Misch, former U.S Navy nuclear engineer-turned wind industry executive who co-founded the Veterans Advanced Energy Summit, will detail jobs and economic opportunities for veterans being created by the clean energy industry.
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Supporting Small Businesses, Offsetting Unemployment
Wednesday, May 13
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/webinar-supporting-small-businesses-offsetting-unemployment/
With non-essential businesses closed and over half a million unemployment claims, Massachusetts’ economy is feeling the effects of COVID-19. How can municipalities support small businesses as they reopen and respond to unemployment in their communities?
CONTACT: Sasha Parodi sparodi@mapc.org
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GSE Climate Change Leadership Curriculum Webinar
Wednesday, May 13
3:30 – 4:30 pm
Online
RSVP at https://hrvd.me/ylo
Join students David Rhodes and Margaret Wang from the Harvard Graduate School of Education for a webinar on Climate Change Leadership Curriculum.
The webinar will share best practices for teaching about climate change leadership through civic engagement and policy analysis. The presenters will:
Present the curriculum as a medium to encourage a new pedagogical approach of fostering climate change leadership
Solicit feedback on the curriculum, and provide educators the time and support to adapt any aspect of the curriculum to their own context
Create a network of people from diverse backgrounds and institutions with a range of interests related to climate change education.
The webinar was created in collaboration with the Arava Institute and the Paleontological Research Institution Teacher Friendly Guide to Climate Change, and designed to foster environmental leadership in high school students.
If you have questions about the event, please contact Margaret Wang at mwang@gse.harvard.edu.
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BNT: Boston Tech Comes Together to Help Conquer COVID-19 #BNT113
Wednesday, May 13
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP Free: http://bit.ly/BNT113
Apply to present by 4/23: https://forms.gle/QjL7DQuMtswNJt4r9
Join Boston New Technology's 50k network to be inspired by 8 presentations on how the Boston tech community, startups and corporations have stepped up to support others affected by the current health and economic crisis.
Join us to:
See 8 educational and inspiring presentations and tech demonstrations, presented by startup founders and tech leaders
Network virtually with attendees from Boston, Austin and beyond
Ask the presenters your questions
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[Virtual] Town Hall Meeting on What Happens to Tech and Cities When They Open Up?
Wednesday, May 13
4 - 6 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.meetup.com/startupalooza/events/270507444/
Will the 500,000+ tech workers continue to work from home? Will they leave NY?
What can the Tech sector tell cities about managing the virus?
Will robots and AI suddenly take off?
Will we try to reinvent manufacturing?
Will we try to replace China with......Latin America?
What happens to the economy, Jobs, UGI?
Was the lockdown even the best idea? Will it recur if there are more waves of infection?
The "Hammer and the Dance" - or the "Sieve Until the Vaccine"?
Can anything good come of this?
Share your questions and opinions with our speakers.
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Community Meeting
Wednesday, May 13
7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/community-meeting-2020-05-13/
This meeting will be online via Zoom. The link will be posted here one hour before the event.
Let's check in with each other, find out what's been going on across XR Mass, and maybe even have a little fun!
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Sustaining All Life: Tools for Climate Justice
Wednesday, May 13
7:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHMgQFN8EkDMNKdWDkvdwZiuXc-LlNs4gSFBCDnPwcikYdPg/viewform
For Organizers and Environmental Activists
Marya Axner, Sustaining All Life
In this class, learn tools that will help people overcome barriers to building a massive movement to stop climate change and limit its effects. We will learn:
Basic listening skills: People will learn to listen to another person without giving advice, without judgement and with respect and caring. Each person will also experience what it is like to be listened to without someone judging them or interrupting them. In these exercises, people are encouraged to talk about personal experiences: We learn that we can heal from hurtful experiences if someone listens to us attentively and allows and encourage us release grief, fear, and other painful emotions. People will be expected to agree on confidentiality during certain exercises. These listening exercises will help us overcome discouragement and powerlessness that impede our ability to build movements.
We will also learn how to overcome longstanding divisions between groups of people, based in oppression. To do this we talk about the role of oppression in our own lives-- how we personally have been targeted by oppression and also how we each were unwittingly pushed into the role of oppressing others. In doing so we can heal from these experiences and be empowered to bring people together to work for change.
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Undeclared Emergency: Addressing the Climate Crisis in our Schools
Wednesday, May 13
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/undeclared-emergency-addressing-the-climate-crisis-in-our-schools-tickets-103285421476
The job of educators is to prepare young people to thrive intellectually, financially, and emotionally in the future. Brookline teachers do an outstanding job of preparing students--but for a future that no longer exists. The future of climate change has arrived and we are living through an undeclared emergency. Should schools play a crucial role in addressing the climate crisis? Increasingly students, teachers and parents/caregivers demand "yes!"
Roger Grande, BHS Teacher, has spent the year working with educators, students, and parents/caregivers to make sustainability a core practice in Brookline schools. He'll speak to why schools must serve as a key institution in addressing climate change, and why they naturally fit in this role. Further, he'll present a blueprint for how Brookline Schools can move forward and adopt a sustainability mission. He is followed by a roundtable of administrators, teachers and a student who will discuss the obstacles and opportunities for our schools.
This event is free an open to all audiences but for security reasons using Zoom, please register on Eventbrite to get a link to the videoconference, or watch it streamed live on Brookline Interactive via local Cable TV in Brookline on RCN and Comcast Cable Channel 3 or on YouTube and Facebook streams. For more stream links, please go to https://brooklineinteractive.org/live/
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Thursday, May 14
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Extinction Rebellion [XR] DNA Interactive Training
Thursday, May 14
12- 2:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/j/92386767291
Join XR chapters around the globe as our international support team facilitates an interactive training on the XR DNA. We will focus on: -Principles & values -Demands -Strategy -History -Structure
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Hot Topics in Computing: A Conversation with Microsoft President Brad Smith
Thursday, May 14
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AY8FDgMKTsi4kLhkSE6aJw
Microsoft President Brad Smith believes that when technology changes the world, the company that created it bears a responsibility to help address the world they played a part in creating. Tech companies and governments must work together to address the challenges and adapt to the changes technology has unleashed. This includes addressing a wide range of challenges from digital security to efforts to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of the next Hot Topics in Computing, Dan Huttenlocher, dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, will welcome Brad Smith for a [virtual] conversation with Daniela Rus, deputy dean of research for the Schwarzman College of Computing and director of CSAIL, to address some of the greatest issues faced by industry and society today.
About Brad Smith
As Microsoft’s President, Brad Smith leads a team of more than 1,400 business, legal and corporate affairs professionals working in 56 countries. He plays a key role in spearheading the company’s work on critical issues involving the intersection of technology and society, including cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence, human rights, immigration, philanthropy and environmental sustainability. In his recent book that he co-authored with Carol Ann Browne, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and Peril of the Digital Age, Brad showcases his deep thinking on these issues and how technology can serve humanity rather than be weaponized to inflict harm. The Australian Financial Review has described Smith as “one of the technology industry’s most respected figures,” and The New York Times has called him “a de facto ambassador for the technology industry at large.”
Registration is required. Preference will be given to MIT community members.
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Pandemic Financial Policies: Actions and Consequences
Thursday, May 14
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mvplUXSpQ3SfDL50PkicIA
MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy and MIT Sloan School of Management present a discussion of COVID-19 financial and economic policies and their most important short- and long-term implications for:
PERSONAL FINANCES • HOUSING FINANCE • THE FEDERAL RESERVE
Chris Farrell, Moderator Economics Contributor at NPR’s “Marketplace” and Minnesota Public Radio News
Deborah Lucas Sloan Professor of Finance and Director, MIT GCFP
Andrew Lo Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor at Sloan and Co-Director, MIT GCFP
Robert Merton Sloan School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance and Co-Director, MIT GCFP
Jonathan Parker Robert C. Merton Professor of Finance at Sloan and Co-Director, MIT GCFP
Antoinette Schoar Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at Sloan
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Pandemic Resilience: Testing
Thursday, May 14
5 - 6 PM (EST)
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SPF6BK-nTyOh_6-zVBBzMQ
We invite you to join us on Thursday, May 14 from 5 - 6 PM (EST) for a conversation between Danielle Allen, Ganesh Sitaraman, E. Glen Weyl, and chaired by Carmel Shachar, as they discuss the COVID-19 White Paper Series. This event is co-sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics.
In order to successfully combat the COVID-19 epidemic, we need to thoughtfully mobilize and utilize all resources available. The Edmond J. Safra Center’s COVID-19 Response Initiative, a bipartisan group of experts in economics, public health, technology and ethics from across the country, has released the nation’s first comprehensive operational roadmap for mobilizing and reopening the U.S. economy in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.
We will explore this operational roadmap to pandemic resilience in a series of events. This event will focus on questions around COVID-19 testing programs. How can states coordinate their public health efforts? How can we reflect the different needs of local communities? What is the role of federal policymakers in creating testing programs and supporting reopening efforts?
Please register below by noon on Wednesday, May 13, and we will email you the link to access the event on May 14, a few hours before it begins. Registration is limited, but we will also livestream the conversation on our Facebook page.
Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.
Ganesh Sitaraman, Chancellor's Faculty Fellow, Professor of Law, and Director of the Program on Law and Government at Vanderbilt Law School.
E. Glen Weyl, Microsoft's Office of the Chief Technology Officer's Political Economist and Social Technologist, and the Founder and Chair of the RadicalxChange Foundation.
Carmel Shachar, Executive Director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.
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Sunrise Boston Phonebank for Ed Markey
Thursday, May 14
6 PM – 8 PM
Online (and on phone)
RSVP at https://bit.ly/SunBosMarkeyPhonebank
Come support the Ed Markey campaign through the first Sunrise Boston phonebank event of the 2020 election cycle! No experience necessary!
Editorial Comment: This event announcement is not an endorsement of Ed Markey in the upcoming Democratic Senate primary but I will note that in the recent polling I’ve seen Markey is running behind Joe Kennedy. It is interesting to me that Sunrise Boston, an explicitly youth group where people over 35 are advised to join some other climate change group, is supporting the older candidate over the younger one. Then again, Senator Markey has been the primary sponsor of the Green New Deal in the Senate and has worked closely with Rep Ocasio-Cortez on framing the legislation.
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Friday, May 15
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Startup Spotlight 2020 [VIRTUAL]
Friday, May 15 (More dates through May 29)
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online
RSVP at http://startupspotlight.mitforumcambridge.org
The Startup Spotlight, usually held in June, has traditionally been a time for us to gather together for a cocktail networking reception, peruse tables of startup demos….and vote for our favorites. While we don’t know what life will be like in June, or even next week, we do know this:
Startups and small businesses are everything for our economy and they need our support and encouragement now more than ever!
So, this year, instead of hosting a one-night, in-person affair, we’re adapting to our new reality and changing things up.
Here’s how
Every week starting April 24, we’ll highlight 4 startups in a series of 6 virtual demo days
Startups (located anywhere!) should apply online to be chosen to demo LIVE to registered attendees (applications will roll over week to week)
Startups chosen will demo LIVE to our weekly audience
The LIVE demos will be recorded and shared for the crowd to vote for their favorites
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Big, If True Webinar: The Trouble with Science
Friday, May 15
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://forms.shorensteincenter.org/view.php?id=129562
Registration for this event is required, details on how to join the webinar will be sent to registered participants before the event.
Join us this week on BIG, If True as our host Joan Donovan dives into the promises and perils of communicating science to public audiences. While trust in our politicians and the press has waned in recent years, trust in scientists has remained remarkably steady. However, as we chart out new uncertainties and complex facts and figures in a pandemic, we wonder: is trust in science eroding? How are science journalists and educators dispelling misinformation and tempering fear? Why don’t facts go viral on social media? And, what resources and platforms can help marshal facts and good science?
In this episode, we’ll talk with Jane Hu, a regular contributor to Slate’s Future Tense, and Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown, co-creators of AsapSCIENCE, a YouTube channel that produces weekly videos about science and all the accompanying weird questions and persistent rumors that come with it. Together, we’ll discuss the role of science communication in helping the general public steer a safe course against pseudoscience and misinformation.
Jane Hu has recently been writing about COVID-19 and investigating the bits and pieces of misinformation discarded along the way, including; “No, You Did Not Get COVID-19 in the Fall of 2019”, “We Can’t Reopen the Country without Better Contact Tracing” and “The Panic Over Chinese People Doesn’t Come from Coronavirus.” Jane’s writing has also appeared in WIRED, High Country News, National Geographic, Scientific American, and The Atlantic.
Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown’s YouTube channel, AsapSCIENCE, has amassed 9.3 million subscribers to date. As of late, Mitchell and Gregory have been covering a wide array of topical subjects that tackle coronavirus misinformation, such as; “Is Hydroxychloroquine The New Coronavirus Cure?” “Are Young People Safe?” and “The Coronavirus Vaccine Explained.” Using animated illustrations and voice-over narration, AsapScience is helping cut through the noise by delivering compelling and accessible videos for general audiences.
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LOCKED-DOWN AMERICANS: Isolation and Loneliness in 21st Century
Friday, May 15
2:30 pm
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5lmQsAyVTwWOjCn5PpViGg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Social distancing has been especially hard on humans, as social animals we are wired for connection. But the present pandemic didn't cause the isolation issue it just exacerbated it. In 2018, 28% of adult households in the U.S. were single person households and 63% of the adult population remained unmarried. But we are not happier, over 35% of adult Americans report themselves to be chronically lonely, up from 20% in 1990.
J. W. Freiberg's latest book "Surrounded by Others and Yet So Alone"looks at the problem of chronic loneliness through his unique lens as a social psychologist (PhD, UCLA) turned lawyer (JD, Harvard) His case studies are infused with the latest brain science which reveals that loneliness is actually a sensation, like hunger or thirst, not an emotion like anger, which we can talk ourselves out of. So how do we surmount this current crisis and help to create healthy connections going forward, in our own lives and in the lives of our children?
Please register, as there are some optional questions for you to fill out in advance of the audience participation section of the program.
Webinar Speaker: J.W. Freiberg (Social psychologist (PhD, UCLA) and lawyer (JD, Harvard) )
Author of "Surrounded by Others and Yet so Alone" and "Growing up Lonely"
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Extinction Rebellion SF [XRSF] Friday Online Activism
Friday, May 15
3 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/j/727108084?pwd=YVhTOTk1TFlodzMwc3ZqWkg2ckNoZz09 Meeting ID: 727 108 084 Password: 082166 One tap mobile +16699006833,,727108084# US (San Jose)
XRSF has been holding weekly online activism with a regenerative atmosphere.
We are in extraordinary times, but this is still a good time to spread messages of hope, empowerment, support, compassion, empathy and ACTION. Join us on Fridays for some connection and activism.
CALL AGENDA (HIGH LEVEL): 10m check-in & land acknowledgement 10m calm the limbic system (Guided meditation, poems, qigong, laughter yoga) 15-20m digital activism in breakout rooms 15-20m mutual aid (Sharing what you need with the group, in breakout rooms & sheet) 10m calm the limbic system (Exercise, meditation, gratitudes)
The call will run from 3-4pm EST.
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Ethical Smart Cities (Soft Launch)
Friday, May 15
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ethical-smart-cities-soft-launch-tickets-103943666304
"Join the Institute without Boundaries 2019/20 Cohort on Friday, May 15th, 2020 for an Ethical Smart City Experience. "
Join the Institute without Boundaries’ 2019/20 cohort on Friday, May 15th, 2020 for the soft launch of their Playbook, Website and an Interactive experience on how to transform cities into Ethical Smart Cities.
In 2019, the Institute without Boundaries (IwB), an Interdisciplinary Design Strategy program at George Brown College in Toronto, embarked on a nine month-long project to study smart cities. This investigation looked at the trends and forces that impact the design and future of cities. From there, they have developed strategies for smart cities that are inclusive, sustainable and ethical.
What You’ll Learn
We’ll be sharing our Ethical Smart City philosophy - why it’s important, and how communities can work towards it with specific tools & resources. Have a conversation with John Jung - an Urban Planner, Chairman and Co-Founder of Intelligent Communities Forum Canada (ICF - Canada) - about Ethical Smart Cities and behind the scenes of the tools. You’ll also get an opportunity to network with peers and other smart city champions around the world.
In partnership with the Community Solutions Network and Evergreen, and their client ICF - Canada.
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Saturday, May 16
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Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
Saturday, May 16
10:30am - 1:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://bio4climate.org/blessed-unrest-registration/
Cost: $15 - $80
All sessions will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., EDT. On each day at around 1:30 p.m. there will be an option to attend an hour-long workshop with one of the day’s speakers, depending on speaker availability.
Ecological urgency remains of primary concern as we work our way through the immediate threat of the corona virus.
Let’s face it: Emissions reduction strategies to address global ecological catastrophes, including massive climate disruption, have not worked. Of course we should go to zero for many reasons, but this doesn’t offer solutions at the scale needed in the time we have left. We have to do something else. That something else is to invoke the power of the natural world.
Blessed Unrest offers many practical nature solutions from speakers around the world. Collectively we can change course to a healthy and bountiful planet for all.
Join us as we move to an interactive online forum. This promises to be an exciting, informative and hopeful event in its new form, and we look forward to having you join us!
More information at https://bio4climate.org/blessed-unrest/
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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
Saturday, May 16
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/2882752311832694/
This screening is part of the 2019-2020 Dismantling White Supremacy Film Series sponsored by the Social Justice Action Committee of First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist and several allies. Proceeds will benefit the film's producers, the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, and the Mass Redistribution Fund. Tickets must be secured in advance using the link on the FB page (or at https://tithe.ly/event-registration/?fbclid=IwAR0lSVKZg9C6veUW_7vMAgTFUhfIBFoyIYM3yjD2itd3c347mDVTtAkBIS8#/1707575). Those registering will be sent an email with the Zoom link in advance of the screening. A panel discussion will follow the screening. We encourage generous donations to support under-resourced folks in the greater Boston area, however no one will be turned away based upon ability to pay.
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Sunday, May 17
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NE Witness for Peace Director Lee Schlenker: Popular Struggles in Latin America Today
Sunday, May 17
11AM Service
Online
RSVp at https://communitychurchofboston.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97f7dfeb0bfd338d2250fe8e5&id=c8394375da&e=3e8e4cf5c6>_
*One tap mobile *(for cell phone users)
*+19292056099 US*
*To access by phone:*
*+1 929 205 6099 *
*Meeting ID:* *518 369 5800*
*Password:?230417*
Lee Schlenker will update us on current campaigns, speaking tours and delegations to Cuba, Colombia, Honduras and Venezuela. Also he will discuss information about contemporary US policy in Latin America and the Caribbean, connections with projections, and reflections on the continental advance of the re-colonial project. Also, notions of and strategies for solidarity during and beyond the election season. Schlenker will provide Opportunities to tap in and get involved right now.
Lee Schlenker, a graduate in Latin American Urban Studies from Middlebury College, is a bilingual researcher, community organizer and urban professional with experience living and working in the US, Cuba and Mexico. He is working as regional organizer with
Witness for Peace New England. Lee is a former Cuba International Team Member with Witness for Peace, having facilitated and coordinated 25+ people-to-people solidarity delegations to Cuba in partnership with the M.L.K. Memorial Center in Havana. He is a current member of the Boston Venezuela Solidarity Committee and the Boston July 26th Coalition.
Music by Dean Stevens
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Extinction Rebellion New Member Orientation
Sunday, May17
7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/new-member-orientation-2020-05-17/
The session will run for around 90 minutes. Sign up below to receive the Zoom meeting link.
If you are new to Extinction Rebellion or would just like to learn more about how it works, please join us! We will cover the following:
What is XR? What is civil disobedience & direct action?
What do we want?
What are our principles and values?
How are we organized?
Learn how you can get involved!
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Monday, May 18
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Gutman Library Book Talk: Schooling for Critical Consciousness: Engaging Black and Latinx Youth in Analyzing, Navigating, and Challenging Racial Injustice
Monday, May 18
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at bit.ly/SchoolingforCC
SPEAKER(S) Scott Seider, Daren Graves
Schooling for Critical Consciousness addresses how schools can help Black and Latinx youth resist the negative effects of racial injustice and challenge its root causes. Scott Seider, A.B.,’99 Ed.D. ’08, and Daren Graves, Ed.D.’06, draw on a four-year longitudinal study examining how five different mission-driven urban high schools foster critical consciousness among their students. The book presents vivid portraits of the schools as they implement various programs and practices, and traces the impact of these approaches on the students themselves.
Registrants will receive a discount on the book. Stay tuned!
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Women In Energy Virtual Roundtable Discussion: The Role of Natural Gas in the Energy Transition with Erin Blanton, CGEP Senior Research Scholar
Monday, May 18
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://events.columbia.edu/eventregext/uereg/init.do?href=%2Fpublic%2Fcals%2FMainCal%2FCAL-00bb9e25-71debbd3-0171-e06aeda8-000023f2.ics&calsuite=/principals/users/agrp_SIPA_CGEP&formName=WIE_and_Professionals&evcontactemail=energypolicy@columbia.edu
Please join the Women in Energy program for a virtual roundtable discussion with Erin Blanton, CGEP Senior Research Scholar. Ms. Blanton will discuss her academic background and career path covering the energy sector as well as her current research on the role of natural gas in the energy transition.
Biography
Erin Blanton is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy focused on natural gas and renewable energy. Before joining the Center, Blanton spent 16 years at Medley Global Advisors, an independent macro policy research firm. Blanton was a Managing Director and led natural gas and renewable coverage as part of the firm's energy team. Her clients consisted of the world's leading hedge funds, asset managers, and investment banks. Blanton has a master's degree in Energy Policy from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Cornell University.
Registration is required.
There is limited capacity for this event. We ask that you register only if you are sure you can attend this event in its entirety.
For more information contact: energypolicy@columbia.edu.
Event Contact Information:
Center on Global Energy Policy
energypolicy@columbia.edu
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Tuesday, May 19
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Audacious Education Purposes Book Launch
Tuesday, May 19
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_59GpejPeQEOAFXQQyeSMag
SPEAKER(S) Fernando M. Reimersm Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice in International Education
Join us for the launch and discussion of this new book examining how education systems are transformed to prepare students for the skills they need today on May 19, 20, and 21st.
Download book at https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030418816
CONTACT INFO Lee Marmor
lee_marmor@gse.harvard.edu
LINK https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_59GpejPeQEOAFXQQyeSMag
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MIT Press Live! presents a virtual conversation with Wade Roush, author of Extraterrestrials
Tuesday, May 19
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/695920917843384/
Are we alone in the universe? If not, where is everybody? In this engaging exploration of one of the most important unsolved problems in science, science and technology writer Wade Roush helps us to explore the question of life, intelligent or otherwise, beyond our planet.
Learn more about the book: https://bit.ly/3cZ4BfV
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Virtual Panel Discussion on How Nonprofit Leaders are Responding to COVID-19
Tuesday, May 19
2-3 pm
Online
RSVP at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1775225701421698320
Wondering how other nonprofit leaders are responding to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic? Register for a free virtual panel discussion featuring three Massachusetts nonprofit leaders. This panel discussion is co-presented by the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network (MNN) and State House News Service.
The MNN-moderated panel discussion will feature Bob Gittens of Cambridge Children's and Families Service, Celina Miranda of Hyde Square Task Force, and Priscilla Kane Hellweg of Enchanted Circle Theater as panelists. They will discuss the changes they made to their programming, the increases/shifts in demand for their services, and the resources that are needed to respond to the crisis and contribute to long-term recovery efforts.
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The Ethical Algorithm
Tuesday, May 19
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Online
Zoom meeting ID: 949-0309-1399
Join Zoom meeting: https://mit.zoom.us/j/94903091399
YouTube livestream: https://youtu.be/IATv0m5U5z8
IDSS Distinguished Speaker Seminar with Michael Kearns, University of Pennsylvania
Abstract: Many recent mainstream media articles and popular books have raised alarms over anti-social algorithmic behavior, especially regarding machine learning and artificial intelligence. The concerns include leaks of sensitive personal data by predictive models, algorithmic discrimination as a side-effect of machine learning, and inscrutable decisions made by complex models. While standard and legitimate responses to these phenomena include calls for stronger and better laws and regulations, researchers in machine learning, statistics and related areas are also working on designing better-behaved algorithms. An explosion of recent research in areas such as differential privacy, algorithmic fairness and algorithmic game theory is forging a new science of socially aware algorithm design. I will survey these developments and attempt to place them in a broader societal context. This talk is based on the book The Ethical Algorithm, co-authored with Aaron Roth (Oxford University Press).
About the speaker: Since 2002, Michael Kearns has been a professor in the Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds the National Center Chair and has secondary appointments in the department of Economics, and in the departments of Statistics and Operations, Information and Decisions (OID) in the Wharton School. He is the Founding Director of the Warren Center for Network and Data Sciences, the faculty founder and former director of Penn Engineering’s Networked and Social Systems Engineering (NETS) Program, and a faculty affiliate in Penn’s Applied Math and Computational Science graduate program. Kearns has worked extensively in quantitative and algorithmic trading on Wall Street (including at Lehman Brothers, Bank of America, and SAC Capital). He often served as an advisor to technology companies and venture capital firms. Kearns is also involved in the seed-stage fund Founder Collective and occasionally invests in early-stage technology startups. Kearns is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Alan Turing Institute, and of the Market Surveillance Advisory Group of FINRA. Kearns is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Association for Computing Machinery, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, and the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory. He spent 1991-2001 in machine learning and AI research at AT&T Bell Labs. During his last four years there, Kearns was the head of the AI department. Before joining the Penn faculty in January 2002, Kearns spent 2001 as CTO of the European venture capital firm Syntek Capital and served as an advisor to various startups, including Yodle, Wealthfront, and Activate Networks. In the past Kearns has served as a member of the Advanced Technology Advisory Council of PJM Interconnection, the Scientific Advisory Board of Opera Solutions, and the Technical Advisory Board of Microsoft Research Cambridge.
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Wednesday, May 20
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Incarcerated Populations and COVID-19: Public Health, Ethical, and Legal Concerns
Wednesday, May 20
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/incarcerated-populations-and-covid-19
SPEAKER(S) Jessie Rossman, Staff Attorney, ACLU Massachusetts
Karthik Sivashanker, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine and staff consultation-liaison psychiatrist, VA Boston Healthcare
Joel Thompson, Staff Attorney, Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts and Clinical Instructor, Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project
Moderator: Stephen Wood, Fellow in Bioethics, Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School and Visiting Scholar, Petrie-Flom Center for
Prisons, jails, and detention centers have been called ‘a ticking time bomb’ when it comes to COVID-19. One Ohio prison recently found that more than 70% of its inmates are COVID-19 positive. Social distancing is difficult to enact in these facilities, with some prisons stopping visitation and severely limiting the amount of time inmates can spend in common areas to try to limit the spread of the virus. In response, some inmates and detainees have been released, but this is not consistent across the country.
This panel will explore the unique public health challenge of trying to manage COVID-19 within incarceration facilities. We will discuss recent litigation to release people in response to the pandemic. Lastly, we will consider our ethical obligations to incarcerated individuals during a pandemic as well as challenges of releasing individuals without allowing the virus to spread further.
CONTACT INFO petrie-flom@law.harvard.edu
LINK https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/incarcerated-populations-and-covid-19
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Climate Change Reset: Learning from the Global Pandemic
Mobilizing Action on Climate during a Global Pandemic: Lessons for Climate Leaders
Wednesday, May 20
12:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-change-reset-learning-from-the-global-pandemic-tickets-102800125944
We are at a profound crossroads with respect to understanding and leveraging this moment of crisis into new possibilities for climate action.
Over the course of five 90-minute sessions, we will discuss climate leadership, climate policy, communication and the need for collective action. We will hear from climate scientists, policy experts and communications leaders. We will think collaboratively about what new stories are needed at this moment, and what the pandemic is teaching us about strategy, system change and action.
The coronavirus crisis has shaken the world. Could the global pandemic be a giant reset for the planet? If so, what changes can we expect in the months and years ahead? In this first session of Climate Change Reset, we talk about how the coronavirus crisis will impact everything from the climate movement, to how we craft public policy.
Speakers: Tzeporah Berman, International Program Director, Stand.Earth
Andrea Reimer, City Leader
Moderators: Joanna Ashworth, SFU Faculty of Environment
Oliver Lane, SPEC
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COVID-19 & Cities: Multilingual Learners & Families
Wednesday, May 20
1-2pm
Online
RSVP at https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9Otz6xt_QqG0pqQlBaolkw
Please join the Boston University Initiative on Cities for a webinar to learn about the challenges of remote learning on multilingual learners and their families, and what's being done to support them. We'll be joined by:
Speakers: Christine Leider, Clinical Associate Professor Language Education & Program Director for Bilingual Education & TESOL Licensure at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Jocelyn Lee, Head of the Language Acquisition Department & Grade 5 ESL Teacher at Match Community Day Charter Public School; Part-Time Instructor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Emily Blitz, English Learner Education Department Chair at Somerville High School
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Massachusetts Climate Programs & Priorities for 2020 with EEA Undersecretary David Ismay
Wednesday, May 20
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-climate-leadership-webinar-massachusetts-climate-programs-priorities-for-2020-with-eea-undersecretary-david-ismay
Cost: $25 - $120
This EBC leadership webinar will feature David Ismay, the recently appointed Undersecretary for Climate Change for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. His first keynote presentation to the EBC will focus on the administration’s climate programs, priorities, and implementation strategies for 2020 and beyond.
Issues of concern include:
GHG Emission Reductions
Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness
Transportation Climate Initiative
Coastal Flooding
Implementation Advisory Committee
Sea Level Rise
Increased Storm Events
Climate Adaptation Plan
Statewide Hazard Mitigation
Moderated Discussion: Following the presentation by Undersecretary Ismay, Ruth Silman, Chair of the EBC Climate Change Committee, will moderate an open discussion with the audience on climate issues of concern to the EBC membership and their clients.
Keynote Speaker:
David Ismay, Undersecretary for Climate Change, Executive Office for Energy & Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Discussion Moderator:
Ruth Silman, Chair, EBC Climate Change Committee; Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
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Extinction Rebellion Community Meeting
Wednesday, May 20
7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/community-meeting-2020-05-20/
Let's check in with each other, find out what's been going on across XR Mass, and maybe even have a little fun!
This meeting will be online via Zoom. The link will be posted here one hour before the event.
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Accelerating Heat Pumps: Bringing Sustainable Heating and Cooling to Congregations Soon and in our Time
Wednesday, May 20
7-9 PM
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf38EF_jw86wLvdxG4aCzbUZIKbhIToKAQ_RsiF9_TpjK8bKQ/viewform
Donations Welcome
Dramatic new developments in heat pump deployment are poised to reduce the largest part of our carbon footprint. Prepare your house of worship and lead your community away from fossil-fuel heating and cooling. Attendees will leave empowered to organize, both for the congregation's physical plant and for congregants’ homes and neighborhoods
Up to 3 people from your house of worship (including ideally a facilities person & an organizer)
"Brilliant Solution: GeoMicroDistricts" Audrey Schulman (HEET). Eversource Gas is trying to pilot a method to rapidly transform existing fossil-fuel HVAC into networked ground-source heat-pumps systems, a neighborhood at a time. What we need to do to encourage and hasten the ramp-up.
"Heat Pump Community Coaching: Become the Scout" Steve Breit (HeatSmart Alliance). Community Coaching is seeding and accelerating the uptake of residential HP technology. Become a Coach, or a Scout, to encourage your fellow congregants
“Heatpumps in Real-World Homes and Buildings” Experienced contractors in moderated discussion:
Rachel White, CEO, Byggmeister Sustainable Design & Build
Joel Boucher, Boucher Energy Systems
Matt Wenzel, Bill Wenzel Heating & Air Conditioning
For questions, please contact us at jewishclimateaction@gmail.com
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Webinar series on energy innovation: Grid-Scale Energy Storage
Thursday, May 21
10:00am to 12:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ma-oVt9CSCm4kcPqUUrpUg
Speakers: Fikile Brushett, Dharik Mallapragada, Donald Sadoway, and Robert Stoner
Introduction by CJ (Changjie) Guo, Program Director, MIT Corporate Relations
The energy sector is facing unprecedented challenges, with the global Covid-19 pandemic complicating an already challenging transition toward a low-carbon future. One of the key elements in addressing both the current pandemic and climate change is with forward-looking collaborations in technology development and innovation-which have long been a hallmark of MIT’s approach to problem solving.
In May, MIT’s Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) and Energy Initiative (MITEI) are pleased to present a special webinar series with leading researchers and experts in the energy domain sharing their views on three important themes: “Energy Transitions & Economics” (May 6th), “Innovations in Critical Low-Carbon Technologies” (May 13th) and “Grid-Scale Energy Storage” (May 21st).
Please join us in these webinars to hear and discuss with the experts so together we will be able to better navigate these difficult times for a successful transition to a sustainable energy future after the current crisis.
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Equitable Readiness: Reimagining the Role of the Public Sector in the Wake of COVID-19
Thursday, May 21
noon
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-equitable-readiness-virtual
With the COVID-19 crisis highlighting long-standing social disparities and vast inequities, some argue that now is the time to imagine an adaptive public health infrastructure that can readily respond to future epidemics. Join us as leading scholars and practitioners discuss how to leverage the policy opportunities the epidemic presents for bold changes that could support a sustained and equitable public health response.
Speakers:
MarÃa Belén Power, associate executive director, GreenRoots, Inc.; representative, Green Justice Coalition
Daniel Carpenter, faculty director of the social sciences program, Radcliffe Institute, and Allie S. Freed Professor of Government, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Sara Bleich, Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor and social sciences advisor, Radcliffe Institute, and professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Moderated by Janet Rich-Edwards, codirector of the science program, Radcliffe Institute, associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge
Thursday, May 21
5pm - 6pm
Online
RSVP at https://pic2020.innovationlabs.harvard.edu
Change is constant, and the future was always unpredictable. When faced with the opportunities and demands of the future, innovators respond with creativity and resolve. Join the Harvard Innovation Labs as we celebrate this year’s finalist teams through an immersive, interactive virtual awards experience focused on the better future that is to come.
Meet student and alumni venture teams from across Harvard’s 13 schools who are working at the intersections of science, medicine, technology, society, and culture to develop solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. 25 teams will showcase their ventures, and our new Executive Director Matt Segneri will announce who will take home Bertarelli Foundation prizes totaling $510,000.
As the entrepreneurial landscape evolves, curiosity will continue to drive us forward, deepening our connections to the world and to each other.
Be curious with us.
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Environmental Voter Project Training
Thursday, May 21
7:00PM EASTERN
Online
RSVP at https://www.environmentalvoter.org/events/volunteer-training-webinar-107
Join the Environmental Voter Project for a volunteer training webinar! During the webinar, volunteers will be trained in texting and calling environmental voters using EVP’s unique messaging. All of our webinars are held on Zoom, a video conferencing service. After you sign up you will receive an email with the link to access the webinar. The training will last no longer than 45 minutes. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Mario Livio, "Galileo and the Science Deniers" | Harvard Science Book Talk
Thursday, May 21
7 – 8 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/f6re3qg8/register
SPEAKER(S) Mario Livio
Astrophysicist and bestselling author Mario Livio draws on his own scientific expertise to provide captivating insights into how Galileo reached his bold new conclusions about the cosmos and the laws of nature. A freethinker who followed the evidence wherever it led him, Galileo was one of the most significant figures behind the scientific revolution. He believed that every educated person should know science as well as literature, and insisted on reaching the widest audience possible, publishing his books in Italian rather than Latin.
Galileo was put on trial with his life in the balance for refusing to renounce his scientific convictions. He remains a hero and inspiration to scientists and all of those who respect science—which, as Livio reminds us in this gripping book, remains threatened even today.
CONTACT INFO science_lectures@fas.harvard.edu
LINK https://science.fas.harvard.edu/book-talks
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Friday, May 22
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Extinction Rebellion Declare Climate Emergency Stand-in with Shoes
Friday, May 22
7:30 a.m.
City Hall Plaza, 1 City Hall Square, Boston
Message: Let's demand that the City of Boston declare a climate and ecological emergency. The message behind this action is to learn from our nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and make the emergency declaration now and no later. We've proven that society can act swiftly to mitigate an emergency and now it's time to enact this to the scale of the climate crisis.
Action: We're organizing a socially-distanced stand-in at City Hall Plaza. To show that we're taking this pandemic seriously we're going to use shoes to represent the voices of those in XR Mass who want to be there in person and also create symbology of the people that we lost to COVID-19 and will lose to the climate crisis. We're asking those that want to attend in person to please bring 10-20 pairs of shoes with you. If you have pairs to offer someone else to bring you can sign up and we'll organize a drop-off. City Hall is open on Tuesdays and Fridays during COVID hours so we're hoping to get some attention from officials and media. Given there may not be many people in public, this will be a media heavy action for pictures and video.
Time: We are planning for the action to last from 7:30 to 10am to make sure we are there for city hall opening for 8am.
Materials: Please bring any signs or art related to the climate emergency, COVID, or XR, either to hold or to put in some of the shoes. If you have any speeches or quotes related to linking the two crises please bring them to share!
For an idea of what the action will look like take a look at XR Amsterdam's version: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_FjgvyH7e1/
More information at https://xrmass.org/action/shoe_stand_in_200522/
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Managing Challenging Conversations in the COVID-19 Era
Friday, May 22
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Online
RSVP at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9J6RK2V by May 18th. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance within two
days of their application
During these difficult times, executive directors and organizational leaders seem inundated by the need to have difficult conversations with staff, with landlords, with clients, with suppliers, boards, and community members.? No amount of training will make these conversations easier and the tumult and uncertainty of the moment complexifies what, for most of us, we already find to be a daunting conversation.
During this webinar, participants can expect to:
Learn a framework for understanding and preparing for challenging conversations
Acquire tools on how to manage partisan perceptions, strong emotions, and complicated questions of identity and purpose as they come up in difficult conversations
Manage some of the special complexities posed by the need to have difficult conversations in an age of virtual work and social distancing
Join us as Bob shares his experience providing support to individuals, nonprofits, and corporate organizations and provides tips and insight to help your organization.
About Bob: Robert Bordone is an internationally-recognized expert, author, speaker, and teacher in negotiation, conflict resolution,
mediation, and facilitation. Currently a Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School, he served on the full-time faculty at Harvard Law School for more than twenty years as the Thaddeus R. Beal Clinical Professor of Law, Director, and Founder of the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program before launching his consulting, advisory, speaking, and training practice.
As a professional facilitator and conflict resolution consultant, Bob works with individual, non-profit, governmental, and corporate clients across many sectors. He specializes in assisting individuals and groups seeking to manage conflicts in highly sensitive, emotional, or difficult situations. He has also trained professionals from virtually every governmental, corporate, educational, and non-profit sector in skills of negotiation, conflict resolution, and handling challenging conversations.
Bob received his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, and his A.B., summa cum laude, from Dartmouth College where he majored in Government. You can follow him on Twitter with the handle @bobbordone or on his website: www.bobbordone.com
This webinar is ideal for anyone who finds themselves either avoiding or needing to have difficult conversations with colleagues, co-workers, clients, customers, or family members.
Join us on May 22nd to learn more about understanding and preparing for challenging conversations.
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Startup Spotlight 2020 [VIRTUAL]
Friday, May 22 (More dates through May 29)
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online
RSVP at http://startupspotlight.mitforumcambridge.org
The Startup Spotlight, usually held in June, has traditionally been a time for us to gather together for a cocktail networking reception, peruse tables of startup demos….and vote for our favorites. While we don’t know what life will be like in June, or even next week, we do know this:
Startups and small businesses are everything for our economy and they need our support and encouragement now more than ever!
So, this year, instead of hosting a one-night, in-person affair, we’re adapting to our new reality and changing things up.
Here’s how
Every week starting April 24, we’ll highlight 4 startups in a series of 6 virtual demo days
Startups (located anywhere!) should apply online to be chosen to demo LIVE to registered attendees (applications will roll over week to week)
Startups chosen will demo LIVE to our weekly audience
The LIVE demos will be recorded and shared for the crowd to vote for their favorites
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EBC Climate Change Leadership Webinar Series: City of Boston 2019 Climate Action Plan
Friday, May 22
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/embed/file/2019-10/city_of_boston_2019_climate_action_plan_update_4.pdf
Information for viewing the webinar will be emailed to all registered attendees.
Please contact EBC with any questions.
Learn More about the Impact of COVID-19 on EBC Operations
EBC is excited to present this series of webinars featuring projects and organizations leading the way in climate change adaptation and mitigation in New England. Featuring the nominated projects for the 2020 EBC Annual EBEE Awards Program, this series will focus on the forward-thinking and innovative projects being planned and implemented throughout New England.
This EBC lunchtime webinar will feature Carl Spector, Commissioner for the Environment for the City of Boston. In October 2019, the City of Boston’s Environment Department released the 2019 Climate Action Plan Update, presenting pathways for Boston to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Carl will review the specific goals and actions that the City will implement to continue to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2030 (below 2005 levels), and 100 percent by 2050. Carl will also discuss the 18 specific strategies developed.
Join us for this EBC webinar to learn how the Climate Action Plan was updated, who was involved, and what the City of Boston Climate Action Plan has been able to achieve since its inception in 2007.
Speakers:
Carl Spector, Environmental Commissioner, City of Boston
Alison Brizius, Director of Climate and Environmental Planning, City of Boston
Moderator:
Van Du, Sustainability Planner, VHB
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Extinction Rebellion SF [XRSF] Friday Online Activism
Friday, May 22
3 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/j/727108084?pwd=YVhTOTk1TFlodzMwc3ZqWkg2ckNoZz09 Meeting ID: 727 108 084 Password: 082166 One tap mobile +16699006833,,727108084# US (San Jose)
XRSF has been holding weekly online activism with a regenerative atmosphere.
We are in extraordinary times, but this is still a good time to spread messages of hope, empowerment, support, compassion, empathy and ACTION. Join us on Fridays for some connection and activism.
CALL AGENDA (HIGH LEVEL): 10m check-in & land acknowledgement 10m calm the limbic system (Guided meditation, poems, qigong, laughter yoga) 15-20m digital activism in breakout rooms 15-20m mutual aid (Sharing what you need with the group, in breakout rooms & sheet) 10m calm the limbic system (Exercise, meditation, gratitudes)
The call will run from 3-4pm EST.
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Saturday, May 23
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Intro To Extinction Rebellion's Self Organizing System
Saturday, May 23
3 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/uZYvfu-prDIiQGhMcCpjM19J0yu44C7mWQ
A mass movement has to unlock the leadership and creativity of far more people than a top-down structure will allow. XR's approach to governance has been vital to our growth and effectiveness, and a shared understanding of our structure and decision-making will be key to continued success!
This training covers the building blocks of SOS, including: 1) working groups and mandates 2) creating roles that empower people to get stuff done 3) making decisions and learning from them
This training will be 3-5pm
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Saturday, May 23 & Sunday, May 24
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Local Solutions Conference
Saturday, May 23 & Sunday, May 24
Portland, Maine
This is the Eastern Regional Climate Preparedness Conference organized by Antioch University. More information at https://www.communityresilience-center.org/conferences/2020-local-solutions-eastern-climate-preparedness-conference/
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Sunday, May 24
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Green Burial: The Environmentally Friendly Option
Sunday, May 24
11AM
Online
RSVP at https://communitychurchofboston.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97f7dfeb0bfd338d2250fe8e5&id=4d21f53f8e&e=3e8e4cf5c6>
and YouTube https://communitychurchofboston.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97f7dfeb0bfd338d2250fe8e5&id=3328f6b21e&e=3e8e4cf5c6>.
Green burial is a way to care for the dead with minimal environmental impact. Find out about the work of Green Burial Massachusetts and what we are doing to create options for green burial in Massachusetts.
Judith Lorei is the President of Green Burial Massachusetts and a green burial educator and advocate. She is a member of the Montague, MA Cemetery Commission and a former board member of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Eastern Massachusetts.
Music by David Dodson https://communitychurchofboston.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97f7dfeb0bfd338d2250fe8e5&id=a4cd5d5cb8&e=3e8e4cf5c6>*
David Dodson writes great songs that run the gamut of American styles-folk, rock, blues, jazz and country. They cover a variety of topics and range from poignant to hilarious. He was a winner of the "New Folk" contest at the Kerrville Folk Festival.
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Energy Poverty & Energy Storage
Monday, May 25
10:00 AM 11:00 AM
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94050724503
Enass Abo-Hamed will be speaking on energy poverty and the gap that clean energy and energy storage can bridge for millions in the world. She will highlight the role of companies like H2GO Power in addressing climate change using zero-emission solutions and focusing on Hydrogen, as well as her company’s latest innovation around decarbonising air travel.
About our speaker:
Enass is the co-founder and CEO at H2GO power ltd; an award winning spin-out company from the University of Cambridge developing energy storage technologies. She completed her PhD at Cambridge University, where she also was a postdoctoral fellow and elected Cambridge University Energy Champion. Currently she is also a Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellow and a technology expert consultant to European Commission (REA).
There will be a ~20 minute Q&A at the end, open to all participants.
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COVID-19 & Cities: Supporting Aging Populations
Tuesday, May 27
1pm
Online
RSVP at https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AKKjTm9cS_yCe8_ddfi87A
Please join the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) for a webinar to learn about the challenges and trends that aging populations face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how cities are responding. Emily Robbins, MetroBridge Program Manager of the Initiative on Cities, will moderate and be joined by:
Bronwyn Keefe, Director of the Boston University Center for Aging and Disability Education Research (CADER) and Research Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Social Work
Antron Watson, Age-Friendly Director for AARP Massachusetts
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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Local Voices Network (lvn.org) was hosting conversations across Boston in gathering places such as libraries, community centers, etc. with residents to surface underheard voices and to better understand hopes and concerns, which are then made available to all participants as well as members of the media.
We have recently transitioned our conversations over to Zoom, and have been hosting conversations with people across our chapters (MA, NY, WI, AL) acutely affected by COVID-19 (food pantry and grocery store workers, faith leaders, students/professors, etc.) and some really powerful stories have emerged.
We are now opening the conversations up to anyone in our communities who wants to come together and share their frustrations, struggles, and hopes surrounding COVID-19 in a 3-5 person (60-75 min) conversation. Each conversation will be recorded, transcribed, indexed using natural language processing (AI) technology, and made available to policy makers and our media partners (such as the Boston Institute of Nonprofit Journalism and WBUR).
I'll be hosting three conversations in the next couple of weeks that I wanted to invite you to join. Please find the links online at lvn.org/boston.
Thanks and take care,
Jess
Jess Weaver
Head of Local Voices Network - Boston
Cortico: fostering a healthy public sphere
jess@lvn.org
617.655.8412
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Living With Heat - Urban Land Institute report on expected climate impact in Boston
https://boston.uli.org/about/impact/
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Solar bills on Beacon Hill: The Climate Minute Podcast
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cs87v-b6dbac
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Envision Cambridge citywide plan
https://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/News/2019/5/~/media/A0547DC0640E4ABD86B519CA6FEEFF38.ashx
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Climate Resilience Workbook
https://sustainablebuildingsinitiative.org/toolkits/climate-resilience-guidelines/climate-resilience-workbook
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Sustainable Business Network Local Green Guide
SBN is excited to announce the soft launch of its new Local Green Guide, Massachusetts' premier Green Business Directory!
To view the directory please visit: http://www.localgreenguide.org
To find out how how your business can be listed on the website or for sponsorship opportunities please contact Adritha at adritha@sbnboston.org
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Boston Food System
"The Boston Food System [listserv] provides a forum to post announcements of events, employment opportunities, internships, programs, lectures, and other activities as well as related articles or other publications of a non-commercial nature covering the area's food system - food, nutrition, farming, education, etc. - that take place or focus on or around Greater Boston (broadly delineated)."
The Boston area is one of the most active nationwide in terms of food system activities - projects, services, and events connected to food, farming, nutrition - and often connected to education, public health, environment, arts, social services and other arenas. Hundreds of organizations and enterprises cover our area, but what is going on week-to-week is not always well publicized.
Hence, the new Boston Food System listserv, as the place to let everyone know about these activities. Specifically:
Use of the BFS list will begin soon, once we get a decent base of subscribers. Clarification of what is appropriate to announce and other posting guidelines will be provided as well.
It's easy to subscribe right now at https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
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The Boston Network for International Development (BNID) maintains a website (BNID.org) that serves as a clearing-house for information on organizations, events, and jobs related to international development in the Boston area. BNID has played an important auxiliary role in fostering international development activities in the Boston area, as witnessed by the expanding content of the site and a significant growth in the number of users.
The website contains:
A calendar of Boston area events and volunteer opportunities related to International Development - http://www.bnid.org/events
A jobs board that includes both internships and full time positions related to International Development that is updated daily - http://www.bnid.org/jobs
A directory and descriptions of more than 250 Boston-area organizations - http://www.bnid.org/organizations
Also, please sign up for our weekly newsletter (we promise only one email per week) to get the most up-to-date information on new job and internship opportunities -www.bnid.org/sign-up
The website is completely free for students and our goal is to help connect students who are interested in international development with many of the worthwhile organizations in the area.
Please feel free to email our organization at info@bnid.org if you have any questions!
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Boston Maker Spaces - 41 (up from 27 in 2016) and counting: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zGHnt9r2pQx8.kfw9evrHsKjA&hl=en
Solidarity Network Economy: https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com
Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston: http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at over 50 colleges and universities at Hubevents: http://hubevents.blogspot.com
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
mbm-SUBSCRIBE@missionbasedmassachusetts.net
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.
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) Events
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html
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Since almost all events are online now, Energy (and Other) Events is now virtual and can happen anywhere in the world. If you know of online events that are happening which may be of interest to the editor of this publication, please let me know. People are connecting all across the world and I’d be more than happy to help facilitate more of that.
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Mutual Aid Networks
National
Spreadsheet of mutual aid networks
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1HEdNpLB5p-sieHVK-CtS8_N7SIUhlMpY6q1e8Je0ToY/htmlview
Mutual Aid Networks to Combat Coronavirus
https://itsgoingdown.org/autonomous-groups-are-mobilizing-mutual-aid-initiatives-to-combat-the-coronavirus/
Local
Boston COVID-19 Community Care
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15GYuPYEzBk9KIyH3C3419aYxIMVAsa7BL7nBl9434Mg/edit?usp=sharing
Boston + MA COVID19 Resources
(This is a different Google Doc with a similar name, compiled by the Asian
American Resource Workshop)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-x6vOZKVsla5H363mtdgcyivvLmcx7-f2s6l-O_ba8A/edit?usp=sharing
Cambridge Mutual Aid Network
https://sites.google.com/view/cambridge-nan/home
Mutual Aid Medford and Somerville (MAMAS) network
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1RtYZ1wc8jxcSKDl555WszWhQWlOlSkNnfjIOYV0wXRA/mobilebasic
Food for Free (for Cambridge and Somerville) volunteers to provide lunches for schoolchildren, elderly, and hungry
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed0cSIoOc7-Fvoms3VHR1Lc44fjql-vTNknz_a-7T_sKDnrw/viewform
My notes to Rebecca Solnit’s A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster, about how people faced with emergency and disaster usually move towards providing mutual aid, at least until elite panic, a term in disaster studies, kicks in, are available at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2016/07/notes-on-rebecca-solnits-paradise-built.html
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Daily Events
Entertainment!!!
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Monday, May 11 - Wednesday, May 13
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International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
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Monday, May 11
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12pm Intro To Extinction Rebellion's Self Organizing System
1pm Women In Energy Virtual Roundtable Discussion: Virginia Snyder, Energy Sector Specialist at the Inter-American Bank
3pm SOLUTIONS with/in/sight: How Are Cancer Researchers Fighting COVID-19?
6pm Personal Finance During the Pandemic
7pm Extinction Rebellion Spokescouncil May 2020
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Tuesday, May 12
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12pm The Coronavirus Pandemic: Safely Reopening Workplaces
12pm Online: Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits
12pm Confronting the Challenge of COVID-19 in American Indian Communities
12:30pm Author Talk: Technologies of the Human Corpse, by John Troyer
12:30pm Will the Coronavirus Change Russian Foreign Policy?
6:30pm Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Air Affects Our Health, Creativity, and Productivity
8pm Extinction Rebellion [XR] Online Movie Night: How to Change the World
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Wednesday, May 13 - Thursday, May 14
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IdeaStream 2020
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Wednesday, May 13
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11am Webinar: Natural Experiments in Health Care - What Really Works
11am Helping those who serve: How family members and friends can support healthcare workers during COVID-19
11am Webinar series on energy innovation: Innovations in Critical Low-Carbon Technologies
12pm How Youth Driven Climate Litigation Sustains Democracy: Perspectives from the US and Europe
12pm Closing the loop: Technion COVID19 efforts from diagnostics to therapeutics
1pm COVID-19 & Cities: Pollution and the Environment
1pm Children of Puerto Rico & COVID-19: The mental health impacts of the pandemic on children, youth and families in a post-disaster environment
2pm Oil, Clean Energy and National Security
2pm Supporting Small Businesses, Offsetting Unemployment
3:30pm GSE Climate Change Leadership Curriculum Webinar
4pm BNT: Boston Tech Comes Together to Help Conquer COVID-19 #BNT113
4pm [Virtual] Town Hall Meeting on What Happens to Tech and Cities When They Open Up?
7pm Community Meeting
7pm Sustaining All Life: Tools for Climate Justice
7pm Undeclared Emergency: Addressing the Climate Crisis in our Schools
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Thursday, May 14
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12pm Extinction Rebellion [XR] DNA Interactive Training
12:30pm Hot Topics in Computing: A Conversation with Microsoft President Brad Smith
4:30pm Pandemic Financial Policies: Actions and Consequences
5pm Pandemic Resilience: Testing
6pm Sunrise Boston Phonebank for Ed Markey
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Friday, May 15
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12pm Startup Spotlight 2020 [VIRTUAL]
1pm Big, If True Webinar: The Trouble with Science
2:30pm LOCKED-DOWN AMERICANS: Isolation and Loneliness in 21st Century
3pm Extinction Rebellion SF [XRSF] Friday Online Activism
4pm Ethical Smart Cities (Soft Launch)
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Saturday, May 16
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10:30am Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
7pm Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
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Sunday, May 17
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11am NE Witness for Peace Director Lee Schlenker: Popular Struggles in Latin America Today
7pm Extinction Rebellion New Member Orientation
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Monday, May 18
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12pm Gutman Library Book Talk: Schooling for Critical Consciousness: Engaging Black and Latinx Youth in Analyzing, Navigating, and Challenging Racial Injustice
12:30pm Women In Energy Virtual Roundtable Discussion: The Role of Natural Gas in the Energy Transition with Erin Blanton, CGEP Senior Research Scholar
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Tuesday, May 19
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9am Audacious Education Purposes Book Launch
12:30pm MIT Press Live! presents a virtual conversation with Wade Roush, author of Extraterrestrials
2pm Virtual Panel Discussion on How Nonprofit Leaders are Responding to COVID-19
4pm The Ethical Algorithm
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My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com
COVID19 and Energy: What McKinsey Thinks
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/3/1942370/-COVID19-and-Energy-What-McKinsey-Thinks
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Sunrise Boston Daily Breakfast Boogie! (May 11 - May 15)
8:30am
Online - Zoom link: http://zoom.us/my/brian.sunrise
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/529278624637010/
Covid-19 got you feeling isolated? Lonely? Wanting to start your day off with some connection, laughs, meditation or poetry? Join us for a daily “Breakfast Boogie” hosted by the Member Support Team.
It is so important that we remember and hold onto our connections with one another at a moment in time when we are still going all-out to build a powerful movement to stop climate change. We will be having this gathering on Zoom EVERY WEEK DAY from 8:30-9 am! We may offer different rituals, grounding practices, pair-shares, songs or poetry. Suggestions welcome! Let’s stay grounded and present in community even when we increasingly are apart physically.
Questions: Rosie at rosiemcinnes@gmail.com
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Swing Left Boston Virtual Activism Calendar
https://swingleftboston.org/calendar/category/training-education/
Daily electoral activist events with social distancing kept in mind.
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Entertainment!!!!
Stay At Home Fest - online music and performance events
https://www.stayathomefest.com/#events
Here Are All the Live Streams & Virtual Concerts to Watch During Coronavirus Crisis
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9335531/coronavirus-quarantine-music-events-online-streams
A List Of Live Virtual Concerts To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/816504058/a-list-of-live-virtual-concerts-to-watch-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown
Watch These Livestreamed Concerts During Your Social Distancing
https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/all-musicians-streaming-live-concerts.html]
Virtual Art Project (VAP-IT!)
https://sgimproviz.wixsite.com/virtualartproject
Free virtual music, museums, and art round-up
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/16/1927955/-Your-mega-round-up-of-free-music-museums-and-art-to-check-out-virtually-amid-coronavirus-outbreaks
300,000 ebooks to download for free from the NY Public Library
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/you-can-now-download-over-300-000-books-from-the-nypl-for-free-031820
Free streaming services
https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/streaming-services-free-trial-coronavirus-pandemic.html
Free nonprofit webinars
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ozk1VfHPYlUC6h0XdDtHpsK-PYq4Y6FTnMPh_LliWwM/edit?ts=5e7b5cdf#gid=0
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Monday, May 11 - Wednesday, May 13
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International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Monday, May 11 - Wednesday, May 13
Online
RSVP at https://underline.io/conferences/19
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Monday, May 11
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Intro To Extinction Rebellion's Self Organizing System
Monday, May 11
12-2pm
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/vJItdu6vpj4oGqzZLmAKaYCknyJKBkoBMQ
A mass movement has to unlock the leadership and creativity of far more people than a top-down structure will allow. XR's approach to governance has been vital to our growth and effectiveness, and a shared understanding of our structure and decision-making will be key to continued success!
This training covers the building blocks of SOS, including: 1) working groups and mandates 2) creating roles that empower people to get stuff done 3) making decisions and learning from them
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Women In Energy Virtual Roundtable Discussion: Virginia Snyder, Energy Sector Specialist at the Inter-American Bank
Monday, May 11
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Online
RSVP at https://events.columbia.edu/eventregext/uereg/init.do?href=%2Fpublic%2Fcals%2FMainCal%2FCAL-00bb9e25-71debbd3-0171-e063c3ca-000022b1.ics&calsuite=/principals/users/agrp_SIPA_CGEP&formName=Virginia_Snyder_Registration&evcontactemail=energypolicy@columbia.edu
Please join the Women in Energy program for a virtual roundtable discussion with Virginia Snyder, Energy Sector Specialist at the Inter-American Bank.Ms. Snyder will discuss her background and experience working in the energy sector. In addition to her career path and current work, she will discuss how the Inter-American Development Bank is mainstreaming gender in the operations of the energy division.
Biography
Virginia is an Energy Sector Specialist at the Inter-American Bank (IDB) in Washington, DC. She works for the Infrastructure and Energy Sector where she is working on program and policy issues across Latin America and the Caribbean. She is leading Gender Initiatives for the Energy Sector, is the focal point for innovation and digitalization, and is co-leading and working in new initiatives such as the future Energy HUB for LAC. She works on technical and operational issues on diverse projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Prior to her work at the IDB, she worked for the California Center for Sustainable Energy, where she was the Associate Program Manager for the California Solar Initiative (the US’s largest solar initiative) and worked for the US Department of Energy (DOE). She collaborated with the team members of DOE’s Solar Technologies Program working in the Solar America Cities program. Through this effort, 25 American cities have been working to accelerate the adoption of solar energy technologies for a cleaner and more secure energy future. Virginia earned an MBA from the University of San Diego, CA.
Registration is required.
There is limited capacity for this event. We ask that you register only if you are sure you can attend this event in its entirety.
For more information contact: energypolicy@columbia.edu.
Event Contact Information:
Center on Global Energy Policy
energypolicy@columbia.edu
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SOLUTIONS with/in/sight: How Are Cancer Researchers Fighting COVID-19?
Monday, May 11
3:00pm to 4:15pm
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/6215881820477/WN_PJdd0HIhQm285lBe2NDZ-Q
The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT cordially invites you to attend a virtual SOLUTIONS with/in/sight:
How Are Cancer Researchers Fighting COVID-19? showcasing the work of MIT faculty and clinical investigators to address urgent and pressing needs related to the COVID-19 crisis.
Integrating presentation with Q&A, participants will learn about the science behind each project and find out how the Koch Institute’s flexible, collaborative research models allow for rapid response and agility across the biomedical landscape.
Featuring
Angela Belcher, PhD, James Mason Crafts Professor, Head of the Department of Biological Engineering
Novel materials for PPE
Salil Garg, MD, Charles W. (1955) and Jennifer C. Johnson Clinical Investigator
diagnostics for test-and-trace
Hojun Li, MD, PhD, Charles W. (1955) and Jennifer C. Johnson Clinical Investigator
on-demand protective immunity testing
J. Christopher Love, PhD, Raymond A. (1921) and Helen E. St. Laurent Professor of Chemical Engineering
scalable and accessible vaccine development
Moderated by
Tyler Jacks, PhD, Director, Koch Institute, David H. Koch Professor of Biology
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Personal Finance During the Pandemic
Monday, May 11
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://edportal.harvard.edu/event/personal-finance-during-pandemic
Participants will receive the Zoom link after registering for this workshop.
In these unstable times, many people are worried about how to best manage personal finance with challenges such as lost income. Join Migdalia Gomez and Sarah Scruggs from the Harvard University Employees Credit Union for a two-part workshop series that will answer common questions about debt repayment, reducing expenses, budgeting, and more. Participants will also learn about resources to keep your personal finances on track. Each workshop will be one hour, with the opportunity to ask questions in real time.
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Extinction Rebellion Spokescouncil May 2020
Monday, May 11
7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/spokescouncil-may-2020/ or by emailing ag.network.xrmass@gmail.com
Spokescouncil for all affinity group members, no limit to the number of people (and you're welcome if you're an active member of XR-Boston but not in an AG). This will be an agenda-free meeting to talk about what we've all been doing since the pandemic began -- both in and outside XR - and to discuss what we'd like to see on the road ahead.
Please sign up and you'll get an email with the zoom link.
Email ag.network.xrmass@gmail.com if you have questions.
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Tuesday, May 12
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The Coronavirus Pandemic: Safely Reopening Workplaces
Tuesday, May 12
12 – 12:35 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/Forumhsph/
SPEAKER(S) Joseph Allen, Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science and Director of the Healthy Buildings Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Moderator: Elana Gordon, Reporter and Producer, The World
As some Americans return to workplaces closed by the coronavirus pandemic, employers and employees alike may be wondering how society can do so safely. In this Facebook Live Q&A, Joseph Allen, Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science and Director of the Healthy Buildings Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will lay out a framework for the phased reopening of workplaces, ultimately describing what makes an office building healthy.
CONTACT INFO theforum@hsph.harvard.edu
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Online: Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits
Tuesday, May 12
12:00pm
Online
RSVP by contacting Ellen Daoust at ellen@cctvcambridge.org
with Maritza Grooms
In this workshop you'll be creating and executing an effective social media strategy.
Figuring out how to make your nonprofit stand out on social media can be overwhelming. In this workshop you'll be creating and executing an effective social media strategy that works for you. We'll review best practices in social media, determine the goals for your organization and brainstorm creative content ideas that will maximize your message.
Advance registration is required and is accepted on a first-come basis. Early registration is advised since courses may fill up or be canceled due to low enrollment. Schedules are subject to change.
At this point in time, CCTV's live online classes and pre-recorded tutorials are free to the public. If it's available to you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to CCTV. Even a small contribution makes a big difference. Thanks!
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Confronting the Challenge of COVID-19 in American Indian Communities
Tuesday, May 12
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-covid-19-american-indian-communities-virtual
SPEAKER(S) Nicole Redvers Dene, Member of the Deninu K’ue Frist Nation Band, assistant professor in the Indians into Medicine program and in the Department of Family & Community Medicine, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of North Dakota
Donald Warne, Oglala Lakota, associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion, director of the Indians Into Medicine program, and professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of North Dakota; senior policy advisor, Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board
Moderator: Joseph P. Gone, Aaniiih-Gros Ventre tribal nation of Montana, professor of anthropology, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, professor of global health and social medicine, Harvard Medical School, and faculty director, Harvard University Native American Program
American Indian communities in the United States have improbably survived centuries of dispossession, subjugation, endemic poverty, and coercive assimilation. The latest threat to their “survivance” is the COVID-19 epidemic. In this Virtual Radcliffe program, two indigenous professors of medicine will consider the implications of the pandemic for lives and livelihoods in contemporary American Indian communities.
Registration is required for this Zoom webinar. Instructions can be found by visiting the event web page.
CONTACT INFO events@radcliffe.harvard.edu
Editorial Comment: The effect of the pandemic on Native American communities is a seriously under-reported story. I have seen nothing on what is happening to the Lakota although I’ve seen a little about the effect upon the Navaho and Hopi. Please spread the word about this event to anyone you know might be interested.
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Author Talk: Technologies of the Human Corpse, by John Troyer
Tuesday, May 12
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-talk-technologies-of-the-human-corpse-by-john-troyer-tickets-102214550472
MIT Press Live! presents a virtual author talk with John Troyer, author of Technologies of the Human Corpse.
John Troyer grew up as the son of a small-town undertaker and went on to become the Director of the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath. His book explores the relationship of the dead body with technology through history, from nineteenth-century embalming machines to the death-prevention technologies of today. Beyond that, it hopes to make us more aware of death, and to consider death, dying, and dead bodies in radically different ways.
About the Book
Death and the dead body have never been more alive in the public imagination—not least because of current debates over modern medical technology that is deployed, it seems, expressly to keep human bodies from dying, blurring the boundary between alive and dead. In this book, John Troyer examines the relationship of the dead body with technology, both material and conceptual: the physical machines, political concepts, and sovereign institutions that humans use to classify, organize, repurpose, and transform the human corpse. Doing so, he asks readers to think about death, dying, and dead bodies in radically different ways.
Troyer explains, for example, how technologies of the nineteenth century including embalming and photography, created our image of a dead body as quasi-atemporal, existing outside biological limits formerly enforced by decomposition. He describes the “Happy Death Movement” of the 1970s; the politics of HIV/AIDS corpse and the productive potential of the dead body; the provocations of the Body Worlds exhibits and their use of preserved dead bodies; the black market in human body parts; and the transformation of historic technologies of the human corpse into “death prevention technologies.” The consequences of total control over death and the dead body, Troyer argues, are not liberation but the abandonment of Homo sapiens as a concept and a species. In this unique work, Troyer forces us to consider the increasing overlap between politics, dying, and the dead body in both general and specifically personal terms.
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Will the Coronavirus Change Russian Foreign Policy?
Tuesday, May 12
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Online
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH28PeWmkYs&feature=youtu.be
SPEAKER(S) Timothy Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Davis Center
Irina Busygina, Professor, Higher School of Economics (HSE), St. Petersburg; Director, Center for Comparative Governance Studies, HSE, St. Petersburg; Visiting Scholar, Davis Center
Moderator: Alexandra Vacroux, Executive Director, Davis Center; Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
During the Cold War, crises created opportunities for the United States and the Soviet Union to put aside mistrust and develop joint strategies to deal with thorny issues like arms control. Could the coronavirus create an opportunity to improve the frigid bilateral relationship now? Much will depend on how both countries will respond to extreme pressure on national economies, social conditions, and public health systems. This webinar will explore the ways in which COVID-19 could change the course of Russian foreign policy. Will the pandemic create opportunities for collaboration? Or will it harden the Kremlin’s antipathy towards the west?
CONTACT INFO Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor • Cambridge, MA 02138
617.495.4037
LINK https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/will-coronavirus-change-russian-foreign-policy
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Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Air Affects Our Health, Creativity, and Productivity
Tuesday, May 12
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healthy-buildings-joe-allen-living-on-earth-virtual-radiopodcast-event-tickets-103718005346
and https://www.facebook.com/events/2573357142924638/
By the time we reach 80 years old, we will have spent 72 years of our lives indoors. However, these homes, offices, schools, and hospitals often lack fresh air and have an outsized impact on our wellbeing, health, creativity, and focus.
Join the nationally-syndicated radio show and podcast Living on Earth and Director of the Healthy Buildings Program and an Assistant Professor at Harvard’s T. H. Chan School of Public Health Joe Allen for a live-streamed interview on his new book, "Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity," co-authored with John Macomber of Harvard Business School.
Allen is a “forensic investigator of sick buildings.” He explores how while the “green” building movement tackled energy, waste, and water, the new healthy building movement focuses on the most important (and expensive) asset of any business: its people.
This virtual event is part of Good Reads on Earth, a series of events where public radio program & podcast Living on Earth holds live radio interviews with authors of the latest environmental books. To learn more about Living on Earth, please visit loe.org.
This event is sponsored by Living on Earth, Harvard University Press, the UMass Boston School for the Environment, & the UMass Boston McCormack Graduate School.
Register for Zoom link above or watch live on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/2573357142924638/
Contact jfeinstein@loe.org
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Extinction Rebellion [XR] Online Movie Night: How to Change the World
Tuesday, May 12
8 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/xr-online-movie-night-how-change-world/
Join XRmass for online movie night via Netflix party on May 12th, 8pm!
We plan to watch the documentary "How to Change the World" (2015), which is the story a group of activists who gathered to protest nuclear testing, formed the iconic Greenpeace environmental organization and defined the modern green movement.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/U-XQAN9L_MQ
You will need to have a Netflix subscription as well as the Netflix Chrome extension to view the movie with us.
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Wednesday, May 13 - Thursday, May 14
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IdeaStream 2020
Wednesday, May 13 - through May 14
1:00pm to 4:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZYwfwHMd0dhXJo0_gT8FEttDiX8SqhLF32BOLcWyPAiMMTQ/viewform
IdeaStream 2020 brings together the leading minds in innovation and entrepreneurship. This conference, now set online over 2 days, will feature presentations showcasing groundbreaking research at MIT, along with breakout sessions where attendees can engage in Q&A. This is a free event, but registration is required.
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Wednesday, May 13
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Webinar: Natural Experiments in Health Care - What Really Works
Wednesday, May 13
11 – 11:30 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https://executiveeducation.hms.harvard.edu/thought-leadership/webinar-series/natural-experiments-health-care-what-really-works
SPEAKER(S) Anupam Jena
DETAILS One of the biggest challenges facing health care today is identifying what treatments and policy initiatives work and don’t work in real-world settings, particularly when early evidence on treatment effectiveness stems from highly controlled, small populations of patients and when treatments are costly. In this webinar, Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, the Ruth L. Newhouse Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, will discuss how natural experiments and big data can be used to inform our understanding of what works and doesn’t work in health care.
LINK https://executiveeducation.hms.harvard.edu/thought-leadership/webinar-series/natural-experiments-health-care-what-really-works
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Helping those who serve: How family members and friends can support healthcare workers during COVID-19
Wednesday, May 13
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94979081312
SPEAKER(S) Patricia Watson, Psychologist, National Center for PTSD
Karestan C. Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology; Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Kristina Korte, Instructor and Clinical Psychologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School; Research Associate, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
This forum is designed for family and friends of COVID-19 essential workers. The forum will provide attendees with practical skills and techniques to help support their loved ones as they are exposed daily to the work challenges they experience due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The forum will cover how to recognize when a loved one is in need, review strategies from Stress First Aid, and end with a Q&A session.
CONTACT INFO Shaili Jha
sjha@hsph.harvard.edu
Courtney White
cowhite@hsph.harvard.edu
LINK https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-news-and-resources/covid-19-mental-health-forum-series/
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Webinar series on energy innovation: Innovations in Critical Low-Carbon Technologies
Wednesday, May 13
11:00am to 1:00pm
Online
RSP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fAMQh3u4QdWVggcc0y-5FA
Speakers: Robert Armstrong, Shreya Dave, T. Alan Hatton, Brandon Sorbom, Sahag Voskian, and Dennis G. Whyte
Introduction by CJ (Changjie) Guo, Program Director, MIT Corporate Relations
The energy sector is facing unprecedented challenges, with the global Covid-19 pandemic complicating an already challenging transition toward a low-carbon future. One of the key elements in addressing both the current pandemic and climate change is with forward-looking collaborations in technology development and innovation-which have long been a hallmark of MIT’s approach to problem solving.
In May, MIT’s Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) and Energy Initiative (MITEI) are pleased to present a special webinar series with leading researchers and experts in the energy domain sharing their views on three important themes: “Energy Transitions & Economics” (May 6th), “Innovations in Critical Low-Carbon Technologies” (May 13th) and “Grid-Scale Energy Storage” (May 21st).
Please join us in these webinars to hear and discuss with the experts so together we will be able to better navigate these difficult times for a successful transition to a sustainable energy future after the current crisis.
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How Youth Driven Climate Litigation Sustains Democracy: Perspectives from the US and Europe
Wednesday, May 13
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrcuGtqj4oHtC2GPharalCClI9A0lZz43d
SPEAKER(S) Phil Gregory, Attorney (California)
Nathan Baring, Our Children's Trust (Alaska)
Mia Catherine , Haugen-Chamberlain, Boardmember with Nature and Youth (Norway)
Marjan Minnesma, Former campaigns director for Greenpeace Netherlands (Netherlands)
Moderator: Muriel Rouyer, Professor of Political Science (University of Nantes, France) and Ash Center Fellow
The Ash Center invites you to meet the inspiring generation that is organizing and advocating for the right to a healthy climate -- and reinventing democratic values and practices to be effective in times of climate change.
LINK https://ash.harvard.edu/event/how-climate-litigation-brought-youth-sustains-democracy-times-climate-change-perspectives
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Closing the loop: Technion COVID19 efforts from diagnostics to therapeutics
Wednesday, May 13
12:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/2715888798535/WN_F48ci-oFTUqbyLC46B6PJA?fbclid=IwAR0s9id6090fpy8Q4ERqUPKo1mYPZ50DoD1_MqWzdKaLUzSDuikSgWDuBgQ
Interested in COVID-19 medical breakthroughs? Join our free webcast to hear from Professors Josué Sznitman and Moran Bercovici.
Associate Professor Moran Bercovici heads the Microfluidic Technologies Laboratory in the Technion Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. An aeronautical engineer by training, he is best known for his research into the lab-on-a-chip, which integrates several analyses that are usually done in the laboratory.
Associate Professor Josué Sznitman heads the Technion Biofluids Laboratory in the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering and is the director of the Norman Seiden Multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute. His research focuses on groundbreaking bioengineered lung models for respiratory disease characterization and therapeutic screening, and delivering innovative approaches that break away from traditional models and methods of pulmonary drug delivery.
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COVID-19 & Cities: Pollution and the Environment
Wednesday, May 13
1pm
Online
RSVP at https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Wyk_y0eRTJ-roxMzXnVc2A
Please join the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) for a webinar to learn about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban air quality and the environment, and the implications for the future of environmental policy. Katharine Lusk, Co-Director of the Initiative on Cities, will moderate and be joined by:
David Miller, Director of International Diplomacy at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and a member of the IOC's External Advisory Board
Lucy Hutyra, Associate Professor of Earth & Environment at Boston University and a member of the IOC's Faculty Advisory Board
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Children of Puerto Rico & COVID-19: The mental health impacts of the pandemic on children, youth and families in a post-disaster environment
Wednesday, May 13
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
Registration Required: https://bit.ly/3acU2E1
NCDP in collaboration with the Institute for Youth Development (IDJ), will host a series of discussions focused on the impacts of COVID-19 as a public health emergency and how the children of Puerto Rico may be affected by the compounding effects of poverty and prior disaster exposure.
Session #6: The mental health impacts of the pandemic on children, youth and families in a post-disaster environment / Los impactos en la salud mental de la pandemia en niños, jóvenes y familias en un ambiente post-desastre
Date & Time: Wednesday May 13th, 2020 / Miércoles 13 de mayo, 2020, 1:00 PM -2:30 PM ET
Moderator: Antonia Samur
Speakers: TBD
Please note: These events will be simultaneously translated in English and Spanish but are subject to technological limitations.
Submit your questions for the presenters here: https://bit.ly/3aHVQG8
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Oil, Clean Energy and National Security
Wednesday, May 13
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern
Online
RSVP at http://www.e2.org
Dial-in information will be provided immediately upon registration. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Embury at membury@e2.org.
America’s reliance on petroleum continues to be a risk to our national security, our economy and our environment.
The current crash in oil markets—and the job losses, industry bailout requests and increased vulnerability to foreign powers such as Russia and Saudi Arabia that come with it—is but the most recent example.
At the same time, the rise in renewable energy and the chance to restart our economy post-COVID-19 in a cleaner, more resilient and more secure way is creating new opportunities for wind, solar and clean fuels that improve our national security, our economy and our environment.
Please join E2 and an expert panel of speakers for a timely discussion of the economic and national security impacts of the current oil crash and opportunities that come with clean energy.
Pavel Molchanov, Director and Equity Research Analyst at of Raymond James & Associates, will give an overview of the impact fluctuating global oil markets have on the economy and the potential for cleantech industries to provide greater market stability.
Lt. Gen. Richard Mills (USMC-RET), President and CEO of the Marine Corps University Foundation, will discuss energy and oil in relation to national security and Marine Corps operations.
Dan Misch, former U.S Navy nuclear engineer-turned wind industry executive who co-founded the Veterans Advanced Energy Summit, will detail jobs and economic opportunities for veterans being created by the clean energy industry.
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Supporting Small Businesses, Offsetting Unemployment
Wednesday, May 13
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/webinar-supporting-small-businesses-offsetting-unemployment/
With non-essential businesses closed and over half a million unemployment claims, Massachusetts’ economy is feeling the effects of COVID-19. How can municipalities support small businesses as they reopen and respond to unemployment in their communities?
CONTACT: Sasha Parodi sparodi@mapc.org
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GSE Climate Change Leadership Curriculum Webinar
Wednesday, May 13
3:30 – 4:30 pm
Online
RSVP at https://hrvd.me/ylo
Join students David Rhodes and Margaret Wang from the Harvard Graduate School of Education for a webinar on Climate Change Leadership Curriculum.
The webinar will share best practices for teaching about climate change leadership through civic engagement and policy analysis. The presenters will:
Present the curriculum as a medium to encourage a new pedagogical approach of fostering climate change leadership
Solicit feedback on the curriculum, and provide educators the time and support to adapt any aspect of the curriculum to their own context
Create a network of people from diverse backgrounds and institutions with a range of interests related to climate change education.
The webinar was created in collaboration with the Arava Institute and the Paleontological Research Institution Teacher Friendly Guide to Climate Change, and designed to foster environmental leadership in high school students.
If you have questions about the event, please contact Margaret Wang at mwang@gse.harvard.edu.
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BNT: Boston Tech Comes Together to Help Conquer COVID-19 #BNT113
Wednesday, May 13
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP Free: http://bit.ly/BNT113
Apply to present by 4/23: https://forms.gle/QjL7DQuMtswNJt4r9
Join Boston New Technology's 50k network to be inspired by 8 presentations on how the Boston tech community, startups and corporations have stepped up to support others affected by the current health and economic crisis.
Join us to:
See 8 educational and inspiring presentations and tech demonstrations, presented by startup founders and tech leaders
Network virtually with attendees from Boston, Austin and beyond
Ask the presenters your questions
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[Virtual] Town Hall Meeting on What Happens to Tech and Cities When They Open Up?
Wednesday, May 13
4 - 6 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.meetup.com/startupalooza/events/270507444/
Will the 500,000+ tech workers continue to work from home? Will they leave NY?
What can the Tech sector tell cities about managing the virus?
Will robots and AI suddenly take off?
Will we try to reinvent manufacturing?
Will we try to replace China with......Latin America?
What happens to the economy, Jobs, UGI?
Was the lockdown even the best idea? Will it recur if there are more waves of infection?
The "Hammer and the Dance" - or the "Sieve Until the Vaccine"?
Can anything good come of this?
Share your questions and opinions with our speakers.
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Community Meeting
Wednesday, May 13
7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/community-meeting-2020-05-13/
This meeting will be online via Zoom. The link will be posted here one hour before the event.
Let's check in with each other, find out what's been going on across XR Mass, and maybe even have a little fun!
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Sustaining All Life: Tools for Climate Justice
Wednesday, May 13
7:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHMgQFN8EkDMNKdWDkvdwZiuXc-LlNs4gSFBCDnPwcikYdPg/viewform
For Organizers and Environmental Activists
Marya Axner, Sustaining All Life
In this class, learn tools that will help people overcome barriers to building a massive movement to stop climate change and limit its effects. We will learn:
Basic listening skills: People will learn to listen to another person without giving advice, without judgement and with respect and caring. Each person will also experience what it is like to be listened to without someone judging them or interrupting them. In these exercises, people are encouraged to talk about personal experiences: We learn that we can heal from hurtful experiences if someone listens to us attentively and allows and encourage us release grief, fear, and other painful emotions. People will be expected to agree on confidentiality during certain exercises. These listening exercises will help us overcome discouragement and powerlessness that impede our ability to build movements.
We will also learn how to overcome longstanding divisions between groups of people, based in oppression. To do this we talk about the role of oppression in our own lives-- how we personally have been targeted by oppression and also how we each were unwittingly pushed into the role of oppressing others. In doing so we can heal from these experiences and be empowered to bring people together to work for change.
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Undeclared Emergency: Addressing the Climate Crisis in our Schools
Wednesday, May 13
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/undeclared-emergency-addressing-the-climate-crisis-in-our-schools-tickets-103285421476
The job of educators is to prepare young people to thrive intellectually, financially, and emotionally in the future. Brookline teachers do an outstanding job of preparing students--but for a future that no longer exists. The future of climate change has arrived and we are living through an undeclared emergency. Should schools play a crucial role in addressing the climate crisis? Increasingly students, teachers and parents/caregivers demand "yes!"
Roger Grande, BHS Teacher, has spent the year working with educators, students, and parents/caregivers to make sustainability a core practice in Brookline schools. He'll speak to why schools must serve as a key institution in addressing climate change, and why they naturally fit in this role. Further, he'll present a blueprint for how Brookline Schools can move forward and adopt a sustainability mission. He is followed by a roundtable of administrators, teachers and a student who will discuss the obstacles and opportunities for our schools.
This event is free an open to all audiences but for security reasons using Zoom, please register on Eventbrite to get a link to the videoconference, or watch it streamed live on Brookline Interactive via local Cable TV in Brookline on RCN and Comcast Cable Channel 3 or on YouTube and Facebook streams. For more stream links, please go to https://brooklineinteractive.org/live/
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Thursday, May 14
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Extinction Rebellion [XR] DNA Interactive Training
Thursday, May 14
12- 2:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/j/92386767291
Join XR chapters around the globe as our international support team facilitates an interactive training on the XR DNA. We will focus on: -Principles & values -Demands -Strategy -History -Structure
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Hot Topics in Computing: A Conversation with Microsoft President Brad Smith
Thursday, May 14
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AY8FDgMKTsi4kLhkSE6aJw
Microsoft President Brad Smith believes that when technology changes the world, the company that created it bears a responsibility to help address the world they played a part in creating. Tech companies and governments must work together to address the challenges and adapt to the changes technology has unleashed. This includes addressing a wide range of challenges from digital security to efforts to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of the next Hot Topics in Computing, Dan Huttenlocher, dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, will welcome Brad Smith for a [virtual] conversation with Daniela Rus, deputy dean of research for the Schwarzman College of Computing and director of CSAIL, to address some of the greatest issues faced by industry and society today.
About Brad Smith
As Microsoft’s President, Brad Smith leads a team of more than 1,400 business, legal and corporate affairs professionals working in 56 countries. He plays a key role in spearheading the company’s work on critical issues involving the intersection of technology and society, including cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence, human rights, immigration, philanthropy and environmental sustainability. In his recent book that he co-authored with Carol Ann Browne, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and Peril of the Digital Age, Brad showcases his deep thinking on these issues and how technology can serve humanity rather than be weaponized to inflict harm. The Australian Financial Review has described Smith as “one of the technology industry’s most respected figures,” and The New York Times has called him “a de facto ambassador for the technology industry at large.”
Registration is required. Preference will be given to MIT community members.
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Pandemic Financial Policies: Actions and Consequences
Thursday, May 14
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mvplUXSpQ3SfDL50PkicIA
MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy and MIT Sloan School of Management present a discussion of COVID-19 financial and economic policies and their most important short- and long-term implications for:
PERSONAL FINANCES • HOUSING FINANCE • THE FEDERAL RESERVE
Chris Farrell, Moderator Economics Contributor at NPR’s “Marketplace” and Minnesota Public Radio News
Deborah Lucas Sloan Professor of Finance and Director, MIT GCFP
Andrew Lo Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor at Sloan and Co-Director, MIT GCFP
Robert Merton Sloan School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance and Co-Director, MIT GCFP
Jonathan Parker Robert C. Merton Professor of Finance at Sloan and Co-Director, MIT GCFP
Antoinette Schoar Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at Sloan
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Pandemic Resilience: Testing
Thursday, May 14
5 - 6 PM (EST)
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SPF6BK-nTyOh_6-zVBBzMQ
We invite you to join us on Thursday, May 14 from 5 - 6 PM (EST) for a conversation between Danielle Allen, Ganesh Sitaraman, E. Glen Weyl, and chaired by Carmel Shachar, as they discuss the COVID-19 White Paper Series. This event is co-sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics.
In order to successfully combat the COVID-19 epidemic, we need to thoughtfully mobilize and utilize all resources available. The Edmond J. Safra Center’s COVID-19 Response Initiative, a bipartisan group of experts in economics, public health, technology and ethics from across the country, has released the nation’s first comprehensive operational roadmap for mobilizing and reopening the U.S. economy in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.
We will explore this operational roadmap to pandemic resilience in a series of events. This event will focus on questions around COVID-19 testing programs. How can states coordinate their public health efforts? How can we reflect the different needs of local communities? What is the role of federal policymakers in creating testing programs and supporting reopening efforts?
Please register below by noon on Wednesday, May 13, and we will email you the link to access the event on May 14, a few hours before it begins. Registration is limited, but we will also livestream the conversation on our Facebook page.
Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.
Ganesh Sitaraman, Chancellor's Faculty Fellow, Professor of Law, and Director of the Program on Law and Government at Vanderbilt Law School.
E. Glen Weyl, Microsoft's Office of the Chief Technology Officer's Political Economist and Social Technologist, and the Founder and Chair of the RadicalxChange Foundation.
Carmel Shachar, Executive Director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.
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Sunrise Boston Phonebank for Ed Markey
Thursday, May 14
6 PM – 8 PM
Online (and on phone)
RSVP at https://bit.ly/SunBosMarkeyPhonebank
Come support the Ed Markey campaign through the first Sunrise Boston phonebank event of the 2020 election cycle! No experience necessary!
Editorial Comment: This event announcement is not an endorsement of Ed Markey in the upcoming Democratic Senate primary but I will note that in the recent polling I’ve seen Markey is running behind Joe Kennedy. It is interesting to me that Sunrise Boston, an explicitly youth group where people over 35 are advised to join some other climate change group, is supporting the older candidate over the younger one. Then again, Senator Markey has been the primary sponsor of the Green New Deal in the Senate and has worked closely with Rep Ocasio-Cortez on framing the legislation.
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Friday, May 15
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Startup Spotlight 2020 [VIRTUAL]
Friday, May 15 (More dates through May 29)
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online
RSVP at http://startupspotlight.mitforumcambridge.org
The Startup Spotlight, usually held in June, has traditionally been a time for us to gather together for a cocktail networking reception, peruse tables of startup demos….and vote for our favorites. While we don’t know what life will be like in June, or even next week, we do know this:
Startups and small businesses are everything for our economy and they need our support and encouragement now more than ever!
So, this year, instead of hosting a one-night, in-person affair, we’re adapting to our new reality and changing things up.
Here’s how
Every week starting April 24, we’ll highlight 4 startups in a series of 6 virtual demo days
Startups (located anywhere!) should apply online to be chosen to demo LIVE to registered attendees (applications will roll over week to week)
Startups chosen will demo LIVE to our weekly audience
The LIVE demos will be recorded and shared for the crowd to vote for their favorites
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Big, If True Webinar: The Trouble with Science
Friday, May 15
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://forms.shorensteincenter.org/view.php?id=129562
Registration for this event is required, details on how to join the webinar will be sent to registered participants before the event.
Join us this week on BIG, If True as our host Joan Donovan dives into the promises and perils of communicating science to public audiences. While trust in our politicians and the press has waned in recent years, trust in scientists has remained remarkably steady. However, as we chart out new uncertainties and complex facts and figures in a pandemic, we wonder: is trust in science eroding? How are science journalists and educators dispelling misinformation and tempering fear? Why don’t facts go viral on social media? And, what resources and platforms can help marshal facts and good science?
In this episode, we’ll talk with Jane Hu, a regular contributor to Slate’s Future Tense, and Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown, co-creators of AsapSCIENCE, a YouTube channel that produces weekly videos about science and all the accompanying weird questions and persistent rumors that come with it. Together, we’ll discuss the role of science communication in helping the general public steer a safe course against pseudoscience and misinformation.
Jane Hu has recently been writing about COVID-19 and investigating the bits and pieces of misinformation discarded along the way, including; “No, You Did Not Get COVID-19 in the Fall of 2019”, “We Can’t Reopen the Country without Better Contact Tracing” and “The Panic Over Chinese People Doesn’t Come from Coronavirus.” Jane’s writing has also appeared in WIRED, High Country News, National Geographic, Scientific American, and The Atlantic.
Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown’s YouTube channel, AsapSCIENCE, has amassed 9.3 million subscribers to date. As of late, Mitchell and Gregory have been covering a wide array of topical subjects that tackle coronavirus misinformation, such as; “Is Hydroxychloroquine The New Coronavirus Cure?” “Are Young People Safe?” and “The Coronavirus Vaccine Explained.” Using animated illustrations and voice-over narration, AsapScience is helping cut through the noise by delivering compelling and accessible videos for general audiences.
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LOCKED-DOWN AMERICANS: Isolation and Loneliness in 21st Century
Friday, May 15
2:30 pm
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5lmQsAyVTwWOjCn5PpViGg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Social distancing has been especially hard on humans, as social animals we are wired for connection. But the present pandemic didn't cause the isolation issue it just exacerbated it. In 2018, 28% of adult households in the U.S. were single person households and 63% of the adult population remained unmarried. But we are not happier, over 35% of adult Americans report themselves to be chronically lonely, up from 20% in 1990.
J. W. Freiberg's latest book "Surrounded by Others and Yet So Alone"looks at the problem of chronic loneliness through his unique lens as a social psychologist (PhD, UCLA) turned lawyer (JD, Harvard) His case studies are infused with the latest brain science which reveals that loneliness is actually a sensation, like hunger or thirst, not an emotion like anger, which we can talk ourselves out of. So how do we surmount this current crisis and help to create healthy connections going forward, in our own lives and in the lives of our children?
Please register, as there are some optional questions for you to fill out in advance of the audience participation section of the program.
Webinar Speaker: J.W. Freiberg (Social psychologist (PhD, UCLA) and lawyer (JD, Harvard) )
Author of "Surrounded by Others and Yet so Alone" and "Growing up Lonely"
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Extinction Rebellion SF [XRSF] Friday Online Activism
Friday, May 15
3 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/j/727108084?pwd=YVhTOTk1TFlodzMwc3ZqWkg2ckNoZz09 Meeting ID: 727 108 084 Password: 082166 One tap mobile +16699006833,,727108084# US (San Jose)
XRSF has been holding weekly online activism with a regenerative atmosphere.
We are in extraordinary times, but this is still a good time to spread messages of hope, empowerment, support, compassion, empathy and ACTION. Join us on Fridays for some connection and activism.
CALL AGENDA (HIGH LEVEL): 10m check-in & land acknowledgement 10m calm the limbic system (Guided meditation, poems, qigong, laughter yoga) 15-20m digital activism in breakout rooms 15-20m mutual aid (Sharing what you need with the group, in breakout rooms & sheet) 10m calm the limbic system (Exercise, meditation, gratitudes)
The call will run from 3-4pm EST.
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Ethical Smart Cities (Soft Launch)
Friday, May 15
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ethical-smart-cities-soft-launch-tickets-103943666304
"Join the Institute without Boundaries 2019/20 Cohort on Friday, May 15th, 2020 for an Ethical Smart City Experience. "
Join the Institute without Boundaries’ 2019/20 cohort on Friday, May 15th, 2020 for the soft launch of their Playbook, Website and an Interactive experience on how to transform cities into Ethical Smart Cities.
In 2019, the Institute without Boundaries (IwB), an Interdisciplinary Design Strategy program at George Brown College in Toronto, embarked on a nine month-long project to study smart cities. This investigation looked at the trends and forces that impact the design and future of cities. From there, they have developed strategies for smart cities that are inclusive, sustainable and ethical.
What You’ll Learn
We’ll be sharing our Ethical Smart City philosophy - why it’s important, and how communities can work towards it with specific tools & resources. Have a conversation with John Jung - an Urban Planner, Chairman and Co-Founder of Intelligent Communities Forum Canada (ICF - Canada) - about Ethical Smart Cities and behind the scenes of the tools. You’ll also get an opportunity to network with peers and other smart city champions around the world.
In partnership with the Community Solutions Network and Evergreen, and their client ICF - Canada.
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Saturday, May 16
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Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
Saturday, May 16
10:30am - 1:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://bio4climate.org/blessed-unrest-registration/
Cost: $15 - $80
All sessions will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., EDT. On each day at around 1:30 p.m. there will be an option to attend an hour-long workshop with one of the day’s speakers, depending on speaker availability.
Ecological urgency remains of primary concern as we work our way through the immediate threat of the corona virus.
Let’s face it: Emissions reduction strategies to address global ecological catastrophes, including massive climate disruption, have not worked. Of course we should go to zero for many reasons, but this doesn’t offer solutions at the scale needed in the time we have left. We have to do something else. That something else is to invoke the power of the natural world.
Blessed Unrest offers many practical nature solutions from speakers around the world. Collectively we can change course to a healthy and bountiful planet for all.
Join us as we move to an interactive online forum. This promises to be an exciting, informative and hopeful event in its new form, and we look forward to having you join us!
More information at https://bio4climate.org/blessed-unrest/
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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
Saturday, May 16
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/2882752311832694/
This screening is part of the 2019-2020 Dismantling White Supremacy Film Series sponsored by the Social Justice Action Committee of First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist and several allies. Proceeds will benefit the film's producers, the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, and the Mass Redistribution Fund. Tickets must be secured in advance using the link on the FB page (or at https://tithe.ly/event-registration/?fbclid=IwAR0lSVKZg9C6veUW_7vMAgTFUhfIBFoyIYM3yjD2itd3c347mDVTtAkBIS8#/1707575). Those registering will be sent an email with the Zoom link in advance of the screening. A panel discussion will follow the screening. We encourage generous donations to support under-resourced folks in the greater Boston area, however no one will be turned away based upon ability to pay.
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Sunday, May 17
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NE Witness for Peace Director Lee Schlenker: Popular Struggles in Latin America Today
Sunday, May 17
11AM Service
Online
RSVp at https://communitychurchofboston.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97f7dfeb0bfd338d2250fe8e5&id=c8394375da&e=3e8e4cf5c6>_
*One tap mobile *(for cell phone users)
*+19292056099 US*
*To access by phone:*
*+1 929 205 6099 *
*Meeting ID:* *518 369 5800*
*Password:?230417*
Lee Schlenker will update us on current campaigns, speaking tours and delegations to Cuba, Colombia, Honduras and Venezuela. Also he will discuss information about contemporary US policy in Latin America and the Caribbean, connections with projections, and reflections on the continental advance of the re-colonial project. Also, notions of and strategies for solidarity during and beyond the election season. Schlenker will provide Opportunities to tap in and get involved right now.
Lee Schlenker, a graduate in Latin American Urban Studies from Middlebury College, is a bilingual researcher, community organizer and urban professional with experience living and working in the US, Cuba and Mexico. He is working as regional organizer with
Witness for Peace New England. Lee is a former Cuba International Team Member with Witness for Peace, having facilitated and coordinated 25+ people-to-people solidarity delegations to Cuba in partnership with the M.L.K. Memorial Center in Havana. He is a current member of the Boston Venezuela Solidarity Committee and the Boston July 26th Coalition.
Music by Dean Stevens
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Extinction Rebellion New Member Orientation
Sunday, May17
7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/new-member-orientation-2020-05-17/
The session will run for around 90 minutes. Sign up below to receive the Zoom meeting link.
If you are new to Extinction Rebellion or would just like to learn more about how it works, please join us! We will cover the following:
What is XR? What is civil disobedience & direct action?
What do we want?
What are our principles and values?
How are we organized?
Learn how you can get involved!
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Monday, May 18
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Gutman Library Book Talk: Schooling for Critical Consciousness: Engaging Black and Latinx Youth in Analyzing, Navigating, and Challenging Racial Injustice
Monday, May 18
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at bit.ly/SchoolingforCC
SPEAKER(S) Scott Seider, Daren Graves
Schooling for Critical Consciousness addresses how schools can help Black and Latinx youth resist the negative effects of racial injustice and challenge its root causes. Scott Seider, A.B.,’99 Ed.D. ’08, and Daren Graves, Ed.D.’06, draw on a four-year longitudinal study examining how five different mission-driven urban high schools foster critical consciousness among their students. The book presents vivid portraits of the schools as they implement various programs and practices, and traces the impact of these approaches on the students themselves.
Registrants will receive a discount on the book. Stay tuned!
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Women In Energy Virtual Roundtable Discussion: The Role of Natural Gas in the Energy Transition with Erin Blanton, CGEP Senior Research Scholar
Monday, May 18
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://events.columbia.edu/eventregext/uereg/init.do?href=%2Fpublic%2Fcals%2FMainCal%2FCAL-00bb9e25-71debbd3-0171-e06aeda8-000023f2.ics&calsuite=/principals/users/agrp_SIPA_CGEP&formName=WIE_and_Professionals&evcontactemail=energypolicy@columbia.edu
Please join the Women in Energy program for a virtual roundtable discussion with Erin Blanton, CGEP Senior Research Scholar. Ms. Blanton will discuss her academic background and career path covering the energy sector as well as her current research on the role of natural gas in the energy transition.
Biography
Erin Blanton is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy focused on natural gas and renewable energy. Before joining the Center, Blanton spent 16 years at Medley Global Advisors, an independent macro policy research firm. Blanton was a Managing Director and led natural gas and renewable coverage as part of the firm's energy team. Her clients consisted of the world's leading hedge funds, asset managers, and investment banks. Blanton has a master's degree in Energy Policy from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Cornell University.
Registration is required.
There is limited capacity for this event. We ask that you register only if you are sure you can attend this event in its entirety.
For more information contact: energypolicy@columbia.edu.
Event Contact Information:
Center on Global Energy Policy
energypolicy@columbia.edu
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Tuesday, May 19
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Audacious Education Purposes Book Launch
Tuesday, May 19
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_59GpejPeQEOAFXQQyeSMag
SPEAKER(S) Fernando M. Reimersm Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice in International Education
Join us for the launch and discussion of this new book examining how education systems are transformed to prepare students for the skills they need today on May 19, 20, and 21st.
Download book at https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030418816
CONTACT INFO Lee Marmor
lee_marmor@gse.harvard.edu
LINK https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_59GpejPeQEOAFXQQyeSMag
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MIT Press Live! presents a virtual conversation with Wade Roush, author of Extraterrestrials
Tuesday, May 19
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/695920917843384/
Are we alone in the universe? If not, where is everybody? In this engaging exploration of one of the most important unsolved problems in science, science and technology writer Wade Roush helps us to explore the question of life, intelligent or otherwise, beyond our planet.
Learn more about the book: https://bit.ly/3cZ4BfV
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Virtual Panel Discussion on How Nonprofit Leaders are Responding to COVID-19
Tuesday, May 19
2-3 pm
Online
RSVP at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1775225701421698320
Wondering how other nonprofit leaders are responding to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic? Register for a free virtual panel discussion featuring three Massachusetts nonprofit leaders. This panel discussion is co-presented by the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network (MNN) and State House News Service.
The MNN-moderated panel discussion will feature Bob Gittens of Cambridge Children's and Families Service, Celina Miranda of Hyde Square Task Force, and Priscilla Kane Hellweg of Enchanted Circle Theater as panelists. They will discuss the changes they made to their programming, the increases/shifts in demand for their services, and the resources that are needed to respond to the crisis and contribute to long-term recovery efforts.
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The Ethical Algorithm
Tuesday, May 19
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Online
Zoom meeting ID: 949-0309-1399
Join Zoom meeting: https://mit.zoom.us/j/94903091399
YouTube livestream: https://youtu.be/IATv0m5U5z8
IDSS Distinguished Speaker Seminar with Michael Kearns, University of Pennsylvania
Abstract: Many recent mainstream media articles and popular books have raised alarms over anti-social algorithmic behavior, especially regarding machine learning and artificial intelligence. The concerns include leaks of sensitive personal data by predictive models, algorithmic discrimination as a side-effect of machine learning, and inscrutable decisions made by complex models. While standard and legitimate responses to these phenomena include calls for stronger and better laws and regulations, researchers in machine learning, statistics and related areas are also working on designing better-behaved algorithms. An explosion of recent research in areas such as differential privacy, algorithmic fairness and algorithmic game theory is forging a new science of socially aware algorithm design. I will survey these developments and attempt to place them in a broader societal context. This talk is based on the book The Ethical Algorithm, co-authored with Aaron Roth (Oxford University Press).
About the speaker: Since 2002, Michael Kearns has been a professor in the Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds the National Center Chair and has secondary appointments in the department of Economics, and in the departments of Statistics and Operations, Information and Decisions (OID) in the Wharton School. He is the Founding Director of the Warren Center for Network and Data Sciences, the faculty founder and former director of Penn Engineering’s Networked and Social Systems Engineering (NETS) Program, and a faculty affiliate in Penn’s Applied Math and Computational Science graduate program. Kearns has worked extensively in quantitative and algorithmic trading on Wall Street (including at Lehman Brothers, Bank of America, and SAC Capital). He often served as an advisor to technology companies and venture capital firms. Kearns is also involved in the seed-stage fund Founder Collective and occasionally invests in early-stage technology startups. Kearns is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Alan Turing Institute, and of the Market Surveillance Advisory Group of FINRA. Kearns is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Association for Computing Machinery, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, and the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory. He spent 1991-2001 in machine learning and AI research at AT&T Bell Labs. During his last four years there, Kearns was the head of the AI department. Before joining the Penn faculty in January 2002, Kearns spent 2001 as CTO of the European venture capital firm Syntek Capital and served as an advisor to various startups, including Yodle, Wealthfront, and Activate Networks. In the past Kearns has served as a member of the Advanced Technology Advisory Council of PJM Interconnection, the Scientific Advisory Board of Opera Solutions, and the Technical Advisory Board of Microsoft Research Cambridge.
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Wednesday, May 20
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Incarcerated Populations and COVID-19: Public Health, Ethical, and Legal Concerns
Wednesday, May 20
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/incarcerated-populations-and-covid-19
SPEAKER(S) Jessie Rossman, Staff Attorney, ACLU Massachusetts
Karthik Sivashanker, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine and staff consultation-liaison psychiatrist, VA Boston Healthcare
Joel Thompson, Staff Attorney, Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts and Clinical Instructor, Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project
Moderator: Stephen Wood, Fellow in Bioethics, Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School and Visiting Scholar, Petrie-Flom Center for
Prisons, jails, and detention centers have been called ‘a ticking time bomb’ when it comes to COVID-19. One Ohio prison recently found that more than 70% of its inmates are COVID-19 positive. Social distancing is difficult to enact in these facilities, with some prisons stopping visitation and severely limiting the amount of time inmates can spend in common areas to try to limit the spread of the virus. In response, some inmates and detainees have been released, but this is not consistent across the country.
This panel will explore the unique public health challenge of trying to manage COVID-19 within incarceration facilities. We will discuss recent litigation to release people in response to the pandemic. Lastly, we will consider our ethical obligations to incarcerated individuals during a pandemic as well as challenges of releasing individuals without allowing the virus to spread further.
CONTACT INFO petrie-flom@law.harvard.edu
LINK https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/incarcerated-populations-and-covid-19
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Climate Change Reset: Learning from the Global Pandemic
Mobilizing Action on Climate during a Global Pandemic: Lessons for Climate Leaders
Wednesday, May 20
12:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-change-reset-learning-from-the-global-pandemic-tickets-102800125944
We are at a profound crossroads with respect to understanding and leveraging this moment of crisis into new possibilities for climate action.
Over the course of five 90-minute sessions, we will discuss climate leadership, climate policy, communication and the need for collective action. We will hear from climate scientists, policy experts and communications leaders. We will think collaboratively about what new stories are needed at this moment, and what the pandemic is teaching us about strategy, system change and action.
The coronavirus crisis has shaken the world. Could the global pandemic be a giant reset for the planet? If so, what changes can we expect in the months and years ahead? In this first session of Climate Change Reset, we talk about how the coronavirus crisis will impact everything from the climate movement, to how we craft public policy.
Speakers: Tzeporah Berman, International Program Director, Stand.Earth
Andrea Reimer, City Leader
Moderators: Joanna Ashworth, SFU Faculty of Environment
Oliver Lane, SPEC
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COVID-19 & Cities: Multilingual Learners & Families
Wednesday, May 20
1-2pm
Online
RSVP at https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9Otz6xt_QqG0pqQlBaolkw
Please join the Boston University Initiative on Cities for a webinar to learn about the challenges of remote learning on multilingual learners and their families, and what's being done to support them. We'll be joined by:
Speakers: Christine Leider, Clinical Associate Professor Language Education & Program Director for Bilingual Education & TESOL Licensure at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Jocelyn Lee, Head of the Language Acquisition Department & Grade 5 ESL Teacher at Match Community Day Charter Public School; Part-Time Instructor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Emily Blitz, English Learner Education Department Chair at Somerville High School
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Massachusetts Climate Programs & Priorities for 2020 with EEA Undersecretary David Ismay
Wednesday, May 20
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-climate-leadership-webinar-massachusetts-climate-programs-priorities-for-2020-with-eea-undersecretary-david-ismay
Cost: $25 - $120
This EBC leadership webinar will feature David Ismay, the recently appointed Undersecretary for Climate Change for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. His first keynote presentation to the EBC will focus on the administration’s climate programs, priorities, and implementation strategies for 2020 and beyond.
Issues of concern include:
GHG Emission Reductions
Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness
Transportation Climate Initiative
Coastal Flooding
Implementation Advisory Committee
Sea Level Rise
Increased Storm Events
Climate Adaptation Plan
Statewide Hazard Mitigation
Moderated Discussion: Following the presentation by Undersecretary Ismay, Ruth Silman, Chair of the EBC Climate Change Committee, will moderate an open discussion with the audience on climate issues of concern to the EBC membership and their clients.
Keynote Speaker:
David Ismay, Undersecretary for Climate Change, Executive Office for Energy & Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Discussion Moderator:
Ruth Silman, Chair, EBC Climate Change Committee; Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
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Extinction Rebellion Community Meeting
Wednesday, May 20
7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/community-meeting-2020-05-20/
Let's check in with each other, find out what's been going on across XR Mass, and maybe even have a little fun!
This meeting will be online via Zoom. The link will be posted here one hour before the event.
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Accelerating Heat Pumps: Bringing Sustainable Heating and Cooling to Congregations Soon and in our Time
Wednesday, May 20
7-9 PM
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf38EF_jw86wLvdxG4aCzbUZIKbhIToKAQ_RsiF9_TpjK8bKQ/viewform
Donations Welcome
Dramatic new developments in heat pump deployment are poised to reduce the largest part of our carbon footprint. Prepare your house of worship and lead your community away from fossil-fuel heating and cooling. Attendees will leave empowered to organize, both for the congregation's physical plant and for congregants’ homes and neighborhoods
Up to 3 people from your house of worship (including ideally a facilities person & an organizer)
"Brilliant Solution: GeoMicroDistricts" Audrey Schulman (HEET). Eversource Gas is trying to pilot a method to rapidly transform existing fossil-fuel HVAC into networked ground-source heat-pumps systems, a neighborhood at a time. What we need to do to encourage and hasten the ramp-up.
"Heat Pump Community Coaching: Become the Scout" Steve Breit (HeatSmart Alliance). Community Coaching is seeding and accelerating the uptake of residential HP technology. Become a Coach, or a Scout, to encourage your fellow congregants
“Heatpumps in Real-World Homes and Buildings” Experienced contractors in moderated discussion:
Rachel White, CEO, Byggmeister Sustainable Design & Build
Joel Boucher, Boucher Energy Systems
Matt Wenzel, Bill Wenzel Heating & Air Conditioning
For questions, please contact us at jewishclimateaction@gmail.com
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Thursday, May 21
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Webinar series on energy innovation: Grid-Scale Energy Storage
Thursday, May 21
10:00am to 12:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ma-oVt9CSCm4kcPqUUrpUg
Speakers: Fikile Brushett, Dharik Mallapragada, Donald Sadoway, and Robert Stoner
Introduction by CJ (Changjie) Guo, Program Director, MIT Corporate Relations
The energy sector is facing unprecedented challenges, with the global Covid-19 pandemic complicating an already challenging transition toward a low-carbon future. One of the key elements in addressing both the current pandemic and climate change is with forward-looking collaborations in technology development and innovation-which have long been a hallmark of MIT’s approach to problem solving.
In May, MIT’s Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) and Energy Initiative (MITEI) are pleased to present a special webinar series with leading researchers and experts in the energy domain sharing their views on three important themes: “Energy Transitions & Economics” (May 6th), “Innovations in Critical Low-Carbon Technologies” (May 13th) and “Grid-Scale Energy Storage” (May 21st).
Please join us in these webinars to hear and discuss with the experts so together we will be able to better navigate these difficult times for a successful transition to a sustainable energy future after the current crisis.
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Equitable Readiness: Reimagining the Role of the Public Sector in the Wake of COVID-19
Thursday, May 21
noon
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-equitable-readiness-virtual
With the COVID-19 crisis highlighting long-standing social disparities and vast inequities, some argue that now is the time to imagine an adaptive public health infrastructure that can readily respond to future epidemics. Join us as leading scholars and practitioners discuss how to leverage the policy opportunities the epidemic presents for bold changes that could support a sustained and equitable public health response.
Speakers:
MarÃa Belén Power, associate executive director, GreenRoots, Inc.; representative, Green Justice Coalition
Daniel Carpenter, faculty director of the social sciences program, Radcliffe Institute, and Allie S. Freed Professor of Government, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Sara Bleich, Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor and social sciences advisor, Radcliffe Institute, and professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Moderated by Janet Rich-Edwards, codirector of the science program, Radcliffe Institute, associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge
Thursday, May 21
5pm - 6pm
Online
RSVP at https://pic2020.innovationlabs.harvard.edu
Change is constant, and the future was always unpredictable. When faced with the opportunities and demands of the future, innovators respond with creativity and resolve. Join the Harvard Innovation Labs as we celebrate this year’s finalist teams through an immersive, interactive virtual awards experience focused on the better future that is to come.
Meet student and alumni venture teams from across Harvard’s 13 schools who are working at the intersections of science, medicine, technology, society, and culture to develop solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. 25 teams will showcase their ventures, and our new Executive Director Matt Segneri will announce who will take home Bertarelli Foundation prizes totaling $510,000.
As the entrepreneurial landscape evolves, curiosity will continue to drive us forward, deepening our connections to the world and to each other.
Be curious with us.
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Environmental Voter Project Training
Thursday, May 21
7:00PM EASTERN
Online
RSVP at https://www.environmentalvoter.org/events/volunteer-training-webinar-107
Join the Environmental Voter Project for a volunteer training webinar! During the webinar, volunteers will be trained in texting and calling environmental voters using EVP’s unique messaging. All of our webinars are held on Zoom, a video conferencing service. After you sign up you will receive an email with the link to access the webinar. The training will last no longer than 45 minutes. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Mario Livio, "Galileo and the Science Deniers" | Harvard Science Book Talk
Thursday, May 21
7 – 8 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/f6re3qg8/register
SPEAKER(S) Mario Livio
Astrophysicist and bestselling author Mario Livio draws on his own scientific expertise to provide captivating insights into how Galileo reached his bold new conclusions about the cosmos and the laws of nature. A freethinker who followed the evidence wherever it led him, Galileo was one of the most significant figures behind the scientific revolution. He believed that every educated person should know science as well as literature, and insisted on reaching the widest audience possible, publishing his books in Italian rather than Latin.
Galileo was put on trial with his life in the balance for refusing to renounce his scientific convictions. He remains a hero and inspiration to scientists and all of those who respect science—which, as Livio reminds us in this gripping book, remains threatened even today.
CONTACT INFO science_lectures@fas.harvard.edu
LINK https://science.fas.harvard.edu/book-talks
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Friday, May 22
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Extinction Rebellion Declare Climate Emergency Stand-in with Shoes
Friday, May 22
7:30 a.m.
City Hall Plaza, 1 City Hall Square, Boston
Message: Let's demand that the City of Boston declare a climate and ecological emergency. The message behind this action is to learn from our nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and make the emergency declaration now and no later. We've proven that society can act swiftly to mitigate an emergency and now it's time to enact this to the scale of the climate crisis.
Action: We're organizing a socially-distanced stand-in at City Hall Plaza. To show that we're taking this pandemic seriously we're going to use shoes to represent the voices of those in XR Mass who want to be there in person and also create symbology of the people that we lost to COVID-19 and will lose to the climate crisis. We're asking those that want to attend in person to please bring 10-20 pairs of shoes with you. If you have pairs to offer someone else to bring you can sign up and we'll organize a drop-off. City Hall is open on Tuesdays and Fridays during COVID hours so we're hoping to get some attention from officials and media. Given there may not be many people in public, this will be a media heavy action for pictures and video.
Time: We are planning for the action to last from 7:30 to 10am to make sure we are there for city hall opening for 8am.
Materials: Please bring any signs or art related to the climate emergency, COVID, or XR, either to hold or to put in some of the shoes. If you have any speeches or quotes related to linking the two crises please bring them to share!
For an idea of what the action will look like take a look at XR Amsterdam's version: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_FjgvyH7e1/
More information at https://xrmass.org/action/shoe_stand_in_200522/
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Managing Challenging Conversations in the COVID-19 Era
Friday, May 22
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Online
RSVP at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9J6RK2V by May 18th. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance within two
days of their application
During these difficult times, executive directors and organizational leaders seem inundated by the need to have difficult conversations with staff, with landlords, with clients, with suppliers, boards, and community members.? No amount of training will make these conversations easier and the tumult and uncertainty of the moment complexifies what, for most of us, we already find to be a daunting conversation.
During this webinar, participants can expect to:
Learn a framework for understanding and preparing for challenging conversations
Acquire tools on how to manage partisan perceptions, strong emotions, and complicated questions of identity and purpose as they come up in difficult conversations
Manage some of the special complexities posed by the need to have difficult conversations in an age of virtual work and social distancing
Join us as Bob shares his experience providing support to individuals, nonprofits, and corporate organizations and provides tips and insight to help your organization.
About Bob: Robert Bordone is an internationally-recognized expert, author, speaker, and teacher in negotiation, conflict resolution,
mediation, and facilitation. Currently a Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School, he served on the full-time faculty at Harvard Law School for more than twenty years as the Thaddeus R. Beal Clinical Professor of Law, Director, and Founder of the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program before launching his consulting, advisory, speaking, and training practice.
As a professional facilitator and conflict resolution consultant, Bob works with individual, non-profit, governmental, and corporate clients across many sectors. He specializes in assisting individuals and groups seeking to manage conflicts in highly sensitive, emotional, or difficult situations. He has also trained professionals from virtually every governmental, corporate, educational, and non-profit sector in skills of negotiation, conflict resolution, and handling challenging conversations.
Bob received his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, and his A.B., summa cum laude, from Dartmouth College where he majored in Government. You can follow him on Twitter with the handle @bobbordone or on his website: www.bobbordone.com
This webinar is ideal for anyone who finds themselves either avoiding or needing to have difficult conversations with colleagues, co-workers, clients, customers, or family members.
Join us on May 22nd to learn more about understanding and preparing for challenging conversations.
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Startup Spotlight 2020 [VIRTUAL]
Friday, May 22 (More dates through May 29)
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online
RSVP at http://startupspotlight.mitforumcambridge.org
The Startup Spotlight, usually held in June, has traditionally been a time for us to gather together for a cocktail networking reception, peruse tables of startup demos….and vote for our favorites. While we don’t know what life will be like in June, or even next week, we do know this:
Startups and small businesses are everything for our economy and they need our support and encouragement now more than ever!
So, this year, instead of hosting a one-night, in-person affair, we’re adapting to our new reality and changing things up.
Here’s how
Every week starting April 24, we’ll highlight 4 startups in a series of 6 virtual demo days
Startups (located anywhere!) should apply online to be chosen to demo LIVE to registered attendees (applications will roll over week to week)
Startups chosen will demo LIVE to our weekly audience
The LIVE demos will be recorded and shared for the crowd to vote for their favorites
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EBC Climate Change Leadership Webinar Series: City of Boston 2019 Climate Action Plan
Friday, May 22
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/embed/file/2019-10/city_of_boston_2019_climate_action_plan_update_4.pdf
Information for viewing the webinar will be emailed to all registered attendees.
Please contact EBC with any questions.
Learn More about the Impact of COVID-19 on EBC Operations
EBC is excited to present this series of webinars featuring projects and organizations leading the way in climate change adaptation and mitigation in New England. Featuring the nominated projects for the 2020 EBC Annual EBEE Awards Program, this series will focus on the forward-thinking and innovative projects being planned and implemented throughout New England.
This EBC lunchtime webinar will feature Carl Spector, Commissioner for the Environment for the City of Boston. In October 2019, the City of Boston’s Environment Department released the 2019 Climate Action Plan Update, presenting pathways for Boston to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Carl will review the specific goals and actions that the City will implement to continue to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2030 (below 2005 levels), and 100 percent by 2050. Carl will also discuss the 18 specific strategies developed.
Join us for this EBC webinar to learn how the Climate Action Plan was updated, who was involved, and what the City of Boston Climate Action Plan has been able to achieve since its inception in 2007.
Speakers:
Carl Spector, Environmental Commissioner, City of Boston
Alison Brizius, Director of Climate and Environmental Planning, City of Boston
Moderator:
Van Du, Sustainability Planner, VHB
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Extinction Rebellion SF [XRSF] Friday Online Activism
Friday, May 22
3 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/j/727108084?pwd=YVhTOTk1TFlodzMwc3ZqWkg2ckNoZz09 Meeting ID: 727 108 084 Password: 082166 One tap mobile +16699006833,,727108084# US (San Jose)
XRSF has been holding weekly online activism with a regenerative atmosphere.
We are in extraordinary times, but this is still a good time to spread messages of hope, empowerment, support, compassion, empathy and ACTION. Join us on Fridays for some connection and activism.
CALL AGENDA (HIGH LEVEL): 10m check-in & land acknowledgement 10m calm the limbic system (Guided meditation, poems, qigong, laughter yoga) 15-20m digital activism in breakout rooms 15-20m mutual aid (Sharing what you need with the group, in breakout rooms & sheet) 10m calm the limbic system (Exercise, meditation, gratitudes)
The call will run from 3-4pm EST.
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Saturday, May 23
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Intro To Extinction Rebellion's Self Organizing System
Saturday, May 23
3 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/uZYvfu-prDIiQGhMcCpjM19J0yu44C7mWQ
A mass movement has to unlock the leadership and creativity of far more people than a top-down structure will allow. XR's approach to governance has been vital to our growth and effectiveness, and a shared understanding of our structure and decision-making will be key to continued success!
This training covers the building blocks of SOS, including: 1) working groups and mandates 2) creating roles that empower people to get stuff done 3) making decisions and learning from them
This training will be 3-5pm
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Saturday, May 23 & Sunday, May 24
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Local Solutions Conference
Saturday, May 23 & Sunday, May 24
Portland, Maine
This is the Eastern Regional Climate Preparedness Conference organized by Antioch University. More information at https://www.communityresilience-center.org/conferences/2020-local-solutions-eastern-climate-preparedness-conference/
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Sunday, May 24
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Green Burial: The Environmentally Friendly Option
Sunday, May 24
11AM
Online
RSVP at https://communitychurchofboston.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97f7dfeb0bfd338d2250fe8e5&id=4d21f53f8e&e=3e8e4cf5c6>
and YouTube https://communitychurchofboston.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97f7dfeb0bfd338d2250fe8e5&id=3328f6b21e&e=3e8e4cf5c6>.
Green burial is a way to care for the dead with minimal environmental impact. Find out about the work of Green Burial Massachusetts and what we are doing to create options for green burial in Massachusetts.
Judith Lorei is the President of Green Burial Massachusetts and a green burial educator and advocate. She is a member of the Montague, MA Cemetery Commission and a former board member of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Eastern Massachusetts.
Music by David Dodson https://communitychurchofboston.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97f7dfeb0bfd338d2250fe8e5&id=a4cd5d5cb8&e=3e8e4cf5c6>*
David Dodson writes great songs that run the gamut of American styles-folk, rock, blues, jazz and country. They cover a variety of topics and range from poignant to hilarious. He was a winner of the "New Folk" contest at the Kerrville Folk Festival.
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Energy Poverty & Energy Storage
Monday, May 25
10:00 AM 11:00 AM
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94050724503
Enass Abo-Hamed will be speaking on energy poverty and the gap that clean energy and energy storage can bridge for millions in the world. She will highlight the role of companies like H2GO Power in addressing climate change using zero-emission solutions and focusing on Hydrogen, as well as her company’s latest innovation around decarbonising air travel.
About our speaker:
Enass is the co-founder and CEO at H2GO power ltd; an award winning spin-out company from the University of Cambridge developing energy storage technologies. She completed her PhD at Cambridge University, where she also was a postdoctoral fellow and elected Cambridge University Energy Champion. Currently she is also a Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellow and a technology expert consultant to European Commission (REA).
There will be a ~20 minute Q&A at the end, open to all participants.
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Tuesday, May 26
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COVID-19 & Cities: Supporting Aging Populations
Tuesday, May 27
1pm
Online
RSVP at https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AKKjTm9cS_yCe8_ddfi87A
Please join the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) for a webinar to learn about the challenges and trends that aging populations face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how cities are responding. Emily Robbins, MetroBridge Program Manager of the Initiative on Cities, will moderate and be joined by:
Bronwyn Keefe, Director of the Boston University Center for Aging and Disability Education Research (CADER) and Research Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Social Work
Antron Watson, Age-Friendly Director for AARP Massachusetts
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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Local Voices Network (lvn.org) was hosting conversations across Boston in gathering places such as libraries, community centers, etc. with residents to surface underheard voices and to better understand hopes and concerns, which are then made available to all participants as well as members of the media.
We have recently transitioned our conversations over to Zoom, and have been hosting conversations with people across our chapters (MA, NY, WI, AL) acutely affected by COVID-19 (food pantry and grocery store workers, faith leaders, students/professors, etc.) and some really powerful stories have emerged.
We are now opening the conversations up to anyone in our communities who wants to come together and share their frustrations, struggles, and hopes surrounding COVID-19 in a 3-5 person (60-75 min) conversation. Each conversation will be recorded, transcribed, indexed using natural language processing (AI) technology, and made available to policy makers and our media partners (such as the Boston Institute of Nonprofit Journalism and WBUR).
I'll be hosting three conversations in the next couple of weeks that I wanted to invite you to join. Please find the links online at lvn.org/boston.
Thanks and take care,
Jess
Jess Weaver
Head of Local Voices Network - Boston
Cortico: fostering a healthy public sphere
jess@lvn.org
617.655.8412
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Living With Heat - Urban Land Institute report on expected climate impact in Boston
https://boston.uli.org/about/impact/
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Solar bills on Beacon Hill: The Climate Minute Podcast
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cs87v-b6dbac
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Envision Cambridge citywide plan
https://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/News/2019/5/~/media/A0547DC0640E4ABD86B519CA6FEEFF38.ashx
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Climate Resilience Workbook
https://sustainablebuildingsinitiative.org/toolkits/climate-resilience-guidelines/climate-resilience-workbook
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Sustainable Business Network Local Green Guide
SBN is excited to announce the soft launch of its new Local Green Guide, Massachusetts' premier Green Business Directory!
To view the directory please visit: http://www.localgreenguide.org
To find out how how your business can be listed on the website or for sponsorship opportunities please contact Adritha at adritha@sbnboston.org
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Boston Food System
"The Boston Food System [listserv] provides a forum to post announcements of events, employment opportunities, internships, programs, lectures, and other activities as well as related articles or other publications of a non-commercial nature covering the area's food system - food, nutrition, farming, education, etc. - that take place or focus on or around Greater Boston (broadly delineated)."
The Boston area is one of the most active nationwide in terms of food system activities - projects, services, and events connected to food, farming, nutrition - and often connected to education, public health, environment, arts, social services and other arenas. Hundreds of organizations and enterprises cover our area, but what is going on week-to-week is not always well publicized.
Hence, the new Boston Food System listserv, as the place to let everyone know about these activities. Specifically:
Use of the BFS list will begin soon, once we get a decent base of subscribers. Clarification of what is appropriate to announce and other posting guidelines will be provided as well.
It's easy to subscribe right now at https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
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The Boston Network for International Development (BNID) maintains a website (BNID.org) that serves as a clearing-house for information on organizations, events, and jobs related to international development in the Boston area. BNID has played an important auxiliary role in fostering international development activities in the Boston area, as witnessed by the expanding content of the site and a significant growth in the number of users.
The website contains:
A calendar of Boston area events and volunteer opportunities related to International Development - http://www.bnid.org/events
A jobs board that includes both internships and full time positions related to International Development that is updated daily - http://www.bnid.org/jobs
A directory and descriptions of more than 250 Boston-area organizations - http://www.bnid.org/organizations
Also, please sign up for our weekly newsletter (we promise only one email per week) to get the most up-to-date information on new job and internship opportunities -www.bnid.org/sign-up
The website is completely free for students and our goal is to help connect students who are interested in international development with many of the worthwhile organizations in the area.
Please feel free to email our organization at info@bnid.org if you have any questions!
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Boston Maker Spaces - 41 (up from 27 in 2016) and counting: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zGHnt9r2pQx8.kfw9evrHsKjA&hl=en
Solidarity Network Economy: https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com
Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston: http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at over 50 colleges and universities at Hubevents: http://hubevents.blogspot.com
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
mbm-SUBSCRIBE@missionbasedmassachusetts.net
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.
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