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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
Mutual Aid Networks to Combat 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)
Cambridge Mutual Aid Network
Mutual Aid Medford and Somerville (MAMAS) network
Food for Free (for Cambridge and Somerville) volunteers to provide lunches for schoolchildren, elderly, and hungry
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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Details of these events are available when you scroll past the index
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Daily Events
Entertainment!!!
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Monday, May 4
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12pm The Emerging Nuclear Era: Implications for Strategy and Policy
5pm U.N. Perspective Series: Climate Action
5pm Democratic planning and public power
7pm Identifying viral bots and cyborgs in social media
7pm After the Storm: A virtual Bazaar of Ideas
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Tuesday, May 5
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10am Central Asian Economies and COVID-19: Bracing for Crisis
12pm The Coronavirus Pandemic: Mental Health, Stress and Resiliency
12pm Audio Augmented Reality in times of social distancing
12:10pm The Deployment of COVID-19 to Undermine Sexual and Reproductive Health
12:30pm Author Talk: #HashtagActivism
4pm The Ethical Algorithm
6:30pm Men's Caucus Virtual Meeting
7pm Security Risks of Machine Learning Systems
8pm Investigating Environmental Crime: The Data, The People, The Money (Webinar)
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Wednesday, May 6
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10:30am Poverty Amidst Pandemic: Ethical Responses to COVID-19
11am Human Rights and Responsibilities in Times of Coronavirus
12pm Covid-19 and climate change, and why now is the time to demand that investors stop funding fossil fuel companies
12pm Online Global Startup Pitching Event
12pm Domestic anarchy in a world of states
12pm Institutions Versus Networks of Power: How ‘By The Book’ Politics Works - And When it Doesn’t - Under Autocracy
1pm COVID-19 & Cities: Municipal Fiscal Health
1pm State Prisons and COVID-19 (Online Event)
3pm Leafy Trees and Leaky Pipes: A Community Conversation about Urban Infrastructure and Its Effects on Trees
3pm Emerging Trends Series: New Business Models for Electrification
5:45pm Legatum Fellows Demo Night 2020
7pm Sustaining All Life: Tools for Climate Justice
7pm How and Why to Talk About the Climate Crisis with Friends and Family-- Video Watch & Discussion
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Thursday, May 7
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12pm COVID-19: On the Ground in India
12pm Innovating for Prosperity: Reimagining Healthcare During & After Covid-19
12pm Innovating for Prosperity: Reimagining Healthcare During & After Covid-19
1pm Educational Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Project Showcase
5pm The Rebellion will be Facilitated (Training Pt 1)
6pm Preparing to Manage an Online Meeting
7pm Eric Klinenberg on Distance and Solidarity
7pm Climate Resilience for Activists
8pm Beer and the Climate Crisis
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Friday, May 8
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11:30am Building a Resilient Future
12pm Startup Spotlight 2020 [VIRTUAL]
12pm How COVID-19 is Changing Infrastructure Needs
12:30pm Addressing the Public Health Crisis at Border Detention Centers
3pm Extinctioin Rebellion SF Friday Online Activism
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Saturday, May 9
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10:30am Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
12am (midnight) Extinction Rebellion Art Saturation
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Sunday, May 10
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11am Lavender, Frankincense & Myrrh: The Healing Capacity of Mothers
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Monday, May 11
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12pm Intro To Extinction Rebellion's Self Organizing System
3pm SOLUTIONS with/in/sight: How Are Cancer Researchers Fighting COVID-19?
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Tuesday, May 12
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12pm Online: Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits
12:30pm Author Talk: Technologies of the Human Corpse, by John Troyer
6:30pm Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Air Affects Our Health, Creativity, and Productivity
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My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:
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Sunrise Boston Daily Breakfast Boogie! (May 4 - May 15)
8:30am
Online - Zoom link: http://zoom.us/my/brian.sunrise
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
Daily electoral activist events with social distancing kept in mind.
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Entertainment!!!!
Stay At Home Fest - online music and performance events
Here Are All the Live Streams & Virtual Concerts to Watch During Coronavirus Crisis
A List Of Live Virtual Concerts To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown
Watch These Livestreamed Concerts During Your Social Distancing
Virtual Art Project (VAP-IT!)
Free virtual music, museums, and art round-up
300,000 ebooks to download for free from the NY Public Library
Free streaming services
Free nonprofit webinars
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Monday, May 4
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The Emerging Nuclear Era: Implications for Strategy and Policy
Monday, May 4
12 – 1:30 p.m.
Online
SPEAKER(S) Caitlin Talmadge, Associate Professor of Security Studies, Georgetown University
DETAILS Everyone is welcome to join us online via Zoom! Please register in advance for this seminar:
CONTACT INFO susan_lynch@harvard.edu
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U.N. Perspective Series: Climate Action
Monday, May 4
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Online
Is now the moment to rework our economy in support of Climate Action? Join Impact Hub Boston and UNAGB to learn about the Green New Deal.
The U.N. Perspective Series are free events aiming to build community and convene global and local perspectives on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Presented by United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNAGB) and Impact Hub Boston, each U.N. Perspective Series focuses on a specific SDG and opens dialogue between global experts, local leaders, and the Greater Boston community.
This May we will focus on SDG 13: Climate Action and the Green New Deal. You will also have the chance to engage with other community members on SDG campaigning and advocacy in Boston during a brief SDG Committee Meeting at the beginning of the event.
This event is free, but registration is required. Please note as well that the event is open to all ages, but the lecture is tailored to adult audiences.
This event will feature…
Global Perspective
Michael Green, Executive Director of Climate XChange and Representative to the United Nations on international climate science and policy
Local Perspective
Anny Martinez, former IPS Director of the Jamaica Plain Forum
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Democratic planning and public power
Monday, May 4
5:00 PM EST
Online
Cost: $0 – $25
An online teach-in on the case for democratic planning and the public control of utilities, with Thea Riofrancos, Michal Rozworski and James Wilt.
While all of our events are free, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation which will be donated to mutual aid groups.
Please join us for an online teach-in on the case for democratic planning and the public control of utilities during the pandemic and beyond.
How is the crisis making the case for democratic planning and the public control of utilities?
Join Thea Riofrancos, Michal Rozworski and James Wilt for a conversation around the history and current need for democratic planning, ongoing campaigns for public power and publicly owned transit and how to use this moment to unite the movements for environmental, housing and transit justice to fight for lasting change.
Thea Riofrancos is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Providence College and the author of Resource Radicals. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, n+1, Jacobin, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Dissent, and In These Times. She serves on the steering committee of DSA’s Ecosocialist Working Group. She is the co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal (on sale at Verso Books for 30% off).
Michal Rozworski is a union researcher and writer based in Vancouver, Canada. He holds graduate degrees in economics and philosophy and publishes frequently on political economy. He is the co-author of The People’s Republic of Walmart: How the World’s Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism.
James Wilt is a freelance journalist and graduate student based in Winnipeg. He frequently contributes to leftist Canadian publications including Canadian Dimension, Briarpatch and Passage. He is the author of the recently published book Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?: Public Transit in the Age Google, Uber, and Elon Musk.
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Identifying viral bots and cyborgs in social media
Monday, May 4
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Online
Speaker: Dr. Steve Kramer, Chief Scientist of KUNGFU.AI, https://www.linkedin.com/in/drstevekramer/
Bio: Dr. Steve Kramer, Chief Scientist of KUNGFU.AI, is a computational physicist and data science entrepreneur with 27+ years of post-PhD experience in data science, research, software, and business management. He earned a Ph.D. in physics in the Center for Nonlinear Dynamics at The University of Texas at Austin in 1993. Dr. Kramer has extensive research experience spanning data mining, machine learning, anomaly detection, bot/cyborg detection, clustering, network graph analysis, deep learning, spatiotemporal forecasting, predictive analytics, social media analytics, and pattern discovery/recognition. In 2014, he patented a robust method for dynamic anomaly detection based on chaos theory. Steve spoke at Data Day Texas in 2014 and 2018 and at Data Day Seattle in 2016. Since 2011, he has served as a program committee member and reviewer for the ACM KDD and IEEE Security and Intelligence Informatics conferences.
Abstract: Under our AI for Good initiative, KUNGFU.AI has analyzed tweets related to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic in order to find possible patterns of disinformation and unusual propagation of content on Twitter. In separate time periods starting in early February 2020, we have analyzed more than 26 M tweets that mention Coronavirus and/or COVID-19 using the free Twitter public API. We used information entropy measures calculated from both the text content and the timing of the tweets to identify accounts displaying significantly more automation than normal Twitter users. To date, we have identified more than 4500 such highly automated accounts. We then applied network graph analysis techniques to determine which automated accounts were most successful in getting their content shared or retweeted.
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After the Storm: A virtual Bazaar of Ideas
Monday, May 4
7:00pm to 10:00pm
Online
Students in the MIT Terrascope class "Design for Complex Environmental Issues" present appropriate technology to help make recovery from storms in Puerto Rico faster, more sustainable and more equitable.
Designs include:
Waterproof temporary shelters made of available materials for people displaced by hurricanes.
Household-level water-purification equipment made of available materials that will work during power outages.
A “doorbell” system based on light rather than sound that will operate when grid power is unavailable, to be used by members of the deaf community in the central highland municipio of Orocovis, so they will be aware when safety workers come to check on them after storms.
Schedule:
7-8 P.M.: Teams present their designs and answer questions from the general public. (Teams will present simultaneously in different virtual locations; each team will present twice, once beginning at 7:05 and again beginning at 7:30.)
8-9:45 P.M.: Teams present their ideas to a panel of experts and answer the experts' questions. The public is welcome to watch, and if time is available may have the opportunity to ask questions as well. (Teams will present sequentially, one beginning at 8:05, another at 8:35 and the third at 9:05.)
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Tuesday, May 5
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Central Asian Economies and COVID-19: Bracing for Crisis
Tuesday, May 5
10:00am to 11:00am
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/DCRES/
Difficult times are upon us. Central Asian states are dealing with the outbreak of COVID-19 and bracing for the second “tsunami wave” – the impact of the pandemic on their economies. With borders sealed, supply chain interrupted, prices on natural resources going down, and businesses forced to scale down or close, the unprecedented crisis requires strong and smart policies. Join Program Director Nargis Kassenova in conversation with Christian Josz, IMF Mission Chief for the Kyrgyz Republic, Roman Mogilevskii, Associate Director of the University of Central Asia Institute of Public Policy and Administration, and Darmen Sadvakassov, Managing Partner, Dasco Consulting Group, for a discussion on the state of affairs and key trends in Central Asian economies with the focus on Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, potential “windows of opportunities” for successful management of the crisis, and prospects for the regional development and economic cooperation and integration projects in Eurasia.
Christian Josz is the mission chief for the Kyrgyz Republic in the Middle East and Central Asia Department of the International Monetary Fund, where he has worked for the last 21 years with assignments on Senegal, Madagascar, Chad, Mali, the West African Monetary Union, Iraq and at the Executive Board. He also worked at the Ministry of Economy and central bank of Belgium, at the OECD, and in the private sector.
Roman Mogilevskii is Associate Director of the Institute of Public Policy & Administration at the University of Central Asia. He has extensive experience researching trade policy, public finance, social protection, and macroeconomics in Central Asia and Central Europe. He has held advisory positions at a variety of international organizations operating in Central Asia, such as the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Bank, and the European Commission. He has also served as the Executive Director of the Center for Social and Economic Research in Kyrgyzstan (CASE-Kyrgyzstan).
Darmen Sadvakassov is Managing Partner at the Dasco Consulting Group. He has many years of experience of working for Kazakhstan’s national energy company Kazmunaigas in the capacity of Director of the Department of Analytics and Forecasting and Director of the Department of Strategy and Coordination. He also served in the government as Head of the Sector of economic analysis and competitiveness of the Center for
Strategic Research and Analysis, Administration of the President of Kazakhstan and Head of Planning and External Relations Department, Agency of the Republic of
Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs.
Speaker(s):
Christian Josz, IMF Mission Chief, Kyrgyz Republic
Roman Mogilevskii, Associate Director, Institute of Public Policy and Administration, University of Central Asia
Darmen Sadvakassov, Managing Partner, Dasco Consulting Group
Moderator: Nargis Kassenova, Senior Fellow, Program on Central Asia; Associate Professor, KIMEP University
Sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
For more information, please call 617-495-4037.
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The Coronavirus Pandemic: Mental Health, Stress and Resiliency
Tuesday, May 5
12 – 12:35 p.m.
Online
SPEAKER(S) Karestan Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Moderator: Elana Gordon, Reporter and Producer, The World
DETAILS As COVID-19 continues to cost lives, sicken millions, and force physical distancing, the psychological impacts of the pandemic deepen. In this Facebook Live Q&A, Dr. Karestan Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will describe emotional and mental health issues related to daily life during this global pandemic and explore approaches for reducing stress and enhancing resilience. Email your questions for Dr. Koenen to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu or post them to Facebook @ForumHSPH or @pritheworld.
CONTACT INFO theforum@hsph.harvard.edu
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Audio Augmented Reality in times of social distancing
Tuesday, May 5
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Online
Virtual Open Doc Lab Talk: Halsey Burgund and Francesca Panetta
Halsey Burgund and Francesca Panetta have been working in Audio AR for over a decade. Much of their work is geo-located: site specific work where participants can hear audio relative to physical space as they move through it. But what does that mean and how could that work in times of social distancing? Fran and Halsey have been working on coronadiaries.io to collect geo-located stories around the world as the pandemic unfolds, and to provide these stories as a resource to producers, artists and journalists to use in their work. They will talk about some of their previous projects and how they have had to adapt their work in this new world order. They will also talk about audioar.org, a site they are developing which aims to bring together a growing community of makers, and to provide a home for resources.
Francesca Panetta is a Creative Director in the MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality. As an immersive artist and journalist, she uses emerging technologies to innovate new forms of storytelling that have social impact. Previous to MIT, she worked at the Guardian for over a decade where she pioneered new forms of journalism including interactive features, location-based augmented reality, and led the Guardian’s in-house VR studio.
Halsey Burgund is a sound artist and technologist whose work focuses on the combination of modern technologies – from mobile phones to artificial intelligence – with fundamentally human “technologies”, primarily language, music and the spoken voice. He is the creator of Roundware, the open source contributory audio AR platform, which has been used to create art and educational installations for cultural organizations internationally. Halsey is currently a Fellow in the MIT Open Documentary Lab.
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The Deployment of COVID-19 to Undermine Sexual and Reproductive Health
Tuesday, May 5
12:10pm to 1:10pm
Online
As COVID-19 threatens to collapse our healthcare system, sexual and reproductive health and rights are in grave jeopardy. Opportunistic policymakers are exploiting the pandemic to restrict or outright ban abortion care and access to contraception. In what ways has the health emergency exacerbated already existing vulnerabilities, and in what other ways has it created new problems? What advocacy strategies are being used to combat the exploitation of a state of emergency to curtail sexual and reproductive health? How is access to medical treatment for trans people negatively affected by the pandemic? What lessons can be learned from the HIV epidemic in relation to the increased use of the criminal law in the name of protecting public health? How can human rights principles be used to protect bodily autonomy and sexual/reproductive health during this crisis? Join us for a talk with Brigitte Amiri (ACLU), Eszter Kismodi (Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters), Melissa Murray (NYU), and Quita Tinsley (Access Reproductive Care-Southeast); moderated by Katherine Franke (Columbia).
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Author Talk: #HashtagActivism
Tuesday, May 5
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Online
MIT Press Live! presents a virtual author talk with the authors of #HashtagActivism.
Join authors Sarah J. Jackson, Moya Bailey, and Brooke Foucault Welles to look at how marginalized groups use Twitter to advance counter-narratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent.
The power of hashtag activism became clear in 2011, when #IranElection served as an organizing tool for Iranians protesting a disputed election and offered a global audience a front-row seat to a nascent revolution. Since then, activists have used a variety of hashtags, including #JusticeForTrayvon, #BlackLivesMatter, #YesAllWomen, and #MeToo to advocate, mobilize, and communicate. In this book, Sarah Jackson, Moya Bailey, and Brooke Foucault Welles explore how and why Twitter has become an important platform for historically disenfranchised populations, including Black Americans, women, and transgender people. They show how marginalized groups, long excluded from elite media spaces, have used Twitter hashtags to advance counternarratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent.
The authors describe how such hashtags as #MeToo, #SurvivorPrivilege, and #WhyIStayed have challenged the conventional understanding of gendered violence; examine the voices and narratives of Black feminism enabled by #FastTailedGirls, #YouOKSis, and #SayHerName; and explore the creation and use of #GirlsLikeUs, a network of transgender women. They investigate the digital signatures of the “new civil rights movement”—the online activism, storytelling, and strategy-building that set the stage for #BlackLivesMatter—and recount the spread of racial justice hashtags after the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and other high-profile incidents of killings by police. Finally, they consider hashtag created by allies, including #AllMenCan and #CrimingWhileWhite.
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The Ethical Algorithm
Tuesday, May 5
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Online
Zoom meeting ID: 949-0309-1399
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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Men's Caucus Virtual Meeting
Tuesday, May 5
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Online
Come hang out and discuss things related to masculinity and society :) This event is encouraged for people that have no experience with caucusing and for those with lots of experience. Some specific topics we plan on talking about are relationship building and movement building as men. Bring your full self ready to learn and engage!
We will be sending a zoom link to this facebook event to join before the call. Hope to see you there and feel free to message us with any questions!
This call is open to anybody that identifies as a man or has been socialized as masculine at some point in their life.
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Security Risks of Machine Learning Systems
Tuesday, May 5
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Online
Advances in computing power and accessibility in recent years has accelerated both the abilities of machine learning technology and its applications. ML now influences everything from multi-billion dollar trades on Wall Street, to medical diagnosis to what movie Netflix recommends you watch next.
As machine learning and automation fuel business disruption, however, what about the security of machine learning systems? Might decisions be manipulated and corrupted by malicious actors intent on sowing disruption or lining their own pocket? And when machine decisions go awry, how will the humans impacted by those decisions know?
In this virtual MeetUP we're thrilled to welcome, Gary McGraw, author of Software Security and - most recently - the founder of the Berryville Institute of Machine Learning, a think tank that has taken on the task of analyzing machine learning systems from a cyber security perspective.
The group has just published its first report: An Architectural Risk Analysis of Machine Learning Systems, which includes a top 10 list of machine learning security risks, as well as some security principles to guide the development of machine learning technology.
Gary will talk about the work he's doing at BIML and some of the biggest security risks to machine learning systems.
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Investigating Environmental Crime: The Data, The People, The Money (Webinar)
Tuesday, May 5
8pm EDT
Online
Please join the Pulitzer Center's Rainforest Journalism Fund (RJF) for "Investigating Environmental Crime: the data, the people, the money," a webinar introducing methods for investigative environmental reporting. The webinar features award-winning investigative journalists Wahyu Dhyatmika and Marina Walker Guevara, as well as Southeast Asia RJF Coordinator Harry Surjadi.
This webinar will discuss three key methodologies used broadly in investigative journalism and provide case studies related to tropical rainforests. Panelists will also share tips on managing successful collaborations for investigative reporting projects. Finally, participants will have the opportunity to ask issue-specific or general questions about investigative reporting and cross-border collaborations.
"Investigating Environmental Crime" is a free, 1-hour event. The webinar will be hosted in English. While designed for journalists, registration is open to the public.
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Wednesday, May 6
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Poverty Amidst Pandemic: Ethical Responses to COVID-19
Wednesday, May 6
10:30am to 12:00pm
Online
Speakers: Shailly Gupta Barnes, Policy Director at the Kairos Center and the National Poor People's Campaign
Charon Hribar, Director of Cultural Strategies at the Kairos Center; co-coordinator of Theomusicology and Movement Arts for the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
Savina Martin, Eastern Chair of the Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
Please join us for this webinar conversation about inequality and interdependence in America. How can we make the experiences of poor people more visible in this time of pandemic? How are nonprofits and government agencies responding to the needs of the most vulnerable among us? Shailly Gupta Barnes is the Policy Director for the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary and for the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival; Savina Martin is an activist and Eastern Chair of the Massachusetts: A National Call for Moral Revival; Charon Hribar is the Director of Cultural Strategies at the Kairos Center and is the co-coordinator of theomusicology and movement arts for the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
Editorial Comment: There are conflicting starting times for this event. It either begins at 10:30am or 11:30am
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Human Rights and Responsibilities in Times of Coronavirus
Wednesday, May 6
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Online
SPEAKER(S) Kathryn Sikkink, Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy, Harvard University
Flavia Piovesan, Professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights, Catholic University of São Paulo
Sergio Aguayo, Research professor at the Center for International Studies, El Colegio de Mexico
DETAILS Join us for a discussion on human rights politics, policy and implementation in Latin America in a context complicated by Covid-19. Kathryn Sikkink will apply insights from her latest book, The Hidden Face of Rights: Toward a Politics of Responsibilities (Yale University Press, 2020), to the current global crisis and present the Latin American historical origins of her emphasis on rights and responsibilities. Flávia Piovesan, a Brazilian scholar and member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, will focus on the Commission's perspective and response to the pandemic. Sergio Aguayo, a leading scholar and analyst of human rights and violence in Mexico and Central America, will analyze the interaction between human rights, organized crime, and Covid-19.
CONTACT INFO drclas@fas.harvard.edu
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Covid-19 and climate change, and why now is the time to demand that investors stop funding fossil fuel companies
Wednesday, May 6
12 pm EDT
Online
Cost: $10
Bill McKibben and Nation Editorial Director and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel
McKibben's The End of Nature, published in 1989, is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has appeared in 24 languages. A dynamic public speaker, McKibben is the founder of 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement, which has organized twenty thousand rallies around the world, spearheaded resistance to the Keystone Pipeline, and launched the fast-growing fossil fuel divestment movement.
There will be ample time for audience questions and conversation. Reserve your spot for $10 or choose a package to access the next 5 weekly conversations at a discounted rate. All proceeds directly support The Nation’s journalism. We hope you will join us on Wednesday!
If you have any questions, please email us at fundraising@thenation.com.
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Online Global Startup Pitching Event
Wednesday, May 6
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Online
GET FEEDBACK. GAIN CONFIDENCE. GET READY.
The ability to pitch and communicate your project effectively is critical for any startup founder on the path of getting Clients, Team Members and Investors.
This is your unique opportunity to refine your idea and message based on honest advice from dozens of event participants and expert mentors from a variety of industries. This pitching event is shared on dozens of communities globally and have average attendance of more than 40 entrepreneurs, come join us.
Not ready to pitch? Join as a listener to hear other pitches, and give feedback that will help them get to the next level.
Pitching your startup?
Practice your pitch to gain confidence and improve your public speaking skills
After your pitch the mentors will give feedback and dozens of participants in the chat will also share their comments
Selected pitchers will be featured in our blog, social media, and our newsletter reaching tens of thousands of people
Not ready to pitch?
Join as a viewer! Get inspired by other projects, share your feedback, and expand your horizons while watching other people pitch
Connect to other startup founders from around the world in our interactive chat
Are you on Telegram? Keep in touch with thousands of entrepreneurs from around the world at https://t.me/workjams
Editorial Comment: Even if you are not thinking of a startup, listening to people craft their elevator pitch and understanding what works and what doesn’t can help you communicate your own ideas better.
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Domestic anarchy in a world of states
Wednesday, May 6
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Online
SSP Wednesday seminar with speaker Bridget Coggins, University of California, Santa Barbara
Abstract: We believe that international threats emanate from failed states. The American government, major foreign powers, and prominent international organizations agree that many states’ weakness, not only a few states’ strength, pose pressing international security problems. Traditional threats generated by governments and their militaries persist, but non-traditional threats - those generated by non-state actors and disproportionately affecting civilians - are believed to have proliferated alongside recent globalization and the faltering of sovereignty. In this talk, I ask, “First, is this true? And further, why do so many people, in so many parts of the world, think that it is?”
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Institutions Versus Networks of Power: How ‘By The Book’ Politics Works - And When it Doesn’t - Under Autocracy
Wednesday, May 6
12 – 1:30 p.m.
Online
SPEAKER(S) Erin York, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative and Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University.
A seminar with Erin York, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative and PhD in Political Science from Columbia University.
Moderated by MEI Faculty Chair, Professor Tarek Masoud.
This seminar will be conducted via Zoom Webinar. Please register in advance: harvard.zoom.us…. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
This event will also be live streamed on Facebook: www.facebook.com…. To participate in the Q&A portion of the event, you must be registered on Zoom using the link above.
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COVID-19 & Cities: Municipal Fiscal Health
Wednesday, May 6
1pm
Online
Please join the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) for a webinar to learn about the financial impacts and challenges that cities face due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Graham Wilson, Director of the Initiative on Cities, will moderate and be joined by:
Christiana McFarland, Research Director at the National League of Cities
Pam Kocher, President of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau and a member of the IOC's External Advisory Board
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State Prisons and COVID-19 (Online Event)
Wednesday, May 6
1 – 2:15 p.m.
Online
SPEAKER(S) Patricia Caruso, Former director, Michigan Department of Corrections
Harold Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections; former director, Massachusetts Department of Corrections and Nebraska Department of Correctional Services; and former secretary, Washington State Department of Corrections
Kaia Stern, Practitioner in residence: law, education, and justice at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and cofounder and director of the Prison Studies Project, Harvard University
DETAILS How should directors of state prison systems respond to the current pandemic? Patricia Caruso and Harold Clarke will draw on their decades of experience to address the particular challenges posed by COVID-19. They will consider possible solutions, including steps to protect both the incarcerated population and staff, repurposing prison garment shops to produce protective gear for people on the front lines, and responsible early release—all with the aim of contributing to lasting public safety.
Registration is required for this Zoom webinar. Instructions can be found by visiting the event web page.
CONTACT INFO events@radcliffe.harvard.edu
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Leafy Trees and Leaky Pipes: A Community Conversation about Urban Infrastructure and Its Effects on Trees
Wednesday, May 6
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Online
As part of our "Keeping Curious // Talking Trees" series, join Jessica Wright, Graduate Student at Boston University and Audrey Schulman, Coexecutive Director, HEET, for an in depth exploration of the challenges that urban trees face. From wires to leaky gas pipes, our guests will explore how we preserve our current trees and ensure their long term health.
Jessica is a PhD student at Boston University and a trainee in BU URBAN. Her research focus is urban infrastructure and natural gas energy, with a specific focus on the effects of natural gas leaks on both vegetation and human health in cities across the country. Additionally, she is interested in the interface between science and policy and works with non-profit groups in the Boston area in an effort to better inform her research projects to benefit the needs of the community.
An experienced grassroots activist, Schulman has performed energy assessments on everything from homeless shelters to historic churches. She has also led HEET’s work on gas leaks by mapping the utility-reported gas leaks across Massachusetts. With Metropolitan Area Planning Council, she led the FixOurPipes.org study to find how to fix gas leaks faster and at less expense through increased municipal/utility coordination. She was also the instigator of the Large Volume Leak Study. Schulman is the author of five novels, which have been translated into 11 languages, and reviewed by the New Yorker and CNN.
The event is hosted by Speak for the Trees, Boston and Boston University's URBAN program. Generous financial support is provided by Berkshire Bank.
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Emerging Trends Series: New Business Models for Electrification
Wednesday, May 6
3:00pm to 5:30pm
Online
Combating climate change will depend on accelerating electrification...
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is clearly affecting clean energy and electrification businesses across the United States, NECEC and our sponsor Foley Hoag have decided to adjust this event to foster dialogue on critical issues resulting from the global crisis. In addition to focusing on the topics below, our speakers will present ideas and insights on how implications of the pandemic could, or already are, impacting strategic electrification business models.
According to a 2018 special report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, global emissions will need to drop to net zero by 2050 to limit global temperature increase to less than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level. Though there has been much debate about the best way to achieve this decarbonization, one thing is certain: combating climate change will depend on continuing the shift to electricity generation with no or very-low carbon emissions and accelerating electrification.
Transportation and building energy use are critical areas for electrification in the United States. With increased load, the grid will need to be strengthened and modernized. In each of these sectors, opportunities abound for a range of companies, from startups to corporate giants, to develop new technologies and deploy new business models.
Join us on May 6 via Zoom to learn...
Why focus on electrification now?
What roadblocks does the market face in scaling electrification?
Where are real-world examples of electrification?
SPEAKERS
Welcome:
Peter Fox Penner, Founder and Director, BU Institute for Sustainable Energy and Chief Strategy Officer, Energy Insight Partners
Panelists:
Robyn Beavers, CEO & Co-Founder, Blueprint Power
Patty DiOrio, Vice President, US Strategy, National Grid
Judith Judson, Vice President, Distributed Energy Systems, Ameresco
Colin Murchie, Senior Director of Business Development, EVgo
Peter Kelly Detwiler, Principal, NorthBridge Energy Partners (moderator)
AGENDA
2:45pm - 3:00pm: Connect to Zoom
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Welcome, Panel Discussion
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Legatum Fellows Demo Night 2020
Wednesday, May 6
5:45PM
Online
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mit.legatum/live/
For the past few years, we have hosted a final demo day celebration for our outgoing cohort of Fellows. This year, we have moved the event online, and invite you to join us from your spot in the world. Join us for this reimagined annual VIP event to showcase the MIT Legatum Fellows and launch the next generation of global entrepreneurs building a better world.
Special Guests include:
Maria Kozloski, CIO, IFC
Fiona Murray, Associate Dean of Innovation & Inclusion, MIT Sloan; Faculty Director, MIT Legatum Center
Sanjay Manandhar, Co-Founder & CTO, ISM Connect
Will Hurley, Founder & CEO, Strangeworks & Innovator in Residence, Legatum Center
John Michael Schert, Artist & Entrepreneur
Winston Chang, Creative Ideation Chief, Oasys International
Jay Kothari, Project Lead, Glass at X, The Moonshot Factory
Christopher Schroeder, Co-Founder, Next Billion Ventures
G. Nagesh Rao, Board Member, EnChroma
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Sustaining All Life: Tools for Climate Justice
Wednesday, May 6, 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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How and Why to Talk About the Climate Crisis with Friends and Family-- Video Watch & Discussion
Wednesday, May 6
7 p.m.
Online
Nadia Colburn, PhD, has produced three short videos to help you find your voice to talk with friends and family about the climate crisis. The videos will explain why this seemingly simple act--of just talking about the climate and ecological crisis--is so very important, and they will give you tools to feel more comfortable communicating about the issue with the people in your life.
We'll watch the videos (each about 12 minutes) together with Nadia, taking time for questions/discussion between and after the videos. There will also be a short video designed to help us address the climate crisis in the time of the coronavirus pandemic.
We look forward to having you join us! And feel free to invite any friends and family (who are interested in this kind of thing) to join!
Zoom link for this event will be posted at 6:45pm on May 6th.
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Thursday, May 7
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COVID-19: On the Ground in India
Thursday, May 7
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online
Join MIT-India and the MIT Sloan India Business Club for a conversation with MIT alumni who have been supporting various COVID-19 efforts through their organizations in India.
Featured Panelists:
Mukesh Bansal, IAS officer (MBA '19)
Anushka Shah, Founder of Civic Studios
Hank Levine, Founder of iPlace USA (SM '85)
Anirudh Sharma, Founder of Graviky (SM '14)
Rajesh Srinivasraghavan, Founding Partner of Kallanai (MBA '04)
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Innovating for Prosperity: Reimagining Healthcare During & After Covid-19
Thursday, May 7
12PM
Online
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mit.legatum/live/
The purpose of the webinar is to think about healthcare systems and wellbeing in a post-Covid-19 world, and discuss what actions should be taken now to bring about lasting systems change? We will also address the following questions:
What are the innovations taking place in emerging markets?
Are these innovations the first steps toward systems change or are they band aids on the gaps in incumbent systems?
Join us for a conversation moderated by Dina Sherif, Executive Director of the Legatum Center with:
Dr. Samir Khleif, Biomedical Scholar and Professor, Georgetown University Medical School
Deb Gordon, author of The Health Care Consumer's Manifesto
Dr. Teddy Totimeh, Paedeatric Neurosurgeon, Accra, Ghana
Dr. Rafik Bedair, St. George's University Hospitals, London
Javier Lozano, Legatum Fellow and Founder, Clinicas del Azucar, Mexico
Dr. Anatole Menon-Johansson, Legatum Fellow and Founder, SXT Health
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Innovating for Prosperity: Reimagining Healthcare During & After Covid-19
Thursday, May 7
12:00pm to 1:15pm
Online
As we think about healthcare systems in a post-Covid-19 world, what actions should we take now to bring about lasting systems change?
The purpose of the webinar is to think about healthcare systems and wellbeing in a post-Covid-19 world and discuss what actions should be taken now to bring about lasting systems change?
What are the innovations taking place in emerging markets?
Are these innovations the first steps toward systems change or are they band aids on the gaps in incumbent systems?
Join us for a conversation with:
Deb Gordon, author of The Health Care Consumer's Manifesto
Dr. Teddy Totimeh, Paedeatric Neurosurgeon, Accra, Ghana
Dr. Rafik Bedair, St. George's University Hospitals, London
Dr. Anatole Menon-Johansson, Legatum Fellow and Founder, SXT Health
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Educational Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Project Showcase
Thursday, May 7
1 – 5 p.m.
Online
Engage with student innovators as they pitch their bold solutions to vexing educational challenges. Developed in Professor Fernando Reimers' course A132: Educational Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in Comparative Perspective. Please RSVP at bit.ly… to receive Zoom link.
CONTACT INFO Lee Marmor
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The Rebellion will be Facilitated (Training Pt 1)
Thursday May 7 (Thursday, May 14; Thursday May 21)
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Online
Cost: $10 - $30 (The cost is on a sliding scale, please choose what suits your situation best - we would suggest between $10-30 per person to complete the 3 module piece._
No-one will be turned away for lack of funds, should payment be a hardship for any reason whatsoever, a free ticket is available if you email xrnyc.events@gmail.com.
This three-module series on Zoom focuses on key elements of facilitation in working groups and community groups. All three modules are highly participatory, with lots of time for supported practice, role plays and reflection. Valuable for people with any level of experience.
This first module covers basic meeting format and the concept and practice of consent decision-making. The following modules cover proposal generation, role selections, social-emotional challenges and what-if scenarios.
By signing up to this event and making your donation, you will be automatically signed-up for the above dates and times to complete the three module training.
Please save down the zoom link you will have access to once you have registered - this will be the zoom link for all three sessions.
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Preparing to Manage an Online Meeting
Thursday, May 7
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Online
According to The Muse, we spend a lot of time in meetings: middle managers spend about 35% of their time in meetings, and upper management can spend up to 50%. Time is money, so meetings should be well planned. In part 1 of this 3-part series, Jill Slye, instructor at Harvard University Extension School, will discuss how to define a meeting's objectives to learn if a meeting is necessary, and establishing meeting structure. This includes:
How to structure the meeting
How to set the tone and culture
How to set ground rules and expectations for technology
Please note: Participants must be able to connect to the workshop with video and audio using Zoom. This workshop provides no technical training. We highly recommend you take the Introduction to Zoom workshop with the Harvard Ed Portal as a pre-requisite.
RSVP for additional workshops in this series:
May 14: Conducting an Online Meeting, 6:00pm–7:30pm
May 21: Taking a Leadership Role on an Online Meeting, 6:00pm–7:00pm
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Eric Klinenberg on Distance and Solidarity
Thursday, May 7
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online
Join NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg (Palaces for the People, Modern Romance) for a conversation about solidarity in Chicago during the coronavirus hosted by the Field Foundation's Lolly Bowean LIVE on YouTube!
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Climate Resilience for Activists
Thursday, May 7
7:00 PM
Online
You're concerned about climate change. You support more solar, more wind, more public transit, maybe you've even urged your political leaders to invest in these, and other ways to speed our transition to a clean energy future. But what about climate resilience? We know that even if we were to stop using fossil fuels tomorrow, many changes are already baked in - more storms, more extreme weather, more heat, more drought. What can be done to protect ourselves and our communities from the changes we already know are coming?
Many of the most effective and inexpensive solutions to building climate resilience involve bringing nature back into our built environment. Such nature-based solutions include restoring urban tree canopy, restoring wetlands, daylighting buried streams, and installing “green infrastructure,” such as bioswales, rain gardens, and permeable pavers that absorb water, thereby reducing stormwater runoff and flooding and recharging aquifers.
Not only do these solutions offer protection, they offer co-benefits of cleaner air, cleaner water, and the psychological benefit we all get from living in and around green space. Especially in the Covid-19 era, we are seeing the value of nature to our mental health.
Join CREW and CRWA for a lively and informative discussion on steps you can take to protect yourself and your family, as well as policy options for your local and state elected leaders to invest in "nature based solutions" that will protect against flooding, drought, heat island effect and more.
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Beer and the Climate Crisis
Thursday, May 7
8 p.m.
Online
Come join us online for a beverage of your choice and learn about Extinction Rebellion. This will be a casual meeting to discuss climate change and upcoming actions. Come, have a drink, have a laugh, and join the movement.
You don't need to bring anything, just a rebellious spirit.
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Friday, May 8
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Building a Resilient Future
Friday, May 8
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
Online
You are invited to join EDF’s Nat Keohane, Senior Vice President, Climate and Ilissa Ocko, Senior Climate Scientist for a webinar presentation on Friday, May 8 at 11:30am EST. The focus will be on current and future climate pollution sources that are driving the climate crisis, and the emissions reductions and removal opportunities globally. Both near and long term climate impacts will be considered.
Dial in instructions will be emailed to you a few days before the webinar.
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Startup Spotlight 2020 [VIRTUAL]
Friday, May 8 (More dates through May 29)
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online
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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How COVID-19 is Changing Infrastructure Needs
Friday, May 8
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Online
Thanks to the feedback we’ve received and the success of our first virtual Meetup gathering, we’re planning to meet again on a Zoom call on May 8th at 12 PM EST. This meeting’s discussion will be kicked off from an article written by Michael Ginzberg and Nuno Couto called “Too Many Buildings, Not Enough Bandwidth,” which you can find here: https://bit.ly/TooManyBuildings
In the article, Michael and Nuno make predictions for what the future looks like, but they are only predictions. Do they ring true? If not, why not? If so, what’s happening on your campus? What are you doing in this context about the fall? These are the kinds of questions we’re hoping to discuss. If this is of interest to you, consider RSVPing for the virtual Meetup and leaving any additional questions you may have in the comments below. We will use these comments to help start off the meeting.
Information on how to join the conference call will be provided via email after registration. Keep in mind, this meeting will be recorded.
NO SALES WILL BE ALLOWED DURING THIS MEETING.
Editorial Comment: This is a Higher Ed Technology Professionals Meetup but their consideration of the future needs of colleges and universities has definite relevance to all the rest of us after we come out the other side of this pandemic.
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Addressing the Public Health Crisis at Border Detention Centers
Friday, May 8
12:30 - 2:00 pm
More information at https://www.portalresearch.org/policyethx.html
In the last few years, the process through which refugees from other countries seek to gain asylum in the US has been characterized by family separation, extended detentions, and reports of dangerous conditions. What is the role of physicians and other health care providers in these environments, and what sort of ethical and clinical dilemmas do they face? What are the ways out of this crisis?
MODERATOR: Sondra Crosby, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine
Panelists: J. Wesley Boyd, M.D., Ph.D., Co-founder, Human Rights and Asylum Clinic; Cambridge Health Alliance, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
George Annas, J.D., M.P.H., William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor Chair, Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, Boston University School of Public Health
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Extinctioin Rebellion SF Friday Online Activism
Friday, May 8
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 9
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Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
Saturday, May 9
10:30am - 1:30pm
Online
Cost: $15 - $80
We will start on Saturday, April 18, 2020, as originally planned. Additional sessions will be:
Saturday, May 9th
Saturday, May 16th
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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Extinction Rebellion Art Saturation
Saturday, May 9
midnight
Anywhere you think your messages will have an impact.
This document contains links to a number of artistic resources that you could use for inspiration in designing your installations. The document also suggests methods to install them and elaborates on the motivation behind this action:
Join us as we saturate our communities with Extinction Rebellion art and messages. Our world is facing profound climate, health and social emergencies and we need all hands on deck to make a better and just world. All day on Saturday May 9th rebels are going to install XR art and symbology around greater Boston in areas where people are walking and biking. This is a distributed art installation project that will continue throughout the summer - more calendar events are to come. When planning to install XR art in public spaces it is important to consider the personal distancing that is critical to supporting public health and safety. Please take pictures of the art you install and send them to xr.boston.art@protonmail.com - we want to make some digital collages of your work.
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Sunday, May 10
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Lavender, Frankincense & Myrrh: The Healing Capacity of Mothers
Sunday, May 10
11:00AM Service
Online
*One tap mobile *(for cell phone users)
*+19292056099 US*
*To access by phone:*
*+1 929 205 6099 *
*Meeting ID:* *518 369 5800*
*Password:?230417*
with Adrienne Berry-Burton
Celebrating and encouraging the power of maternal healing, like physical wounds, healing at its best happens from the inside out. Motherhood is a potentially powerful gift that is spiritual at its beginning with rippling social benefits.
Rev. Adrienne Berry-Burton, Associate Pastor at Zion Baptist Church, in Lynn, and a long time chaplain serving through Oasis of Faith Campus Ministries at UMass Boston’s Student Affairs. Rev. Berry-Burton worked as a Community Organizer with Greater Boston Interfaith Organization and has a degree in Education, Georgia State U.; a Masters in Divinity, Andover Newton Theological School; and a Masters in Psychology, Salem State U. She recently completed training through the Institute of Spiritual Healing & Aromatherapy?s Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry. Rev. Berry-Burton is a mother, grandmother, vocalist, jeweler, gardener and author.
Music by Joyce Andersen
More about Joyce at https://communitychurchofboston.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97f7dfeb0bfd338d2250fe8e5&id=f867eb5394&e=3e8e4cf5c6>*
Joyce Andersen is a veteran musician who has enjoyed a varied 25 year career as side-gal, session player, singer-songwriter, and band leader. Her live shows and recordings showcase her versatility as a vocalist and violinist who thrives on writing and interpreting songs across many genres from old-time, rock & Americana, spirituals, folk, pop, & swing.
Editorial Comment: This is an event at the Community Church of Boston which is going through some hard times these days and has been an important member of the progressive community for decades. Attend and help them out if you are so inclined and have the ability to do so.
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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
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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SOLUTIONS with/in/sight: How Are Cancer Researchers Fighting COVID-19?
Monday, May 11
3:00pm to 4:15pm
Online
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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Tuesday, May 12
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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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Author Talk: Technologies of the Human Corpse, by John Troyer
Tuesday, May 12
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Online
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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Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Air Affects Our Health, Creativity, and Productivity
Tuesday, May 12
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Online
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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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
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.
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COVID-19 & Cities: Pollution and the Environment
Wednesday, May 13
1pm
Online
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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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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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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Community Meeting
Wednesday, May 13
7 p.m.
Online
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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Thursday, May 14
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Hot Topics in Computing: A Conversation with Microsoft President Brad Smith
Thursday, May 14
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Online
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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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
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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Saturday, May 16
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Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
Saturday, May 16
10:30am - 1:30pm
Online
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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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
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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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New Member Orientation
Sunday, May17
7 p.m.
Online
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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Tuesday, May 19
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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
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
Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
Tuesday, May 16
MA Audubon Drumlin Farm, Lincoln
Julie Zickefusse
More information at http://loe.org
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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
617.655.8412
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Living With Heat - Urban Land Institute report on expected climate impact in Boston
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Solar bills on Beacon Hill: The Climate Minute Podcast
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Envision Cambridge citywide plan
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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
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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