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Since almost all events are online now, Energy (and Other) Events is now virtual and can happen anywhere in the world. If you know of online events that are happening which may be of interest to the editor of this publication, please let me know. People are connecting all across the world and I’d be more than happy to help facilitate more of that.
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Mutual Aid Networks
National
Spreadsheet of mutual aid networks
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1HEdNpLB5p-sieHVK-CtS8_N7SIUhlMpY6q1e8Je0ToY/htmlview
Mutual Aid Networks to Combat Coronavirus
https://itsgoingdown.org/autonomous-groups-are-mobilizing-mutual-aid-initiatives-to-combat-the-coronavirus/
Local
Boston COVID-19 Community Care
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15GYuPYEzBk9KIyH3C3419aYxIMVAsa7BL7nBl9434Mg/edit?usp=sharing
Boston + MA COVID19 Resources
(This is a different Google Doc with a similar name, compiled by the Asian
American Resource Workshop)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-x6vOZKVsla5H363mtdgcyivvLmcx7-f2s6l-O_ba8A/edit?usp=sharing
Cambridge Mutual Aid Network
https://sites.google.com/view/cambridge-nan/home
Mutual Aid Medford and Somerville (MAMAS) network
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1RtYZ1wc8jxcSKDl555WszWhQWlOlSkNnfjIOYV0wXRA/mobilebasic
Food for Free (for Cambridge and Somerville) volunteers to provide lunches for schoolchildren, elderly, and hungry
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed0cSIoOc7-Fvoms3VHR1Lc44fjql-vTNknz_a-7T_sKDnrw/viewform
My notes to Rebecca Solnit’s A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster, about how people faced with emergency and disaster usually move towards providing mutual aid, at least until elite panic, a term in disaster studies, kicks in, are available at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2016/07/notes-on-rebecca-solnits-paradise-built.html
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Daily Events
Entertainment!!!
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Monday, June 15 - Friday, June 19
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TheRecoverySummit
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Monday, June 15
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4pm Boston New Technology COVID-19 Tech Showcase #BNT114
5pm Mass Action Against Police Brutality Organizing Meeting
7pm MINDBODY SEMINAR - The Art of Nonviolent Communication as a MindBody Discipline
7pm We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation
7pm Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy Under Siege
7pm Extinction Rebellion Orientation
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Tuesday, June 16
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11am A Conversation: Combatting Disinformation to Secure Democracy
11:30am Webinar: The Urban Opportunity
12pm Farmers' Market at Harvard Opening Day
3:30pm Books@Baker: Live Zoom Event with Harvard Professors John Macomber and Joseph Allen
4pm The Existential Risk of Climate Change
5pm Mass Action Against Police Brutality Rally: Justice for All Victims of Police Brutality
6pm Headed for Extinction and What to Do About It
6:30pm Solutions Summit Series: An Evening with BARCC
7pm All the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir
7pm SidPac Presidential Lecture - Prof. Alex Pentland - Science to Help Build A Better World
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Wednesday, June 17
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9am Temperature Check: Climate Change and the Coronavirus
10am Local resistance to climate adaptation: Lessons for the development sector
11am Understanding the AI Development Pipeline in Health Care
11am Global perspectives on intimate partner violence and safety in the home during the COVID-19 pandemic
11am Contact Tracing and Technology: A Deep Dive
12pm Virtual TechMeeting - Sustainable Construction
12pm PIRE CREATE Webinar: Visualizing Change--Transforming Data into Actionable Information
12:30pm The Bridge: Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe
12:30pm Climate Change Reset: Learning from the Global Pandemic
Identifying Top Actions for Climate Leaders: What is the New Story We Need to Tell?
1pm What You See Is What You Get - Or Is It?
1pm Political Activism: Part 1 (Green New Deal for Europe)
2pm WEBINAR - Climate Justice for Who? Intersections of Climate Change & Race
2pm Can Technology Help Build a Shock-Resistant Planet?
3pm City Conversations - The Pandemic and Climate Change
3pm Events Fundraising Amid COVID 19: Reimagining How to Raise Revenue and Recreate Community
4pm Zoom Webinar: Alleviating the Social Drivers of Health During the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons from Leading SDOH Partnerships
5pm Virtual Event: EurekaFest 2020
6pm Writers Speak | How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
6:30pm Science for the People General Meeting
7pm Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love
7pm Taking Action/Being Real/Telling the Truth: NVDA and the Fourth Demand (Part 1)
8pm Sleep Better: A live, virtual workshop
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Thursday, June 18 - Friday, June 19
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Plastics and the Environment: Science Meets Public Policy
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Thursday, June 18
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8am Digital Security for Journalists
9am The Green Deal as the Backbone to the Covid-19 Recovery Plan
10am EBC Energy Resources Webinar: Future Role of Natural Gas in the New England Region
10am Extinction Rebellion Online Facilitation Training
12pm Renewable Energy: Opportunities for the Next Decade
12pm Ahhhhh!: How to Negotiate the Nonnegotiable in an Era of Discontent
1pm Hempcrete 101: Back to the Future for Natural, Carbon-Beneficial Buildings
2pm Silicon Carbide (SiC) Solutions for Electrical Vehicles
3:30pm Virtual Passive House Retrofit Pro Tour
7pm On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It
7pm Learn how your home can become Zero Carbon
7:30pm SubSpace Sessions: Mary Bichner
7:30pm How to Talk About the Climate Crisis in These Urgent, Complicated Times
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Friday, June 19 - Sunday, June 21
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MIT COVID-19 Challenge: Latin America vs. COVID-19
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Friday, June 19
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9am Climate Action News: One-on-one with Mindy Lubber
10am Decolonizing Ourselves Co-Learning
12pm Beyond Headlines and Hashtags - LIVE Friday Review of Pandemic News
3pm Extinction Rebelllion [XR] SF Friday Online Activism
3:30pm Leveraging the 2020 Census Equitably
5pm Mass Action Against Police Brutality Funk The Police- Musical Speakout
6pm Justice Solidarity] Enough is Enough
7pm Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X
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Saturday, June 20
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The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington
10am Zero Carbon, Zero Bills - A Zoom presentation on how to reduce your house’s carbon footprint while saving money
10am Virtual Summer Solstice Celebration 2020
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Sunday, June 21
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1pm Virtual Talk: Solstice in the Time of Pandemic. Participating in a New World
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Monday, June 22
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11am The Green New Deal, A Transatlantic Climate Change Consensus?
12pm Gutman Library Book Talk: The 60 Year Curriculum: New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy
12:30pm The Future City: Urban Resilience and the Power of Data
2pm Coronavirus, climate justice and the next international climate talks
5pm Launch Clinic with B2B Platforms
7pm What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
10pm NET ZERO WATER / POSITIVE WATER DEVELOPMENTS
10:30pm Deep History and Science in Conversation: The Anthropocene
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Tuesday, June 23
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7:30am Community of Practice: Climate Change
11am VIRTUAL EVENT: Starr Forum: When Culture Meets Covid-19
12:30pm 21st Century: SUSTAINABILITY = ECONOMIC GROWTH
3pm Blackness In America
6pm Headed for Extinction and What to Do About It
6:30pm Revisioning Recovery: Films Uncovering the Roots of Disaster
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My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com
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Swing Left Boston Virtual Activism Calendar
https://swingleftboston.org/calendar/category/training-education/
Daily electoral activist events with social distancing kept in mind.
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Entertainment!!!!
Stay At Home Fest - online music and performance events
https://www.stayathomefest.com/#events
Here Are All the Live Streams & Virtual Concerts to Watch During Coronavirus Crisis
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9335531/coronavirus-quarantine-music-events-online-streams
A List Of Live Virtual Concerts To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/816504058/a-list-of-live-virtual-concerts-to-watch-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown
Watch These Livestreamed Concerts During Your Social Distancing
https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/all-musicians-streaming-live-concerts.html]
Virtual Art Project (VAP-IT!)
https://sgimproviz.wixsite.com/virtualartproject
Free virtual music, museums, and art round-up
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/16/1927955/-Your-mega-round-up-of-free-music-museums-and-art-to-check-out-virtually-amid-coronavirus-outbreaks
300,000 ebooks to download for free from the NY Public Library
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/you-can-now-download-over-300-000-books-from-the-nypl-for-free-031820
Free streaming services
https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/streaming-services-free-trial-coronavirus-pandemic.html
Free nonprofit webinars
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ozk1VfHPYlUC6h0XdDtHpsK-PYq4Y6FTnMPh_LliWwM/edit?ts=5e7b5cdf#gid=0
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Monday, June 15 - Friday, June 19
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The RecoverySummit
Monday, June 15 - Friday, June 19
Online
RSVP at https://www.therecoverysummit.com
Listen to inspiring messages on hope and overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Watch presentations and interviews covering the latest thinking on the future of business and the strategies needed to survive and thrive in the new normal.
Register for free below and discover the strategies, mindsets and practices to lead yourself, your team or your organisation through lockdown and recession to recovery and growth.
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Monday, June 15
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Boston New Technology COVID-19 Tech Showcase #BNT114
Monday, June 15
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-new-technology-covid-19-tech-showcase-bnt114-registration-103046751608
Join members of BNT's 50k network to:
See 6 innovative and exciting local COVID-19 Tech demos, presented by startup founders
Network virtually with attendees from Boston, Austin and beyond
Ask the founders your questions
Please register with a valid email address and you will immediately receive an email with the link you need to join this webcast and our online group!
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Mass Action Against Police Brutality Organizing Meeting
Monday June 15
5pm
Sparrow Park, 200 W Newton Street, Boston
*Tuesday 6/16 5pm Rally: Justice for All Victims of Police Brutality
@DA Rachel Rollins Office
*Friday 6/19 5pm Funk The Police- Musical Speakout @Ronan Park
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Join Mass Action Against Police Brutality
You can help build community awareness with our grassroots campaign:
forward this email to like-minds, re-post this in your travels
join our street outreach team as a volunteer for 1-2 hours/
donate to print* materials for our newsletters
come to our community events (& bring a friend) to listen & speak your mind!
pack the courthouse to show strong support for a victim of police brutality
volunteer to share your special skills or develop your interests for an important cause
617.548.4874(call/text)
Info@maapb.org
Facebook/Twitter/Instagram MAAPB617
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MINDBODY SEMINAR - The Art of Nonviolent Communication as a MindBody Discipline
Monday, June 15
7pm ET
Online
RSVP at https://www.embodiedphilosophy.org/mindbody-seminar-nonviolent-communication
Join us for this free webinar.
Nonviolent Communication is both a simple set of skills and a lifelong practice for cultivating deeply connective relationships. David’s approach, creatively trains NVC somatically, as a whole body/mind practice and art. In this workshop, you will learn emotional, physical, and linguistic techniques for transforming old reactions into resources for connection, healing and empowerment. Living more fully in the body increases the capacity to relate compassionately, align what we say with our deeper intentions, manage mood and emotion, and take skillful, decisive action. These skills are essential for any of us who want to deepen the quality of our relationships, generate community, cultivate reverence for the sacred, and effect positive change; whether it’s personal, social, environmental, or political.
In this talk, we'll learn:
Skillful vulnerability and harmonizing conflict
Leading from the inside out
Finding common ground across our differences
Practices for transforming historical reactions into resources for deepening connection
This talk will be live and interactive on Monday, June 15th @ 7pm ET, but all those who register will receive a link to watch the recording.
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We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation
Monday, June 15
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://cambridgepl.libcal.com/event/6750721
Registration is required. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants prior to the event
Join the Cambridge Public Library for a special virtual event celebrating Pride Month with Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown, authors of We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation and the creators and curators behind the popular Instagram account @lgbt_history. Moderated by Joan Ilacqua, Executive Director of The History Project.
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Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy Under Siege
Monday, June 15
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/michaelsigner
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes MICHAEL SIGNER—former mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia, and author of Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies—for a discussion of his latest book Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy Under Siege. He will be joined in conversation by former member of the United States House of Representatives MICKEY EDWARDS and Houston City Councillor AMANDA EDWARDS.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of Cry Havoc on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About Cry Havoc
The deadly invasion of Charlottesville, Virginia, by white nationalist militias in August 2017 is a microcosm of the challenges facing American democracy today. In his first-person account of one of recent American history's most polarizing events, Michael Signer, then Charlottesville's mayor, both tells the story of what really happened and draws out its larger significance.
Signer's gripping, strikingly candid "you are there" narrative sets the events on the ground-the lead-up to August's "Unite the Right" rally, the days of the weekend itself, the aftermath—in the larger context of a country struggling to find its way in a disruptive new era. He confronts some of the most challenging questions of our moment, namely how can we:
Reconcile free speech with the need for public order?
Maintain the values of pragmatism, compromise, even simple civility, in a time of intensification of extremes on the right and the left?
Address systemic racism through our public spaces and memorials?
Provide accountability after a crisis?
While Signer shows how easily our communities can be taken hostage by forces intent on destroying democratic norms and institutions, he concludes with a stirring call for optimism, revealing how the tragic events of Charlottesville are also bolstering American democracy from within.
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Extinction Rebellion Orientation
Monday, June 17
7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ldu2grzMrG9A4vXazvO0jgTftUjplAoB_
If you are new to Extinction Rebellion or would just like to learn more about how it works, please join us for a cool conversation.
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!
The session will run for around 90 minutes.
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Tuesday, June 16
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A Conversation: Combatting Disinformation to Secure Democracy
Tuesday, June 16
11 AM – 12 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/2793864570849149/
While disinformation is not a new phenomenon, various actors have been (mis)using the information space and adapting their tactics to increase their influence and advance their agendas during these uncertain times.
Speakers: The Hon. Vĕra Jourová, Vice-President and Commissioner for Values and Transparency, European Commission, Senior U.S. Representative
Moderator: Mr. Michael Peel, European Correspondent, The Financial Times
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Webinar: The Urban Opportunity
Tuesday 16 June
11:30 ET / 17:30 CET
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Sj9gMDwbQdmNeVFj2v8j-g
Mayors of the world's biggest, most influential cities are setting ambitious targets to mitigate emissions. However, governments cannot act alone and will require considerable support from the private sector to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and SDG 11. At the same time, businesses recognize the risks that climate change poses. How can cities and businesses translate their global climate commitments into practical actions that limit global temperature rise to 1.5’C?
Join Danfoss, the City of Copenhagen and MIT Sustainable Design Lab for a look at the example of EnergyLab Nordhavn and discussion of how Denmark’s organizations are coming together to meet sustainability goals and combat climate change.
Panelists: Susanne Tull, Senior Manager Public Affairs, Danfoss A/S, Heating Segment & Jørgen Abildgaard, Project Director for the 2025 Carbon Neutral strategy and plan for the City of Copenhagen
Moderator: Alpha Yacob Arsano, Research Assistant at the MIT Sustainable Design Lab and PhD Candidate in Building Technology
We hope for this session to be as interactive as possible, so please come with your thoughts for a Q&A, or feel free to send us a question in advance via the RSVP form.
This discussion is part of the MIT-Denmark “Tomorrow’s Cities” Webinar Series on adapting to the needs of future societies, using Denmark as a case study.
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Farmers' Market at Harvard Opening Day
Tuesday, June 16
12 – 6 p.m.
Harvard, Science Center Plaza, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
DETAILS We are excited to announce that we will be opening the Farmers' Market at Harvard on TUESDAY, JUNE 16th, from 12-6 p.m.!
The market will be modified this year to create a safe shopping environment for everyone: masks, gloves, handwashing stations, new layouts and social distancing protocols.
Many of your favorite vendors are returning! We will also continue to accept SNAP with a weekly maximum SNAP Match of $15.
LINK https://dining.harvard.edu/farmers-market
CONTACT INFO farmersmarket@harvard.edu
Editorial Comment: Local Food Systems - 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.
"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).”
To subscribe to the Boston Food System list:
https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
To be removed / unsubscribe from the Boston Food System list:
https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/signoff/bfs
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Books@Baker: Live Zoom Event with Harvard Professors John Macomber and Joseph Allen
Tuesday, June 16
3:30-4:30 p.m. ET
Online
RSVP at https://hbs.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1QG7wpw-RfaGyVpN6SEc6g
Join Harvard Business School for their Books@Baker series featuring Harvard Professors John Macomber and Joseph Allen on Tuesday, June 16 from 3:30-4:30 pm.
Register in advance to receive a Zoom link.
Prior to inviting workers to return to office buildings that have been abandoned during the coronavirus crisis, companies should explore ways to boost their buildings’ defenses against the disease, say John D. Macomber, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, and Joseph G. Allen, a professor of Harvards T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who have co-authored the book Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity. After all, buildings that don’t bring in enough fresh air can put employees at greater risk of getting sick and can also reduce worker productivity. In a post-COVID-19 world, a healthy building—complete with improved ventilation and air quality, plus new technologies like touchless elevators and sinks—will be seen as the first line of defense against the disease.
Please join the coauthors on Tuesday, June 16, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET when they will discuss their book and answer questions.
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The Existential Risk of Climate Change
Tuesday, June 16
4:00pm – 5:30pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-existential-risk-of-climate-change-tickets-109037175126
David Wallace-Wells, Zeke Hausfather, Luke Kemp
We know that climate change poses significant threats to our way of life - but what if the risks associated with our changing planet are more than we can fully comprehend? As scientists learn more about tipping points, interconnected earth systems, and the fragility that comes along with a warming climate, we might be facing untold consequences as a human species. How can we understand those risks, and how likely is it that existential-level impacts will come to pass?
We are delighted to host a group of experts to host an unsettling, but increasingly necessary, debate on these topic.
David Wallace-Wells is deputy editor of New York magazine, where he also writes frequently about climate change and the near future of science and technology. In July 2017 he published a cover story surveying the landscape of worst-case scenarios for global warming that became an immediate sensation, reaching millions of readers on its first day and, in less than a week, becoming the most-read story the magazine had ever published -and sparking an unprecedented debate, ongoing still today among scientists and journalists, about just how we should be thinking, and talking, about the planetary threat from climate change. His book on these topics, An Uninhabitable Earth, is a Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller.
Zeke Hausfather is a climate scientist and energy systems analyst whose research focuses on observational temperature records, climate models, and mitigation technologies. He spent 10 years working as a data scientist and entrepreneur in the cleantech sector, where he was the lead data scientist at Essess, the Chief Scientist at C3.ai, and the Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Efficiency 2.0. He was previously the Senior Climate Analyst at Project Drawdown, and currently is the Director of Climate and Energy at the Breakthrough Institute and the US analyst for Carbon Brief as well as serving as a research scientist with Berkeley Earth. He has Masters degrees in Environmental Science from Yale University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a PhD in climate science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Luke Kemp is a Research Associate with the Cambridge Center for the Study of Existential Risk. Luke looks at the past (civilization collapses) and future (climate change and emerging technologies) to guide policy in the present. He is an honourary lecturer in environmental policy at the Australian National University (ANU), holds a PhD in international relations from the ANU and was previously a senior economist at Vivid Economics.
Kate Guy (moderator) is a Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Climate and Security (US) and a DPhil Candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the intersection of climate change, national security, and global governance, and she works to educate senior military and diplomatic leaders worldwide on climate risks. In the past, Kate has worked on climate policy at the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations, the White House, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and in American politics with Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.
This event will be livestreamed on our youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOoksFYBCHqZWwVBU9qewZg
For more information on our speakers and their work, please see the following links.
David Wallace-Wells:
https://twitter.com/dwallacewells
https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/135552/david-wallace-wells.html?tab=penguin-books
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html
Zeke Hausfather:
https://twitter.com/hausfath
http://berkeleyearth.org/team/zeke-hausfather/
https://www.carbonbrief.org/author/zekehausfather
Luke Kemp:
https://twitter.com/LukaKemp
https://www.cser.ac.uk/team/luke-kemp/
https://www.cser.ac.uk/resources/cartography-global-catastrophic-governance/
Kate Guy
https://twitter.com/kateaguy
https://climateandsecurity.org/kate-guy/
https://climateandsecurity.org/a-security-threat-assessment-of-global-climate-change/
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Mass Action Against Police Brutality Rally: Justice for All Victims of Police Brutality
Tuesday, June 16
5pm
DA Rachel Rollins Office, One Bulfinch Place Boston
Join Mass Action Against Police Brutality
You can help build community awareness with our grassroots campaign:
forward this email to like-minds, re-post this in your travels
join our street outreach team as a volunteer for 1-2 hours/
donate to print* materials for our newsletters
come to our community events (& bring a friend) to listen & speak your mind!
pack the courthouse to show strong support for a victim of police brutality
volunteer to share your special skills or develop your interests for an important cause
617.548.4874(call/text)
Info@maapb.org
Facebook/Twitter/Instagram MAAPB617
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Headed for Extinction and What to Do About It
Tuesday, June 16
6 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkf-ygqjItE9c4XCCh67iXCxjbEwM6JFWM
The planet is in ecological crisis: we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction event this planet has experienced. Scientists believe we may have entered a period of abrupt climate breakdown. This is an emergency.
In this online talk, climate speakers from Extinction Rebellion will share the latest climate science on where our planet is heading, discuss some of the current psychology around climate change, and offer solutions through the study of social movements.
Everyone is welcome and there will be time to ask questions and discuss afterward. This talk is free.
This event will run from 6 to 730pm EST.
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Solutions Summit Series: An Evening with BARCC
Tuesday, June 16
6:30 PM – 7:45 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solutions-summit-series-an-evening-with-barcc-tickets-108923976546
Cost: $5
Please join us for an evening of discussion around Sexual and Domestic violence in the our community.
Please join us for an evening of discussion around Sexual and Domestic violence in the our community. This interactive evening will include a discussion from Boston Area Rape Crisis Center and the challenges the community has faced with COVID-19. We are looking forward to hearing your questions for BARCC as well as solutions to help solve this issue of Domestic and Sexual Violence in our community.
Introduction to BARCC
Presentation on BARCC
Breakout Question
How Covid-19 has affected community partner and the community they serve -Breakout Question
Final questions
Wrap up
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All the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir
Tuesday, June 16
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/mary_morris
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes MARY MORRIS—author of the classic travelogue Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone—for a discussion of her latest memoir All the Way to the Tigers. She will be joined in conversation by author CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE, author of the bestselling novel Orphan Train.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of All the Way to the Tigers on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About All the Way to the Tigers
In February 2008 a casual afternoon of ice skating derailed the trip of a lifetime. Mary Morris was on the verge of a well-earned sabbatical, but instead she endured three months in a wheelchair, two surgeries, and extensive rehabilitation. On Easter Sunday, when she was supposed to be in Morocco, Morris was instead lying on the sofa reading Death in Venice, casting her eyes over these words again and again: "He would go on a journey. Not far. Not all the way to the tigers." Disaster shifted to possibility and Morris made a decision. When she was well enough to walk again (and her doctor wasn't sure she ever would), she would go "all the way to the tigers.”
So begins a three-year odyssey that takes Morris to India in search of the world's most elusive apex predator. Her first lesson: don't look for a tiger because you won't find it—you look for signs of a tiger. And all unseen tigers, hiding in the bush, are referred to as "she." Morris connects deeply with these magnificent and highly endangered animals, and her weeks on tiger safari also afford a new understanding of herself.
Written in over a hundred short chapters, All the Way to the Tigers offers an elegiac, wry, and wise look at a woman on the road and the glorious, elusive creature she seeks.
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SidPac Presidential Lecture - Prof. Alex Pentland - Science to Help Build A Better World
Tuesday, June 16
7:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://zmurl.com/sp-cosi
How can we understand persistent inequalities in our society? Professor Alex Pentland, one of the most cited scholars in the world and current member of MIT Media Lab, will outline his ideas and thoughts on the topic for the first of our on-line series of Sidney Pacific Presidential Lectures. The discussion will include a Q&A session at the end.
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Wednesday, June 17
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Temperature Check: Climate Change and the Coronavirus
Wednesday, June 17
9 AM – 10 AM
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/915619982247224/
Join as we discuss the role governments and the private sector should play in addressing the causes and effects of climate change and focus on the balance between addressing the increasing global need for energy while reducing emissions. Given the increasing polarization around the climate change debate, what are constructive ways to develop a common understanding of the challenges at hand?
Speakers: Mr. Ted Halstead, Chairman and CEO, Climate Leadership Council
Prof. Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University
The Hon. Sheldon Whitehouse, Member, U.S. Senate
Senior European Representative
Moderator: Mr. Nik Gowing, Founder, Thinking the Unthinkable
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Local resistance to climate adaptation: Lessons for the development sector
Wednesday, June 17
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/local-resistance-to-climate-adaptation-lessons-for-the-development-sector-registration-107823394676
Learn about the findings and recommendations of a research study on community resistance to a UNDP adaptation project in São Tomé & Príncipe
Despite the intensifying efforts to promote adaptation to climate change in low- and middle-income countries, adaptation projects and programs have often failed to meet their objective of decreasing local vulnerabilities to climate impacts. Occasionally, these interventions have also met with various kinds of local opposition, either in the form of general apathy, disapproval, and passive or even active resistance from the recipients of adaptation aid. This is a serious issue for the development sector and, more importantly, the long-term viability of local livelihoods, especially given the projected increase in the number and intensity of extreme weather events in tropical and sub-tropical regions.
In light of these considerations, in early 2019 the Centre for Climate Justice embarked on a research study funded by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland to examine the case of Ponta Baleia – a local community in the small island nation of São Tomé & Príncipe – which rejected the solutions offered by an adaptation project implemented jointly by UNDP and the national government. The study sought to understand the causes, dynamics and effects of this resistance, and to provide recommendations on how similar conflicts can be prevented by theorizing pathways for making future adaptation programming more equitable and effective.
This free webinar, led by the members of the research team, will provide an overview of the main study findings and both theoretical and practical recommendations for the international development sector.
Speakers:
Dr. Michael Mikulewicz, Research Fellow at the Centre for Climate Justice, Glasgow Caledonian University: Exploring local resistance to adaptation: Climate injustice in São Tomé & Príncipe
Krescencja Podgórska, PhD researcher at Loughborough University: Gender, vulnerability and adaptation: Climate Justice and adaptation to climate change in São Tomé and Príncipe
After the presentations, there will be a Q&A/discussion session with the audience. The research team will share a detailed project report with all participants shortly after the webinar.
The webinar link will be shared with the registrants closer to the date. In the meantime, please contact Michael Mikulewicz at michael.mikulewicz@gcu.ac.uk if you have any questions.
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Understanding the AI Development Pipeline in Health Care
Wednesday, June 17
11 – 11:30 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https://executiveeducation.hms.harvard.edu/thought-leadership/webinar-series/understanding-ai-development-pipeline-health-care
SPEAKER(S) Andrew Beam, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
DETAILS As applications of AI in health care expand, leaders must understand what problems benefit most from advanced AI approaches, the processes that are required to implement an AI strategy, and its potential harms. This Harvard Medical School executive education webinar will explore these critical issues through case studies, and provide a framework to help leaders understand how AI can help their organizations create and capture value in health care.
LINK https://executiveeducation.hms.harvard.edu/thought-leadership/webinar-series/understanding-ai-development-pipeline-health-care
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Global perspectives on intimate partner violence and safety in the home during the COVID-19 pandemic
Wednesday, June 17
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94391935048
SPEAKER(S) Karestan Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Lily Kay Ross, Postgraduate, Department of Sociology, Gender and Criminology, University of Otago
Peg Hacskaylo, Founder/CEO, National Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc. (NASH)
Gudrun Burnet, CEO of Standing Together, Co-founder of Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA)
DETAILS The COVID-19 pandemic has led to sheltering in the home for "safety" but what if you don't feel safe in your home? This forum will discuss intimate partner violence and the challenges that have emerged related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Panelists from the USA, New Zealand, and the UK will discuss issues of domestic violence in their prospective countries, ways in which this is being addressed, and how we can promote safety during this time. This forum will end with a Q&A session with the audience.
Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94391935048
CONTACT INFO Shaili Jha
sjha@hsph.harvard.edu
Courtney White
cowhite@hsph.harvard.edu
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Contact Tracing and Technology: A Deep Dive
BKC CO-HOSTS CONVERSATION ON DIGITAL DATA AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Wednesday, June 17
11 am ET
Online
RSVP at https://digitalsolutionstocovid19.splashthat.com
Jonathan Zittrain, Margaret Bourdeaux, Mary Gray, Andrew McLaughlin, Mona Sloane
As many US states begin to loosen stay-at-home guidance related to the pandemic, public health officials have stressed the importance of implementing effective contact tracing, in addition to testing and a multitude of other responses to the pandemic.
Join us on Wednesday, June 17th at 11 am ET for a “Contact Tracing and Technology: A Deep Dive,” organized by the COVID Tech Task Force, and co-sponsored by the Berkman Klein Center, NYU’s Alliance for Public Interest Technology, TechCrunch, Betaworks Studios, and Hangar.
Following the first session, hear from speakers such as Jonathan Jackson, founder of Dimagi, and Daniel Burka, leading COVID-19 efforts for New York State, for an extensive discussion on contact tracing/exposure notification applications and an exploration of some of the technology that is or will be available in the US.
Through conversations like these, the Berkman Klein Center aims to build bridges across public health and technology disciplines and communities of practice and to help inform state and community leaders, as they make urgently needed policy decisions in response to the pandemic.
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Virtual TechMeeting - Sustainable Construction
Wednesday, June 17
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/403749872060539147
The webinar will start with a fire side chat with industry experts followed by a startup pitch session.
French American Innovation Catalyst
https://www.meetup.com/French-American-Innovation-Catalyst-Boston
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PIRE CREATE Webinar: Visualizing Change--Transforming Data into Actionable Information
Wednesday, June 17
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.pirecreate.com/webinars2020
Graphical representations help convey complex concepts in a succinct and accessible manner. Learn how the PIRE team is using visualization tools to communicate science. Come away with the skills you need to provide actionable information for policy-makers.
Who can participate?
This webinar series is open to undergraduate students interested in climate science from all universities and institutions from any country.
Is it necessary to have any previous knowledge to follow the webinars?
These three webinars are introductory sessions and therefore it is not necessary to have any background in the subject. In any case, it is important that participants read the documentation related to each topic before attending the webinar. This documentation will be sent via email once you have registered for the webinar.
What is the PIRE CREATE Project?
PIRE (Partnership in International Research and Education) is a program funded by international science agencies (in the US it is the National Science Foundation), which supports international partnerships that address critical science and engineering problems in a global context, thereby facilitating the development of a diverse, globally-engaged, science and engineering workforce.
PIRE - CREATE is an international collaboration that involves six institutions and 34 investigators from the United States (University at Albany - State University of New York & Columbia University), University of Sao Paulo in Brazil and IANIGLA in Argentina.
We are working to advance paleoclimate research over the Americas to the point where it can transform the way we inform policy- and decision-making at a trans-national level about the risks of climate change and place future projections in a broad historical context. The project is co-funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Sao Paulo State Research Agency (FAPESP).
Who will be leading the webinars?
PIRE CREATE scientists and climate experts will be giving the talks. Our team is composed of many scientists with diverse backgrounds in areas related to the study of climate (geography, chemistry, physics, environmental sciences, geology...). Our team also includes a group of experts in the development of visualization tools, and policy experts working as intermediaries between scientists and politicians at regional, national and international levels.
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The Bridge: Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe
Thursday, June 17
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj8fd1n39VA&feature=youtu.be
SPEAKER(S) Thane Gustafson, Professor of Government, Georgetown University
Simon Blakey, Energy Consultant, SAB Global Energy
Moderator: Aurélie Bros, Senior Fellow, Energy Project, Davis Center; Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
Discussant: Rawi Abdelal, Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management, Harvard Business School; Director, Davis Center
DETAILS Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet empire, the West faces a new era of East-West tensions. Any vision of a modern Russia integrated into the world economy and aligned in peaceful partnership with a reunited Europe has abruptly vanished. Two opposing narratives vie to explain the strategic future of Europe, one geopolitical and one economic, and both center on the same resource: natural gas. In The Bridge, Thane Gustafson, an expert on Russian oil and gas, argues that the political rivalries that capture the lions share of media attention must be viewed alongside multiple business interests and differences in economic ideologies. With a dense network of pipelines linking Europe and Russia, natural gas serves as a bridge that unites the region through common interests. Tracking the economic and political role of natural gas through several countries Russia and Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway. The Bridge details both its history and its likely future. As Gustafson suggests, there are reasons for optimism, but whether the gas bridge can ultimately survive mounting geopolitical tensions and environmental challenges remains to be seen.
LINK https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/bridge-natural-gas-redivided-europe
CONTACT INFO Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor
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Climate Change Reset: Learning from the Global Pandemic
Identifying Top Actions for Climate Leaders: What is the New Story We Need to Tell?
Wednesday, June 17
12:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-change-reset-learning-from-the-global-pandemic-tickets-102800125944
We are at a profound crossroads with respect to understanding and leveraging this moment of crisis into new possibilities for climate action.
Over the course of five 90-minute sessions, we will discuss climate leadership, climate policy, communication and the need for collective action. We will hear from climate scientists, policy experts and communications leaders. We will think collaboratively about what new stories are needed at this moment, and what the pandemic is teaching us about strategy, system change and action.
Using the participatory elements of a design jam, we will brainstorm to identify ideas and solutions for effective climate leadership. Participants will work collaboratively to identify tangible actions they may take in their personal climate leadership practice. We will also explore creative communications methods for climate action.
Hosted by:
Jesi Carson, Participedia and Vancouver Design Nerds
Tara Mahoney, SFU CityStudio
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What You See Is What You Get - Or Is It?
Wednesday, June 17
1 pm
Online
RSVP at https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/5ebd7277d75f424500debfb9
Curator Garrett Dash Nelson leads a lively discussion with map collector and researcher PJ Mode, whose love for old and unusual maps of the world led to a fascination with unconventional maps whose purpose is not fact-based, but more persuasive.
PJ Mode grew up in Indiana and graduated from Cornell University with a concentration in what would today be called computer science. He then spent three years on active duty as a naval officer, then attended the Harvard Law School. Mode worked for the Washington law firm then called Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (now Wilmer Hale), where he spent most of the next 35 years followed by a position as Special Counsel to Citigroup for another decade.
A student and collector of old maps since 1980, he now focuses on researching and collecting “persuasive cartography,” maps intended primarily to influence opinions or beliefs – to send a message – rather than to communicate geographic information. His collection lives at Cornell University, and Mode’s website at persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu describes the subject and the collection, with links to high-resolution images and detailed notes on over 800 maps.
Garrett Dash Nelson is the Curator of Maps & Director of Geographic Scholarship at the Leventhal Map & Education Center.
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Political Activism: Part 1 (Green New Deal for Europe)
Wednesday, June 17
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/political-activism-part-1-green-new-deal-for-europe-tickets-107709512050
Our political activism theme kicks off with a discussion with the campaign organisers of the Green New Deal for Europe.
The Green New Deal for Europe is an international campaign for a swift, just, and democratic transition to a sustainable Europe.
Founded in April 2019 by the Democracy in Europe Movement(DiEM25), the Green New Deal for Europe aims to unite Europe’s communities, unions, parties, and activists behind a shared vision of environmental justice. Working with partners from around the world, they aim to advance this vision from aspiration to action.
This will be an online event. We will begin with a talk by our speaker, followed by discussion and a Q&A with you, the audience.
This event is brought to you by the Sustainability Discourse Tribe at Impact Hub Berlin – where change goes to work.
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WEBINAR - Climate Justice for Who? Intersections of Climate Change & Race
Wednesday, June 17
2:00 – 3:00 EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-climate-justice-for-who-intersections-of-climate-change-race-tickets-107082998130
Join Lambeth Friends of the Earth and Fope from Hypatia's Gang for a webinar on the topic of environmental activism and justice, followed by a Q+A session.
The webinar will be entitled 'Climate Justice for Who? The Intersections of Climate Change & Race'
The Zoom link will be available upon registration.
Please note that event will be recorded.
https://www.hypatiasgang.com/
https://www.lambethfriendsoftheearth.org.uk/
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Can Technology Help Build a Shock-Resistant Planet?
Wednesday, June 17
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/can-technology-help-build-a-shock-resistant-planetquestion
DESCRIPTION: Industrialized humanity has built a hyperlinked and fast-changing planet – from the greenhouse-gas buildup in the shared atmosphere to the intercontinental interconnections that took a novel virus from China to the depths of the Amazon forest (and everywhere in between) in just a few months.
Can all of the technological and scientific capacity that has created layers of intertwined risks help cut odds of the worst outcomes going forward?
Can there be a dynamic, responsive “immune system” for the planet – whether the target is pathogens or other threats?
We engage some leading thinkers and doers at several levels of the question, and in key regions, in a brisk initial brainstorm on what will be a sustained thread of inquiry on the Earth Institute’s Sustain What webcast.
This episode of the Earth Institute Sustain What webcast was inspired by "We Can Build an Immune System for the Planet" - a recent visionary post by David Bray, who founded and runs the new GeoTech Center at the Atlantic Council.
What's the balance of government action and open-access models of surveillance, analysis and response in shaping resilient outcomes in a world of intertwined drivers of risk.
Participants:
David Bray, Atlantic Council
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/david-bray-phd/
Divya Chandler, a physician centered in neuroscience and new applications of technology - Singularity University
https://su.org/about/faculty/divya-chander/
Katindi Sivi Njonjo, a futurist and scenario strategist in Nairobi focused on equitable development in Africa:
https://www.foresightfordevelopment.org/profile/katindi-sivi-njonjo
Robert S. Chen, director of the Center for Earth Science Information and a senior research scientist at Columbia University's Earth Institute. http://www.ciesin.org/chen.html
Host: Andy Revkin, founding director of the Earth Institute Initiative on Communication and Sustainability. http://sustcomm.ei.columbia.edu
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City Conversations - The Pandemic and Climate Change
Wednesday, June 17
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/city-conversations-the-pandemic-and-climate-change-registration-108498233136
Can COVID-19 get us to respond to the climate crisis?
The international response to the COVID-19 pandemic, while uneven, has shown that humans can react quickly when their health is threatened.
Another great threat to humanity – and to the planet – is climate change. But unlike COVID-19’s immediate threat, most people and governments have been unwilling to take action against what feels for many like a future threat whose current impacts may be less apparent (although we know that vulnerable populations around the world are already suffering disproportionately from the impacts of climate change). We can talk about future actions, but don’t do too much now that might be expensive or inconvenient.
So, is it time to rethink and reframe climate change as a threat to public health?
Thirty years ago, a group of Vancouverites wrote Clouds of Change, perhaps the first civic study of global warming. It forecast all the events we now see — rising temperatures, sea-level rise, even the melting of the permafrost in Canada’s northern tundra. It was adopted by the Vancouver City Council in June 1990 and helped shape some public policies. Then it was forgotten.
But some of its creators are still around. We want to celebrate two of them, urbanist and former Vancouver City Councillor Gord Price and economist/entrepreneur Michael Brown. They’ve been thinking about how we might respond to climate change as a public health issue. We’ll also hear from two of the new generation of activists who will have to deal with the life-threatening impacts of climate change well into the future: Adriana Laurent-Seibt, the project administrator for UBC Climate Hub, and Rebecca Hamilton, a core organizer of Sustainabiliteens.
Then it’s your turn to express your opinion, make observations and ask questions. It’s a conversation!
If you’d like to do a bit of preparation, read the original Clouds of Change report at http://www.sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/continuing-studies/forms-docs/city/Clouds-of-Change-Volume1-and-Volume2.pdf
We recommend reading the Executive Summary on page i-iv (page 31-34 of the PDF file).
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Events Fundraising Amid COVID 19: Reimagining How to Raise Revenue and Recreate Community
Wednesday, June 17
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/108793209418
Please join us for a free, one-hour conversation on June 17, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST as we help non-profits consider how they will re-create lost event fundraising revenue due to COVID 19. We will talk about how to transform an organization's major event fundraiser into a successful virtual fundraiser-- and whether it's time for your organization to pivot from an event-centric fundraising program to one focused more on major gifts.
We hope you will join this conversation, entitled Reimagining Lost Revenue and Recreating Community Just go to
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/108793209418 to sign up.
Hosts for this event are Bill Alfano, Director of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships for the Pan-Mass Challenge. www.pmc.org , a cycling fundraiser that raises over $60 million annually for Dana Farber Cancer Institute;
Julie Rafferty*, Founder of *Rafferty Communications Strategies,* a boutique fundraising and marketing communications consulting firm, http://www.raffertycommunications.com ;
and Ellie Starr, Founder and CEO of Starrs Aligned, LLC, a major gifts fundraising consulting and philanthropic advising firm dedicated to connecting people, mission, and money for meaningful impact www.starrsaligned.com .
Organizations that bravely went ahead with virtual events this spring had mixed results financially. How will you make your fall virtual event worth "attending"? How will you recreate the sense of community that inspires giving and is so much harder to generate in the current environment? And is now the time to jettison your event-centric fundraising model and put significantly more energy into major gift fundraising? If so, how do you do that and still bring in much-needed revenue short-term?
These are big questions. Join Bill, Ellie, Julie and your fellow community of fundraisers as we tackle these big questions during this free online conversation on June 17 at 3 pm ET
To learn more about this free session and to sign up, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/108793209418
You will receive a link for the online event once you sign up.
We also invite you to read a recent article on this topic that Ellie and Julie co-wrote . You can read it here:
https://medium.com/@starrsaligned.com/rethinking-lost-revenue-re-creating-community-d6d6f49df208
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Zoom Webinar: Alleviating the Social Drivers of Health During the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons from Leading SDOH Partnerships
Wednesday, June 17
4 – 5 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mEJyA1V5T_yspR4NjI9oCA
SPEAKER(S) Moderator: Alexandra Schweitzer, Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Caraline Coats, Vice President, Bold Goal & Population Health Strategy
Andrew Renda, Associate Vice President, Population Health, Humana
Katherine Keir, Hawai’i State Director of Clinical Redesign, UnitedHealthcare
Alexandra De Kesel Lofthus, Director of Health Care Partnerships, Second Harvest Heartland
DETAILS The COVID-19 crisis underscores the urgency of strategic, well-targeted programs to address food insecurity, housing instability, and loneliness. These and other “social determinants of health” (SDOH) are well known to exacerbate chronic conditions and increase unnecessary utilization of emergency rooms and inpatient care.
Since the onset of the pandemic, food insecurity has skyrocketed. Housing instability is likely to grow as unemployment persists and eviction moratoriums expire. Social distancing may exacerbate social isolation. As a result, a secondary effect of the coronavirus crisis may be preventable declines in health, particularly among lower-income populations.
Many health care organizations are well positioned to rise to these challenges through their programs and community-based partnerships to address SDOH. In this webinar, leaders at the forefront of SDOH innovation will outline how they are reshaping their programs as they transition through COVID-19 response, recovery, and eventual rebuilding.
LINK https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mEJyA1V5T_yspR4NjI9oCA
CONTACT INFO mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
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Virtual Event: EurekaFest 2020
Wednesday, June 17
5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://lemelson.mit.edu/events/eurekafest-2020
Hosted by the Lemelson-MIT Program, EurekaFest is a celebration that is designed to empower young inventors!
2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the Lemelson-MIT Program and although our celebration will not be in Washington, D.C. as planned, we are planning a unique, virtual EurekaFest on Wednesday, June 17th from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. ET.
You will meet high school students who participated in the 2019-2020 InvenTeam initiative, and college students who won the 2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. This impressive group of students from across the country are tackling real-world problems through invention. You will also hear from Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and Carol Dahl, Executive Director of The Lemelson Foundation, as they discuss the importance of invention in today’s world.
Visit http://Eurekafest.org for all the info!
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Writers Speak | How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
Wednesday, June 17
6 – 7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IOoQmNDlRSiU_e7fGwPg0A
SPEAKER(S) Elizabeth F. Thompson, Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, School of International Service and Professor of History, American University
Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian History, Interim Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center, Director of the Joint Center for History and Economics, Harvard University
Claire Messud, Joseph Y. Bae and Janice Lee Senior Lecturer on Fiction, Harvard University
DETAILS Elizabeth F. Thompson in conversation about her new book, How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs: The Syrian Arab Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of Its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance, with Sunil Amrith and Claire Messud.
Register for a zoom link: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IOoQmNDlRSiU_e7fGwPg0A
LINK https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/elizabeth-f-thompson
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Science for the People General Meeting
Wednesday June 17
6:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/j/92139760878?pwd=aFdWMlltNGNRNFN2NDZYM3pMMy9uQT09
Meeting ID: 921 3976 0878
Password: 141875
The Boston Chapter of SFTP stands in solidarity with the with Black Lives Matter and related movements across the country. The impunity with which police have terrorized and brutalized black communities – for as long as the police have existed – is sickening. It must end. We call on our fellow academics, activists, scientists and Boston area residents to join the movement spreading across the country. Full statement of solidarity here.
We invite you to join #ShutDownSTEM and the STEM in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter rally. This Wednesday, June 10, a group of academic-activists is calling for one full day to pause all business as usual, to give Black academics a break, and to give others time to learn about and reflect on racism and anti-Blackness in our communities. During this shutdown, non-Black academics and scientists are being asked to work towards addressing structural anti-Black racism through education, action, and healing. Participants can spend the day educating themselves or each other on racism, and coming up with a detailed plan of action for how to make our communities more anti-racist. The goal is to come out with a lifelong commitment and a clear path forward to eradicate racism from academia and STEM. You are also encouraged to join the STEM workers in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter. The rally will take place Wed. June 10th, 3:30pm, Albany St + Main St, (near MIT/Broad/ Kendal Square T stop). Full details here
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global movement against police brutality the Boston Chapter of SFTP is planning a broader visioning meeting in order to rethink our plans for the next 6 months. We will discuss how the current mobilizations for racial justice inform our work and the campaigns for the Fall. This is expected to be a lively meeting. Join if you can. We will also discuss the first part (pages 1-24) of the book by Fran Quigley’s Prescription for the People: An Activist’s Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All (https://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1128&context=books). The full agenda is at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1doejre_dSJvGFhMQ0NSADShUy1gHoFzv3D26OwjoEZw/edit
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Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love
Wednesday, June 17
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/edoloresjohnson/register
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes noted diversity consultant E. DOLORES JOHNSON for a discussion of her memoir Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love. She will be joined in conversation by author and Director of GrubStreet's Muse and the Marketplace writing conference SONYA LARSON.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of Say I'm Dead on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About Say I'm Dead
Say I’m Dead is the true story of family secrets, separation, courage, and transformation through five generations of interracial relationships. Fearful of prison time—or lynching—for violating Indiana’s antimiscegenation laws in the 1940s, E. Dolores Johnson’s black father and white mother fled Indianapolis to secretly marry in Buffalo, New York.
When Johnson was born, social norms and her government-issued birth certificate said she was Negro, nullifying her mother’s white blood in her identity. Later, as a Harvard-educated business executive feeling too far from her black roots, she searched her father’s black genealogy. But in the process, Johnson suddenly realized that her mother’s whole white family was—and always had been—missing. When she began to pry, her mother’s 36-year-old secret spilled out. Her mother had simply vanished from Indiana, evading an FBI and police search that had ended with the conclusion that she had been the victim of foul play.
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Taking Action/Being Real/Telling the Truth: NVDA and the Fourth Demand (Part 1)
Wednesday, June 17
7:00-9:15pm (slight time change, sorry!)
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/fourth-demand-part-1/
How to honor the earth, the current climate emergency, and the longstanding climate of racial injustice and anti-Blackness: A two-part training and conversation with XR members
Looking for a space to brainstorm how to be in this new moment? Been sidelined or isolated by COVID and wanting to (re-)engage and connect? Thirsty for discerning conversation about how to respond to the anti-Black and racial injustice and climate emergency realities, within a time of COVID?
Join XR in a facilitated community space to share ideas for shaping messages, taking action in solidarity, and hearing de-escalation techniques.
We'll explore how to act through the lens of our fourth demand: “We demand a just transition that prioritizes the most vulnerable people and indigenous sovereignty; establishes reparations and remediation led by and for Black people, Indigenous people, people of color and poor communities for years of environmental injustice, establishes legal rights for ecosystems to thrive and regenerate in perpetuity, and repairs the effects of ongoing ecocide to prevent extinction of human and all species, in order to maintain a livable, just planet for all.”
"things are not getting worse, they are getting uncovered. we must hold each other tight & continue to pull back the veil. #blacklivesmatter" - Adrienne Maree Brown
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Sleep Better: A live, virtual workshop
Wednesday, June 17
8:00pm to 8:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/j/96802571729
Learn lifestyle tips to improve the quality of your sleep. Practice restorative yoga and relaxation to wind down at night. No yoga experience necessary. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a folded towel, if possible. Facilitator: Zan Barry is a senior program manager in Community Wellness at MIT Medical specializing in sleep health. She is also a yoga instructor (RYT 500).
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Thursday, June 18 - Friday, June 19
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Plastics and the Environment: Science Meets Public Policy
Thursday, June 18 - Friday, June 19
Online
RSVP at https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/pesmpp/
MIT's Environmental Solutions Initiative hosts a virtual workshop convening scientists, policymakers, foundations and the business community on the issue of mitigating the environmental harms of plastic pollution. “Plastics and the Environment: Science Meets Public Policy” is a two-day workshop to explore opportunities for policy makers and scientists to inform each other’s challenges and questions on plastic use, design, disposal and recycling. Attendees will participate in panel and plenary sessions, converse during and after the conference through online chat-rooms, join breakout sessions with focuses on material science, recycling, and local, national and international policy making, and receive networking information and a documentary video about the workshop.
Contact Name: pesmpp@mit.edu
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Thursday, June 18
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Digital Security for Journalists
Thursday, June 18
8am
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkT7-Jzlj6_l3fpR4AtDGok0c03ug0o6KI5I7qo421IxdZaA/viewform
The Southeast Asia Rainforest Journalism Fund is hosting a free webinar titled "Digital Security for Journalists" on Thursday, June 18, 2020. This event will be hosted in English and is open to any interested journalists.
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists are increasingly going online for webinars, online meetings, online interviews, etc. After the COVID-19 pandemic is over, in the new normal, we will still be working online more. Most of us are not aware of digital threats and security. Pulitzer Center and Tempo are inviting journalists to join the webinar on digital security for journalists. Bobby Soriano – an expert on digital security - will explain the digital security threats while using computers or mobile smartphones. and how we can minimize the threat while still getting the best out of our work. Journalists need to know how to secure their identity, emails, etc. from digital attacks. The webinar covers what journalists should know and be aware of in regards to security (and safety) while working online.
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The Green Deal as the Backbone to the Covid-19 Recovery Plan
Thursday, June 18
9 AM – 10 AM
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/553939788630134/
Join GMF's Brussels Forum discussion on how the current crisis can create further momentum for the Green Deal in Europe. What actions must be taken by both the private and public sector to make the Green Deal a reality? Can Europe lead by example?
Speakers: Mr. Philippe Ducom, President, ExxonMobil Europe
Mr. Luca Visentini, General Secretary, The European Trade Union Confederation
Senior European Representative
Moderator: Mr. Nik Gowing, Founder, Thinking the Unthinkable
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EBC Energy Resources Webinar: Future Role of Natural Gas in the New England Region
Thursday, June 18
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-energy-resources-webinar-future-role-of-natural-gas-in-the-new-england-region/
This EBC Energy Resources webinar will address the current and projected future role of natural gas in the Commonwealth and New England. In the last two decades, natural gas has substantially increased its share of power generation and home heating regionally. But now, as the states in the region increase their goals and shorten their timelines for implementing a clean energy system and a lower carbon energy network, what will/should the role of natural gas be?
This webinar will provide context on how natural gas is utilized today, and address some possible low-carbon pathways for natural gas in the future, including greater efficiency investments, renewable natural gas, and hydrogen.
Program Co-Chairs:
Marc Bergeron, PWS, CWS, Chair, EBC Energy Resources Committee; Principal, Epsilon Associates, Inc.
Glynn MacKensie, PE, Senior Project Engineer, Weston & Sampson
Speaker Agenda:
Natural Gas and its Role in our Region’s Energy System, Economy & Environment
Steve Leahy, Vice President, Policy, Northeast Gas Association (NGA)
The Future of Natural Gas: Technologies & Pathways
Don Chahbazpour, Director, Gas Utility of the Future, National Grid
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Extinction Rebellion Online Facilitation Training
Thursday, June 18
10 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https://forms.organise.earth/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=928738&lang=en
Join us for a training for how to be more effective at facilitating online meetings in this time of covid. We will cover how you can adapt to facilitating online as well as tech. We are asking you to sign-up because we would like you to review some online tutorials beforehand (we expect this will take 30-45 minutes). That will give us more chance to be interactive and discuss during the training.
This facilitation is put on by the international support team.
Please sign up to receive materials and the Zoom link: https://forms.organise.earth/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=928738&lang=en
You can also email info@rebellion.training
This training will run from 10 to 12pm
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Renewable Energy: Opportunities for the Next Decade
Thursday, June 18
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2297417858693879309
Our second Navigate Webinar will focus on the future of renewable energy, highlighting technological advancements, innovation opportunities, and policy changes necessary to help catalyze renewable energy growth and transform our energy sources. This exclusive webinar will help you understand the everchanging cleantech ecosystem and provide you the opportunity to ask questions to help you and your organization navigate the upcoming decade.
Our expert panelists will provide an insider perspective for startups on market opportunities, areas of growth, and partnership, and funding strategies.
Our Webinar Series is brought to you with invaluable support from NYSERDA and CleanCapital. Can't make the live webinar? Check out our podcast series based on our webinars (anchor.fm/necec). For additional information about the Navigate Webinar Series, check out our playlists on YouTube (youtube.com/theNECEC).
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Ahhhhh!: How to Negotiate the Nonnegotiable in an Era of Discontent
Thursday, June 18
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L7Iy7QyFSqyyhggrOIVaqQ
SPEAKER(S) Daniel L. Shapiro, Founder and Director, Harvard International Negotiation Program, Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital, Affiliate faculty, Program on Negotiation
DETAILS About the talk: Our world is awash in conflict and tension. The combusting mix of the pandemic, economic turmoil, political divisiveness, and emotional turbulence has turned negotiation on its head. What seemed easy to deal with in the old normal is no longer so. Why is this, and what can we do about it? Drawing on his global research in conflict resolution, Dr. Shapiro will explore a framework he has developed that illuminates underlying psychological complexities fueling present-day conflict—and will offer insight on how to move forward.
LINK https://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/negotiate-the-nonnegotiable-in-era-of-discontent/
CONTACT INFO dlong@law.harvard.edu
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Hempcrete 101: Back to the Future for Natural, Carbon-Beneficial Buildings
Thursday, June 18
1pm-2pm Eastern Time
Online
RSVP at https://nesea.org/be-event/hempcrete-101-back-future-natural-carbon-beneficial-buildings
Ready to put your specification where your aspiration is? Take a deep dive into the rich world of carbon-beneficial materials and help lead our industry in responsible design and construction solutions. Hempcrete is a bio-composite material created from the woody core of the hemp plant combined with a lime-based binder. Trusted around the world as a robust, high-performance sustainable building system, HempLime entered the US market a decade ago and is poised to take the industry by storm. Learn the technical and performance characteristics, demystify how to specify and construct with this proven material, and join a growing community of radically responsible industry stewards.
Learning Objectives:
Summarize the history of hemp and hempcrete, the regulatory barriers in the US that are slowly easing, and describe examples from pioneers in hemp building from Europe and the first projects in New England
Identify sources for hemp and lime, and explain methods for installation of this alternative material, the state of research internationally versus in the US, and what considerations are necessary from a code standpoint to build
Use Hempcrete as a monolithic solid-wall construction material for building carbon-beneficial envelopes as an alternative to current assemblies used in high performance buildings that are entangled multi-layered assemblies more heavily laden with embodied energy
List low-cost material solutions to reduce toxins in the building and improve the healthfulness of a building
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Silicon Carbide (SiC) Solutions for Electrical Vehicles
Thursday, June 18
2:00 PM EST/11:00AM PST
Online
RSVP at https://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/content.do?id=19548
About this webinar: The widespread popularity of electric (BEV) and plug-in electric (PHEV) vehicles continues to grow at a rapid pace – an estimated 300k BEV sold in the U.S. in 2019, capturing roughly 2% of the total new car sales. On each one of these vehicles is an On-Board Charging (OBC) system that converts AC voltage from the grid to DC voltage to charge your battery.
In this webinar, you will:
Learn how Silicon Carbide (SiC) enables these OBC systems to run more efficiently by reducing switching losses, minimizes size and weight of the system, as well as providing overall lower system cost.
Understand the benefits of using ON Semiconductor’s SiC solutions for OBC systems.
Learn more about ON Semiconductor’s wide bandgap solutions and On-Board Charging (OBC) solutions.
Speaker: Brandon Becker
Product Line Manager – Wide Bandgap
Brandon Becker is part of the Wide Bandgap team at ON Semiconductor. He’s responsible for developing Silicon Carbide Diodes and MOSFETs as well as driving market share growth across a variety of automotive and industrial applications. Over the last several years, he managed product lines spanning from mobile devices, computing/networking, industrial power, and automotive vehicles.
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Virtual Passive House Retrofit Pro Tour
Thursday, June 18
3:30pm–5pm
Online
RSVP at https://nesea.org/be-event/virtual-pro-tour-passive-house-retrofit
Cost: $10 for NESEA Members, $15 for Non-Members
Join NESEA for our first virtual Pro Tour, featuring an award-winning Passive House retrofit of a 3-family building in the Hudson Valley. During this interactive event, participants will learn about the goals of the project and hear directly from the professionals who made it a reality. Just like an in-person Pro Tour, this event will mix presentation with small group conversation, giving participants the chance to meet project team members and one another.
North Miller Passive is a historic masonry retrofit designed to the PHIUS+ 2018 standard. It was named a NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence recipient and will achieve net zero status with the assistance of this program.
Attendance is limited to 40 participants, so don't wait to register!
Please note: To receive member pricing, you must log in to your NESEA account. Questions? Contact Florence MacGregor at fmacgregor@nesea.org.
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On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It
Thursday, June 18
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/david-livingstone-smith
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH—Professor of Philosophy at the University of New England and author of Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Exterminate Others—for a discussion of his latest book, On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It. He will be joined in conversation by JOHN KAAG, author of Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life—available for purchase here.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of On Inhumanity, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About On Inhumanity
The Rwandan genocide, the Holocaust, the lynching of African Americans, the colonial slave trade: these are horrific episodes of mass violence spawned from racism and hatred. We like to think that we could never see such evils again—that we would stand up and fight. But something deep in the human psyche—deeper than prejudice itself—leads people to persecute the other: dehumanization, or the human propensity to think of others as less than human.
An award-winning author and philosopher, Smith takes an unflinching look at the mechanisms of the mind that encourage us to see someone as less than human. There is something peculiar and horrifying in human psychology that makes us vulnerable to thinking of whole groups of people as subhuman creatures. When governments or other groups stand to gain by exploiting this innate propensity, and know just how to manipulate words and images to trigger it, there is no limit to the violence and hatred that can result.
Drawing on numerous historical and contemporary cases and recent psychological research, On Inhumanity is the first accessible guide to the phenomenon of dehumanization. Smith walks readers through the psychology of dehumanization, revealing its underlying role in both notorious and lesser-known episodes of violence from history and current events. In particular, he considers the uncomfortable kinship between racism and dehumanization, where beliefs involving race are so often precursors to dehumanization and the horrors that flow from it.
On Inhumanity is bracing and vital reading in a world lurching towards authoritarian political regimes, resurgent white nationalism, refugee crises that breed nativist hostility, and fast-spreading racist rhetoric. The book will open your eyes to the pervasive dangers of dehumanization and the prejudices that can too easily take root within us, and resist them before they spread into the wider world.
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Learn how your home can become Zero Carbon
Thursday, June 18
7 pm
Online
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eh3nmhuv0a53dcaa&oseq=&c=&ch=
Zero electricity, heating oil or natural gas bills. Zero carbon footprint.
Hear details about the Four HITS to go Net Zero
Heat pumps
Insulation
Triple-glazed windows
Solar
Presenter: David Green
David combines his background in physics and business with his concern for climate change to pick investments that generates a 15% return on investment.
Reducing our energy usage and carbon emissions are critical to fighting climate change.
But what if you went beyond reducing to eliminating your usage of fossil-fuel derived energy?
And what if if this generated a 15% return -- far higher than almost any stock or bond investments?
Dover, MA resident David Green achieved this in this 1970's era home. In this webinar, he will take you through the practical, technical, and financial details of his four-year journey. He notes:
"The conventional wisdom is that going zero can only be achieved on new houses, that it is very expensive, and that it requires big lifestyle compromises. I have found that the conventional wisdom is wrong, on all counts. We have gone zero on our drafty 1970’s house, we are saving over $11,000 a year on utility bills and our lifestyle has improved as our indoor air is fresher and more comfortable and our house is quieter. I still take long showers."
Join this webinar to learn how you too can begin the journey to have a Net Zero Carbon Home.
And every attendee will receive a free copy of David's e-book, Zero Carbon Home - a $15.99 value!
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SubSpace Sessions: Mary Bichner
Thursday, June 18
7:30 PM – 8 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/subspace-sessions-mary-bichner-tickets-106157790810
This program is recommended for ages 18+.
SubSpace Sessions take the live music experiences of the Charles Hayden Planetarium to new dimensions, bringing the innovative and groundbreaking work to you virtually! Don’t miss these premiere events that fuse together the music of some of Boston’s best artists and bands with cutting-edge Planetarium visuals!
The Museum of Science has partnered with an incredible lineup of Boston musicians to create the ultimate audio-visual show that fans can stream directly into their homes, experiencing the music they love in an entirely new way. With imagery developed and adapted from the avant-garde technology of the fulldome Planetarium medium, each SubSpace Sessions installment is a unique visual journey, inspired by the music of acts like Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys, Abraham, and more!
On Thursday, June 18 don’t miss the premiere of SubSpace Sessions: Mary Bichner, with Planetary Quartet and East Coast Scoring Orchestra. Bichner is an award-winning orchestral composer with the bizarre musical superpowers of perfect pitch (the ability to recognize notes and chords by name upon hearing them played) and synesthesia (a neurological condition that causes Mary to “see” splashes of specific colors when she hears their corresponding pitches sounded). Called a “musical genius” by CBS News, and invited to Harvard University’s prestigious neuroscience lab to be studied for her brain’s unusual wiring, Bichner creates richly-colored compositions that delight classical enthusiasts and indie-pop rockers alike.
Recent projects and partnerships include a collaboration with the Museum on the immersive Synesthesia Suite visual music concert series in 2017, 2019 (in collaboration with the renowned scientists of MIT's Neoperceptions and ASU's Scihub), and 2020; serving a two-year composer residency at the historic Mount Auburn Cemetery, which resulted in the composition of twelve chamber orchestra works synesthetically inspired by the cemetery's breathtaking landscape and landmarks (and which are now available for streaming as part of the Mount Auburn Cemetery walking tour app); a soprano-and-woodwind-quintet commission for the “Pindrop Sessions” classical music series, presented in partnership with WGBH Boston, WCRB 99.5/Classical Radio Boston, and Aeronaut Brewing Company; serving as composer-in-residence at The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico; a commission from celebrated wind quintet Vento Chiaro for their “Boston Project” concert series; serving as composer-in-residence at Marble House Project of Dorset, VT, USA; arranging and conducting strings for 30 Seconds to Mars’ MTV Unplugged appearance; numerous collaborations with the illustrious Vitamin String Quartet (including a placement on ABC’s Modern Family); and more. She is thrilled to be collaborating with the Museum of Science once more for this exciting new series!
This program is free, thanks to the generosity of the Lowell Institute.
If you enjoyed the Museum’s SubSpace Sessions: Mary Bichner, please visit https://www.mos.org/sciencematters to support #MOSatHome.
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How to Talk About the Climate Crisis in These Urgent, Complicated Times
Thursday, June 18
7:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://nadiacolburn.ck.page/e3ce4dbdb1
Presented by Extinction Rebelllion [XR] Boston and Nadia Colburn, PhD
Racial injustice, threats to democracy, covid--our world is full of very serious emergencies, and we are being called to urgent action in a number of ways--and amidst it all, the climate and ecological crisis continues.
It's difficult for many of us to talk about climate crisis to the people in our life at the best of times, and it can feel especially difficult now--but the very fact that it's difficult is a sign of just how essential these conversations are. Come join us for an evening of practice and practical tips for how to talk about the climate crisis with friends and family.
We know that, as dire as these other crises are, we cannot stop our work for the environment and to stop pouring carbon dioxide into the atmosphere: our time is running out to avoid catastrophic consequences of climate change that will affect all of us and all life on earth. But there is a cycle of silence around the topic. It can feel uncomfortable to bring up the climate crisis, awkward, out of place. This spiral of silence is convenient for the fossil fuel industry, which has spent 1 billion dollars since the Paris Agreement on spreading false and misleading information. That's why top climate scientists and activists say that one of the most important things we can do to help stop the climate crisis is talk about it!
This evening is designed for both beginner activists, who have little or no experience talking about the climate crisis, and for seasoned activists who want to practice honing their message and building bridges between the climate movement and other movements and groups of people --we'll get together in small break out rooms and practice. You'll also be given practical tips and resources for how to bring the topic up in conversation, how to connect it to your own life story and interests, and how to connect it to other pressing things happening in our world now--or in the future. We can only address the urgency of the climate crisis if we break the silence and come together to work collectively to address this urgent issue.
This evening is based on four short How to Talk About the Climate Crisis videos by Nadia Colburn, PhD. Nadia is a writing teacher and coach and will be joining us to help lead the presentation. We recommend watching the videos in advance but it's not a requirement.
Come join us and invite your friends and family to join us too! It should be a fun, supportive evening!
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Friday, June 19 - Sunday, June 21
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MIT COVID-19 Challenge: Latin America vs. COVID-19
Friday, June 19 - Sunday, June 21
7:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://covid19challenge.mit.edu/latam-vs-covid19/
Join us for the Latin America vs. COVID-19 virtual hackathon, a 48-hour event to build solutions that address the most pressing issues of the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America.
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Friday, June 19
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Climate Action News: One-on-one with Mindy Lubber
Friday, June 19
9am EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.wedonthavetime.org/climate-action-news/one-on-one-with-mindy-lubber
Mindy Lubber is CEO and president of Ceres, a sustainability nonprofit organization working with the most influential investors and companies to build leadership and drive solutions throughout the economy. She has worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has founded the Green Century Capital Management and served as President of the National Environmental Law Center.
Host
Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Host, We Don't Have Time
Hosting this global broadcast is Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, an expert moderator, lecturer and devoted workshop-leader in facilitating sustainable development. Catarina moderates for the EU Commission, the Swedish Government, corporations, local municipalities, and universities. She lectures based on the UN Sustainable Global Development Goals internationally and has TV-skills from her background as a television program host at SVT, Swedish Public Television. She is also Content Director at A Sustainable Tomorrow.
Climate Action News is our broadcast about action and sustainable solutions. We invite our community, climate advocacy groups, leaders, and businesses to share their knowledge and insights. You can participate actively by commenting live during and after the broadcast. Get instructions or download our app to join the discussion. Welcome!
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Decolonizing Ourselves Co-Learning
Friday, June 19
10 am to 12pm
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/decolonizing_ourselves_200619/
Please join us for an Etinction Rebellion [XR] International Support Team event about how we can learn to decolonize ourselves. Given the vivid reminders this month about how pervasive racism still is in the US, this is important work for us all to do.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/96536836889
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Beyond Headlines and Hashtags - LIVE Friday Review of Pandemic News
Friday, June 19
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/channel/sustain-what
Another week has passed in the first pandemic of the 21st century, with thousands of new stories posted and printed, yet questions still often outnumbering answers.
Each Friday, the Earth Institute Initiative on Communication and Sustainability hosts a lunchtime review of COVID-19 headlines and next steps featuring Pulitzer winner Laurie Garrett, NBC’s Robert Bazell, Jon Cohen of Science Magazine and Wendy Wertheimer, formerly of WHO & NIH.
Explore more Sustain What episodes on YouTube at j.mp/sustainwhatlive or subscribe on Periscope at pscp.tv/revkin.
Solutions Journalism Network: solutionsjournalism.org
The Earth Institute Initiative: sustcomm.ei.columbia.edu
Contact Andy Revkin with questions or ideas for future segments: @revkin on Twitter or andrew.revkin@columbia.edu
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Extinction Rebelllion [XR] SF Friday Online Activism
Friday, June 19
3-4pm EST.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/SF_Online_Activism_200619/
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)
Zoom Info: https://zoom.us/j/727108084?pwd=YVhTOTk1TFlodzMwc3ZqWkg2ckNoZz09 Meeting ID: 727 108 084 Password: 082166 One tap mobile +16699006833,,727108084# US (San Jose)
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Leveraging the 2020 Census Equitably
Friday, June 19
3:30 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-smart-equitable-commonwealth-co-creating-the-society-we-want-tickets-97157333199
The Child Opportunity Index 2.0: A New Index of Neighborhood Opportunity for All US Neighborhoods
Presenter: Clemens Noelke, Research Director, Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
What You Need to Know about Differential Privacy and the 2020 Census: Tradeoffs and Real-World Implications
Presenter: Cliff Cook, Senior Planning Information Manager, City of Cambridge Community Development Department
US census data, differential privacy, and spatial uncertainty: implications for using census tract data to quantify health inequities
Presenter: Nancy Krieger, PhD, Professor of Social Epidemiology, American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor, Department of Social and Behavior Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Moderator: Beth Huang, Director, Mass Voter Table
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Mass Action Against Police Brutality Funk The Police- Musical Speakout
Friday, June 19
5pm
Ronan Park, 43 Juliette Street, Boston
Join Mass Action Against Police Brutality
You can help build community awareness with our grassroots campaign:
forward this email to like-minds, re-post this in your travels
join our street outreach team as a volunteer for 1-2 hours/
donate to print* materials for our newsletters
come to our community events (& bring a friend) to listen & speak your mind!
pack the courthouse to show strong support for a victim of police brutality
volunteer to share your special skills or develop your interests for an important cause
617.548.4874(call/text)
Info@maapb.org
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Justice Solidarity] Enough is Enough
Friday, June 19
6 p.m.
Brookline Town Hall, 333 Washington Street, Brookline
A protest to demand and end to white supremacy and police brutality.
This is a black-led action to call for rapid action by the City of Brookline to halt police brutality.
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2571018086470394
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Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X
Friday, June 19
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/michael-e--sawyer/register
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes MICHAEL E. SAWYER—Assistant Professor of Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies at Colorado College and author of the monograph An Africana Philosophy of Temporality: Homo Liminalis—for a discussion of his latest book, Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X. He will be joined in conversation by FLORES A. FORBES, associate professor of urban planning at Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and author of Invisible Men: A Contemporary Slave Narrative in the Era of Mass Incarceration.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of Black Minded on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About Black Minded
Known as 'the angriest black man in America', Malcolm X was one of the most famous activists to ever live. Going beyond biography, Black Minded examines Malcolm X's philosophical system, restoring his thinking to the pantheon of Black Radical Thought. Michael Sawyer argues that the foundational concepts of Malcolm X's political philosophy—economic and social justice, strident opposition to white supremacy and Black internationalism—are often obscured by an emphasis on biography.
The text demonstrates the way in which Malcolm X's philosophy lies at the intersection of the thought of W.E.B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon and is an integral part of the revolutionary politics formed to alleviate the plight of people of African descent globally. Exploring themes of ontology, the body, geographic space and revolution, Black Minded provides a much-needed appraisal of Malcolm X's political philosophy.
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Saturday, June 20
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The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington
Saturday, June 20
Online
RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/rsvp-for-june-20-2020-mass-poor-peoples-assembly-moral-march-on-washington
The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington is going digital! On June 20th, we will hold the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of conscience in this nation’s history. A global pandemic is exposing even more the already existing crisis of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and militarism, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. On June 20, the 140 million poor and low-wealth people across this nation will be heard!
The climate crisis is also a justice crisis.
Our mission to build an equitable and inclusive climate movement is only possible if we continue to fight for the health, safety, opportunity, and basic human rights of all people.
We must continue to listen to the communities and families hit first and worst by the climate crisis and center their voices. We must stand in solidarity in the face of collective threats. Only by understanding what the crisis means for all of us can we work together for truly just and equitable solutions.
During the event, we’ll be listening, learning, sharing, and building power. This is our fight.
We hope you will join us.
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Zero Carbon, Zero Bills - A Zoom presentation on how to reduce your house’s carbon footprint while saving money
Saturday, June 20
10 AM
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zero-carbon-zero-bills-registration-104784284616
This very special free event is sponsored by Upper Charles Climate Action, 350 MA and cosponsored by our Sustainability Coordinators, Matt Zettek (Holliston), Dorothea Von Herder and Gino Carlucci (Sherborn). Please register above using "Select A Date". Space is limited.
David Green, a local resident, will present a Zoom event about how he retrofitted his 1970's home to achieve net zero emissions while realizing a significant return on investment. He is the author of Zero Carbon Home and Zero Carbon Pool.
David will explain his decisions to use certain technologies and avoid others. He will focus on both reducing emissions and the financial benefits of the technologies he chose (as well as the reasons he did not choose other available technologies). Join us to hear about his experiences and how you can reduce your carbon footprint while making money doing it!
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Virtual Summer Solstice Celebration 2020
Saturday, June 20
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://hmsc.harvard.edu/summer-solstice
DETAILS Celebrate the longest day of the year and mark the beginning of the summer with the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. While we can’t welcome you to our museums in person just yet, we invite you to join us online on June 20 starting at 10:00 AM to learn about the scientific and cultural significance of the summer solstice, participate in virtual field trips to the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in England and a Massachusetts oyster farm, enjoy musical performances, and explore activities to do at home.
Let us know you will be joining us! RSVP here to receive program details and an event reminder.
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Sunday, June 21
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Virtual Talk: Solstice in the Time of Pandemic. Participating in a New World
Sunday, June 21
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.meetup.com/GreaterBostonHumanists/events/271166266
The experience of living in a pandemic has triggered a host of related questions about how human beings behave and react. These range from the philosophical to the political (how shall we be governed? who are "the people"?), from the biological to the emotional (what is stress? how do we respond?) from the conceptual to the practical (what will change? what can we do?). Jane will highlight some observations from her ongoing participation in the "time of COVID" for discussion and elaboration.
Jane Holmes Bernstein is a longtime humanist who is grateful for the educational privileges she has received throughout her life and tries to pay back to some small degree by providing professional neuropsychological services to children (her area of expertise) in an under-resourced, disadvantaged community in Trinidad and Tobago. The Service Learning Program that she started there with US and local colleagues is now in its 15th year. In the US Jane is an attending neuropsychologist at Boston Children's Hospital and an Associate Professor in Harvard Medical School. Her primary professional contributions are as a clinician and teacher. With her colleague Dr Deborah Waber she developed a systemic neurodevelopmental model for the assessment of children's behavior and has taught this extensively via lectures/seminars, workshops, keynote presentations and week-long institutes, to professional groups of educators, psychologists, and neuropsychologists locally, nationally and internationally.
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Monday, June 22
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The Green New Deal, A Transatlantic Climate Change Consensus?
Monday, June 22
11am - 12pm
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtduuspjovHd3sic2qqQ-S6WUuB3Wl-V0B
https://ash.harvard.edu/event/green-new-deal-transatlantic-climate-change-consen...
The Green New Deal is alternatively viewed as a bold and progressive American solution to climate change or an economically destructive government intrusion into private enterprise. Yet in the European Union, the ideas behind the Green New deal have become the consensus solution to decarbonization and which underpins much of the official climate change roadmap of the European Commission. With consensus on one side of the Atlantic, and controversy on the other, is there room for new forms of climate change cooperation? Can we find ways towards a sustainable growth?
Join us for a transatlantic discussion with opportunities to learn from each other about this hotly debated topic. With:
Alyssa Battistoni, political theorist, co-author of A Planet to Win- Why we need a Green New Deal
Sharon Block, Executive Director of the Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program
The Hon. Pierre Larrouturrou, M.E.P.
Moderator Muriel Rouyer, Professor at the University of Nantes, Fellow at the Ash Center
This event is cosponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard.
Contact Name: julianne_crescimanno@hks.harvard.edu
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Gutman Library Book Talk: The 60 Year Curriculum: New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy
Monday, June 22
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LO914DA9R9-QTdF8pTpTQA
SPEAKER(S) Jim Honan, Senior Lecturer on Education, HGSE
Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Technology, Innovation, and Education Program, HGSE
John Richards, Lecturer on Education, HGSE
Henry H. Leitner, Chief Innovation Officer and Associate Dean of the IT Master's Program, DCE
DETAILS The 60-Year Curriculum explores models and strategies for lifelong learning in an era of profound economic disruption and reinvention. Over the next half-century, globalization, regional threats to sustainability, climate change, and technologies such as artificial intelligence and data mining will transform our education and workforce sectors.
This cutting-edge book describes the evolution of new models—covering computer science, inclusive design, critical thinking, civics, and more—by which universities can increase learners’ trajectories across multiple careers from mid-adolescence to retirement.
LINK https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LO914DA9R9-QTdF8pTpTQA
CONTACT INFO myanne_krivoshey@gse.harvard.edu
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The Future City: Urban Resilience and the Power of Data
Monday, June 22
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-city-urban-resilience-and-the-power-of-data-tickets-106644265870
An Instagram Live lecture by Erez Ella, HQ Architects principal, for the London Festival of Architecture.
Our societies are surrounded by an abundance of data in both the online and physical world. Currently, not only issues of migration and integration are at the center of attention - urban populations are facing challenges such as rapid urbanization, climate change, terrorism, pandemics, and increased risk from natural hazards. Our systems need to change, evolve and adapt in response to the changing circumstances. Urban resilience is a critical agenda. Has data the power to help us understand better our communities and complex reality? Can data help us create new tools to manage urban risk and design resilient cities?
HQ Architects has worked systematically using data and technology as tools to understand social behavior and community needs, translating them into physical space. Erez Ella, Founding Partner of HQ Architects, an international practice based in Tel Aviv, will discuss the power of data on improving social and spatial conditions in the built environment, and why technological centric solutions can promote better living conditions and urban resilience. HQ works on projects across various scales and territories, from temporary urban installations to a brand new smart city in the middle of the desert, among others.
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Coronavirus, climate justice and the next international climate talks
Monday, June 22
2:00pm – 4:00pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coronavirus-climate-justice-and-the-next-international-climate-talks-tickets-104995506386
How to make common cause with people in the global south for climate justice and social justice
Speaker: Asad Rehman (War on Want). The world economy is at a crossroads. The coronavirus epidemic has slashed air and car travel and caused an economic recession. As rich-country governments plan to spend money on recovery packages, the danger looms that they will boost powerful fossil-fuel-heavy industries, and reinforce inequality and neo-colonialism. At this session we will discuss how we can make common cause with those fighting for climate justice and social justice in the global south. Our discussion will be opened by Asad Rehman, executive director of War on Want, a committed and prominent campaigner on these issues for many years. As always, there will be plenty of time for discussion and questions. All welcome.
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Launch Clinic with B2B Platforms
Monday, June 22
5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.mitforumcambridge.org/event/launch-clinic-with-b2bplatform-startups/
Cost: $0 - $10
B2B platforms and how the business was shaped by the pandemic
At the Launch Clinic, 2 startups will present a 20-minute pitch for feedback from our panel of experts + the audience.
Launch Clinics are a great place for startups to get constructive feedback on their pitch from a board-of-directors-level panel of experts and thoughtful audience members. The focus on early stage ventures encourages a sympathetic and supportive atmosphere. Audience and panel feedback often helps presenters understand their problems and offers useful tips and solutions.
Even if you’re not quite ready to present, we encourage entrepreneurs to attend the clinics to see what our panel of experts (investors and others) are looking for in a pitch, what kind of questions they ask and their suggestions for refining the business plan.
Presenters
OmPractice is a platform for virtual yoga and wellness classes for people and organizations. It removes the time, financial, geographic and inclusivity barriers to a life-changing practice. It is used by thousands of people, dozens of companies which are trying to make “remote wellness” real and even the US Government. Their 2-way live streaming yoga class is a game changer in the Covid environment.
Presenter: Chris Lucas, Co-Founder and CEO
Pakira converts the $20T market of physical commodity trading (logging, agriculture, mining, etc.) from transactions-by-phone to an online marketplace of buyers and sellers, and builds predictive AI models from real-time trading data. We transform these static complex B2B supply chains to dynamically reconfigurable paths from production to retail, which prevents massive food waste, exposes illegal logging & mining, & avoids shortages of critical supplies as we have been experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Presenter: Nadia Shalaby
Panelists
Jean Hammond, General Partner, LearnLaunch Accelerator
John Huysmans, Managing Partner, 2Enable Partners
John Hession, Member, Morse
Moderator
Ameeta Soni, Interim CMO, Tech/Digital Health companies
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What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Monday, June 22
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/donovan-moore-presents/register
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes writer and former television reporter and producer DONOVAN MOORE for a discussion of his book What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of What Stars Are Made Of on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About What Stars Are Made Of
It was not easy being a woman of ambition in early twentieth-century England, much less one who wished to be a scientist. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin overcame prodigious obstacles to become a woman of many firsts: the first to receive a PhD in astronomy from Radcliffe College, the first promoted to full professor at Harvard, the first to head a department there. And, in what has been called “the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in astronomy,” she was the first to describe what stars are made of.
Payne-Gaposchkin lived in a society that did not know what to make of a determined schoolgirl who wanted to know everything. She was derided in college and refused a degree. As a graduate student, she faced formidable skepticism. Revolutionary ideas rarely enjoy instantaneous acceptance, but the learned men of the astronomical community found hers especially hard to take seriously. Though welcomed at the Harvard College Observatory, she worked for years without recognition or status. Still, she accomplished what every scientist yearns for: discovery. She revealed the atomic composition of stars―only to be told that her conclusions were wrong by the very man who would later show her to be correct.
In What Stars Are Made Of, Donovan Moore brings this remarkable woman to life through extensive archival research, family interviews, and photographs. Moore retraces Payne-Gaposchkin’s steps with visits to cramped observatories and nighttime bicycle rides through the streets of Cambridge, England. The result is a story of devotion and tenacity that speaks powerfully to our own time.
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NET ZERO WATER / POSITIVE WATER DEVELOPMENTS
Monday, June 22
10:00 PM – 10:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/net-zero-water-positive-water-developments-tickets-104380426666
What is Net Zero Water? Is it Necessary? Basics on How do we achieve it?
Water and climate change are directly linked. As our planet warms, weather patterns will keep shifting, bringing drought in some areas and delivering more rainfall to others.
We hear that some parts of Australia has been hit by by drought recently, so is that true? is water scarcity real?
A net zero water building / precinct is aimed at minimising total water consumption, maximise alternative water sources, returning water back to natural cycle and offsetting any potable water use sourced externally, via engineered water balance and implementing innovative approaches and Net Zero Water strategies.
**Please ensure your Email Address is included in your registration so you can receive the online presentation link the day prior to the presentation
**Who Should Attend:
Architects
Project Managers
Builders
Developers
Relevant Product Suppliers
Government Water Authorities
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Deep History and Science in Conversation: The Anthropocene
Monday, June 22
10:30 PM –12:00 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/deep-history-and-science-in-conversation-the-anthropocene-tickets-108816812014
Perhaps unsurprisingly, our topic for the previous and inaugural session in our Conversation Series was inspired by the alarming and largely unprecedented context in which the conversation occurred, the imminent threat of a highly contagious and lethal virus capturing all of our attention. Though slightly different in nature, there is nevertheless another, equally accelerating threat that we have found ourselves in, to which we turn our attention in this session. Though perhaps with less novelty than COVID-19, this topic is equally global, lethal, and imminent. As you might have guessed from its title, it considers global climate change.
In this session, we are looking to unite the geological and historical perspectives of the Anthropocene into the one conversation. Much in the same way we study the natural sciences to understand our current and future worlds, equally, we study human history to contextualise our present predicaments, to understand how things have come to be as they are, and, perhaps, to recognise the need for change. With this in mind, we would like to bring together the Anthropocene’s ‘two intellectual lives’, and see what insights might be gained when considering an issue in its fullest, transdisciplinary context.
Speakers: Professor Alison Bashford, Professor of History and Director of the New Earth Histories Research Program at the University of New South Wales; Professor Joan Leach, Director of the Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science at the ANU; Professor Will Steffen, Emeritus Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society at the ANU; with Dr Julie Rickwood from the Research Centre for Deep History as the Discussant.
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Tuesday, June 23
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Community of Practice: Climate Change
Tuesday, June 23
7:30 AM – 9:00 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/community-of-practice-climate-change-tickets-107260440866
Are you a supervisory thought leader on the subject of climate change? Do you want to meet like-minded people?
Join with international colleagues to discuss issues related to supervision and climate change and how this global issue might affect your jurisdiction.
Check out Toronto Centre’s climate risk podcasts, TCNs, and videos, and come prepared to contribute to the discussion. (link to climate resource bundle)
Moderator: Anatol Monid, Program Director, Toronto Centre
Speaker: Dr. Naresh Singh, Special Advisor on Climate Change, Toronto Centre
Click to read speaker bios: https://www.torontocentre.org/Files/NewsResources/5-14-2020/Anatol_Naresh.pdf
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VIRTUAL EVENT: Starr Forum: When Culture Meets Covid-19
Tuesday, June 23
11:00am to 12:00pm
Online
Registration is required, please register at https://bit.ly/CultureMeetsCovid
How does culture impact a country’s response to the current crisis? How does this and other political and security factors impact its next steps? This talk will focus on the following regions: Middle East, Europe, Asia, and North America.
Moderator: Chappell Lawson, is an Associate Professor of political science at MIT. He directs the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) program and the Policy Lab at the Center for International Studies (PL@CIS). His recent work has focused on homeland security policy.
Speakers: Suzanne Berger is MIT’s inaugural John M Deutch Institute Professor. Her current research focuses on politics and globalization. She recently co-chaired the MIT Production in the Innovation Economy project and is author most recently of Making in America: From Innovation to Market.
Yasheng Huang is the Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management and faculty director of Action Learning at the MIT Sloan School of Management. At MIT Sloan, Huang founded and directs China Lab and India Lab, which have provided low-cost consulting services to over 360 small and medium enterprises in China and India. He also serves as the faculty director of the MIT-China Program.
Peter Krause PhD '11, is assistant professor of political science at Boston College and a research affiliate with the MIT Security Studies Program. Krause's research and teaching focus on Middle East politics, terrorism and political violence, national movements, and international relations.
Co-sponsors: MIT Center for International Studies (CIS), MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI), Security Studies Program (SSP)
Free & open to the public
Also watch it on Facebook live (https://www.facebook.com/pages/MIT-Center-for-International-Studies/174031032346) or on-demand on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo3E2h2KZsZD3S8ThEn_UxA) .
For more information or accessibility accommodations please contact starrforum@mit.edu.
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21st Century: SUSTAINABILITY = ECONOMIC GROWTH
Tuesday, June 23
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/21st-century-sustainability-economic-growth-tickets-108831824918
Join the TLA Circular Economy Group and Prof. Evans to hear how industrial sustainability can drive economic growth in the 21st century
The key principles of Circular economy stipulate that the world’s material resources are finite, so we must:
Design out waste and pollution from the manufacturing of products;
Keep products and materials in use;
Regenerate natural systems and human settlements.
In this vision resource efficiency goes hand in hand with environmental protection.
Therefore sustainability is not in contrast with economic growth, in fact it is a pre-requisite for its long term viability.
As an academic with first-hand experience in industry, Prof. Evans argues that for a business organisation to be profitable, it must in fact also be sustainable.
Our economy has long relied on a model whereby demand for growth promotes unfettered material consumption, which causes a downward spiral of natural resource depletion and pollution.
“Build back better” is the blueprint for recovery and the future after the Covid-19 pandemic but environmental challenges and climate change trends suggest that we have little time to change the direction of the global industrial system.
So what needs to happen? The question demands an urgent response.
Steve Evans wants us to rethink the entire industrial system, and the first major step is a very simple and quick one to implement: ‘being efficient’ and ‘stop doing stupid stuff’, offering hope for a future with smarter resource consumption and better lives.
Keynote Speaker’s Bio
Steve Evans is the Director of Research at the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge, leads the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Industrial Sustainability and is Fellow of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) Working at the crossroads of industry and academia, his research aims at understanding how the industry can bring environmental and social sustainability concerns into its design and manufacturing practices. In his advisory and policy roles, he lays dual emphasis on urgent & practical change now and system level change that offers hope for a sustainable future.
Agenda
5.30: Intro by Rosario Di Dio, Founder and Leader Tech London Advocates Circular Economy Working Group
Address by Russ Shaw, Founder and Leader, Tech London Advocates, Global Tech Advocates
5.40-6.15: Keynote, Prof Evans, How industrial sustainability can drive economic growth in the 21st century.
6.15: Q&A
6.30: Wrap up and close
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Blackness In America
Tuesday, June 23
3-4:30 PM EST
Online
RSVP at https://cogolabs.zoom.us/j/99935671570
“Blackness In America”. This virtual event is an opportunity to listen in on a discussion between BIPOC professionals in various industries on empowering Black professionals, ways white people and non-Black people of color can move toward actionable anti-racist practices, and how the tech industry can work to become more inclusive.
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Headed for Extinction and What to Do About It
Tuesday, June 23
6 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEldOqhqT8rE9DkYIP6FRAm7OAS_QhHe-Xj
The planet is in ecological crisis: we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction event this planet has experienced. Scientists believe we may have entered a period of abrupt climate breakdown. This is an emergency.
In this online talk, climate speakers from Extinction Rebellion will share the latest climate science on where our planet is heading, discuss some of the current psychology around climate change, and offer solutions through the study of social movements.
Everyone is welcome and there will be time to ask questions and discuss afterward. This talk is free.
This event will run from 6 to 730pm EST.
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Revisioning Recovery: Films Uncovering the Roots of Disaster
Tuesday, June 23
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/revisioning-recovery-films-uncovering-the-roots-of-disaster-tickets-107127228424
Join Working Films for the first national screening of Revisioning Recovery: Films Uncovering the Roots of Disaster.
The effects of climate change are unfolding before our eyes as hurricanes, wildfires, floods, subzero temperatures, and tornadoes ravage the nation and the globe. Many communities who survive climate disasters do so with limited to no resources and are often struggling to recover before the next disaster hits. Equitable disaster preparedness and recovery is increasingly urgent as COVID-19 further exposes cracks in the system.
Revisioning Recovery illuminates the current injustices, systems at play, and the solutions needed to prepare and respond to climate disasters. The short films bring overlooked stories into the light and exposes the historical inequities that are exacerbated when disasters hit.
Across the nation, communities are experiencing the same discrimination that is present in all disaster response. Black and brown individuals, low income communities, undocumented residents, people with disabilities, and older adults are constantly an afterthought. Revisioning Recovery uncovers the root cause of these inequities, dismantles age old narratives, and advocates for new ways forward that provide Just Recovery for all.
This event will include a post-screening discussion featuring Chrishelle Palay [Director of the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity (HOME) Coalition] , Ilene Jacobs [Director of Litigation, Advocacy and Training at California Rural Legal Assistance], and Marcie Roth [Executive Director of the World Institute on Disability].
The films will be available in English with English and Spanish closed captioning and English audio description. The post-screening discussion will include English live captioning, Spanish interpretation, and International Sign. To request additional options, please contact hhearn@workingfilms.org.
Learn more about Revisioning Recovery at http://www.workingfilms.org/revisioning-recovery
***Those who RSVP will receive more information on how to join the virtual event closer to June 23.
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Wednesday, June 24
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Creating Restorative Communities - an online training focused on the tenets of Restorative Justice
Wednesday, June 24 and Wednesday, July 1 (you must attend both sessions)
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM both days
Online
RSVP at http://youthworkcentral.org/event/restorative-justice-circles/
In this 2-day, online training, participants will learn about the philosophy, pillars and practices of Restorative Justice in the context of youth organizations. Through principles and best practices, participants will leave with an understanding of how to adopt Restorative Justice as both a preventative and responsive practice in their organization. This training will be held online due to the current global pandemic, however it is still meant to be a Restorative Justice 101. This training will not directly address using RJ practices in a virtual world.
More Info: We are capping this training at 15 people on a first come, first served basis, and ask that each organization sends only one staff member.
Email best@hria.org for more information.
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Compassionate Listening in the Age of Pandemic
Wednesday, June 24
12:00 - 1:00PM
Online
RSVP at https://forms.gle/16GmD1xLaoZvwpLbA
w/ Professor Phillip Glenn
Our lives have changed! We spend less time with some people and more with others, less in physical presence and more on video. Political and ideological disagreements take on heightened intensity. Human connection, never easy under the best of circumstances, faces increased disruption and challenge.
How do we help support our loved ones through these difficult times? How do we work through conflicts with those around us? How do we overcome
alienation and frustration? In this workshop we will focus on listening and communicating with compassion. We will explore an empathic stance, remaining open to the feelings and needs we all experience. We will explore essential practices for empathic listening, such as inquiring, formulating, and reflecting feelings. We will explore ways of speaking that replace judgment and criticism with expression of what’s most important to us. The session will involve practice.
About Professor Glenn
Phillip Glenn is a Professor of Communication Studies at Emerson College, Boston, USA. He developed and teaches courses in Conflict and Negotiation, Positive Communication, and Mediation, Facilitation, and Dialogue. His scholarly research investigates everyday communication in conversations, meetings, and interviews. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Program on Negotiation and has held Fulbright appointments in the Czech Republic and in Moldova. A volunteer mediator and trainer with Metropolitan Mediation Services in Brookline, MA, Phillip is trained in nonviolent communication (NVC). He lives in Natick with his wife Liliana, a lampwork glass artist and teacher.
Seth Izen, Executive Director
MetroWest Mediation Services
220 North Main Street, Suite 106
Natick, MA 01760
Tel: 508-872-9495
Email: seth@metrowestmediation.org
Web: www.metrowestmediation.org
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Taking Action/Being Real/Telling the Truth: NVDA and the Fourth Demand (Part 2)
Wednesday, June 24th (Part 2)
7:00-9:15pm ET (slight time change, sorry).
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/fourth-demand-part-2/
How to honor the earth, the current climate emergency, and the longstanding climate of racial injustice and anti-Blackness: A two-part training and conversation with XR members
Looking for a space to brainstorm how to be in this new moment? Been sidelined or isolated by COVID and wanting to (re-)engage and connect? Thirsty for discerning conversation about how to respond to the anti-Black and racial injustice and climate emergency realities, within a time of COVID?
Join XR in a facilitated community space to share ideas for shaping messages, taking action in solidarity and hearing de-escalation techniques.
We'll explore how to act through the lens of our fourth demand: “We demand a just transition that prioritizes the most vulnerable people and indigenous sovereignty; establishes reparations and remediation led by and for Black people, Indigenous people, people of color and poor communities for years of environmental injustice, establishes legal rights for ecosystems to thrive and regenerate in perpetuity, and repairs the effects of ongoing ecocide to prevent extinction of human and all species, in order to maintain a livable, just planet for all.”
"things are not getting worse, they are getting uncovered. we must hold each other tight & continue to pull back the veil. #blacklivesmatter" - Adrienne Maree Brown
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Thursday, June 25
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Crony Capitalism along the Silk Road
Thursday, June 25
10 – 11 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https://youtu.be/H-tqjEpbxoE
SPEAKER(S) Alexander Cooley, Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University; Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, Barnard College: "The Price of Connectivity: China’s Local Central Asian Entanglements"
Jonathan E. Hillman, Senior Fellow, Simon Chair in Political Economy, and Director, Reconnecting Asia Project, CSIS:"Road to Ruin: Why Corruption Flows along China’s Belt and Road"
Moderator: Nargis Kassenova, Senior Fellow, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center; Associate Professor, KIMEP University
DETAILS China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), propelled by the government’s will and the allocation of massive financial resources, has been changing the political and economic realities in Eurasia. A lot of money is moving around, creating opportunities for unscrupulous individuals to engage in corrupt schemes. Crony capitalism receives a major boost in the conditions of weak rule of law and lack of transparency and accountability. Thus, along with the transport, trade, investment, financial and people-to-people connectivity, fostered by the BRI, we see the flourishing of connectivity of corrupt elites in China and Eurasia. These networks are not limited to “emerging markets”, but are part of global arrangements facilitating shady deals and money laundering. The discussion sheds light on the shady side of the BRI in Eurasia, along with its actors and mechanisms, and outlines possible ways to improve the governance of investments.
LINK https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/crony-capitalism-along-silk-road
CONTACT INFO Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor • Cambridge, MA 02138
617.495.4037
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People and the Planet: Dan Sullivan and Alex Padilla
Thursday, June 25
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/people-and-the-planet-dan-sullivan-and-alex-padilla-tickets-106240076930
The MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative is proud to host Republican United States Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Democratic Secretary of State Alex Padilla of California for the latest entry in our People & the Planet lecture series. Senator Sullivan and Secretary Padilla will participate in a virtual fireside chat on "government action on the environment at the federal and state levels." Both our distinguished guests have championed successful environmental legislation and will share their experiences and their views on the prospects for bipartisan action on major environmental challenges, the roles of regulatory and legislative approaches to those challenges, and the different levers for policy action available to the federal government and the states.
This free event will also serve as the keynote to a two-day workshop on "Plastics and the Environment: Science Meets Public Policy." Tickets to the workshop can be purchased here.
Dan Sullivan was sworn in as Alaska’s eighth United States Senator on January 6, 2015. He serves on the Armed Services Committee; the Environment and Public Works Committee; the Veterans' Affairs Committee; and the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, where he is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard. He is currently an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, were he was recently promoted to Colonel. He was the sponsor of the Save Our Seas Act of 2018 addressing the plastic debris crisis in the oceans and American coastlines, and is now the sponsor of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act.
Alex Padilla is the California Secretary of State. He previously served two terms in the California State Senate, representing the San Fernando Valley. His legislative activities there included authoring the California plastic bag ban bill. He graduated from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering and is a former member of the MIT Corporation (Board of Trustees).
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A People's Guide to Greater Boston
Thursday, June 25
7:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/PeoplesGuideToGreaterBoston
A People's Guide to Greater Boston reveals the region’s richness and vibrancy in ways that are neglected by traditional area guidebooks and obscured by many tourist destinations. Affirming the hopes, interests, and struggles of individuals and groups on the receiving end of unjust forms of power, the book showcases the ground-level forces shaping the city. Uncovering stories and places central to people’s lives over centuries, this guide takes readers to sites of oppression, resistance, organizing, and transformation in Boston and outlying neighborhoods and municipalities—from Lawrence, Lowell, and Lynn to Concord and Plymouth.
It highlights tales of the places and people involved in movements to abolish slavery; to end war and militarism; to achieve Native sovereignty, racial equity, gender justice, and sexual liberation; and to secure workers’ rights. In so doing, this one-of-a-kind guide points the way to a radically democratic Greater Boston, one that sparks social and environmental justice and inclusivity for all.
Joseph Nevins was born and raised in the Dorchester section of Boston and is Professor of Geography at Vassar College. His books include A Not-so-distant Horror: Mass Violence in East Timor; Dying to Live: A Story of U.S. Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid; and Operation Gatekeeper and Beyond: The War on "Illegals" and the Remaking of the US-Mexico Boundary.
Suren Moodliar, a resident of Chelsea, Massachusetts, is both coordinator of encuentro5, a movement building space in Downtown Boston, and editor of the journal Socialism and Democracy. He coedited Noam Chomsky’s Internationalism or Extinction (2020). He completed an MA in Political Science and African Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Eleni Macrakis grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and now works in the field of affordable housing development in the Greater Boston area. She holds a Master in Urban Planning from Harvard University.
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Extinction Rebellion: Finding Resilience Together
Thursday, June 25
8 to 9:15 pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/work_that_reconnects_20625/
The Regenerative Culture working group of XRDC invites you to our regular monthly gatherings, open to XR rebels as well as the general public.
Each month, we will gather together to give expression to the gratitude, grief, wonder, courage, despair, and hope that comes along with awareness of the climate crisis. Practices offered will range from Joanna Macy's "The Work that Reconnects" to storytelling, pair dialogue, singing, dancing, and more.
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/235614059
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Friday, June 26
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One-on-one with Anders Wijkman
Friday, June 26
9am (15:00 CEST)
Online
RSVP at https://www.wedonthavetime.org/climate-action-news/one-on-one-with-anders-wijkman
Anders Wijkman is a Swedish opinion leader and author. He is honorary chairman of the global think tank Club of Rome and chairman of the Governing Board of Climate-KIC – a major public-private partnership at EU level for the promotion of innovation of a low-carbon society. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Policy Director of UNDP.Since 2015 Anders is a member of the International Resource Panel (IRP) – a UN appointed expert body” to build and share the knowledge needed to improve the use of our resources worldwide”.
Climate Action News is our broadcast about action and sustainable solutions. We invite our community, climate advocacy groups, leaders, and businesses to share their knowledge and insights. You can participate actively by commenting live during and after the broadcast. Get instructions or download our app to join the discussion. Welcome!
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Extinction Rebellion [XR] SF Friday Online Activism
Friday, June 26
3-4pm EST
Online
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)
Zoom Info: https://zoom.us/j/727108084?pwd=YVhTOTk1TFlodzMwc3ZqWkg2ckNoZz09 Meeting ID: 727 108 084 Password: 082166 One tap mobile +16699006833,,727108084# US (San Jose)
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Farming for the Future
Friday, June 26
7pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.cambridgeforum.org
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Monday, June 29
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Brain Awareness Lecture: Vaccines: Autism and Other Myths - Solving today's public health crisis
Monday, June 29
3pm - 4:15pm
Online
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eh399oxy987adb2c&oseq&c&ch&fbclid=IwAR0NZRn86TdQUnzW_xt7_vNWuRrIgfDm3ORRHPekRj0oMz5M3SXr_FlA8v4
Dr. Peter Hotez, Dean of the Baylor School of Medicine National School of Tropical Medicine, will virtually join our Portland community on June 29 to discuss a history of vaccines, COVID-19 vaccine development, the anti-vax movement, and his personal story as the father of a daughter with autism.
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Cosmology’s Century: An Inside History of Our Modern Understanding of the Universe
Monday, June 29
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/pjepeebles/register
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series, the Harvard University Division of Science, and the Cabot Science Library welcome Nobel Prize–winning astrophysicist P.J.E. PEEBLES for a discussion of his latest book Cosmology’s Century: An Inside History of Our Modern Understanding of the Universe.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of Cosmology's Century on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About Cosmology's Century
Modern cosmology began a century ago with Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and his notion of a homogenous, philosophically satisfying cosmos. Cosmology's Century is the story of how generations of scientists built on these thoughts and many new measurements to arrive at a well-tested physical theory of the structure and evolution of our expanding universe.
In this landmark book, one of the world's most esteemed theoretical cosmologists offers an unparalleled personal perspective on how the field developed. P. J. E. Peebles was at the forefront of many of the greatest discoveries of the past century, making fundamental contributions to our understanding of the presence of helium and microwave radiation from the hot big bang, the measures of the distribution and motion of ordinary matter, and the new kind of dark matter that allows us to make sense of these results. Taking readers from the field's beginnings, Peebles describes how scientists working in independent directions found themselves converging on a theory of cosmic evolution interesting enough to warrant the rigorous testing it passes so well. He explores the major advances—some inspired by remarkable insights or perhaps just lucky guesses—as well as the wrong turns taken and the roads not explored. He shares recollections from major players in this story and provides a rare, inside look at how natural science is really done.
A monumental work, Cosmology's Century also emphasizes where the present theory is incomplete, suggesting exciting directions for continuing research.
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Tuesday, June 30
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I'm Hungry: A Panel Discussion on Food Insecurity
Tuesday, June 30
1 PM – 2 PM
Online
RSVP at https://aarp.cvent.com/events/aarp-ma-i-m-hungry-a-panel-discussion-on-food-insecurity-in-the-african-american-black-community-bos/event-summary-78e376028dea4ef688623e01fbfecb03.aspx
To attend, register at the free ticket link. After registering, you will receive a meeting invite on 6/29/2020
More than 5 million people over age 60 are food insecure, meaning they do not have access to enough food for an active, healthy life. This leads to a higher risk of developing serious health issues, especially for the African American/Black community.
What can we do, and what are we already doing to address the needs of our community?
Join AARP Massachusetts for a panel discussion on hunger Tuesday, June 30 via Zoom. (Register at the free ticket link to receive access to this event)
Speakers:
Vivien Morris, a registered dietician;
Josh Trautwein, co-founder of Fresh Truck;
Khara Burns, Director of Project Bread.
Moderated by Joseph Feaster, Jr., Esq. President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts.
You will get a list of resources that will include accessing SNAP and EBT benefits, where food is being distributed throughout the greater Boston area, and more resources and information.
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Headed for Extinction and What to Do About It
Tuesday, June 30
6 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vcuitpz0vGtTvSY156sDIFiW9CFxvCC7g
The planet is in ecological crisis: we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction event this planet has experienced. Scientists believe we may have entered a period of abrupt climate breakdown. This is an emergency.
In this online talk, climate speakers from Extinction Rebellion will share the latest climate science on where our planet is heading, discuss some of the current psychology around climate change, and offer solutions through the study of social movements.
Everyone is welcome and there will be time to ask questions and discuss afterward. This talk is free.
The event will run from 6 to 730 pm ESt
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A More Perfect Reunion: Race, Integration, and the Future of America
Tuesday, June 30
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/calvinbaker
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes writer CALVIN BAKER—author of the acclaimed novels Grace and Dominion—for a discussion of his latest book A More Perfect Reunion: Race, Integration, and the Future of America.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of A More Perfect Reunion on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About A More Perfect Reunion
Americans have prided ourselves on how far we've come from slavery, lynching, and legal segregation—measuring ourselves by incremental progress instead of by how far we have to go. But fifty years after the last meaningful effort toward civil rights, the US remains overwhelmingly segregated and unjust. Our current solutions—diversity, representation, and desegregation—are not enough.
As acclaimed writer Calvin Baker argues in this bracing, necessary book, we first need to envision a society no longer defined by the structures of race in order to create one. The only meaningful remedy is integration: the full self-determination and participation of all African-Americans, and all other oppressed groups, in every facet of national life. This is the deepest threat to the racial order and the real goal of civil rights.
At once a profound, masterful reading of US history from the colonial era forward and a trenchant critique of the obstacles in our current political and cultural moment, A More Perfect Reunion is also a call to action. As Baker reminds us, we live in a revolutionary democracy. We are one of the best-positioned generations in history to finish that revolution.
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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Local Voices Network (lvn.org) was hosting conversations across Boston in gathering places such as libraries, community centers, etc. with residents to surface underheard voices and to better understand hopes and concerns, which are then made available to all participants as well as members of the media.
We have recently transitioned our conversations over to Zoom, and have been hosting conversations with people across our chapters (MA, NY, WI, AL) acutely affected by COVID-19 (food pantry and grocery store workers, faith leaders, students/professors, etc.) and some really powerful stories have emerged.
We are now opening the conversations up to anyone in our communities who wants to come together and share their frustrations, struggles, and hopes surrounding COVID-19 in a 3-5 person (60-75 min) conversation. Each conversation will be recorded, transcribed, indexed using natural language processing (AI) technology, and made available to policy makers and our media partners (such as the Boston Institute of Nonprofit Journalism and WBUR).
I'll be hosting three conversations in the next couple of weeks that I wanted to invite you to join. Please find the links online at lvn.org/boston.
Thanks and take care,
Jess
Jess Weaver
Head of Local Voices Network - Boston
Cortico: fostering a healthy public sphere
jess@lvn.org
617.655.8412
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Living With Heat - Urban Land Institute report on expected climate impact in Boston
https://boston.uli.org/about/impact/
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Solar bills on Beacon Hill: The Climate Minute Podcast
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cs87v-b6dbac
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Envision Cambridge citywide plan
https://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/News/2019/5/~/media/A0547DC0640E4ABD86B519CA6FEEFF38.ashx
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Climate Resilience Workbook
https://sustainablebuildingsinitiative.org/toolkits/climate-resilience-guidelines/climate-resilience-workbook
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Sustainable Business Network Local Green Guide
SBN is excited to announce the soft launch of its new Local Green Guide, Massachusetts' premier Green Business Directory!
To view the directory please visit: http://www.localgreenguide.org
To find out how how your business can be listed on the website or for sponsorship opportunities please contact Adritha at adritha@sbnboston.org
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Boston Food System
"The Boston Food System [listserv] provides a forum to post announcements of events, employment opportunities, internships, programs, lectures, and other activities as well as related articles or other publications of a non-commercial nature covering the area's food system - food, nutrition, farming, education, etc. - that take place or focus on or around Greater Boston (broadly delineated)."
The Boston area is one of the most active nationwide in terms of food system activities - projects, services, and events connected to food, farming, nutrition - and often connected to education, public health, environment, arts, social services and other arenas. Hundreds of organizations and enterprises cover our area, but what is going on week-to-week is not always well publicized.
Hence, the new Boston Food System listserv, as the place to let everyone know about these activities.
To subscribe to the Boston Food System list:
https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
To be removed / unsubscribe from the Boston Food System list:
https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/signoff/bfs
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The Boston Network for International Development (BNID) maintains a website (BNID.org) that serves as a clearing-house for information on organizations, events, and jobs related to international development in the Boston area. BNID has played an important auxiliary role in fostering international development activities in the Boston area, as witnessed by the expanding content of the site and a significant growth in the number of users.
The website contains:
A calendar of Boston area events and volunteer opportunities related to International Development - http://www.bnid.org/events
A jobs board that includes both internships and full time positions related to International Development that is updated daily - http://www.bnid.org/jobs
A directory and descriptions of more than 250 Boston-area organizations - http://www.bnid.org/organizations
Also, please sign up for our weekly newsletter (we promise only one email per week) to get the most up-to-date information on new job and internship opportunities -www.bnid.org/sign-up
The website is completely free for students and our goal is to help connect students who are interested in international development with many of the worthwhile organizations in the area.
Please feel free to email our organization at info@bnid.org if you have any questions!
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Boston Maker Spaces - 41 (up from 27 in 2016) and counting: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zGHnt9r2pQx8.kfw9evrHsKjA&hl=en
Solidarity Network Economy: https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com
Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston: http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at over 50 colleges and universities at Hubevents: http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
MIT Events: http://calendar.mit.edu
Harvard Events: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/harvard-events/events-calendar/
Harvard Environment: http://environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
Sustainability at Harvard: http://green.harvard.edu/events
Boston Science Lectures: https://sites.google.com/view/bostonsciencelectures/home
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/
Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/
Startup and Entrepreneurial Events: http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/
Cambridge Civic Journal: http://www.rwinters.com
Cambridge Happenings: http://cambridgehappenings.org
Cambridge Community Calendar: https://www.cctvcambridge.org/calendar
Adam Gaffin’s Universal Hub: https://www.universalhub.com/
Extinction Rebellion: https://xrmass.org/action/
Sunrise Movement: https://www.facebook.com/SunriseBoston/events/
Mission-Based Massachusetts is an online discussion group for people who are interested in nonprofit, philanthropic, educational, community-based, grassroots, and other mission-based organizations in the Bay State. This is a moderated, flame-free email list that is open to anyone who is interested in the topic and willing to adhere to the principles of civil discourse. To subscribe email
mbm-SUBSCRIBE@missionbasedmassachusetts.net
If you have an event you would like to see here, the submission deadline is 11 AM on Sundays, as Energy (and Other) Events is sent out Sunday afternoons.
Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com is the web version.
If you wish to subscribe or unsubscribe to Energy (and Other) Events email gmoke@world.std.com
What I Do and Why I Do It: The Story of Energy (and Other) Events
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html
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Since almost all events are online now, Energy (and Other) Events is now virtual and can happen anywhere in the world. If you know of online events that are happening which may be of interest to the editor of this publication, please let me know. People are connecting all across the world and I’d be more than happy to help facilitate more of that.
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Mutual Aid Networks
National
Spreadsheet of mutual aid networks
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1HEdNpLB5p-sieHVK-CtS8_N7SIUhlMpY6q1e8Je0ToY/htmlview
Mutual Aid Networks to Combat Coronavirus
https://itsgoingdown.org/autonomous-groups-are-mobilizing-mutual-aid-initiatives-to-combat-the-coronavirus/
Local
Boston COVID-19 Community Care
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15GYuPYEzBk9KIyH3C3419aYxIMVAsa7BL7nBl9434Mg/edit?usp=sharing
Boston + MA COVID19 Resources
(This is a different Google Doc with a similar name, compiled by the Asian
American Resource Workshop)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-x6vOZKVsla5H363mtdgcyivvLmcx7-f2s6l-O_ba8A/edit?usp=sharing
Cambridge Mutual Aid Network
https://sites.google.com/view/cambridge-nan/home
Mutual Aid Medford and Somerville (MAMAS) network
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1RtYZ1wc8jxcSKDl555WszWhQWlOlSkNnfjIOYV0wXRA/mobilebasic
Food for Free (for Cambridge and Somerville) volunteers to provide lunches for schoolchildren, elderly, and hungry
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed0cSIoOc7-Fvoms3VHR1Lc44fjql-vTNknz_a-7T_sKDnrw/viewform
My notes to Rebecca Solnit’s A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster, about how people faced with emergency and disaster usually move towards providing mutual aid, at least until elite panic, a term in disaster studies, kicks in, are available at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2016/07/notes-on-rebecca-solnits-paradise-built.html
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Daily Events
Entertainment!!!
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Monday, June 15 - Friday, June 19
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TheRecoverySummit
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Monday, June 15
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4pm Boston New Technology COVID-19 Tech Showcase #BNT114
5pm Mass Action Against Police Brutality Organizing Meeting
7pm MINDBODY SEMINAR - The Art of Nonviolent Communication as a MindBody Discipline
7pm We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation
7pm Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy Under Siege
7pm Extinction Rebellion Orientation
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Tuesday, June 16
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11am A Conversation: Combatting Disinformation to Secure Democracy
11:30am Webinar: The Urban Opportunity
12pm Farmers' Market at Harvard Opening Day
3:30pm Books@Baker: Live Zoom Event with Harvard Professors John Macomber and Joseph Allen
4pm The Existential Risk of Climate Change
5pm Mass Action Against Police Brutality Rally: Justice for All Victims of Police Brutality
6pm Headed for Extinction and What to Do About It
6:30pm Solutions Summit Series: An Evening with BARCC
7pm All the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir
7pm SidPac Presidential Lecture - Prof. Alex Pentland - Science to Help Build A Better World
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Wednesday, June 17
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9am Temperature Check: Climate Change and the Coronavirus
10am Local resistance to climate adaptation: Lessons for the development sector
11am Understanding the AI Development Pipeline in Health Care
11am Global perspectives on intimate partner violence and safety in the home during the COVID-19 pandemic
11am Contact Tracing and Technology: A Deep Dive
12pm Virtual TechMeeting - Sustainable Construction
12pm PIRE CREATE Webinar: Visualizing Change--Transforming Data into Actionable Information
12:30pm The Bridge: Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe
12:30pm Climate Change Reset: Learning from the Global Pandemic
Identifying Top Actions for Climate Leaders: What is the New Story We Need to Tell?
1pm What You See Is What You Get - Or Is It?
1pm Political Activism: Part 1 (Green New Deal for Europe)
2pm WEBINAR - Climate Justice for Who? Intersections of Climate Change & Race
2pm Can Technology Help Build a Shock-Resistant Planet?
3pm City Conversations - The Pandemic and Climate Change
3pm Events Fundraising Amid COVID 19: Reimagining How to Raise Revenue and Recreate Community
4pm Zoom Webinar: Alleviating the Social Drivers of Health During the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons from Leading SDOH Partnerships
5pm Virtual Event: EurekaFest 2020
6pm Writers Speak | How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
6:30pm Science for the People General Meeting
7pm Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love
7pm Taking Action/Being Real/Telling the Truth: NVDA and the Fourth Demand (Part 1)
8pm Sleep Better: A live, virtual workshop
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Thursday, June 18 - Friday, June 19
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Plastics and the Environment: Science Meets Public Policy
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Thursday, June 18
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8am Digital Security for Journalists
9am The Green Deal as the Backbone to the Covid-19 Recovery Plan
10am EBC Energy Resources Webinar: Future Role of Natural Gas in the New England Region
10am Extinction Rebellion Online Facilitation Training
12pm Renewable Energy: Opportunities for the Next Decade
12pm Ahhhhh!: How to Negotiate the Nonnegotiable in an Era of Discontent
1pm Hempcrete 101: Back to the Future for Natural, Carbon-Beneficial Buildings
2pm Silicon Carbide (SiC) Solutions for Electrical Vehicles
3:30pm Virtual Passive House Retrofit Pro Tour
7pm On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It
7pm Learn how your home can become Zero Carbon
7:30pm SubSpace Sessions: Mary Bichner
7:30pm How to Talk About the Climate Crisis in These Urgent, Complicated Times
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Friday, June 19 - Sunday, June 21
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MIT COVID-19 Challenge: Latin America vs. COVID-19
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Friday, June 19
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9am Climate Action News: One-on-one with Mindy Lubber
10am Decolonizing Ourselves Co-Learning
12pm Beyond Headlines and Hashtags - LIVE Friday Review of Pandemic News
3pm Extinction Rebelllion [XR] SF Friday Online Activism
3:30pm Leveraging the 2020 Census Equitably
5pm Mass Action Against Police Brutality Funk The Police- Musical Speakout
6pm Justice Solidarity] Enough is Enough
7pm Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X
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Saturday, June 20
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The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington
10am Zero Carbon, Zero Bills - A Zoom presentation on how to reduce your house’s carbon footprint while saving money
10am Virtual Summer Solstice Celebration 2020
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Sunday, June 21
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1pm Virtual Talk: Solstice in the Time of Pandemic. Participating in a New World
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Monday, June 22
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11am The Green New Deal, A Transatlantic Climate Change Consensus?
12pm Gutman Library Book Talk: The 60 Year Curriculum: New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy
12:30pm The Future City: Urban Resilience and the Power of Data
2pm Coronavirus, climate justice and the next international climate talks
5pm Launch Clinic with B2B Platforms
7pm What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
10pm NET ZERO WATER / POSITIVE WATER DEVELOPMENTS
10:30pm Deep History and Science in Conversation: The Anthropocene
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Tuesday, June 23
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7:30am Community of Practice: Climate Change
11am VIRTUAL EVENT: Starr Forum: When Culture Meets Covid-19
12:30pm 21st Century: SUSTAINABILITY = ECONOMIC GROWTH
3pm Blackness In America
6pm Headed for Extinction and What to Do About It
6:30pm Revisioning Recovery: Films Uncovering the Roots of Disaster
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My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com
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Swing Left Boston Virtual Activism Calendar
https://swingleftboston.org/calendar/category/training-education/
Daily electoral activist events with social distancing kept in mind.
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Entertainment!!!!
Stay At Home Fest - online music and performance events
https://www.stayathomefest.com/#events
Here Are All the Live Streams & Virtual Concerts to Watch During Coronavirus Crisis
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9335531/coronavirus-quarantine-music-events-online-streams
A List Of Live Virtual Concerts To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/816504058/a-list-of-live-virtual-concerts-to-watch-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown
Watch These Livestreamed Concerts During Your Social Distancing
https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/all-musicians-streaming-live-concerts.html]
Virtual Art Project (VAP-IT!)
https://sgimproviz.wixsite.com/virtualartproject
Free virtual music, museums, and art round-up
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/16/1927955/-Your-mega-round-up-of-free-music-museums-and-art-to-check-out-virtually-amid-coronavirus-outbreaks
300,000 ebooks to download for free from the NY Public Library
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/you-can-now-download-over-300-000-books-from-the-nypl-for-free-031820
Free streaming services
https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/streaming-services-free-trial-coronavirus-pandemic.html
Free nonprofit webinars
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ozk1VfHPYlUC6h0XdDtHpsK-PYq4Y6FTnMPh_LliWwM/edit?ts=5e7b5cdf#gid=0
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Monday, June 15 - Friday, June 19
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The RecoverySummit
Monday, June 15 - Friday, June 19
Online
RSVP at https://www.therecoverysummit.com
From June 15th-19th 2020, more than 60 of the world’s leading authorities will share their latest thinking on the global economy, leadership, managing change, innovation, disruption and resilience over five days.
Listen to inspiring messages on hope and overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Watch presentations and interviews covering the latest thinking on the future of business and the strategies needed to survive and thrive in the new normal.
Register for free below and discover the strategies, mindsets and practices to lead yourself, your team or your organisation through lockdown and recession to recovery and growth.
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Monday, June 15
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Boston New Technology COVID-19 Tech Showcase #BNT114
Monday, June 15
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-new-technology-covid-19-tech-showcase-bnt114-registration-103046751608
Join members of BNT's 50k network to:
See 6 innovative and exciting local COVID-19 Tech demos, presented by startup founders
Network virtually with attendees from Boston, Austin and beyond
Ask the founders your questions
Please register with a valid email address and you will immediately receive an email with the link you need to join this webcast and our online group!
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Mass Action Against Police Brutality Organizing Meeting
Monday June 15
5pm
Sparrow Park, 200 W Newton Street, Boston
*Tuesday 6/16 5pm Rally: Justice for All Victims of Police Brutality
@DA Rachel Rollins Office
*Friday 6/19 5pm Funk The Police- Musical Speakout @Ronan Park
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Join Mass Action Against Police Brutality
You can help build community awareness with our grassroots campaign:
forward this email to like-minds, re-post this in your travels
join our street outreach team as a volunteer for 1-2 hours/
donate to print* materials for our newsletters
come to our community events (& bring a friend) to listen & speak your mind!
pack the courthouse to show strong support for a victim of police brutality
volunteer to share your special skills or develop your interests for an important cause
617.548.4874(call/text)
Info@maapb.org
Facebook/Twitter/Instagram MAAPB617
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MINDBODY SEMINAR - The Art of Nonviolent Communication as a MindBody Discipline
Monday, June 15
7pm ET
Online
RSVP at https://www.embodiedphilosophy.org/mindbody-seminar-nonviolent-communication
Join us for this free webinar.
Nonviolent Communication is both a simple set of skills and a lifelong practice for cultivating deeply connective relationships. David’s approach, creatively trains NVC somatically, as a whole body/mind practice and art. In this workshop, you will learn emotional, physical, and linguistic techniques for transforming old reactions into resources for connection, healing and empowerment. Living more fully in the body increases the capacity to relate compassionately, align what we say with our deeper intentions, manage mood and emotion, and take skillful, decisive action. These skills are essential for any of us who want to deepen the quality of our relationships, generate community, cultivate reverence for the sacred, and effect positive change; whether it’s personal, social, environmental, or political.
In this talk, we'll learn:
Skillful vulnerability and harmonizing conflict
Leading from the inside out
Finding common ground across our differences
Practices for transforming historical reactions into resources for deepening connection
This talk will be live and interactive on Monday, June 15th @ 7pm ET, but all those who register will receive a link to watch the recording.
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We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation
Monday, June 15
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://cambridgepl.libcal.com/event/6750721
Registration is required. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants prior to the event
Join the Cambridge Public Library for a special virtual event celebrating Pride Month with Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown, authors of We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation and the creators and curators behind the popular Instagram account @lgbt_history. Moderated by Joan Ilacqua, Executive Director of The History Project.
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Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy Under Siege
Monday, June 15
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/michaelsigner
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes MICHAEL SIGNER—former mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia, and author of Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies—for a discussion of his latest book Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy Under Siege. He will be joined in conversation by former member of the United States House of Representatives MICKEY EDWARDS and Houston City Councillor AMANDA EDWARDS.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of Cry Havoc on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About Cry Havoc
The deadly invasion of Charlottesville, Virginia, by white nationalist militias in August 2017 is a microcosm of the challenges facing American democracy today. In his first-person account of one of recent American history's most polarizing events, Michael Signer, then Charlottesville's mayor, both tells the story of what really happened and draws out its larger significance.
Signer's gripping, strikingly candid "you are there" narrative sets the events on the ground-the lead-up to August's "Unite the Right" rally, the days of the weekend itself, the aftermath—in the larger context of a country struggling to find its way in a disruptive new era. He confronts some of the most challenging questions of our moment, namely how can we:
Reconcile free speech with the need for public order?
Maintain the values of pragmatism, compromise, even simple civility, in a time of intensification of extremes on the right and the left?
Address systemic racism through our public spaces and memorials?
Provide accountability after a crisis?
While Signer shows how easily our communities can be taken hostage by forces intent on destroying democratic norms and institutions, he concludes with a stirring call for optimism, revealing how the tragic events of Charlottesville are also bolstering American democracy from within.
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Extinction Rebellion Orientation
Monday, June 17
7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ldu2grzMrG9A4vXazvO0jgTftUjplAoB_
If you are new to Extinction Rebellion or would just like to learn more about how it works, please join us for a cool conversation.
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!
The session will run for around 90 minutes.
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Tuesday, June 16
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A Conversation: Combatting Disinformation to Secure Democracy
Tuesday, June 16
11 AM – 12 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/2793864570849149/
While disinformation is not a new phenomenon, various actors have been (mis)using the information space and adapting their tactics to increase their influence and advance their agendas during these uncertain times.
Speakers: The Hon. Vĕra Jourová, Vice-President and Commissioner for Values and Transparency, European Commission, Senior U.S. Representative
Moderator: Mr. Michael Peel, European Correspondent, The Financial Times
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Webinar: The Urban Opportunity
Tuesday 16 June
11:30 ET / 17:30 CET
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Sj9gMDwbQdmNeVFj2v8j-g
Mayors of the world's biggest, most influential cities are setting ambitious targets to mitigate emissions. However, governments cannot act alone and will require considerable support from the private sector to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and SDG 11. At the same time, businesses recognize the risks that climate change poses. How can cities and businesses translate their global climate commitments into practical actions that limit global temperature rise to 1.5’C?
Join Danfoss, the City of Copenhagen and MIT Sustainable Design Lab for a look at the example of EnergyLab Nordhavn and discussion of how Denmark’s organizations are coming together to meet sustainability goals and combat climate change.
Panelists: Susanne Tull, Senior Manager Public Affairs, Danfoss A/S, Heating Segment & Jørgen Abildgaard, Project Director for the 2025 Carbon Neutral strategy and plan for the City of Copenhagen
Moderator: Alpha Yacob Arsano, Research Assistant at the MIT Sustainable Design Lab and PhD Candidate in Building Technology
We hope for this session to be as interactive as possible, so please come with your thoughts for a Q&A, or feel free to send us a question in advance via the RSVP form.
This discussion is part of the MIT-Denmark “Tomorrow’s Cities” Webinar Series on adapting to the needs of future societies, using Denmark as a case study.
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Farmers' Market at Harvard Opening Day
Tuesday, June 16
12 – 6 p.m.
Harvard, Science Center Plaza, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
DETAILS We are excited to announce that we will be opening the Farmers' Market at Harvard on TUESDAY, JUNE 16th, from 12-6 p.m.!
The market will be modified this year to create a safe shopping environment for everyone: masks, gloves, handwashing stations, new layouts and social distancing protocols.
Many of your favorite vendors are returning! We will also continue to accept SNAP with a weekly maximum SNAP Match of $15.
LINK https://dining.harvard.edu/farmers-market
CONTACT INFO farmersmarket@harvard.edu
Editorial Comment: Local Food Systems - 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.
"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).”
To subscribe to the Boston Food System list:
https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
To be removed / unsubscribe from the Boston Food System list:
https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/signoff/bfs
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Books@Baker: Live Zoom Event with Harvard Professors John Macomber and Joseph Allen
Tuesday, June 16
3:30-4:30 p.m. ET
Online
RSVP at https://hbs.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1QG7wpw-RfaGyVpN6SEc6g
Join Harvard Business School for their Books@Baker series featuring Harvard Professors John Macomber and Joseph Allen on Tuesday, June 16 from 3:30-4:30 pm.
Register in advance to receive a Zoom link.
Prior to inviting workers to return to office buildings that have been abandoned during the coronavirus crisis, companies should explore ways to boost their buildings’ defenses against the disease, say John D. Macomber, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, and Joseph G. Allen, a professor of Harvards T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who have co-authored the book Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity. After all, buildings that don’t bring in enough fresh air can put employees at greater risk of getting sick and can also reduce worker productivity. In a post-COVID-19 world, a healthy building—complete with improved ventilation and air quality, plus new technologies like touchless elevators and sinks—will be seen as the first line of defense against the disease.
Please join the coauthors on Tuesday, June 16, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET when they will discuss their book and answer questions.
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The Existential Risk of Climate Change
Tuesday, June 16
4:00pm – 5:30pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-existential-risk-of-climate-change-tickets-109037175126
David Wallace-Wells, Zeke Hausfather, Luke Kemp
We know that climate change poses significant threats to our way of life - but what if the risks associated with our changing planet are more than we can fully comprehend? As scientists learn more about tipping points, interconnected earth systems, and the fragility that comes along with a warming climate, we might be facing untold consequences as a human species. How can we understand those risks, and how likely is it that existential-level impacts will come to pass?
We are delighted to host a group of experts to host an unsettling, but increasingly necessary, debate on these topic.
David Wallace-Wells is deputy editor of New York magazine, where he also writes frequently about climate change and the near future of science and technology. In July 2017 he published a cover story surveying the landscape of worst-case scenarios for global warming that became an immediate sensation, reaching millions of readers on its first day and, in less than a week, becoming the most-read story the magazine had ever published -and sparking an unprecedented debate, ongoing still today among scientists and journalists, about just how we should be thinking, and talking, about the planetary threat from climate change. His book on these topics, An Uninhabitable Earth, is a Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller.
Zeke Hausfather is a climate scientist and energy systems analyst whose research focuses on observational temperature records, climate models, and mitigation technologies. He spent 10 years working as a data scientist and entrepreneur in the cleantech sector, where he was the lead data scientist at Essess, the Chief Scientist at C3.ai, and the Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Efficiency 2.0. He was previously the Senior Climate Analyst at Project Drawdown, and currently is the Director of Climate and Energy at the Breakthrough Institute and the US analyst for Carbon Brief as well as serving as a research scientist with Berkeley Earth. He has Masters degrees in Environmental Science from Yale University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a PhD in climate science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Luke Kemp is a Research Associate with the Cambridge Center for the Study of Existential Risk. Luke looks at the past (civilization collapses) and future (climate change and emerging technologies) to guide policy in the present. He is an honourary lecturer in environmental policy at the Australian National University (ANU), holds a PhD in international relations from the ANU and was previously a senior economist at Vivid Economics.
Kate Guy (moderator) is a Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Climate and Security (US) and a DPhil Candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the intersection of climate change, national security, and global governance, and she works to educate senior military and diplomatic leaders worldwide on climate risks. In the past, Kate has worked on climate policy at the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations, the White House, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and in American politics with Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.
This event will be livestreamed on our youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOoksFYBCHqZWwVBU9qewZg
For more information on our speakers and their work, please see the following links.
David Wallace-Wells:
https://twitter.com/dwallacewells
https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/135552/david-wallace-wells.html?tab=penguin-books
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html
Zeke Hausfather:
https://twitter.com/hausfath
http://berkeleyearth.org/team/zeke-hausfather/
https://www.carbonbrief.org/author/zekehausfather
Luke Kemp:
https://twitter.com/LukaKemp
https://www.cser.ac.uk/team/luke-kemp/
https://www.cser.ac.uk/resources/cartography-global-catastrophic-governance/
Kate Guy
https://twitter.com/kateaguy
https://climateandsecurity.org/kate-guy/
https://climateandsecurity.org/a-security-threat-assessment-of-global-climate-change/
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Mass Action Against Police Brutality Rally: Justice for All Victims of Police Brutality
Tuesday, June 16
5pm
DA Rachel Rollins Office, One Bulfinch Place Boston
Join Mass Action Against Police Brutality
You can help build community awareness with our grassroots campaign:
forward this email to like-minds, re-post this in your travels
join our street outreach team as a volunteer for 1-2 hours/
donate to print* materials for our newsletters
come to our community events (& bring a friend) to listen & speak your mind!
pack the courthouse to show strong support for a victim of police brutality
volunteer to share your special skills or develop your interests for an important cause
617.548.4874(call/text)
Info@maapb.org
Facebook/Twitter/Instagram MAAPB617
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Headed for Extinction and What to Do About It
Tuesday, June 16
6 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkf-ygqjItE9c4XCCh67iXCxjbEwM6JFWM
The planet is in ecological crisis: we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction event this planet has experienced. Scientists believe we may have entered a period of abrupt climate breakdown. This is an emergency.
In this online talk, climate speakers from Extinction Rebellion will share the latest climate science on where our planet is heading, discuss some of the current psychology around climate change, and offer solutions through the study of social movements.
Everyone is welcome and there will be time to ask questions and discuss afterward. This talk is free.
This event will run from 6 to 730pm EST.
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Solutions Summit Series: An Evening with BARCC
Tuesday, June 16
6:30 PM – 7:45 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solutions-summit-series-an-evening-with-barcc-tickets-108923976546
Cost: $5
Please join us for an evening of discussion around Sexual and Domestic violence in the our community.
Please join us for an evening of discussion around Sexual and Domestic violence in the our community. This interactive evening will include a discussion from Boston Area Rape Crisis Center and the challenges the community has faced with COVID-19. We are looking forward to hearing your questions for BARCC as well as solutions to help solve this issue of Domestic and Sexual Violence in our community.
Introduction to BARCC
Presentation on BARCC
Breakout Question
How Covid-19 has affected community partner and the community they serve -Breakout Question
Final questions
Wrap up
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All the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir
Tuesday, June 16
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/mary_morris
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes MARY MORRIS—author of the classic travelogue Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone—for a discussion of her latest memoir All the Way to the Tigers. She will be joined in conversation by author CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE, author of the bestselling novel Orphan Train.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of All the Way to the Tigers on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About All the Way to the Tigers
In February 2008 a casual afternoon of ice skating derailed the trip of a lifetime. Mary Morris was on the verge of a well-earned sabbatical, but instead she endured three months in a wheelchair, two surgeries, and extensive rehabilitation. On Easter Sunday, when she was supposed to be in Morocco, Morris was instead lying on the sofa reading Death in Venice, casting her eyes over these words again and again: "He would go on a journey. Not far. Not all the way to the tigers." Disaster shifted to possibility and Morris made a decision. When she was well enough to walk again (and her doctor wasn't sure she ever would), she would go "all the way to the tigers.”
So begins a three-year odyssey that takes Morris to India in search of the world's most elusive apex predator. Her first lesson: don't look for a tiger because you won't find it—you look for signs of a tiger. And all unseen tigers, hiding in the bush, are referred to as "she." Morris connects deeply with these magnificent and highly endangered animals, and her weeks on tiger safari also afford a new understanding of herself.
Written in over a hundred short chapters, All the Way to the Tigers offers an elegiac, wry, and wise look at a woman on the road and the glorious, elusive creature she seeks.
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SidPac Presidential Lecture - Prof. Alex Pentland - Science to Help Build A Better World
Tuesday, June 16
7:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://zmurl.com/sp-cosi
How can we understand persistent inequalities in our society? Professor Alex Pentland, one of the most cited scholars in the world and current member of MIT Media Lab, will outline his ideas and thoughts on the topic for the first of our on-line series of Sidney Pacific Presidential Lectures. The discussion will include a Q&A session at the end.
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Wednesday, June 17
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Temperature Check: Climate Change and the Coronavirus
Wednesday, June 17
9 AM – 10 AM
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/915619982247224/
Join as we discuss the role governments and the private sector should play in addressing the causes and effects of climate change and focus on the balance between addressing the increasing global need for energy while reducing emissions. Given the increasing polarization around the climate change debate, what are constructive ways to develop a common understanding of the challenges at hand?
Speakers: Mr. Ted Halstead, Chairman and CEO, Climate Leadership Council
Prof. Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University
The Hon. Sheldon Whitehouse, Member, U.S. Senate
Senior European Representative
Moderator: Mr. Nik Gowing, Founder, Thinking the Unthinkable
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Local resistance to climate adaptation: Lessons for the development sector
Wednesday, June 17
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/local-resistance-to-climate-adaptation-lessons-for-the-development-sector-registration-107823394676
Learn about the findings and recommendations of a research study on community resistance to a UNDP adaptation project in São Tomé & Príncipe
Despite the intensifying efforts to promote adaptation to climate change in low- and middle-income countries, adaptation projects and programs have often failed to meet their objective of decreasing local vulnerabilities to climate impacts. Occasionally, these interventions have also met with various kinds of local opposition, either in the form of general apathy, disapproval, and passive or even active resistance from the recipients of adaptation aid. This is a serious issue for the development sector and, more importantly, the long-term viability of local livelihoods, especially given the projected increase in the number and intensity of extreme weather events in tropical and sub-tropical regions.
In light of these considerations, in early 2019 the Centre for Climate Justice embarked on a research study funded by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland to examine the case of Ponta Baleia – a local community in the small island nation of São Tomé & Príncipe – which rejected the solutions offered by an adaptation project implemented jointly by UNDP and the national government. The study sought to understand the causes, dynamics and effects of this resistance, and to provide recommendations on how similar conflicts can be prevented by theorizing pathways for making future adaptation programming more equitable and effective.
This free webinar, led by the members of the research team, will provide an overview of the main study findings and both theoretical and practical recommendations for the international development sector.
Speakers:
Dr. Michael Mikulewicz, Research Fellow at the Centre for Climate Justice, Glasgow Caledonian University: Exploring local resistance to adaptation: Climate injustice in São Tomé & Príncipe
Krescencja Podgórska, PhD researcher at Loughborough University: Gender, vulnerability and adaptation: Climate Justice and adaptation to climate change in São Tomé and Príncipe
After the presentations, there will be a Q&A/discussion session with the audience. The research team will share a detailed project report with all participants shortly after the webinar.
The webinar link will be shared with the registrants closer to the date. In the meantime, please contact Michael Mikulewicz at michael.mikulewicz@gcu.ac.uk if you have any questions.
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Understanding the AI Development Pipeline in Health Care
Wednesday, June 17
11 – 11:30 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https://executiveeducation.hms.harvard.edu/thought-leadership/webinar-series/understanding-ai-development-pipeline-health-care
SPEAKER(S) Andrew Beam, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
DETAILS As applications of AI in health care expand, leaders must understand what problems benefit most from advanced AI approaches, the processes that are required to implement an AI strategy, and its potential harms. This Harvard Medical School executive education webinar will explore these critical issues through case studies, and provide a framework to help leaders understand how AI can help their organizations create and capture value in health care.
LINK https://executiveeducation.hms.harvard.edu/thought-leadership/webinar-series/understanding-ai-development-pipeline-health-care
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Global perspectives on intimate partner violence and safety in the home during the COVID-19 pandemic
Wednesday, June 17
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94391935048
SPEAKER(S) Karestan Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Lily Kay Ross, Postgraduate, Department of Sociology, Gender and Criminology, University of Otago
Peg Hacskaylo, Founder/CEO, National Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc. (NASH)
Gudrun Burnet, CEO of Standing Together, Co-founder of Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA)
DETAILS The COVID-19 pandemic has led to sheltering in the home for "safety" but what if you don't feel safe in your home? This forum will discuss intimate partner violence and the challenges that have emerged related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Panelists from the USA, New Zealand, and the UK will discuss issues of domestic violence in their prospective countries, ways in which this is being addressed, and how we can promote safety during this time. This forum will end with a Q&A session with the audience.
Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94391935048
CONTACT INFO Shaili Jha
sjha@hsph.harvard.edu
Courtney White
cowhite@hsph.harvard.edu
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Contact Tracing and Technology: A Deep Dive
BKC CO-HOSTS CONVERSATION ON DIGITAL DATA AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Wednesday, June 17
11 am ET
Online
RSVP at https://digitalsolutionstocovid19.splashthat.com
Jonathan Zittrain, Margaret Bourdeaux, Mary Gray, Andrew McLaughlin, Mona Sloane
As many US states begin to loosen stay-at-home guidance related to the pandemic, public health officials have stressed the importance of implementing effective contact tracing, in addition to testing and a multitude of other responses to the pandemic.
Join us on Wednesday, June 17th at 11 am ET for a “Contact Tracing and Technology: A Deep Dive,” organized by the COVID Tech Task Force, and co-sponsored by the Berkman Klein Center, NYU’s Alliance for Public Interest Technology, TechCrunch, Betaworks Studios, and Hangar.
From 11 am to 12 pm ET, the event will kick off with a conversation between Jonathan Zittrain, Berkman Klein Center faculty director, Margaret Bourdeaux, Research Director for the Program for Global Public Policy at HMS, Mary Gray, BKC fellow and Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research, Andrew McLaughlin, former Deputy CTO for the White House, and Mona Sloane, NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology to explore how digital data and public health tools might usefully supplement the well-established practice of contact tracing. The panel will dig into mobility data, the approach of “exposure notification” versus other possibilities for the use of digital data, and the challenges – particularly around privacy and security – that these possibilities raise.
Following the first session, hear from speakers such as Jonathan Jackson, founder of Dimagi, and Daniel Burka, leading COVID-19 efforts for New York State, for an extensive discussion on contact tracing/exposure notification applications and an exploration of some of the technology that is or will be available in the US.
Through conversations like these, the Berkman Klein Center aims to build bridges across public health and technology disciplines and communities of practice and to help inform state and community leaders, as they make urgently needed policy decisions in response to the pandemic.
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Virtual TechMeeting - Sustainable Construction
Wednesday, June 17
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/403749872060539147
From urban planning to material manufacturing to transportation to building construction, the Construction sector has a significant footprint. Companies are now embracing more sustainable processes, and the sector benefits from an array of sustainable construction innovations. This webinar will cover some of the trends and innovations shaping the future of the Construction sector including mew materials, circular economy models, modular construction, and energy efficiency.
The webinar will start with a fire side chat with industry experts followed by a startup pitch session.
French American Innovation Catalyst
https://www.meetup.com/French-American-Innovation-Catalyst-Boston
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PIRE CREATE Webinar: Visualizing Change--Transforming Data into Actionable Information
Wednesday, June 17
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.pirecreate.com/webinars2020
Graphical representations help convey complex concepts in a succinct and accessible manner. Learn how the PIRE team is using visualization tools to communicate science. Come away with the skills you need to provide actionable information for policy-makers.
Who can participate?
This webinar series is open to undergraduate students interested in climate science from all universities and institutions from any country.
Is it necessary to have any previous knowledge to follow the webinars?
These three webinars are introductory sessions and therefore it is not necessary to have any background in the subject. In any case, it is important that participants read the documentation related to each topic before attending the webinar. This documentation will be sent via email once you have registered for the webinar.
What is the PIRE CREATE Project?
PIRE (Partnership in International Research and Education) is a program funded by international science agencies (in the US it is the National Science Foundation), which supports international partnerships that address critical science and engineering problems in a global context, thereby facilitating the development of a diverse, globally-engaged, science and engineering workforce.
PIRE - CREATE is an international collaboration that involves six institutions and 34 investigators from the United States (University at Albany - State University of New York & Columbia University), University of Sao Paulo in Brazil and IANIGLA in Argentina.
We are working to advance paleoclimate research over the Americas to the point where it can transform the way we inform policy- and decision-making at a trans-national level about the risks of climate change and place future projections in a broad historical context. The project is co-funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Sao Paulo State Research Agency (FAPESP).
Who will be leading the webinars?
PIRE CREATE scientists and climate experts will be giving the talks. Our team is composed of many scientists with diverse backgrounds in areas related to the study of climate (geography, chemistry, physics, environmental sciences, geology...). Our team also includes a group of experts in the development of visualization tools, and policy experts working as intermediaries between scientists and politicians at regional, national and international levels.
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The Bridge: Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe
Thursday, June 17
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj8fd1n39VA&feature=youtu.be
SPEAKER(S) Thane Gustafson, Professor of Government, Georgetown University
Simon Blakey, Energy Consultant, SAB Global Energy
Moderator: Aurélie Bros, Senior Fellow, Energy Project, Davis Center; Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
Discussant: Rawi Abdelal, Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management, Harvard Business School; Director, Davis Center
DETAILS Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet empire, the West faces a new era of East-West tensions. Any vision of a modern Russia integrated into the world economy and aligned in peaceful partnership with a reunited Europe has abruptly vanished. Two opposing narratives vie to explain the strategic future of Europe, one geopolitical and one economic, and both center on the same resource: natural gas. In The Bridge, Thane Gustafson, an expert on Russian oil and gas, argues that the political rivalries that capture the lions share of media attention must be viewed alongside multiple business interests and differences in economic ideologies. With a dense network of pipelines linking Europe and Russia, natural gas serves as a bridge that unites the region through common interests. Tracking the economic and political role of natural gas through several countries Russia and Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway. The Bridge details both its history and its likely future. As Gustafson suggests, there are reasons for optimism, but whether the gas bridge can ultimately survive mounting geopolitical tensions and environmental challenges remains to be seen.
LINK https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/bridge-natural-gas-redivided-europe
CONTACT INFO Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor
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Climate Change Reset: Learning from the Global Pandemic
Identifying Top Actions for Climate Leaders: What is the New Story We Need to Tell?
Wednesday, June 17
12:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-change-reset-learning-from-the-global-pandemic-tickets-102800125944
We are at a profound crossroads with respect to understanding and leveraging this moment of crisis into new possibilities for climate action.
Over the course of five 90-minute sessions, we will discuss climate leadership, climate policy, communication and the need for collective action. We will hear from climate scientists, policy experts and communications leaders. We will think collaboratively about what new stories are needed at this moment, and what the pandemic is teaching us about strategy, system change and action.
Using the participatory elements of a design jam, we will brainstorm to identify ideas and solutions for effective climate leadership. Participants will work collaboratively to identify tangible actions they may take in their personal climate leadership practice. We will also explore creative communications methods for climate action.
Hosted by:
Jesi Carson, Participedia and Vancouver Design Nerds
Tara Mahoney, SFU CityStudio
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What You See Is What You Get - Or Is It?
Wednesday, June 17
1 pm
Online
RSVP at https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/5ebd7277d75f424500debfb9
Curator Garrett Dash Nelson leads a lively discussion with map collector and researcher PJ Mode, whose love for old and unusual maps of the world led to a fascination with unconventional maps whose purpose is not fact-based, but more persuasive.
PJ Mode grew up in Indiana and graduated from Cornell University with a concentration in what would today be called computer science. He then spent three years on active duty as a naval officer, then attended the Harvard Law School. Mode worked for the Washington law firm then called Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (now Wilmer Hale), where he spent most of the next 35 years followed by a position as Special Counsel to Citigroup for another decade.
A student and collector of old maps since 1980, he now focuses on researching and collecting “persuasive cartography,” maps intended primarily to influence opinions or beliefs – to send a message – rather than to communicate geographic information. His collection lives at Cornell University, and Mode’s website at persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu describes the subject and the collection, with links to high-resolution images and detailed notes on over 800 maps.
Garrett Dash Nelson is the Curator of Maps & Director of Geographic Scholarship at the Leventhal Map & Education Center.
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Political Activism: Part 1 (Green New Deal for Europe)
Wednesday, June 17
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/political-activism-part-1-green-new-deal-for-europe-tickets-107709512050
Our political activism theme kicks off with a discussion with the campaign organisers of the Green New Deal for Europe.
The Green New Deal for Europe is an international campaign for a swift, just, and democratic transition to a sustainable Europe.
Founded in April 2019 by the Democracy in Europe Movement(DiEM25), the Green New Deal for Europe aims to unite Europe’s communities, unions, parties, and activists behind a shared vision of environmental justice. Working with partners from around the world, they aim to advance this vision from aspiration to action.
This will be an online event. We will begin with a talk by our speaker, followed by discussion and a Q&A with you, the audience.
This event is brought to you by the Sustainability Discourse Tribe at Impact Hub Berlin – where change goes to work.
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WEBINAR - Climate Justice for Who? Intersections of Climate Change & Race
Wednesday, June 17
2:00 – 3:00 EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-climate-justice-for-who-intersections-of-climate-change-race-tickets-107082998130
Join Lambeth Friends of the Earth and Fope from Hypatia's Gang for a webinar on the topic of environmental activism and justice, followed by a Q+A session.
The webinar will be entitled 'Climate Justice for Who? The Intersections of Climate Change & Race'
The Zoom link will be available upon registration.
Please note that event will be recorded.
https://www.hypatiasgang.com/
https://www.lambethfriendsoftheearth.org.uk/
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Can Technology Help Build a Shock-Resistant Planet?
Wednesday, June 17
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/can-technology-help-build-a-shock-resistant-planetquestion
DESCRIPTION: Industrialized humanity has built a hyperlinked and fast-changing planet – from the greenhouse-gas buildup in the shared atmosphere to the intercontinental interconnections that took a novel virus from China to the depths of the Amazon forest (and everywhere in between) in just a few months.
Can all of the technological and scientific capacity that has created layers of intertwined risks help cut odds of the worst outcomes going forward?
Can there be a dynamic, responsive “immune system” for the planet – whether the target is pathogens or other threats?
We engage some leading thinkers and doers at several levels of the question, and in key regions, in a brisk initial brainstorm on what will be a sustained thread of inquiry on the Earth Institute’s Sustain What webcast.
This episode of the Earth Institute Sustain What webcast was inspired by "We Can Build an Immune System for the Planet" - a recent visionary post by David Bray, who founded and runs the new GeoTech Center at the Atlantic Council.
What's the balance of government action and open-access models of surveillance, analysis and response in shaping resilient outcomes in a world of intertwined drivers of risk.
Participants:
David Bray, Atlantic Council
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/david-bray-phd/
Divya Chandler, a physician centered in neuroscience and new applications of technology - Singularity University
https://su.org/about/faculty/divya-chander/
Katindi Sivi Njonjo, a futurist and scenario strategist in Nairobi focused on equitable development in Africa:
https://www.foresightfordevelopment.org/profile/katindi-sivi-njonjo
Robert S. Chen, director of the Center for Earth Science Information and a senior research scientist at Columbia University's Earth Institute. http://www.ciesin.org/chen.html
Host: Andy Revkin, founding director of the Earth Institute Initiative on Communication and Sustainability. http://sustcomm.ei.columbia.edu
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City Conversations - The Pandemic and Climate Change
Wednesday, June 17
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/city-conversations-the-pandemic-and-climate-change-registration-108498233136
Can COVID-19 get us to respond to the climate crisis?
The international response to the COVID-19 pandemic, while uneven, has shown that humans can react quickly when their health is threatened.
Another great threat to humanity – and to the planet – is climate change. But unlike COVID-19’s immediate threat, most people and governments have been unwilling to take action against what feels for many like a future threat whose current impacts may be less apparent (although we know that vulnerable populations around the world are already suffering disproportionately from the impacts of climate change). We can talk about future actions, but don’t do too much now that might be expensive or inconvenient.
So, is it time to rethink and reframe climate change as a threat to public health?
Thirty years ago, a group of Vancouverites wrote Clouds of Change, perhaps the first civic study of global warming. It forecast all the events we now see — rising temperatures, sea-level rise, even the melting of the permafrost in Canada’s northern tundra. It was adopted by the Vancouver City Council in June 1990 and helped shape some public policies. Then it was forgotten.
But some of its creators are still around. We want to celebrate two of them, urbanist and former Vancouver City Councillor Gord Price and economist/entrepreneur Michael Brown. They’ve been thinking about how we might respond to climate change as a public health issue. We’ll also hear from two of the new generation of activists who will have to deal with the life-threatening impacts of climate change well into the future: Adriana Laurent-Seibt, the project administrator for UBC Climate Hub, and Rebecca Hamilton, a core organizer of Sustainabiliteens.
Then it’s your turn to express your opinion, make observations and ask questions. It’s a conversation!
If you’d like to do a bit of preparation, read the original Clouds of Change report at http://www.sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/continuing-studies/forms-docs/city/Clouds-of-Change-Volume1-and-Volume2.pdf
We recommend reading the Executive Summary on page i-iv (page 31-34 of the PDF file).
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Events Fundraising Amid COVID 19: Reimagining How to Raise Revenue and Recreate Community
Wednesday, June 17
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/108793209418
Please join us for a free, one-hour conversation on June 17, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST as we help non-profits consider how they will re-create lost event fundraising revenue due to COVID 19. We will talk about how to transform an organization's major event fundraiser into a successful virtual fundraiser-- and whether it's time for your organization to pivot from an event-centric fundraising program to one focused more on major gifts.
We hope you will join this conversation, entitled Reimagining Lost Revenue and Recreating Community Just go to
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/108793209418 to sign up.
Hosts for this event are Bill Alfano, Director of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships for the Pan-Mass Challenge. www.pmc.org , a cycling fundraiser that raises over $60 million annually for Dana Farber Cancer Institute;
Julie Rafferty*, Founder of *Rafferty Communications Strategies,* a boutique fundraising and marketing communications consulting firm, http://www.raffertycommunications.com ;
and Ellie Starr, Founder and CEO of Starrs Aligned, LLC, a major gifts fundraising consulting and philanthropic advising firm dedicated to connecting people, mission, and money for meaningful impact www.starrsaligned.com .
Organizations that bravely went ahead with virtual events this spring had mixed results financially. How will you make your fall virtual event worth "attending"? How will you recreate the sense of community that inspires giving and is so much harder to generate in the current environment? And is now the time to jettison your event-centric fundraising model and put significantly more energy into major gift fundraising? If so, how do you do that and still bring in much-needed revenue short-term?
These are big questions. Join Bill, Ellie, Julie and your fellow community of fundraisers as we tackle these big questions during this free online conversation on June 17 at 3 pm ET
To learn more about this free session and to sign up, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/108793209418
You will receive a link for the online event once you sign up.
We also invite you to read a recent article on this topic that Ellie and Julie co-wrote . You can read it here:
https://medium.com/@starrsaligned.com/rethinking-lost-revenue-re-creating-community-d6d6f49df208
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Zoom Webinar: Alleviating the Social Drivers of Health During the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons from Leading SDOH Partnerships
Wednesday, June 17
4 – 5 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mEJyA1V5T_yspR4NjI9oCA
SPEAKER(S) Moderator: Alexandra Schweitzer, Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Caraline Coats, Vice President, Bold Goal & Population Health Strategy
Andrew Renda, Associate Vice President, Population Health, Humana
Katherine Keir, Hawai’i State Director of Clinical Redesign, UnitedHealthcare
Alexandra De Kesel Lofthus, Director of Health Care Partnerships, Second Harvest Heartland
DETAILS The COVID-19 crisis underscores the urgency of strategic, well-targeted programs to address food insecurity, housing instability, and loneliness. These and other “social determinants of health” (SDOH) are well known to exacerbate chronic conditions and increase unnecessary utilization of emergency rooms and inpatient care.
Since the onset of the pandemic, food insecurity has skyrocketed. Housing instability is likely to grow as unemployment persists and eviction moratoriums expire. Social distancing may exacerbate social isolation. As a result, a secondary effect of the coronavirus crisis may be preventable declines in health, particularly among lower-income populations.
Many health care organizations are well positioned to rise to these challenges through their programs and community-based partnerships to address SDOH. In this webinar, leaders at the forefront of SDOH innovation will outline how they are reshaping their programs as they transition through COVID-19 response, recovery, and eventual rebuilding.
LINK https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mEJyA1V5T_yspR4NjI9oCA
CONTACT INFO mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
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Virtual Event: EurekaFest 2020
Wednesday, June 17
5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://lemelson.mit.edu/events/eurekafest-2020
Hosted by the Lemelson-MIT Program, EurekaFest is a celebration that is designed to empower young inventors!
2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the Lemelson-MIT Program and although our celebration will not be in Washington, D.C. as planned, we are planning a unique, virtual EurekaFest on Wednesday, June 17th from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. ET.
You will meet high school students who participated in the 2019-2020 InvenTeam initiative, and college students who won the 2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. This impressive group of students from across the country are tackling real-world problems through invention. You will also hear from Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and Carol Dahl, Executive Director of The Lemelson Foundation, as they discuss the importance of invention in today’s world.
Visit http://Eurekafest.org for all the info!
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Writers Speak | How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
Wednesday, June 17
6 – 7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IOoQmNDlRSiU_e7fGwPg0A
SPEAKER(S) Elizabeth F. Thompson, Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, School of International Service and Professor of History, American University
Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian History, Interim Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center, Director of the Joint Center for History and Economics, Harvard University
Claire Messud, Joseph Y. Bae and Janice Lee Senior Lecturer on Fiction, Harvard University
DETAILS Elizabeth F. Thompson in conversation about her new book, How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs: The Syrian Arab Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of Its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance, with Sunil Amrith and Claire Messud.
Register for a zoom link: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IOoQmNDlRSiU_e7fGwPg0A
LINK https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/elizabeth-f-thompson
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Science for the People General Meeting
Wednesday June 17
6:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/j/92139760878?pwd=aFdWMlltNGNRNFN2NDZYM3pMMy9uQT09
Meeting ID: 921 3976 0878
Password: 141875
The Boston Chapter of SFTP stands in solidarity with the with Black Lives Matter and related movements across the country. The impunity with which police have terrorized and brutalized black communities – for as long as the police have existed – is sickening. It must end. We call on our fellow academics, activists, scientists and Boston area residents to join the movement spreading across the country. Full statement of solidarity here.
We invite you to join #ShutDownSTEM and the STEM in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter rally. This Wednesday, June 10, a group of academic-activists is calling for one full day to pause all business as usual, to give Black academics a break, and to give others time to learn about and reflect on racism and anti-Blackness in our communities. During this shutdown, non-Black academics and scientists are being asked to work towards addressing structural anti-Black racism through education, action, and healing. Participants can spend the day educating themselves or each other on racism, and coming up with a detailed plan of action for how to make our communities more anti-racist. The goal is to come out with a lifelong commitment and a clear path forward to eradicate racism from academia and STEM. You are also encouraged to join the STEM workers in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter. The rally will take place Wed. June 10th, 3:30pm, Albany St + Main St, (near MIT/Broad/ Kendal Square T stop). Full details here
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global movement against police brutality the Boston Chapter of SFTP is planning a broader visioning meeting in order to rethink our plans for the next 6 months. We will discuss how the current mobilizations for racial justice inform our work and the campaigns for the Fall. This is expected to be a lively meeting. Join if you can. We will also discuss the first part (pages 1-24) of the book by Fran Quigley’s Prescription for the People: An Activist’s Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All (https://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1128&context=books). The full agenda is at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1doejre_dSJvGFhMQ0NSADShUy1gHoFzv3D26OwjoEZw/edit
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Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love
Wednesday, June 17
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/edoloresjohnson/register
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes noted diversity consultant E. DOLORES JOHNSON for a discussion of her memoir Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love. She will be joined in conversation by author and Director of GrubStreet's Muse and the Marketplace writing conference SONYA LARSON.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of Say I'm Dead on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About Say I'm Dead
Say I’m Dead is the true story of family secrets, separation, courage, and transformation through five generations of interracial relationships. Fearful of prison time—or lynching—for violating Indiana’s antimiscegenation laws in the 1940s, E. Dolores Johnson’s black father and white mother fled Indianapolis to secretly marry in Buffalo, New York.
When Johnson was born, social norms and her government-issued birth certificate said she was Negro, nullifying her mother’s white blood in her identity. Later, as a Harvard-educated business executive feeling too far from her black roots, she searched her father’s black genealogy. But in the process, Johnson suddenly realized that her mother’s whole white family was—and always had been—missing. When she began to pry, her mother’s 36-year-old secret spilled out. Her mother had simply vanished from Indiana, evading an FBI and police search that had ended with the conclusion that she had been the victim of foul play.
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Taking Action/Being Real/Telling the Truth: NVDA and the Fourth Demand (Part 1)
Wednesday, June 17
7:00-9:15pm (slight time change, sorry!)
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/fourth-demand-part-1/
How to honor the earth, the current climate emergency, and the longstanding climate of racial injustice and anti-Blackness: A two-part training and conversation with XR members
Looking for a space to brainstorm how to be in this new moment? Been sidelined or isolated by COVID and wanting to (re-)engage and connect? Thirsty for discerning conversation about how to respond to the anti-Black and racial injustice and climate emergency realities, within a time of COVID?
Join XR in a facilitated community space to share ideas for shaping messages, taking action in solidarity, and hearing de-escalation techniques.
We'll explore how to act through the lens of our fourth demand: “We demand a just transition that prioritizes the most vulnerable people and indigenous sovereignty; establishes reparations and remediation led by and for Black people, Indigenous people, people of color and poor communities for years of environmental injustice, establishes legal rights for ecosystems to thrive and regenerate in perpetuity, and repairs the effects of ongoing ecocide to prevent extinction of human and all species, in order to maintain a livable, just planet for all.”
"things are not getting worse, they are getting uncovered. we must hold each other tight & continue to pull back the veil. #blacklivesmatter" - Adrienne Maree Brown
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Sleep Better: A live, virtual workshop
Wednesday, June 17
8:00pm to 8:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/j/96802571729
Learn lifestyle tips to improve the quality of your sleep. Practice restorative yoga and relaxation to wind down at night. No yoga experience necessary. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a folded towel, if possible. Facilitator: Zan Barry is a senior program manager in Community Wellness at MIT Medical specializing in sleep health. She is also a yoga instructor (RYT 500).
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Thursday, June 18 - Friday, June 19
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Plastics and the Environment: Science Meets Public Policy
Thursday, June 18 - Friday, June 19
Online
RSVP at https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/pesmpp/
MIT's Environmental Solutions Initiative hosts a virtual workshop convening scientists, policymakers, foundations and the business community on the issue of mitigating the environmental harms of plastic pollution. “Plastics and the Environment: Science Meets Public Policy” is a two-day workshop to explore opportunities for policy makers and scientists to inform each other’s challenges and questions on plastic use, design, disposal and recycling. Attendees will participate in panel and plenary sessions, converse during and after the conference through online chat-rooms, join breakout sessions with focuses on material science, recycling, and local, national and international policy making, and receive networking information and a documentary video about the workshop.
Contact Name: pesmpp@mit.edu
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Thursday, June 18
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Digital Security for Journalists
Thursday, June 18
8am
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkT7-Jzlj6_l3fpR4AtDGok0c03ug0o6KI5I7qo421IxdZaA/viewform
The Southeast Asia Rainforest Journalism Fund is hosting a free webinar titled "Digital Security for Journalists" on Thursday, June 18, 2020. This event will be hosted in English and is open to any interested journalists.
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists are increasingly going online for webinars, online meetings, online interviews, etc. After the COVID-19 pandemic is over, in the new normal, we will still be working online more. Most of us are not aware of digital threats and security. Pulitzer Center and Tempo are inviting journalists to join the webinar on digital security for journalists. Bobby Soriano – an expert on digital security - will explain the digital security threats while using computers or mobile smartphones. and how we can minimize the threat while still getting the best out of our work. Journalists need to know how to secure their identity, emails, etc. from digital attacks. The webinar covers what journalists should know and be aware of in regards to security (and safety) while working online.
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The Green Deal as the Backbone to the Covid-19 Recovery Plan
Thursday, June 18
9 AM – 10 AM
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/553939788630134/
Join GMF's Brussels Forum discussion on how the current crisis can create further momentum for the Green Deal in Europe. What actions must be taken by both the private and public sector to make the Green Deal a reality? Can Europe lead by example?
Speakers: Mr. Philippe Ducom, President, ExxonMobil Europe
Mr. Luca Visentini, General Secretary, The European Trade Union Confederation
Senior European Representative
Moderator: Mr. Nik Gowing, Founder, Thinking the Unthinkable
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EBC Energy Resources Webinar: Future Role of Natural Gas in the New England Region
Thursday, June 18
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-energy-resources-webinar-future-role-of-natural-gas-in-the-new-england-region/
This EBC Energy Resources webinar will address the current and projected future role of natural gas in the Commonwealth and New England. In the last two decades, natural gas has substantially increased its share of power generation and home heating regionally. But now, as the states in the region increase their goals and shorten their timelines for implementing a clean energy system and a lower carbon energy network, what will/should the role of natural gas be?
This webinar will provide context on how natural gas is utilized today, and address some possible low-carbon pathways for natural gas in the future, including greater efficiency investments, renewable natural gas, and hydrogen.
Program Co-Chairs:
Marc Bergeron, PWS, CWS, Chair, EBC Energy Resources Committee; Principal, Epsilon Associates, Inc.
Glynn MacKensie, PE, Senior Project Engineer, Weston & Sampson
Speaker Agenda:
Natural Gas and its Role in our Region’s Energy System, Economy & Environment
Steve Leahy, Vice President, Policy, Northeast Gas Association (NGA)
The Future of Natural Gas: Technologies & Pathways
Don Chahbazpour, Director, Gas Utility of the Future, National Grid
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Extinction Rebellion Online Facilitation Training
Thursday, June 18
10 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https://forms.organise.earth/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=928738&lang=en
Join us for a training for how to be more effective at facilitating online meetings in this time of covid. We will cover how you can adapt to facilitating online as well as tech. We are asking you to sign-up because we would like you to review some online tutorials beforehand (we expect this will take 30-45 minutes). That will give us more chance to be interactive and discuss during the training.
This facilitation is put on by the international support team.
Please sign up to receive materials and the Zoom link: https://forms.organise.earth/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=928738&lang=en
You can also email info@rebellion.training
This training will run from 10 to 12pm
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Renewable Energy: Opportunities for the Next Decade
Thursday, June 18
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2297417858693879309
Our second Navigate Webinar will focus on the future of renewable energy, highlighting technological advancements, innovation opportunities, and policy changes necessary to help catalyze renewable energy growth and transform our energy sources. This exclusive webinar will help you understand the everchanging cleantech ecosystem and provide you the opportunity to ask questions to help you and your organization navigate the upcoming decade.
Our expert panelists will provide an insider perspective for startups on market opportunities, areas of growth, and partnership, and funding strategies.
Our Webinar Series is brought to you with invaluable support from NYSERDA and CleanCapital. Can't make the live webinar? Check out our podcast series based on our webinars (anchor.fm/necec). For additional information about the Navigate Webinar Series, check out our playlists on YouTube (youtube.com/theNECEC).
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Ahhhhh!: How to Negotiate the Nonnegotiable in an Era of Discontent
Thursday, June 18
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L7Iy7QyFSqyyhggrOIVaqQ
SPEAKER(S) Daniel L. Shapiro, Founder and Director, Harvard International Negotiation Program, Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital, Affiliate faculty, Program on Negotiation
DETAILS About the talk: Our world is awash in conflict and tension. The combusting mix of the pandemic, economic turmoil, political divisiveness, and emotional turbulence has turned negotiation on its head. What seemed easy to deal with in the old normal is no longer so. Why is this, and what can we do about it? Drawing on his global research in conflict resolution, Dr. Shapiro will explore a framework he has developed that illuminates underlying psychological complexities fueling present-day conflict—and will offer insight on how to move forward.
LINK https://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/negotiate-the-nonnegotiable-in-era-of-discontent/
CONTACT INFO dlong@law.harvard.edu
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Hempcrete 101: Back to the Future for Natural, Carbon-Beneficial Buildings
Thursday, June 18
1pm-2pm Eastern Time
Online
RSVP at https://nesea.org/be-event/hempcrete-101-back-future-natural-carbon-beneficial-buildings
Ready to put your specification where your aspiration is? Take a deep dive into the rich world of carbon-beneficial materials and help lead our industry in responsible design and construction solutions. Hempcrete is a bio-composite material created from the woody core of the hemp plant combined with a lime-based binder. Trusted around the world as a robust, high-performance sustainable building system, HempLime entered the US market a decade ago and is poised to take the industry by storm. Learn the technical and performance characteristics, demystify how to specify and construct with this proven material, and join a growing community of radically responsible industry stewards.
Learning Objectives:
Summarize the history of hemp and hempcrete, the regulatory barriers in the US that are slowly easing, and describe examples from pioneers in hemp building from Europe and the first projects in New England
Identify sources for hemp and lime, and explain methods for installation of this alternative material, the state of research internationally versus in the US, and what considerations are necessary from a code standpoint to build
Use Hempcrete as a monolithic solid-wall construction material for building carbon-beneficial envelopes as an alternative to current assemblies used in high performance buildings that are entangled multi-layered assemblies more heavily laden with embodied energy
List low-cost material solutions to reduce toxins in the building and improve the healthfulness of a building
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Silicon Carbide (SiC) Solutions for Electrical Vehicles
Thursday, June 18
2:00 PM EST/11:00AM PST
Online
RSVP at https://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/content.do?id=19548
About this webinar: The widespread popularity of electric (BEV) and plug-in electric (PHEV) vehicles continues to grow at a rapid pace – an estimated 300k BEV sold in the U.S. in 2019, capturing roughly 2% of the total new car sales. On each one of these vehicles is an On-Board Charging (OBC) system that converts AC voltage from the grid to DC voltage to charge your battery.
In this webinar, you will:
Learn how Silicon Carbide (SiC) enables these OBC systems to run more efficiently by reducing switching losses, minimizes size and weight of the system, as well as providing overall lower system cost.
Understand the benefits of using ON Semiconductor’s SiC solutions for OBC systems.
Learn more about ON Semiconductor’s wide bandgap solutions and On-Board Charging (OBC) solutions.
Speaker: Brandon Becker
Product Line Manager – Wide Bandgap
Brandon Becker is part of the Wide Bandgap team at ON Semiconductor. He’s responsible for developing Silicon Carbide Diodes and MOSFETs as well as driving market share growth across a variety of automotive and industrial applications. Over the last several years, he managed product lines spanning from mobile devices, computing/networking, industrial power, and automotive vehicles.
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Virtual Passive House Retrofit Pro Tour
Thursday, June 18
3:30pm–5pm
Online
RSVP at https://nesea.org/be-event/virtual-pro-tour-passive-house-retrofit
Cost: $10 for NESEA Members, $15 for Non-Members
Join NESEA for our first virtual Pro Tour, featuring an award-winning Passive House retrofit of a 3-family building in the Hudson Valley. During this interactive event, participants will learn about the goals of the project and hear directly from the professionals who made it a reality. Just like an in-person Pro Tour, this event will mix presentation with small group conversation, giving participants the chance to meet project team members and one another.
North Miller Passive is a historic masonry retrofit designed to the PHIUS+ 2018 standard. It was named a NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence recipient and will achieve net zero status with the assistance of this program.
Attendance is limited to 40 participants, so don't wait to register!
Please note: To receive member pricing, you must log in to your NESEA account. Questions? Contact Florence MacGregor at fmacgregor@nesea.org.
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On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It
Thursday, June 18
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/david-livingstone-smith
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH—Professor of Philosophy at the University of New England and author of Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Exterminate Others—for a discussion of his latest book, On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It. He will be joined in conversation by JOHN KAAG, author of Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life—available for purchase here.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of On Inhumanity, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About On Inhumanity
The Rwandan genocide, the Holocaust, the lynching of African Americans, the colonial slave trade: these are horrific episodes of mass violence spawned from racism and hatred. We like to think that we could never see such evils again—that we would stand up and fight. But something deep in the human psyche—deeper than prejudice itself—leads people to persecute the other: dehumanization, or the human propensity to think of others as less than human.
An award-winning author and philosopher, Smith takes an unflinching look at the mechanisms of the mind that encourage us to see someone as less than human. There is something peculiar and horrifying in human psychology that makes us vulnerable to thinking of whole groups of people as subhuman creatures. When governments or other groups stand to gain by exploiting this innate propensity, and know just how to manipulate words and images to trigger it, there is no limit to the violence and hatred that can result.
Drawing on numerous historical and contemporary cases and recent psychological research, On Inhumanity is the first accessible guide to the phenomenon of dehumanization. Smith walks readers through the psychology of dehumanization, revealing its underlying role in both notorious and lesser-known episodes of violence from history and current events. In particular, he considers the uncomfortable kinship between racism and dehumanization, where beliefs involving race are so often precursors to dehumanization and the horrors that flow from it.
On Inhumanity is bracing and vital reading in a world lurching towards authoritarian political regimes, resurgent white nationalism, refugee crises that breed nativist hostility, and fast-spreading racist rhetoric. The book will open your eyes to the pervasive dangers of dehumanization and the prejudices that can too easily take root within us, and resist them before they spread into the wider world.
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Learn how your home can become Zero Carbon
Thursday, June 18
7 pm
Online
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eh3nmhuv0a53dcaa&oseq=&c=&ch=
Zero electricity, heating oil or natural gas bills. Zero carbon footprint.
Hear details about the Four HITS to go Net Zero
Heat pumps
Insulation
Triple-glazed windows
Solar
Presenter: David Green
David combines his background in physics and business with his concern for climate change to pick investments that generates a 15% return on investment.
Reducing our energy usage and carbon emissions are critical to fighting climate change.
But what if you went beyond reducing to eliminating your usage of fossil-fuel derived energy?
And what if if this generated a 15% return -- far higher than almost any stock or bond investments?
Dover, MA resident David Green achieved this in this 1970's era home. In this webinar, he will take you through the practical, technical, and financial details of his four-year journey. He notes:
"The conventional wisdom is that going zero can only be achieved on new houses, that it is very expensive, and that it requires big lifestyle compromises. I have found that the conventional wisdom is wrong, on all counts. We have gone zero on our drafty 1970’s house, we are saving over $11,000 a year on utility bills and our lifestyle has improved as our indoor air is fresher and more comfortable and our house is quieter. I still take long showers."
Join this webinar to learn how you too can begin the journey to have a Net Zero Carbon Home.
And every attendee will receive a free copy of David's e-book, Zero Carbon Home - a $15.99 value!
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SubSpace Sessions: Mary Bichner
Thursday, June 18
7:30 PM – 8 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/subspace-sessions-mary-bichner-tickets-106157790810
This program is recommended for ages 18+.
SubSpace Sessions take the live music experiences of the Charles Hayden Planetarium to new dimensions, bringing the innovative and groundbreaking work to you virtually! Don’t miss these premiere events that fuse together the music of some of Boston’s best artists and bands with cutting-edge Planetarium visuals!
The Museum of Science has partnered with an incredible lineup of Boston musicians to create the ultimate audio-visual show that fans can stream directly into their homes, experiencing the music they love in an entirely new way. With imagery developed and adapted from the avant-garde technology of the fulldome Planetarium medium, each SubSpace Sessions installment is a unique visual journey, inspired by the music of acts like Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys, Abraham, and more!
On Thursday, June 18 don’t miss the premiere of SubSpace Sessions: Mary Bichner, with Planetary Quartet and East Coast Scoring Orchestra. Bichner is an award-winning orchestral composer with the bizarre musical superpowers of perfect pitch (the ability to recognize notes and chords by name upon hearing them played) and synesthesia (a neurological condition that causes Mary to “see” splashes of specific colors when she hears their corresponding pitches sounded). Called a “musical genius” by CBS News, and invited to Harvard University’s prestigious neuroscience lab to be studied for her brain’s unusual wiring, Bichner creates richly-colored compositions that delight classical enthusiasts and indie-pop rockers alike.
Recent projects and partnerships include a collaboration with the Museum on the immersive Synesthesia Suite visual music concert series in 2017, 2019 (in collaboration with the renowned scientists of MIT's Neoperceptions and ASU's Scihub), and 2020; serving a two-year composer residency at the historic Mount Auburn Cemetery, which resulted in the composition of twelve chamber orchestra works synesthetically inspired by the cemetery's breathtaking landscape and landmarks (and which are now available for streaming as part of the Mount Auburn Cemetery walking tour app); a soprano-and-woodwind-quintet commission for the “Pindrop Sessions” classical music series, presented in partnership with WGBH Boston, WCRB 99.5/Classical Radio Boston, and Aeronaut Brewing Company; serving as composer-in-residence at The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico; a commission from celebrated wind quintet Vento Chiaro for their “Boston Project” concert series; serving as composer-in-residence at Marble House Project of Dorset, VT, USA; arranging and conducting strings for 30 Seconds to Mars’ MTV Unplugged appearance; numerous collaborations with the illustrious Vitamin String Quartet (including a placement on ABC’s Modern Family); and more. She is thrilled to be collaborating with the Museum of Science once more for this exciting new series!
This program is free, thanks to the generosity of the Lowell Institute.
If you enjoyed the Museum’s SubSpace Sessions: Mary Bichner, please visit https://www.mos.org/sciencematters to support #MOSatHome.
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How to Talk About the Climate Crisis in These Urgent, Complicated Times
Thursday, June 18
7:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://nadiacolburn.ck.page/e3ce4dbdb1
Presented by Extinction Rebelllion [XR] Boston and Nadia Colburn, PhD
Racial injustice, threats to democracy, covid--our world is full of very serious emergencies, and we are being called to urgent action in a number of ways--and amidst it all, the climate and ecological crisis continues.
It's difficult for many of us to talk about climate crisis to the people in our life at the best of times, and it can feel especially difficult now--but the very fact that it's difficult is a sign of just how essential these conversations are. Come join us for an evening of practice and practical tips for how to talk about the climate crisis with friends and family.
We know that, as dire as these other crises are, we cannot stop our work for the environment and to stop pouring carbon dioxide into the atmosphere: our time is running out to avoid catastrophic consequences of climate change that will affect all of us and all life on earth. But there is a cycle of silence around the topic. It can feel uncomfortable to bring up the climate crisis, awkward, out of place. This spiral of silence is convenient for the fossil fuel industry, which has spent 1 billion dollars since the Paris Agreement on spreading false and misleading information. That's why top climate scientists and activists say that one of the most important things we can do to help stop the climate crisis is talk about it!
This evening is designed for both beginner activists, who have little or no experience talking about the climate crisis, and for seasoned activists who want to practice honing their message and building bridges between the climate movement and other movements and groups of people --we'll get together in small break out rooms and practice. You'll also be given practical tips and resources for how to bring the topic up in conversation, how to connect it to your own life story and interests, and how to connect it to other pressing things happening in our world now--or in the future. We can only address the urgency of the climate crisis if we break the silence and come together to work collectively to address this urgent issue.
This evening is based on four short How to Talk About the Climate Crisis videos by Nadia Colburn, PhD. Nadia is a writing teacher and coach and will be joining us to help lead the presentation. We recommend watching the videos in advance but it's not a requirement.
Come join us and invite your friends and family to join us too! It should be a fun, supportive evening!
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Friday, June 19 - Sunday, June 21
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MIT COVID-19 Challenge: Latin America vs. COVID-19
Friday, June 19 - Sunday, June 21
7:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://covid19challenge.mit.edu/latam-vs-covid19/
Join us for the Latin America vs. COVID-19 virtual hackathon, a 48-hour event to build solutions that address the most pressing issues of the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America.
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Friday, June 19
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Climate Action News: One-on-one with Mindy Lubber
Friday, June 19
9am EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.wedonthavetime.org/climate-action-news/one-on-one-with-mindy-lubber
Mindy Lubber is CEO and president of Ceres, a sustainability nonprofit organization working with the most influential investors and companies to build leadership and drive solutions throughout the economy. She has worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has founded the Green Century Capital Management and served as President of the National Environmental Law Center.
Host
Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Host, We Don't Have Time
Hosting this global broadcast is Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, an expert moderator, lecturer and devoted workshop-leader in facilitating sustainable development. Catarina moderates for the EU Commission, the Swedish Government, corporations, local municipalities, and universities. She lectures based on the UN Sustainable Global Development Goals internationally and has TV-skills from her background as a television program host at SVT, Swedish Public Television. She is also Content Director at A Sustainable Tomorrow.
Climate Action News is our broadcast about action and sustainable solutions. We invite our community, climate advocacy groups, leaders, and businesses to share their knowledge and insights. You can participate actively by commenting live during and after the broadcast. Get instructions or download our app to join the discussion. Welcome!
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Decolonizing Ourselves Co-Learning
Friday, June 19
10 am to 12pm
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/decolonizing_ourselves_200619/
Please join us for an Etinction Rebellion [XR] International Support Team event about how we can learn to decolonize ourselves. Given the vivid reminders this month about how pervasive racism still is in the US, this is important work for us all to do.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/96536836889
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Beyond Headlines and Hashtags - LIVE Friday Review of Pandemic News
Friday, June 19
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/channel/sustain-what
Another week has passed in the first pandemic of the 21st century, with thousands of new stories posted and printed, yet questions still often outnumbering answers.
Each Friday, the Earth Institute Initiative on Communication and Sustainability hosts a lunchtime review of COVID-19 headlines and next steps featuring Pulitzer winner Laurie Garrett, NBC’s Robert Bazell, Jon Cohen of Science Magazine and Wendy Wertheimer, formerly of WHO & NIH.
Explore more Sustain What episodes on YouTube at j.mp/sustainwhatlive or subscribe on Periscope at pscp.tv/revkin.
Solutions Journalism Network: solutionsjournalism.org
The Earth Institute Initiative: sustcomm.ei.columbia.edu
Contact Andy Revkin with questions or ideas for future segments: @revkin on Twitter or andrew.revkin@columbia.edu
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Extinction Rebelllion [XR] SF Friday Online Activism
Friday, June 19
3-4pm EST.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/SF_Online_Activism_200619/
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)
Zoom Info: https://zoom.us/j/727108084?pwd=YVhTOTk1TFlodzMwc3ZqWkg2ckNoZz09 Meeting ID: 727 108 084 Password: 082166 One tap mobile +16699006833,,727108084# US (San Jose)
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Leveraging the 2020 Census Equitably
Friday, June 19
3:30 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-smart-equitable-commonwealth-co-creating-the-society-we-want-tickets-97157333199
The Child Opportunity Index 2.0: A New Index of Neighborhood Opportunity for All US Neighborhoods
Presenter: Clemens Noelke, Research Director, Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
What You Need to Know about Differential Privacy and the 2020 Census: Tradeoffs and Real-World Implications
Presenter: Cliff Cook, Senior Planning Information Manager, City of Cambridge Community Development Department
US census data, differential privacy, and spatial uncertainty: implications for using census tract data to quantify health inequities
Presenter: Nancy Krieger, PhD, Professor of Social Epidemiology, American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor, Department of Social and Behavior Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Moderator: Beth Huang, Director, Mass Voter Table
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Mass Action Against Police Brutality Funk The Police- Musical Speakout
Friday, June 19
5pm
Ronan Park, 43 Juliette Street, Boston
Join Mass Action Against Police Brutality
You can help build community awareness with our grassroots campaign:
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join our street outreach team as a volunteer for 1-2 hours/
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come to our community events (& bring a friend) to listen & speak your mind!
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volunteer to share your special skills or develop your interests for an important cause
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Info@maapb.org
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Justice Solidarity] Enough is Enough
Friday, June 19
6 p.m.
Brookline Town Hall, 333 Washington Street, Brookline
A protest to demand and end to white supremacy and police brutality.
This is a black-led action to call for rapid action by the City of Brookline to halt police brutality.
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2571018086470394
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Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X
Friday, June 19
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/michael-e--sawyer/register
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes MICHAEL E. SAWYER—Assistant Professor of Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies at Colorado College and author of the monograph An Africana Philosophy of Temporality: Homo Liminalis—for a discussion of his latest book, Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X. He will be joined in conversation by FLORES A. FORBES, associate professor of urban planning at Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and author of Invisible Men: A Contemporary Slave Narrative in the Era of Mass Incarceration.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of Black Minded on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About Black Minded
Known as 'the angriest black man in America', Malcolm X was one of the most famous activists to ever live. Going beyond biography, Black Minded examines Malcolm X's philosophical system, restoring his thinking to the pantheon of Black Radical Thought. Michael Sawyer argues that the foundational concepts of Malcolm X's political philosophy—economic and social justice, strident opposition to white supremacy and Black internationalism—are often obscured by an emphasis on biography.
The text demonstrates the way in which Malcolm X's philosophy lies at the intersection of the thought of W.E.B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon and is an integral part of the revolutionary politics formed to alleviate the plight of people of African descent globally. Exploring themes of ontology, the body, geographic space and revolution, Black Minded provides a much-needed appraisal of Malcolm X's political philosophy.
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Saturday, June 20
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The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington
Saturday, June 20
Online
RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/rsvp-for-june-20-2020-mass-poor-peoples-assembly-moral-march-on-washington
The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington is going digital! On June 20th, we will hold the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of conscience in this nation’s history. A global pandemic is exposing even more the already existing crisis of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and militarism, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. On June 20, the 140 million poor and low-wealth people across this nation will be heard!
The climate crisis is also a justice crisis.
Our mission to build an equitable and inclusive climate movement is only possible if we continue to fight for the health, safety, opportunity, and basic human rights of all people.
We must continue to listen to the communities and families hit first and worst by the climate crisis and center their voices. We must stand in solidarity in the face of collective threats. Only by understanding what the crisis means for all of us can we work together for truly just and equitable solutions.
During the event, we’ll be listening, learning, sharing, and building power. This is our fight.
We hope you will join us.
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Zero Carbon, Zero Bills - A Zoom presentation on how to reduce your house’s carbon footprint while saving money
Saturday, June 20
10 AM
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zero-carbon-zero-bills-registration-104784284616
This very special free event is sponsored by Upper Charles Climate Action, 350 MA and cosponsored by our Sustainability Coordinators, Matt Zettek (Holliston), Dorothea Von Herder and Gino Carlucci (Sherborn). Please register above using "Select A Date". Space is limited.
David Green, a local resident, will present a Zoom event about how he retrofitted his 1970's home to achieve net zero emissions while realizing a significant return on investment. He is the author of Zero Carbon Home and Zero Carbon Pool.
David will explain his decisions to use certain technologies and avoid others. He will focus on both reducing emissions and the financial benefits of the technologies he chose (as well as the reasons he did not choose other available technologies). Join us to hear about his experiences and how you can reduce your carbon footprint while making money doing it!
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Virtual Summer Solstice Celebration 2020
Saturday, June 20
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://hmsc.harvard.edu/summer-solstice
DETAILS Celebrate the longest day of the year and mark the beginning of the summer with the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. While we can’t welcome you to our museums in person just yet, we invite you to join us online on June 20 starting at 10:00 AM to learn about the scientific and cultural significance of the summer solstice, participate in virtual field trips to the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in England and a Massachusetts oyster farm, enjoy musical performances, and explore activities to do at home.
Let us know you will be joining us! RSVP here to receive program details and an event reminder.
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Sunday, June 21
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Virtual Talk: Solstice in the Time of Pandemic. Participating in a New World
Sunday, June 21
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.meetup.com/GreaterBostonHumanists/events/271166266
The experience of living in a pandemic has triggered a host of related questions about how human beings behave and react. These range from the philosophical to the political (how shall we be governed? who are "the people"?), from the biological to the emotional (what is stress? how do we respond?) from the conceptual to the practical (what will change? what can we do?). Jane will highlight some observations from her ongoing participation in the "time of COVID" for discussion and elaboration.
Jane Holmes Bernstein is a longtime humanist who is grateful for the educational privileges she has received throughout her life and tries to pay back to some small degree by providing professional neuropsychological services to children (her area of expertise) in an under-resourced, disadvantaged community in Trinidad and Tobago. The Service Learning Program that she started there with US and local colleagues is now in its 15th year. In the US Jane is an attending neuropsychologist at Boston Children's Hospital and an Associate Professor in Harvard Medical School. Her primary professional contributions are as a clinician and teacher. With her colleague Dr Deborah Waber she developed a systemic neurodevelopmental model for the assessment of children's behavior and has taught this extensively via lectures/seminars, workshops, keynote presentations and week-long institutes, to professional groups of educators, psychologists, and neuropsychologists locally, nationally and internationally.
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Monday, June 22
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The Green New Deal, A Transatlantic Climate Change Consensus?
Monday, June 22
11am - 12pm
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtduuspjovHd3sic2qqQ-S6WUuB3Wl-V0B
https://ash.harvard.edu/event/green-new-deal-transatlantic-climate-change-consen...
The Green New Deal is alternatively viewed as a bold and progressive American solution to climate change or an economically destructive government intrusion into private enterprise. Yet in the European Union, the ideas behind the Green New deal have become the consensus solution to decarbonization and which underpins much of the official climate change roadmap of the European Commission. With consensus on one side of the Atlantic, and controversy on the other, is there room for new forms of climate change cooperation? Can we find ways towards a sustainable growth?
Join us for a transatlantic discussion with opportunities to learn from each other about this hotly debated topic. With:
Alyssa Battistoni, political theorist, co-author of A Planet to Win- Why we need a Green New Deal
Sharon Block, Executive Director of the Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program
The Hon. Pierre Larrouturrou, M.E.P.
Moderator Muriel Rouyer, Professor at the University of Nantes, Fellow at the Ash Center
This event is cosponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard.
Contact Name: julianne_crescimanno@hks.harvard.edu
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Gutman Library Book Talk: The 60 Year Curriculum: New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy
Monday, June 22
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LO914DA9R9-QTdF8pTpTQA
SPEAKER(S) Jim Honan, Senior Lecturer on Education, HGSE
Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Technology, Innovation, and Education Program, HGSE
John Richards, Lecturer on Education, HGSE
Henry H. Leitner, Chief Innovation Officer and Associate Dean of the IT Master's Program, DCE
DETAILS The 60-Year Curriculum explores models and strategies for lifelong learning in an era of profound economic disruption and reinvention. Over the next half-century, globalization, regional threats to sustainability, climate change, and technologies such as artificial intelligence and data mining will transform our education and workforce sectors.
This cutting-edge book describes the evolution of new models—covering computer science, inclusive design, critical thinking, civics, and more—by which universities can increase learners’ trajectories across multiple careers from mid-adolescence to retirement.
LINK https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LO914DA9R9-QTdF8pTpTQA
CONTACT INFO myanne_krivoshey@gse.harvard.edu
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The Future City: Urban Resilience and the Power of Data
Monday, June 22
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-city-urban-resilience-and-the-power-of-data-tickets-106644265870
An Instagram Live lecture by Erez Ella, HQ Architects principal, for the London Festival of Architecture.
Our societies are surrounded by an abundance of data in both the online and physical world. Currently, not only issues of migration and integration are at the center of attention - urban populations are facing challenges such as rapid urbanization, climate change, terrorism, pandemics, and increased risk from natural hazards. Our systems need to change, evolve and adapt in response to the changing circumstances. Urban resilience is a critical agenda. Has data the power to help us understand better our communities and complex reality? Can data help us create new tools to manage urban risk and design resilient cities?
HQ Architects has worked systematically using data and technology as tools to understand social behavior and community needs, translating them into physical space. Erez Ella, Founding Partner of HQ Architects, an international practice based in Tel Aviv, will discuss the power of data on improving social and spatial conditions in the built environment, and why technological centric solutions can promote better living conditions and urban resilience. HQ works on projects across various scales and territories, from temporary urban installations to a brand new smart city in the middle of the desert, among others.
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Coronavirus, climate justice and the next international climate talks
Monday, June 22
2:00pm – 4:00pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coronavirus-climate-justice-and-the-next-international-climate-talks-tickets-104995506386
How to make common cause with people in the global south for climate justice and social justice
Speaker: Asad Rehman (War on Want). The world economy is at a crossroads. The coronavirus epidemic has slashed air and car travel and caused an economic recession. As rich-country governments plan to spend money on recovery packages, the danger looms that they will boost powerful fossil-fuel-heavy industries, and reinforce inequality and neo-colonialism. At this session we will discuss how we can make common cause with those fighting for climate justice and social justice in the global south. Our discussion will be opened by Asad Rehman, executive director of War on Want, a committed and prominent campaigner on these issues for many years. As always, there will be plenty of time for discussion and questions. All welcome.
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Launch Clinic with B2B Platforms
Monday, June 22
5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.mitforumcambridge.org/event/launch-clinic-with-b2bplatform-startups/
Cost: $0 - $10
B2B platforms and how the business was shaped by the pandemic
At the Launch Clinic, 2 startups will present a 20-minute pitch for feedback from our panel of experts + the audience.
Launch Clinics are a great place for startups to get constructive feedback on their pitch from a board-of-directors-level panel of experts and thoughtful audience members. The focus on early stage ventures encourages a sympathetic and supportive atmosphere. Audience and panel feedback often helps presenters understand their problems and offers useful tips and solutions.
Even if you’re not quite ready to present, we encourage entrepreneurs to attend the clinics to see what our panel of experts (investors and others) are looking for in a pitch, what kind of questions they ask and their suggestions for refining the business plan.
Presenters
OmPractice is a platform for virtual yoga and wellness classes for people and organizations. It removes the time, financial, geographic and inclusivity barriers to a life-changing practice. It is used by thousands of people, dozens of companies which are trying to make “remote wellness” real and even the US Government. Their 2-way live streaming yoga class is a game changer in the Covid environment.
Presenter: Chris Lucas, Co-Founder and CEO
Pakira converts the $20T market of physical commodity trading (logging, agriculture, mining, etc.) from transactions-by-phone to an online marketplace of buyers and sellers, and builds predictive AI models from real-time trading data. We transform these static complex B2B supply chains to dynamically reconfigurable paths from production to retail, which prevents massive food waste, exposes illegal logging & mining, & avoids shortages of critical supplies as we have been experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Presenter: Nadia Shalaby
Panelists
Jean Hammond, General Partner, LearnLaunch Accelerator
John Huysmans, Managing Partner, 2Enable Partners
John Hession, Member, Morse
Moderator
Ameeta Soni, Interim CMO, Tech/Digital Health companies
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What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Monday, June 22
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/donovan-moore-presents/register
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes writer and former television reporter and producer DONOVAN MOORE for a discussion of his book What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of What Stars Are Made Of on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About What Stars Are Made Of
It was not easy being a woman of ambition in early twentieth-century England, much less one who wished to be a scientist. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin overcame prodigious obstacles to become a woman of many firsts: the first to receive a PhD in astronomy from Radcliffe College, the first promoted to full professor at Harvard, the first to head a department there. And, in what has been called “the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in astronomy,” she was the first to describe what stars are made of.
Payne-Gaposchkin lived in a society that did not know what to make of a determined schoolgirl who wanted to know everything. She was derided in college and refused a degree. As a graduate student, she faced formidable skepticism. Revolutionary ideas rarely enjoy instantaneous acceptance, but the learned men of the astronomical community found hers especially hard to take seriously. Though welcomed at the Harvard College Observatory, she worked for years without recognition or status. Still, she accomplished what every scientist yearns for: discovery. She revealed the atomic composition of stars―only to be told that her conclusions were wrong by the very man who would later show her to be correct.
In What Stars Are Made Of, Donovan Moore brings this remarkable woman to life through extensive archival research, family interviews, and photographs. Moore retraces Payne-Gaposchkin’s steps with visits to cramped observatories and nighttime bicycle rides through the streets of Cambridge, England. The result is a story of devotion and tenacity that speaks powerfully to our own time.
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NET ZERO WATER / POSITIVE WATER DEVELOPMENTS
Monday, June 22
10:00 PM – 10:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/net-zero-water-positive-water-developments-tickets-104380426666
What is Net Zero Water? Is it Necessary? Basics on How do we achieve it?
Water and climate change are directly linked. As our planet warms, weather patterns will keep shifting, bringing drought in some areas and delivering more rainfall to others.
We hear that some parts of Australia has been hit by by drought recently, so is that true? is water scarcity real?
A net zero water building / precinct is aimed at minimising total water consumption, maximise alternative water sources, returning water back to natural cycle and offsetting any potable water use sourced externally, via engineered water balance and implementing innovative approaches and Net Zero Water strategies.
**Please ensure your Email Address is included in your registration so you can receive the online presentation link the day prior to the presentation
**Who Should Attend:
Architects
Project Managers
Builders
Developers
Relevant Product Suppliers
Government Water Authorities
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Deep History and Science in Conversation: The Anthropocene
Monday, June 22
10:30 PM –12:00 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/deep-history-and-science-in-conversation-the-anthropocene-tickets-108816812014
Perhaps unsurprisingly, our topic for the previous and inaugural session in our Conversation Series was inspired by the alarming and largely unprecedented context in which the conversation occurred, the imminent threat of a highly contagious and lethal virus capturing all of our attention. Though slightly different in nature, there is nevertheless another, equally accelerating threat that we have found ourselves in, to which we turn our attention in this session. Though perhaps with less novelty than COVID-19, this topic is equally global, lethal, and imminent. As you might have guessed from its title, it considers global climate change.
In this session, we are looking to unite the geological and historical perspectives of the Anthropocene into the one conversation. Much in the same way we study the natural sciences to understand our current and future worlds, equally, we study human history to contextualise our present predicaments, to understand how things have come to be as they are, and, perhaps, to recognise the need for change. With this in mind, we would like to bring together the Anthropocene’s ‘two intellectual lives’, and see what insights might be gained when considering an issue in its fullest, transdisciplinary context.
Speakers: Professor Alison Bashford, Professor of History and Director of the New Earth Histories Research Program at the University of New South Wales; Professor Joan Leach, Director of the Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science at the ANU; Professor Will Steffen, Emeritus Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society at the ANU; with Dr Julie Rickwood from the Research Centre for Deep History as the Discussant.
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Tuesday, June 23
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Community of Practice: Climate Change
Tuesday, June 23
7:30 AM – 9:00 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/community-of-practice-climate-change-tickets-107260440866
Are you a supervisory thought leader on the subject of climate change? Do you want to meet like-minded people?
Join with international colleagues to discuss issues related to supervision and climate change and how this global issue might affect your jurisdiction.
Check out Toronto Centre’s climate risk podcasts, TCNs, and videos, and come prepared to contribute to the discussion. (link to climate resource bundle)
Moderator: Anatol Monid, Program Director, Toronto Centre
Speaker: Dr. Naresh Singh, Special Advisor on Climate Change, Toronto Centre
Click to read speaker bios: https://www.torontocentre.org/Files/NewsResources/5-14-2020/Anatol_Naresh.pdf
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VIRTUAL EVENT: Starr Forum: When Culture Meets Covid-19
Tuesday, June 23
11:00am to 12:00pm
Online
Registration is required, please register at https://bit.ly/CultureMeetsCovid
How does culture impact a country’s response to the current crisis? How does this and other political and security factors impact its next steps? This talk will focus on the following regions: Middle East, Europe, Asia, and North America.
Moderator: Chappell Lawson, is an Associate Professor of political science at MIT. He directs the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) program and the Policy Lab at the Center for International Studies (PL@CIS). His recent work has focused on homeland security policy.
Speakers: Suzanne Berger is MIT’s inaugural John M Deutch Institute Professor. Her current research focuses on politics and globalization. She recently co-chaired the MIT Production in the Innovation Economy project and is author most recently of Making in America: From Innovation to Market.
Yasheng Huang is the Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management and faculty director of Action Learning at the MIT Sloan School of Management. At MIT Sloan, Huang founded and directs China Lab and India Lab, which have provided low-cost consulting services to over 360 small and medium enterprises in China and India. He also serves as the faculty director of the MIT-China Program.
Peter Krause PhD '11, is assistant professor of political science at Boston College and a research affiliate with the MIT Security Studies Program. Krause's research and teaching focus on Middle East politics, terrorism and political violence, national movements, and international relations.
Co-sponsors: MIT Center for International Studies (CIS), MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI), Security Studies Program (SSP)
Free & open to the public
Also watch it on Facebook live (https://www.facebook.com/pages/MIT-Center-for-International-Studies/174031032346) or on-demand on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo3E2h2KZsZD3S8ThEn_UxA) .
For more information or accessibility accommodations please contact starrforum@mit.edu.
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21st Century: SUSTAINABILITY = ECONOMIC GROWTH
Tuesday, June 23
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/21st-century-sustainability-economic-growth-tickets-108831824918
Join the TLA Circular Economy Group and Prof. Evans to hear how industrial sustainability can drive economic growth in the 21st century
The key principles of Circular economy stipulate that the world’s material resources are finite, so we must:
Design out waste and pollution from the manufacturing of products;
Keep products and materials in use;
Regenerate natural systems and human settlements.
In this vision resource efficiency goes hand in hand with environmental protection.
Therefore sustainability is not in contrast with economic growth, in fact it is a pre-requisite for its long term viability.
As an academic with first-hand experience in industry, Prof. Evans argues that for a business organisation to be profitable, it must in fact also be sustainable.
Our economy has long relied on a model whereby demand for growth promotes unfettered material consumption, which causes a downward spiral of natural resource depletion and pollution.
“Build back better” is the blueprint for recovery and the future after the Covid-19 pandemic but environmental challenges and climate change trends suggest that we have little time to change the direction of the global industrial system.
So what needs to happen? The question demands an urgent response.
Steve Evans wants us to rethink the entire industrial system, and the first major step is a very simple and quick one to implement: ‘being efficient’ and ‘stop doing stupid stuff’, offering hope for a future with smarter resource consumption and better lives.
Keynote Speaker’s Bio
Steve Evans is the Director of Research at the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge, leads the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Industrial Sustainability and is Fellow of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) Working at the crossroads of industry and academia, his research aims at understanding how the industry can bring environmental and social sustainability concerns into its design and manufacturing practices. In his advisory and policy roles, he lays dual emphasis on urgent & practical change now and system level change that offers hope for a sustainable future.
Agenda
5.30: Intro by Rosario Di Dio, Founder and Leader Tech London Advocates Circular Economy Working Group
Address by Russ Shaw, Founder and Leader, Tech London Advocates, Global Tech Advocates
5.40-6.15: Keynote, Prof Evans, How industrial sustainability can drive economic growth in the 21st century.
6.15: Q&A
6.30: Wrap up and close
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Blackness In America
Tuesday, June 23
3-4:30 PM EST
Online
RSVP at https://cogolabs.zoom.us/j/99935671570
“Blackness In America”. This virtual event is an opportunity to listen in on a discussion between BIPOC professionals in various industries on empowering Black professionals, ways white people and non-Black people of color can move toward actionable anti-racist practices, and how the tech industry can work to become more inclusive.
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Headed for Extinction and What to Do About It
Tuesday, June 23
6 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEldOqhqT8rE9DkYIP6FRAm7OAS_QhHe-Xj
The planet is in ecological crisis: we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction event this planet has experienced. Scientists believe we may have entered a period of abrupt climate breakdown. This is an emergency.
In this online talk, climate speakers from Extinction Rebellion will share the latest climate science on where our planet is heading, discuss some of the current psychology around climate change, and offer solutions through the study of social movements.
Everyone is welcome and there will be time to ask questions and discuss afterward. This talk is free.
This event will run from 6 to 730pm EST.
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Revisioning Recovery: Films Uncovering the Roots of Disaster
Tuesday, June 23
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/revisioning-recovery-films-uncovering-the-roots-of-disaster-tickets-107127228424
Join Working Films for the first national screening of Revisioning Recovery: Films Uncovering the Roots of Disaster.
The effects of climate change are unfolding before our eyes as hurricanes, wildfires, floods, subzero temperatures, and tornadoes ravage the nation and the globe. Many communities who survive climate disasters do so with limited to no resources and are often struggling to recover before the next disaster hits. Equitable disaster preparedness and recovery is increasingly urgent as COVID-19 further exposes cracks in the system.
Revisioning Recovery illuminates the current injustices, systems at play, and the solutions needed to prepare and respond to climate disasters. The short films bring overlooked stories into the light and exposes the historical inequities that are exacerbated when disasters hit.
Across the nation, communities are experiencing the same discrimination that is present in all disaster response. Black and brown individuals, low income communities, undocumented residents, people with disabilities, and older adults are constantly an afterthought. Revisioning Recovery uncovers the root cause of these inequities, dismantles age old narratives, and advocates for new ways forward that provide Just Recovery for all.
This event will include a post-screening discussion featuring Chrishelle Palay [Director of the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity (HOME) Coalition] , Ilene Jacobs [Director of Litigation, Advocacy and Training at California Rural Legal Assistance], and Marcie Roth [Executive Director of the World Institute on Disability].
The films will be available in English with English and Spanish closed captioning and English audio description. The post-screening discussion will include English live captioning, Spanish interpretation, and International Sign. To request additional options, please contact hhearn@workingfilms.org.
Learn more about Revisioning Recovery at http://www.workingfilms.org/revisioning-recovery
***Those who RSVP will receive more information on how to join the virtual event closer to June 23.
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Wednesday, June 24
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Creating Restorative Communities - an online training focused on the tenets of Restorative Justice
Wednesday, June 24 and Wednesday, July 1 (you must attend both sessions)
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM both days
Online
RSVP at http://youthworkcentral.org/event/restorative-justice-circles/
In this 2-day, online training, participants will learn about the philosophy, pillars and practices of Restorative Justice in the context of youth organizations. Through principles and best practices, participants will leave with an understanding of how to adopt Restorative Justice as both a preventative and responsive practice in their organization. This training will be held online due to the current global pandemic, however it is still meant to be a Restorative Justice 101. This training will not directly address using RJ practices in a virtual world.
More Info: We are capping this training at 15 people on a first come, first served basis, and ask that each organization sends only one staff member.
Email best@hria.org for more information.
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Compassionate Listening in the Age of Pandemic
Wednesday, June 24
12:00 - 1:00PM
Online
RSVP at https://forms.gle/16GmD1xLaoZvwpLbA
w/ Professor Phillip Glenn
Our lives have changed! We spend less time with some people and more with others, less in physical presence and more on video. Political and ideological disagreements take on heightened intensity. Human connection, never easy under the best of circumstances, faces increased disruption and challenge.
How do we help support our loved ones through these difficult times? How do we work through conflicts with those around us? How do we overcome
alienation and frustration? In this workshop we will focus on listening and communicating with compassion. We will explore an empathic stance, remaining open to the feelings and needs we all experience. We will explore essential practices for empathic listening, such as inquiring, formulating, and reflecting feelings. We will explore ways of speaking that replace judgment and criticism with expression of what’s most important to us. The session will involve practice.
About Professor Glenn
Phillip Glenn is a Professor of Communication Studies at Emerson College, Boston, USA. He developed and teaches courses in Conflict and Negotiation, Positive Communication, and Mediation, Facilitation, and Dialogue. His scholarly research investigates everyday communication in conversations, meetings, and interviews. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Program on Negotiation and has held Fulbright appointments in the Czech Republic and in Moldova. A volunteer mediator and trainer with Metropolitan Mediation Services in Brookline, MA, Phillip is trained in nonviolent communication (NVC). He lives in Natick with his wife Liliana, a lampwork glass artist and teacher.
Seth Izen, Executive Director
MetroWest Mediation Services
220 North Main Street, Suite 106
Natick, MA 01760
Tel: 508-872-9495
Email: seth@metrowestmediation.org
Web: www.metrowestmediation.org
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Taking Action/Being Real/Telling the Truth: NVDA and the Fourth Demand (Part 2)
Wednesday, June 24th (Part 2)
7:00-9:15pm ET (slight time change, sorry).
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/fourth-demand-part-2/
How to honor the earth, the current climate emergency, and the longstanding climate of racial injustice and anti-Blackness: A two-part training and conversation with XR members
Looking for a space to brainstorm how to be in this new moment? Been sidelined or isolated by COVID and wanting to (re-)engage and connect? Thirsty for discerning conversation about how to respond to the anti-Black and racial injustice and climate emergency realities, within a time of COVID?
Join XR in a facilitated community space to share ideas for shaping messages, taking action in solidarity and hearing de-escalation techniques.
We'll explore how to act through the lens of our fourth demand: “We demand a just transition that prioritizes the most vulnerable people and indigenous sovereignty; establishes reparations and remediation led by and for Black people, Indigenous people, people of color and poor communities for years of environmental injustice, establishes legal rights for ecosystems to thrive and regenerate in perpetuity, and repairs the effects of ongoing ecocide to prevent extinction of human and all species, in order to maintain a livable, just planet for all.”
"things are not getting worse, they are getting uncovered. we must hold each other tight & continue to pull back the veil. #blacklivesmatter" - Adrienne Maree Brown
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Thursday, June 25
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Crony Capitalism along the Silk Road
Thursday, June 25
10 – 11 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https://youtu.be/H-tqjEpbxoE
SPEAKER(S) Alexander Cooley, Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University; Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, Barnard College: "The Price of Connectivity: China’s Local Central Asian Entanglements"
Jonathan E. Hillman, Senior Fellow, Simon Chair in Political Economy, and Director, Reconnecting Asia Project, CSIS:"Road to Ruin: Why Corruption Flows along China’s Belt and Road"
Moderator: Nargis Kassenova, Senior Fellow, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center; Associate Professor, KIMEP University
DETAILS China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), propelled by the government’s will and the allocation of massive financial resources, has been changing the political and economic realities in Eurasia. A lot of money is moving around, creating opportunities for unscrupulous individuals to engage in corrupt schemes. Crony capitalism receives a major boost in the conditions of weak rule of law and lack of transparency and accountability. Thus, along with the transport, trade, investment, financial and people-to-people connectivity, fostered by the BRI, we see the flourishing of connectivity of corrupt elites in China and Eurasia. These networks are not limited to “emerging markets”, but are part of global arrangements facilitating shady deals and money laundering. The discussion sheds light on the shady side of the BRI in Eurasia, along with its actors and mechanisms, and outlines possible ways to improve the governance of investments.
LINK https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/crony-capitalism-along-silk-road
CONTACT INFO Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor • Cambridge, MA 02138
617.495.4037
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People and the Planet: Dan Sullivan and Alex Padilla
Thursday, June 25
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/people-and-the-planet-dan-sullivan-and-alex-padilla-tickets-106240076930
The MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative is proud to host Republican United States Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Democratic Secretary of State Alex Padilla of California for the latest entry in our People & the Planet lecture series. Senator Sullivan and Secretary Padilla will participate in a virtual fireside chat on "government action on the environment at the federal and state levels." Both our distinguished guests have championed successful environmental legislation and will share their experiences and their views on the prospects for bipartisan action on major environmental challenges, the roles of regulatory and legislative approaches to those challenges, and the different levers for policy action available to the federal government and the states.
This free event will also serve as the keynote to a two-day workshop on "Plastics and the Environment: Science Meets Public Policy." Tickets to the workshop can be purchased here.
Dan Sullivan was sworn in as Alaska’s eighth United States Senator on January 6, 2015. He serves on the Armed Services Committee; the Environment and Public Works Committee; the Veterans' Affairs Committee; and the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, where he is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard. He is currently an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, were he was recently promoted to Colonel. He was the sponsor of the Save Our Seas Act of 2018 addressing the plastic debris crisis in the oceans and American coastlines, and is now the sponsor of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act.
Alex Padilla is the California Secretary of State. He previously served two terms in the California State Senate, representing the San Fernando Valley. His legislative activities there included authoring the California plastic bag ban bill. He graduated from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering and is a former member of the MIT Corporation (Board of Trustees).
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A People's Guide to Greater Boston
Thursday, June 25
7:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/PeoplesGuideToGreaterBoston
A People's Guide to Greater Boston reveals the region’s richness and vibrancy in ways that are neglected by traditional area guidebooks and obscured by many tourist destinations. Affirming the hopes, interests, and struggles of individuals and groups on the receiving end of unjust forms of power, the book showcases the ground-level forces shaping the city. Uncovering stories and places central to people’s lives over centuries, this guide takes readers to sites of oppression, resistance, organizing, and transformation in Boston and outlying neighborhoods and municipalities—from Lawrence, Lowell, and Lynn to Concord and Plymouth.
It highlights tales of the places and people involved in movements to abolish slavery; to end war and militarism; to achieve Native sovereignty, racial equity, gender justice, and sexual liberation; and to secure workers’ rights. In so doing, this one-of-a-kind guide points the way to a radically democratic Greater Boston, one that sparks social and environmental justice and inclusivity for all.
Joseph Nevins was born and raised in the Dorchester section of Boston and is Professor of Geography at Vassar College. His books include A Not-so-distant Horror: Mass Violence in East Timor; Dying to Live: A Story of U.S. Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid; and Operation Gatekeeper and Beyond: The War on "Illegals" and the Remaking of the US-Mexico Boundary.
Suren Moodliar, a resident of Chelsea, Massachusetts, is both coordinator of encuentro5, a movement building space in Downtown Boston, and editor of the journal Socialism and Democracy. He coedited Noam Chomsky’s Internationalism or Extinction (2020). He completed an MA in Political Science and African Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Eleni Macrakis grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and now works in the field of affordable housing development in the Greater Boston area. She holds a Master in Urban Planning from Harvard University.
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Extinction Rebellion: Finding Resilience Together
Thursday, June 25
8 to 9:15 pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/work_that_reconnects_20625/
The Regenerative Culture working group of XRDC invites you to our regular monthly gatherings, open to XR rebels as well as the general public.
Each month, we will gather together to give expression to the gratitude, grief, wonder, courage, despair, and hope that comes along with awareness of the climate crisis. Practices offered will range from Joanna Macy's "The Work that Reconnects" to storytelling, pair dialogue, singing, dancing, and more.
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/235614059
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Friday, June 26
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One-on-one with Anders Wijkman
Friday, June 26
9am (15:00 CEST)
Online
RSVP at https://www.wedonthavetime.org/climate-action-news/one-on-one-with-anders-wijkman
Anders Wijkman is a Swedish opinion leader and author. He is honorary chairman of the global think tank Club of Rome and chairman of the Governing Board of Climate-KIC – a major public-private partnership at EU level for the promotion of innovation of a low-carbon society. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Policy Director of UNDP.Since 2015 Anders is a member of the International Resource Panel (IRP) – a UN appointed expert body” to build and share the knowledge needed to improve the use of our resources worldwide”.
Climate Action News is our broadcast about action and sustainable solutions. We invite our community, climate advocacy groups, leaders, and businesses to share their knowledge and insights. You can participate actively by commenting live during and after the broadcast. Get instructions or download our app to join the discussion. Welcome!
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Extinction Rebellion [XR] SF Friday Online Activism
Friday, June 26
3-4pm EST
Online
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)
Zoom Info: https://zoom.us/j/727108084?pwd=YVhTOTk1TFlodzMwc3ZqWkg2ckNoZz09 Meeting ID: 727 108 084 Password: 082166 One tap mobile +16699006833,,727108084# US (San Jose)
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Farming for the Future
Friday, June 26
7pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.cambridgeforum.org
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Monday, June 29
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Brain Awareness Lecture: Vaccines: Autism and Other Myths - Solving today's public health crisis
Monday, June 29
3pm - 4:15pm
Online
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eh399oxy987adb2c&oseq&c&ch&fbclid=IwAR0NZRn86TdQUnzW_xt7_vNWuRrIgfDm3ORRHPekRj0oMz5M3SXr_FlA8v4
Dr. Peter Hotez, Dean of the Baylor School of Medicine National School of Tropical Medicine, will virtually join our Portland community on June 29 to discuss a history of vaccines, COVID-19 vaccine development, the anti-vax movement, and his personal story as the father of a daughter with autism.
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Cosmology’s Century: An Inside History of Our Modern Understanding of the Universe
Monday, June 29
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/pjepeebles/register
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series, the Harvard University Division of Science, and the Cabot Science Library welcome Nobel Prize–winning astrophysicist P.J.E. PEEBLES for a discussion of his latest book Cosmology’s Century: An Inside History of Our Modern Understanding of the Universe.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of Cosmology's Century on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About Cosmology's Century
Modern cosmology began a century ago with Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and his notion of a homogenous, philosophically satisfying cosmos. Cosmology's Century is the story of how generations of scientists built on these thoughts and many new measurements to arrive at a well-tested physical theory of the structure and evolution of our expanding universe.
In this landmark book, one of the world's most esteemed theoretical cosmologists offers an unparalleled personal perspective on how the field developed. P. J. E. Peebles was at the forefront of many of the greatest discoveries of the past century, making fundamental contributions to our understanding of the presence of helium and microwave radiation from the hot big bang, the measures of the distribution and motion of ordinary matter, and the new kind of dark matter that allows us to make sense of these results. Taking readers from the field's beginnings, Peebles describes how scientists working in independent directions found themselves converging on a theory of cosmic evolution interesting enough to warrant the rigorous testing it passes so well. He explores the major advances—some inspired by remarkable insights or perhaps just lucky guesses—as well as the wrong turns taken and the roads not explored. He shares recollections from major players in this story and provides a rare, inside look at how natural science is really done.
A monumental work, Cosmology's Century also emphasizes where the present theory is incomplete, suggesting exciting directions for continuing research.
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Tuesday, June 30
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I'm Hungry: A Panel Discussion on Food Insecurity
Tuesday, June 30
1 PM – 2 PM
Online
RSVP at https://aarp.cvent.com/events/aarp-ma-i-m-hungry-a-panel-discussion-on-food-insecurity-in-the-african-american-black-community-bos/event-summary-78e376028dea4ef688623e01fbfecb03.aspx
To attend, register at the free ticket link. After registering, you will receive a meeting invite on 6/29/2020
More than 5 million people over age 60 are food insecure, meaning they do not have access to enough food for an active, healthy life. This leads to a higher risk of developing serious health issues, especially for the African American/Black community.
What can we do, and what are we already doing to address the needs of our community?
Join AARP Massachusetts for a panel discussion on hunger Tuesday, June 30 via Zoom. (Register at the free ticket link to receive access to this event)
Speakers:
Vivien Morris, a registered dietician;
Josh Trautwein, co-founder of Fresh Truck;
Khara Burns, Director of Project Bread.
Moderated by Joseph Feaster, Jr., Esq. President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts.
You will get a list of resources that will include accessing SNAP and EBT benefits, where food is being distributed throughout the greater Boston area, and more resources and information.
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Headed for Extinction and What to Do About It
Tuesday, June 30
6 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vcuitpz0vGtTvSY156sDIFiW9CFxvCC7g
The planet is in ecological crisis: we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction event this planet has experienced. Scientists believe we may have entered a period of abrupt climate breakdown. This is an emergency.
In this online talk, climate speakers from Extinction Rebellion will share the latest climate science on where our planet is heading, discuss some of the current psychology around climate change, and offer solutions through the study of social movements.
Everyone is welcome and there will be time to ask questions and discuss afterward. This talk is free.
The event will run from 6 to 730 pm ESt
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A More Perfect Reunion: Race, Integration, and the Future of America
Tuesday, June 30
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/calvinbaker
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes writer CALVIN BAKER—author of the acclaimed novels Grace and Dominion—for a discussion of his latest book A More Perfect Reunion: Race, Integration, and the Future of America.
Contribute to Support Harvard Book Store
While payment is not required, we are suggesting a $3 contribution to support this author series, our staff, and the future of Harvard Book Store—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge institution. In addition, by purchasing a copy of A More Perfect Reunion on harvard.com, you support indie bookselling and the writing community during this difficult time.
About A More Perfect Reunion
Americans have prided ourselves on how far we've come from slavery, lynching, and legal segregation—measuring ourselves by incremental progress instead of by how far we have to go. But fifty years after the last meaningful effort toward civil rights, the US remains overwhelmingly segregated and unjust. Our current solutions—diversity, representation, and desegregation—are not enough.
As acclaimed writer Calvin Baker argues in this bracing, necessary book, we first need to envision a society no longer defined by the structures of race in order to create one. The only meaningful remedy is integration: the full self-determination and participation of all African-Americans, and all other oppressed groups, in every facet of national life. This is the deepest threat to the racial order and the real goal of civil rights.
At once a profound, masterful reading of US history from the colonial era forward and a trenchant critique of the obstacles in our current political and cultural moment, A More Perfect Reunion is also a call to action. As Baker reminds us, we live in a revolutionary democracy. We are one of the best-positioned generations in history to finish that revolution.
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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Local Voices Network (lvn.org) was hosting conversations across Boston in gathering places such as libraries, community centers, etc. with residents to surface underheard voices and to better understand hopes and concerns, which are then made available to all participants as well as members of the media.
We have recently transitioned our conversations over to Zoom, and have been hosting conversations with people across our chapters (MA, NY, WI, AL) acutely affected by COVID-19 (food pantry and grocery store workers, faith leaders, students/professors, etc.) and some really powerful stories have emerged.
We are now opening the conversations up to anyone in our communities who wants to come together and share their frustrations, struggles, and hopes surrounding COVID-19 in a 3-5 person (60-75 min) conversation. Each conversation will be recorded, transcribed, indexed using natural language processing (AI) technology, and made available to policy makers and our media partners (such as the Boston Institute of Nonprofit Journalism and WBUR).
I'll be hosting three conversations in the next couple of weeks that I wanted to invite you to join. Please find the links online at lvn.org/boston.
Thanks and take care,
Jess
Jess Weaver
Head of Local Voices Network - Boston
Cortico: fostering a healthy public sphere
jess@lvn.org
617.655.8412
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Living With Heat - Urban Land Institute report on expected climate impact in Boston
https://boston.uli.org/about/impact/
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Solar bills on Beacon Hill: The Climate Minute Podcast
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cs87v-b6dbac
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Envision Cambridge citywide plan
https://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/News/2019/5/~/media/A0547DC0640E4ABD86B519CA6FEEFF38.ashx
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Climate Resilience Workbook
https://sustainablebuildingsinitiative.org/toolkits/climate-resilience-guidelines/climate-resilience-workbook
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Sustainable Business Network Local Green Guide
SBN is excited to announce the soft launch of its new Local Green Guide, Massachusetts' premier Green Business Directory!
To view the directory please visit: http://www.localgreenguide.org
To find out how how your business can be listed on the website or for sponsorship opportunities please contact Adritha at adritha@sbnboston.org
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Boston Food System
"The Boston Food System [listserv] provides a forum to post announcements of events, employment opportunities, internships, programs, lectures, and other activities as well as related articles or other publications of a non-commercial nature covering the area's food system - food, nutrition, farming, education, etc. - that take place or focus on or around Greater Boston (broadly delineated)."
The Boston area is one of the most active nationwide in terms of food system activities - projects, services, and events connected to food, farming, nutrition - and often connected to education, public health, environment, arts, social services and other arenas. Hundreds of organizations and enterprises cover our area, but what is going on week-to-week is not always well publicized.
Hence, the new Boston Food System listserv, as the place to let everyone know about these activities.
To subscribe to the Boston Food System list:
https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
To be removed / unsubscribe from the Boston Food System list:
https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/signoff/bfs
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The Boston Network for International Development (BNID) maintains a website (BNID.org) that serves as a clearing-house for information on organizations, events, and jobs related to international development in the Boston area. BNID has played an important auxiliary role in fostering international development activities in the Boston area, as witnessed by the expanding content of the site and a significant growth in the number of users.
The website contains:
A calendar of Boston area events and volunteer opportunities related to International Development - http://www.bnid.org/events
A jobs board that includes both internships and full time positions related to International Development that is updated daily - http://www.bnid.org/jobs
A directory and descriptions of more than 250 Boston-area organizations - http://www.bnid.org/organizations
Also, please sign up for our weekly newsletter (we promise only one email per week) to get the most up-to-date information on new job and internship opportunities -www.bnid.org/sign-up
The website is completely free for students and our goal is to help connect students who are interested in international development with many of the worthwhile organizations in the area.
Please feel free to email our organization at info@bnid.org if you have any questions!
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Boston Maker Spaces - 41 (up from 27 in 2016) and counting: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zGHnt9r2pQx8.kfw9evrHsKjA&hl=en
Solidarity Network Economy: https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com
Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston: http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at over 50 colleges and universities at Hubevents: http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
MIT Events: http://calendar.mit.edu
Harvard Events: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/harvard-events/events-calendar/
Harvard Environment: http://environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
Sustainability at Harvard: http://green.harvard.edu/events
Boston Science Lectures: https://sites.google.com/view/bostonsciencelectures/home
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/
Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/
Startup and Entrepreneurial Events: http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/
Cambridge Civic Journal: http://www.rwinters.com
Cambridge Happenings: http://cambridgehappenings.org
Cambridge Community Calendar: https://www.cctvcambridge.org/calendar
Adam Gaffin’s Universal Hub: https://www.universalhub.com/
Extinction Rebellion: https://xrmass.org/action/
Sunrise Movement: https://www.facebook.com/SunriseBoston/events/
Mission-Based Massachusetts is an online discussion group for people who are interested in nonprofit, philanthropic, educational, community-based, grassroots, and other mission-based organizations in the Bay State. This is a moderated, flame-free email list that is open to anyone who is interested in the topic and willing to adhere to the principles of civil discourse. To subscribe email
mbm-SUBSCRIBE@missionbasedmassachusetts.net
If you have an event you would like to see here, the submission deadline is 11 AM on Sundays, as Energy (and Other) Events is sent out Sunday afternoons.
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