“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” -Alvin Toffler

Monday, June 29, 2020

5 Myths from The Washington Post. From Policing, Juneteenth to Meritocracy




No, officers don’t spend most of their time fighting crime.
  • Alex S. Vitale

No, it’s not the only celebration of emancipation.
  • Afi-Odelia Scruggs


The Constitution doesn’t actually give the Supreme Court the final say.
  • David Litt

  • Outlook
    •  
  • Perspective

    • No, the NRA did not start out as a civil rights organization.
    • Frank Smyth

    No, predators can’t ‘smell’ fear.
    • Eva Holland

    No, uninsured people do not rely more on emergency care.
    • Brian J. Zink

    No, they’re not found only in poorer nations.

    No, vaccines are not cash cows for the pharmaceutical industry.
    • Michael S. Kinch

    No, Uber drivers don’t have much flexibility.
    • Shelly Steward

    No, welfare programs aren’t the answer to poverty. But fraud isn’t widespread, either.
    • Mark R. Rank

    No, it’s not just about protecting the president.
    • Garrett M. Graff

    No, you don’t have to be a corporate insider to do it.
    • Donna M. Nagy

    No, you don’t need to keep a rigid schedule.

    It’s not designed to protect small businesses.
    • John W. Mayo and Mark Whitener

    Travel restrictions and masks won’t actually help much.

    Her books were actually racy — and not ignored in her lifetime.
    • Devoney Looser

    No, higher turnout would not necessarily help Democrats.
    • Rachel Bitecofer

    It’s not all about crashing power grids and airplanes.
    • Ben Buchanan

    No, he didn’t wear a wig, and he wasn’t a great military commander.
    • Alexis Coe

    No, the Civil War didn’t end slavery, and the first Africans didn’t arrive in America in 1619.
    • Daina Ramey Berry and Talitha L. LeFlouria

    • Perspective

    No, it is not the world’s “greatest deliberative body” — and it’s not stuck in the past.
    • Kathy Kiely

    No, it isn’t dead, and its purveyors aren’t all hopped up on drugs.

    • Perspective

    No, it wasn’t the norm throughout U.S. history.

    • Perspective

    No, presidents can’t do whatever they want.
    • Scott R. Anderson

    • Perspective

    No, you don’t get it from eating too many sweets.
    • Heather Ferris
    • Perspective

    No, buying a lottery ticket isn’t a better investment when the jackpot gets big.
    • George Loewenstein

    • Perspective

    Was the 1977 movie a template for all other blockbusters, or the work of an auteur?
    • Julie Turnock

    • Perspective

    No, protests don’t really require charismatic leaders.
    • Maria J. Stephan and Adam Gallagher

    • Perspective

    No, black voters are not uniformly liberal.
    • Theodore R. Johnson

    • Perspective

    No, country radio didn’t feature more women in the ’60s and ’70s.
    • Jocelyn Neal

    • Perspective

    The First Amendment wasn’t always first.
    • Stephanie Barclay

    • Perspective

    No, they aren’t deserted and doomed.

    • Perspective

    No, it didn’t cause the 2008 market crash.
    • Rebecca M. Jordan-Young and Katrina Karkazis

    • Perspective

    No, vaping is not as harmful as smoking cigarettes, and it doesn’t cause “popcorn lung”
    • Daniel Giovenco
    • Perspective

    He’s neither the shadow president nor a mere bystander.
    • Tom LoBianco

    • Perspective

    They’re not a racial group. And they’re not all opposed to Trump.
    • Horacio Sierra
    • Perspective

    There’s no civil war. Corruption is getting better. And it’s not “the Ukraine.”
    • Nina Jankowicz
    • Perspective

    No, antioxidants and longer telomeres are not the answer to immortality
    • William Mair

    • Perspective

    No, rich families at elite schools aren’t really paying their own way.


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    Sunday, June 28, 2020

    July 2020. Global Resilient Cities Network & the World Bank, which will focus on 'Metropolitan Resilience: How metropolitan areas have responded to the Covid19 crisis'




    Dear Colleagues,

    Please join us for the 17th Session of Cities on the Frontline, jointly organized by Global Resilient Cities Network & the World Bank, which will focus on 'Metropolitan Resilience: How metropolitan areas have responded to the Covid19 crisis'. We will be joined by Mario Silva, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Planning Institute of Guadalajara, Xavier Tiana, Director of International Affairs at the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona and Octavi de la Varga, Secretary-General of Metropolis.

    The session will take place on Thursday, 2 July 2020, at 9.30 AM EST / 1.30 PM GMT / 09.30 PM Singapore Time. Please register here: https://bit.ly/metropolitanresilience

    After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing log-in info and a calendar detail that can be added to your system.

    Missed a session? For access to the previous sessions' materials, visit our Speaker Series webpage for full access to the presentations & recordings: https://bit.ly/citiesonthefrontline

    For questions about the Speaker's Series or additional registration requests, please send an email to our team at media@resilientcitiesnetwork.org

    Lauren N. Sorkin 
    Acting Executive Director 
    Global Resilient Cities Network, pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation 

    London | Mexico City | New York | Singapore  
    T: +1 732 718 5650   M: +65 9727 1371   Skype: lauren.irg   T: @LaurenSorkin18 
    GLOBAL  
    RESILIENT  
    CITIES  
    NETWORK 

    Important: Please note my new email and update your address book accordingly: lsorkin@resilientcitiesnetwork.org


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    Washington, D.C. ACC Connecting the Community. June 30, 2020 11:30 am




    ACC's June Meeting Meeting

    June 30, 11:30 a.m.


    ACC's June meeting will feature Reed Tuckson, Natalie Smith, Jesse Wilensky and Mustafa Abdul-Salaam. The areas of discussion include COVID, the Global Citizen School, Solar Energy and Community Economic Development. The meeting will begin Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. via zoom (details below), see you there! 





    The Anacostia Coordinating Council (ACC) invites you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

    Topic: June Meeting
    Thursday,  June 30, 2020,  11:30 AM

    Join Zoom Meeting Online
     https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84082512607?pwd=K01wZElkMWNkbUxPOFlwR0kwc3NFdz09

    Meeting ID: 840 8251 2607
    Password: 2tX4eg

    Or Call In

    +13017158592,,84082512607#,,,,0#,,079267#


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    AARP Exceptional Volunteers Recognition June 2020


    AARP has announced a program to recognize Exceptional Volunteers. I thought you might be interested and can share with your network as volunteers in your organization are eligible for this recognition.

    AARP invites the public to nominate exceptional volunteers in two categories: 1. General volunteering and 2. Coronavirus-related volunteering. The winner in each category will receive a grand prize of $1,000 along with a matching donation to the charity of their choice from Cabot Creamery, a long-time supporter of AARP’s Create the Good.  The nomination window closes on August 2. 

    Please feel free to nominate people you know who are making a difference. 

    To learn more and to submit a nomination please go to: Show the Love Volunteer recognition contest or

    https://volunteeroutreach.aarp.org/showyourlove2020/contest/details/36334

    Please share as appropriate.

    American Red Cross Coronavirus Resources: https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/coronavirus-safety.html

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