Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Nuclear Testing - Part 1 Historical Discussion. Tuesday, March 9, 2021 12-1pm EST

 

 

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HDIAC Webinar

Historical Discussion of the Trinity Nuclear Weapons Test:
A Two-Part Series

 

Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 9 & Wednesday, March 10,
1200 - 1300 EST

Join HDIAC tomorrow, Tuesday, March 9 & Wednesday, March 10, 1200 - 1300 EST for a two-part webinar series titled “Historical Discussion of the Trinity Nuclear Weapons Test.” Please register in advance for the webinar at: https://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=E052DE83804E3B

The Trinity test of July 16, 1945 was arguably history’s greatest scientific experiment. It represented not only the capstone of the Manhattan Project, but the culmination of decades of discovery in physics, chemistry, metallurgy, and other scientific fields. The technology tested at Trinity would later be used to help bring history’s deadliest conflict, World War II, to an abrupt and victorious conclusion. In this two-part series, Mr. Carr follows up on his 18 February webinar “Introduction to U.S. Nuclear Testing: 1945 - 1992” by discussing the scientific discovery and technological innovation that are part of Trinity’s legacy.

Presenter:
Mr. Alan B. Carr
started his career at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2003 after completing his graduate work at Texas Tech University. As an historian, he has appraised thousands of sets of records held by Laboratory organizations for historical value. Over the years, Alan has produced several publications pertaining to the Manhattan Project, nuclear weapons testing, and the Laboratory’s development during the Cold War years. He has lectured for numerous professional organizations and has been featured as a guest on many local, national, and international radio and television programs. He currently serves as a Program Manager and the Senior Historian for the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Introduction to U.S. Nuclear Testing:
1945 - 1992

 

Presenter:
Mr. Alan B. Carr
started his career at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2003 after completing his graduate work at Texas Tech University. As an historian, he has appraised thousands of sets of records held by Laboratory organizations for historical value. Over the years, Alan has produced several publications pertaining to the Manhattan Project, nuclear weapons testing, and the Laboratory's development during the Cold War years. He has lectured for numerous professional organizations and has been featured as a guest on many local, national, and international radio and television programs. He currently serves as a Program Manager and the Senior Historian for the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Crisis Communications. Is Facebook the right tool or the wrong tool to use for crisis communications? Class March 11, 2021

 

The Social Media Conundrum

Is Facebook the right tool or the wrong tool to use for crisis communications?

Find out in a free Master Class on Crisis Communications this Thursday, March 11th at 1 p.m. CST.

Use this link to claim your seat. Your free registration is paid for by SituationHub.com

The topic is the Social Media Conundrum.

Let's ruffle some feathers and have a frank... I mean REALLY frank conversation about using Facebook for crisis communications.

We have two special guests:

The first is Jay Baer CSP. CPAE. Jay content marketing expert, best-selling author, and Hall of Fame Speaker who really understands the algorithms of Facebook.

Our second guest is Katie Kothmann Haby, CCC, the Member Relations and Communications Supervisor at Medina Electric Cooperative. Katie was in "the big freeze" and her electric company was forced to shut off power to thousands of homes by ERCOT in Texas. Would you like to see what ugly looks like on Facebook during a crisis? Check out the Medina Facebook page, read the ugly comments, then study the profiles of the people who are making those comments.

I'll be leading the Master Class. I'm Crisis Communications Expert Gerard Braud, CSP, Fellow IEC. In the early days of social media I warned of the pitfalls of Facebook during a crisis. When most PR people were saying "Facebook provides transparency," I was preaching that your website is "the most transparent" place to communicate in a crisis.

What do you think? This will be a lively discussion.

And as pre-work, make sure you watch the Netflix show, The Social Dilemma. Key elements of this program will play into our discussion.

Sign up here for our next free Master Class on Crisis Communications Thursday, March 11th at 1 p.m. CST.



Monday, March 8, 2021

SPACE. Women in Space. SSPI-WISE. March 2021

 SSPI-WISE is a new initiative of SSPI - engaging the women of our illustrious industry in the work of ensuring that space and satellite is welcoming to talent without regard to gender.  

The meetings have been open to women only, but on Monday, March 8 at 10AM ET, we will host a celebration of International Women's Day and it is open to all!  We invite women AND men to join us in celebrating women.  The international hashtag for the day is #ChooseToChallenge - we invite all to challenge ourselves to thinking about and creating inclusion for women in our industry. 

SSPI-WISE hashtag is #SSPIWISE - we'll be celebrating on social media all day!  (That includes the launch of our next podcast in our RISK series: The Risk of Being a Woman.  Not to be missed! SSPI Podcast)

7AM PT | 10AM ET | 3PM GMT | 7PM Dubai | 11PM Singapore | 12AM Tokyo | 2AM Sydney

Our topic is Networking

Presented by the "Networking and Swag" Working Group of SSPI-WISE, the event features a robust program exploring tips and best practices for Networking. We #ChooseToChallenge ourselves to expand our networking skills as we hear insights from not one, but TWO keynote speakers:

  


Elodie Viau

European Space Agency
Director of Telecommunications
and Integrated Applications

 

Tina Ghataore

President at Mynaric USA

You don't want to miss it!

Register today! https://www.sspi.org/events/sspi-wise-international-womens-day-celebration



NEW ORLEANS NOHSEP Director Collin Arnold Returns to Duty March 8, 2021

 

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March 8, 2021


Contact: LaTonya Norton

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NOHSEP Director Collin Arnold Returns to Duty

NEW ORLEANS — Collin Arnold, Director of the New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (NOHSEP), today returned to duty after completing a 60-day suspension.


"I am very grateful today to be returning to public service and to get back to the important job of pandemic response and hurricane preparedness. I've used the time of my suspension to work on challenges in my personal and professional life. I want to thank my family, friends, colleagues, and City leadership who have shown me an incredible amount of support," said Director Arnold. "This past year has been trying for me, just as it has been for so many. I encourage anyone who is feeling the weight of stress during these difficult times to seek help. You can find free resources at ready.nola.gov/assistance/#distress."

 

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Opioid Litigation Is Prying Open Vaults Of Big Pharma Secrets March 2021

 

Analysis

Opioid Litigation Is Prying Open Vaults Of Big Pharma Secrets

In an unveiling with few historical parallels, major pharmaceutical corporations are poised to settle sweeping opioid litigation by agreeing to publicize millions of pages of internal documents illustrating how they marketed and sold narcotic painkillers amid a dire addiction epidemic, according to lawyers and court records.

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Sunday, March 7, 2021

BLACK NEWSPAPER EDITOR SUPPRESSED BY FOR-PROFIT PRISON CORPORATION GEO GROUP, THREATENED WITH RE-IMPRISONMENT March 2021


PRESS RELEASE 
Sunday, March 7, 2021
Contact: Nube Brown (707) 601-2901, nube@sfbayview.com 
https://www.facebook.com/malikdefensecommittee

BLACK NEWSPAPER EDITOR SUPPRESSED BY FOR-PROFIT PRISON CORPORATION GEO GROUP, THREATENED WITH  RE-IMPRISONMENT 
 
Activists and community members, including SF and Alameda County Public Defenders and District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney, will gather to demand justice for Malik Washington and an end to  
for-profit prison corporations in CA
San Francisco, CA - On Sunday, March 7, from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m., a socially distanced rally will take place in front of the Taylor Street Center, a federal halfway house located at 111 Taylor St. in San Francisco. The rally calls for the freedom of San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper Editor Malik Washington, an end to for-profit prison corporation GEO Group's operations in California, and an end to the attack on Black journalism by the GEO Group and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Malik Washington, who is incarcerated at the Taylor Street Center (a facility housing 240 individuals), was retaliated against when he released a public memo to shine light on a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility in January 2021. Facility staff confiscated his cell phone and brought disciplinary charges against him, including the possibility of re-imprisonment and restrictions on his ability to speak to members of the press, even though he is a working journalist.
Mr. Washington and the SF Bay View have filed a federal lawsuit alleging First Amendment retaliation against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the GEO Group, Inc. A hearing in that lawsuit takes place on March 10, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.
San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju has spoken out against the retaliation Malik has faced within GEO Group's custody. He says, "We continue to witness GEO Group's pattern of deceit and neglect in its response to the COVID pandemic. We must protect the health and dignity of the people living at 111 Taylor and invest in future reentry care that is community-based and focused on the needs of individuals, not the profits of GEO Group. I stand in solidarity with Malik Washington and for his rights as a member of the Black press to speak out and protect his community."
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin also criticizes the GEO Group. He says, "The last four years have shown the need for ensuring that people - especially those in the press - are free and able to tell truth to power. It is deeply concerning when people - like Malik Washington - who are devoted to truth-telling are targeted precisely for trying to ensure that critical information is made public. We must stand against attempts to target or prevent people like Malik from speaking out."
The San Francisco Public Defender recently released a short documentary: "111 Taylor Street: During a Pandemic", filmed with undercover footage, documenting the lack of precautions taken by GEO to protect detained people from COVID. It can be viewed at: https://wearedefender.com/111-taylor. 
 
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Also posted at prlog.org. 
 
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IN OTHER NEWS, SAN FRANCISCO BAYVIEW EDITOR MALIK WASHINGTON GIVES A MOVING MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO A REVERED SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY LEADER
 
  
 
http://www.wrightnow.biz/articles_view.asp?articleid=83762&columnid=2898  
 
 
 
 
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FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2021
 
 

Mayor London Breed  

(W.E. Community Spotlight Archives)

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MAYOR LONDON BREED ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAM TO SUPPORT AND RETRAIN WORKERS
$28 million program will expand workforce development, paid training, and job placement for adults and youth in San Francisco, and will include targeted resources to address the disproportionate Black unemployment rate with funding from the Dream Keeper Initiative
 
San Francisco - Mayor London N. Breed today announced a new economic recovery program for workforce development, paid training programs, and job placement and employment services for San Franciscans. The $28 million Building Back Stronger program includes funding from the City's Dream Keeper Initiative, which Mayor Breed announced last week, and will expand services for workers and job seekers, address long-standing economic inequities and disparities in unemployment, and bolster the City's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
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Watch Al Sharpton Live Today 5:45 ET on MSNBC Interview ColorComm Founder Lauren Wesley Wilson 
The intersection between race and gender is the topic. Don't miss it! 
 
US Black Chambers of Commerce Inc Black History Month Revisited
 
News from US Black Chambers CEO Ron Busby includes Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Majority Whip with a fabulous closing performance by Ruben Studdard shared by Dr. Maxine Hickman, President of San Francisco Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc., and immedIate past board member of Nation Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc.
 
 
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President of W.E.

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The San Francisco BayView Neighborhood mourns Yolanda Jones, Businesswoman & Community Leader, daughter of Charlie Walker, Businessman, Community Leader and former Mayor Willie L. Brown confidante.  (America's Still the Place" is the film about Walker that opened the 2015 San Francisco Black Film Festival).