Free Courses. Global Network of Civil Society Orgs for Disastser Reduction (GNDR) December 2021

  

1.     SocialNet: Social and behavioural insights COVID-19 data collection tool for Africa Timely data and insights into people’s changing knowledge, attitudes and behaviors can ensure that the response to COVID-19 is tailored and adapted to the needs of the population. This course introduces a data collection tool that can help countries or regions capture and use this type of data in their response to the pandemic. https://openwho.org/courses/sbi-tool?tracking_user=63ocWn1wHKlkx9jjT8Kl5e&tracking_type=news&tracking_id=668DExnwyWLog0a7Fmt7WU

2.     Infodemic Management 101 Everyone has a role in managing the infodemic, and this journey starts by understanding and identifying its key mechanisms and actors. This course is for anyone interested in understanding what an infodemic is, how it dramatically affects public health and what we can do about it now and into the future. Participants can expect to be exposed to a broad range of infodemic management skills and topics and learn the basics on how to decrease the negative impact of misinformation and disinformation on public health. https://openwho.org/courses/infodemic-management-101?tracking_user=63ocWn1wHKlkx9jjT8Kl5e&tracking_type=news&tracking_id=668DExnwyWLog0a7Fmt7WU

 

 

 

 

Climate Change: Adapt for the Future, Not the Past. December 2021

 

Climate Change: Adapt for the Future, Not the Past   Funding for developing countries to address global warming is grossly inadequate. Very little finance is for adaptation to climate change, the urgent need of countries most adversely affected. Also, adaptation needs to be forward-looking rather than only addressing accumulated problems. Suicide pact? Climate change poses an existential threat, especially to poor countries with little means […]

All Humans Are Born Equal in Rights? That’s Still Far from Being True. December 2021

 

All Humans Are Born Equal in Rights? That’s Still Far from Being True   ”All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” These words are a sound introduction to the transcendental issue of human rights and equalities, as stated by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The Declaration proclaims the “inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being – regardless […]

Young Leaders Devise Solutions for the Future. December 2021

 

APDA Young Leaders Devise Solutions for the Future   Whether you look at society, the environment, or technology – the world is changing rapidly. Global organizations strive to adapt to this change. The United Nations, for example, has developed the Sustainable Development Goals as a blueprint for human development. Youth must and should be at the forefront when tackling the changing world. Consequently, a […]

Greed-Driven Pandemic Still Killing Millions. December 2021

 

Greed-Driven Pandemic Still Killing Millions   Failure to vaccinate most in poor countries sustains the COVID-19 pandemic. Rich country greed and patent monopolies block developing countries from affordably making the means to protect themselves. Mutant menace The SARS-CoV-2 virus has been mutating as it replicates. Numerous replications in hundreds of millions of hosts have generated many variants. Some mutations are more […]

Free and Online Friday through Sunday. Function at the Junction. Afro-Cuban Spiritual and Folkloric traditions December 17, 18, 19 2021

 

 

Our end of the year special event is the multi-faceted, multi-media and collaborative project highlighting practitioners in the Afro-Cuban Spiritual and Folkloric traditions

 

 

 

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 at 7pm cst   OSAIN DEL MONTE            Panter Calderón, the long-time director of the Yoruba Andabo group, is a veritable prodigy of Afro-Cuban percussion. In 2012, he created his own group, Osain del Monte, bringing together the emerging generation of the young singers, dancers, and percussionists of Havana. They took the main stages of Havana to promote music emanating from the most “Afro” sacred rituals in the Cuban tradition (santeria, pablo, abacua, iyesa, rumba, columbia), and within a few months they became ambassadors of Afro-Cuban identity throughout the country. Spectators from around the world, including legends like Madonna and the Rolling Stones, crowded in to catch their incredible shows.   BOBI CÉSPEDES A vocalist in the Cuban son tradition, composer, band leader and educator, Bobi first won international recognition as director and lead vocalist for the award winning band, Conjunto Céspedes. She claims her rightful place as an icon in the tradition with a resonant voice and dynamic stage presence and leads audiences on a journey from Yoruba incantations to the Cuban son. with Marco Díaz Elizabeth "Lichi" Fuentes, José Roberto Hernández, Ernesto Mazar Kindelán, Robert Morris Amaya and Eric Rangel    with IVOR MILLER     programma en español

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY DECEMBER 18 at 7pm cst Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba with Alex Norris, Mike Thomas, Isaiah Collier, Chris Washburne, Gregg August, Robby Ameen, Román Díaz, Rafael Monteagudo, Mauricio Herrera and Abraham Rodriguez Francisco Mora Catlett's Afro Horn with Francisco Mora Catlett, Sam Newsome, Román Díaz, James Weidman, Rashaan Carter, and Alex Harding  Román Díaz 's Rumba Ensemble with Clemente Medina,  Rafael Monteagudo, Barry Cox, Abraham Rodriguez, Máximo Gustavo, and Onel Mulet

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY DECEMBER 19 at 7pm ROUNDTABLE & RUMBA

 

FRANK BELL  Hailing from Havana, long-time NY-based Oriate and musician, Frank Bell, is steeped in the cultural history of the Lukumi tradition. Bell’s framing remarks illuminate the key influences for the featured artists in A Function at the Junction

HABANA/HARLEM® Neyda Martinez and Onel Mulet are a music & humanities initiative that celebrates a cultural and creative nexus by supporting and presenting projects and artists that foster dialogue and cultural appreciation.  Habana/Harlem produced this historic conversation   Roundtable Michele Rosewoman, Francisco Mora Catlett, Román Díaz,Frank Bell and Ivor Miller.   read more about the series

IVOR MILLER  Ivor L. Miller, Ph.D, is a scholar focused on Cuban cultural history in the trans-Atlantic context. He has conducted research in Cuba since 1991, focusing on the continuity and impact of seminal Cuban artists, many of whom have left an indelible mark on the New York music scene.

 

 

LOS MUÑEQUITOS DE MATANZAS is a Cuban rumba ensemble from the city of Matanzas. The group was established in 1952 as Conjunto Guaguancó Matancero and released their first LP in 1956 through Puchito. Since then, Los Muñequitos have continued to perform and record, becoming one of the most successful and critically acclaimed rumba groups of all time.   YORUBA ANDABO Yoruba Andabo is a Cuban rumba ensemble founded in 1981 by master percussionist/folklorist Pancho Quinto. It evolved from an amateur group known as Guaguancó Marítimo Portuario, established in 1961 in the docks of Havana

 

 

 

 

 

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Banks, Credit. Racial Profiling. Banking while Bank. Personal and Business. December 2021

Banking while Black.

-Even from a small business perspective and initial loan is impossible.