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 
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    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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    Family Farm Alliance. Monthly Briefing. June 2020




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    A Source to Receive Reallocation\Defunding: Hip Hop Architecture (Global) as Design Justices Winners. Congratulations. June 2020


    I also would like to thank everyone who participated in the competition! We received over 100 submissions from across the globe and here are the Top 10 Winners. 

    Each of the Top 3 winners will join The Hip Hop Architect (@TheHipHopArchitect) for an Instagram Live discussion on Monday, followed by discussions throughout the week with the Top 10 winners. 

    Please tune in and follow @HipHopArchitecture on Instagram for your first glimpse of the winning entries. 

    $500
    William Reynolds (1st place)

    $300
    Douglas Balder (2nd place tie)
    Nick Gamero (2nd place tie)

    $200
    Kelsey Jensen (3rd place tie)
    Omar Aboulezz (3rd place tie )

    Submissions Part of Top Ten, in no particular order:
    Austin Couch
    Coleman Jordan
    Hala Barakat
    Judy Sanchez
    Uthra Verghese 
    Karrisa B
    Zachery Terry


    Thank you,


    Michael Ford 


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    Friday, June 26, 2020

    Meatpacking Workers Safety Still A Priority. June 2020

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    LULAC

    LULAC Says Meatpacking Workers Safety Still A Priority

    Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Continues to Seek Progress Through Direct Dialogue with Companies

    Washington, DC - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today announced that it has seen progress in working environments for the nation’s meatpacking workers amid COVID-19 and intends to continue seeking constructive engagement with food producers as the path forward.
    “LULAC is not giving up its right to speak out on many important issues facing our community,” says Domingo Garcia, National President. “However, our single focus here and now is worker safety for the tens of thousands of Latinos who are still going into meatpacking plants every day. To get that, we are meeting with the CEO’s of these companies and going into the plants to see for ourselves the changes they’re making to fight the coronavirus. The virus is the enemy,” he added.
    LULAC is presenting food producers with a five-point set of principles for progress that includes: monthly testing of all workers for COVID-19, complete personal protection equipment, line speed to labor adjustment, compensation for infected workers undergoing care and assistance to families who have lost loved ones to coronavirus. So far, LULAC has met with JBS in Greeley Colorado and Tyson Foods in Springdale, Arkansas. Both have made significant strides. Discussions are also underway with Cargill in Minnetonka, Minnesota to begin a similar review.
    “There is still more that can and must be done which we will achieve by working together with companies that are making necessary changes and we can’t get sidetracked by other agendas that distract us from worker safety,” says Garcia. “Ultimately, we need new legislation and federal funding to assist meat producers and workers in making vital design and operational changes that benefit our nation’s food supply plants and workers. It’s an ambitious goal but in the end, America will be a better nourished nation for it and equally important, the workers will have a safer work place. LULAC will continue to monitor all progress and continue to dialogue with workers” he added.
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    About LULAC
    The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000 councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org.
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    Water and Adaptation to Climate Change. June 2020

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    Thursday, June 25, 2020

    COVID-19 in prisons. June 2020

    The Copenhagen Centre for Disaster Research and the School of Global Health at the University of Copenhagen are pleased to invite you to an online discussion on the impact of COVID-19 in prisons and on people living in prisons.
    The CONVERGE Working Group on Prisons and Prisoners in COVID-19 aims to assess the impacts of COVID-19 in prisons and explore associated responses from governments, prison administrations, people in prison and associated stakeholders. Documenting and understanding the diversity and scope of such impacts and initiatives in different cultural, economic and political settings, and within the scope of existing disaster risk reduction, public health and detention policies, is essential to meaningfully inform approaches to improve the health and wellbeing of prisoners and ultimately uphold their human rights.
    The online event will present preliminary themes emerging from an ongoing working group study with a particular focus on Peru, Russia and the United States of America.

    Speakers

    • JC Gaillard, Professor, The University of Auckland
    • Ksenia Chmutina, Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University
    • Loic Le De, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
    • Stacie Merken, Assistant Professor, Indiana University South Bend
    • Carlee Purdam, Research Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
    Moderator: Emmanuel Raju, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen
    Register and join the webinar on Zoom here.
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    Virtual Conferencing Platform Security. June 2020


    Vol. 15 / Issue 6 / June 2020
    With the recent move for many to working from home, there are a lot of questions around virtual conferencing platforms. Much of the attention has focused on the security of some platforms compared to others. However, the majority of the security issues actually have a lot to do with the users' familiarity with these platforms and their proper usage..

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