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THE JOHNSON COLLECTION - A Private Collection for Public Good
thejohnsoncollection.org/the-collection/
Sharing the art it stewards with communities across the country is The Johnson Collection’s essential purpose and propels our daily work. Much more than a physical place, TJC seeks to be a presence in American art, prioritizing access over location. Since 2013, the collection’s touring exhibitions have been loaned twenty-five times, placed without fee in partner museums with a combined annual attendance of over 1.2 million visitors. In its showcase of over 1,000 objects, TJC’s website functions as a digital museum, available anywhere and anytime.
What began as an interest in paintings by Carolina artists in 2002 has grown to encompass over 1,400 objects with provenances that span the centuries and chronicle the cultural evolution of the American South.
Today, The Johnson Collection counts iconic masterworks among its holdings, as well as representative pieces by an astonishing depth and breadth of artists, native and visiting, whose lives and legacies form the foundation of Southern art history. From William D. Washington’s The Burial of Latané to Malvin Gray Johnson’s Roll Jordan Roll, the collection embraces the region’s rich history and confronts its complexities, past and present.
.The contributions of women artists, ranging from Helen Turner—only the fourth woman elected to full membership in the National Academy of Design in 1921—to Alma Thomas—the first African American woman to have a solo exhibition at a major national museum in 1972—are accorded overdue attention, most notably in TJC's most recent publication and companion exhibition, Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection. Landmark works by American artists of African descent such as Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Aaron Douglas, William H. Johnson, Leo Twiggs, and Hale Woodruff pay homage to their makers' barrier-defying accomplishments. Modern paintings, prints, collages, and sculpture created by internationally renowned artists associated with the experimental arts enclave of Black Mountain College, including Josef Albers, Ruth Asawa, Ilya Bolotowsky, Elaine de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, and Robert Rauschenberg highlight the North Carolina school's geographic proximity to the collection's home.
Hailed by The Magazine Antiques as having staged a "quiet art historical revolution" and expanding "the meaning of regional," The Johnson Collection heralds the pivotal role that art of the South plays in the national narrative. To that end, the collection's ambitious publication and exhibition strategies extend far beyond a single city's limit or a territorial divide.
Since 2012, TJC has produced four significant scholarly books—thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated investigations of Southern art time periods, artists, and themes: Romantic Spirits: Nineteenth Century Paintings of the South (2012); From New York to Nebo: The Artistic Journey of Eugene Thomason (2014); Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection (2015); and Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection (2018). These volumes are accompanied by traveling exhibitions that have been loaned without fee to partner museums with a combined annual attendance of over 1.7 million visitors.
Smaller curated presentations rotate at the collection's hometown exhibition space, TJC Gallery. Individual objects are regularly made available for critical exhibitions such as La Biennale di Venezia, Afro-Atlantic Histories, Outliers and American Vanguard Art, Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College, 1933-1957, Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful, Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition, and Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era and featured in important publications and catalogues, including The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Art & Architecture, and The Civil War and American Art.
In 2016, the state of South Carolina honored The Johnson Collection with the Governor’s Award for the Arts, its highest arts distinction. The commendation paid tribute to the Johnson family's enduring contributions: "Equally dedicated to arts advancement and arts accessibility, the Johnsons generously share their vision, energy, passion and resources to benefit the arts in South Carolina."
"Who can say what ignites a passion? Was it those three red roses frozen in blue? An awakened connection to one's geographical roots? Perhaps the familiarity of the road to Nebo? The nucleus of what was to become our collection was formed by such seemingly unrelated catalysts. Looking back, it was always the sense of place that drew George and me to beautiful pictures—pictures that capture not only the glorious landscape of the South, but that also enliven its unique culture and dynamic history." ~Susu Johnson, Chief Executive Officer.'
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"If you’re looking for a vibe, this is where you’ll find it. Spartanburg is one of South Carolina’s most established, respected, progressive, and diverse art communities with everything from the fine arts—ballet, symphonies, and opera—to the cutting edge—street performers, graffiti, and dance mobs.
Experience the Cultural District
Downtown Spartanburg has even been designated as a cultural district by the South Carolina Arts Commission. Within the cultural district, you can walk to and enjoy world-class art galleries, studios, music venues, breweries, culinary arts, local literature publishers, coffee shops, libraries, museums, and more. Regardless of when you visit, you’re likely to encounter live music in the streets, featuring jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, or beach music.
Come experience how we put the art in SpARTanburg."
The Community Archiving Workshop prioritized collections centering Native Hawaiian culture and history, as well as prioritizing workshop volunteers with Native Hawaiian or other Indigenous ancestry. We partnered with the Lāna'i Culture & Heritage Center and the Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center, with support from the ʻUluʻulu: The Henry Kuʻualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive.
When taking the shot, I prioritized symmetry first and foremost. Then to give this image a film look, I turned up the textures and turned down clarity.
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McKinsey Global Infrastructure Initiative Summit
Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
15:10–15:30
PRIORITIZING THE PATHWAY TO SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
The combined impacts of COVID-19 and net-zero commitments have resulted in an unprecedented disruption of the $11.6 trillion global infrastructure industry. Meeting net-zero targets will require the industry to transform project development and delivery to deliver a global portfolio of projects at an unprecedented scale and pace. What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?
Facilitators:
Tip Huizenga, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
Detlev Mohr, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
In this interactive session, Detlev and Tip will briefly frame the topic with a few slides to set the context. This will be followed by them asking the question to the audience, “What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?” The audience will be requested to discuss the question for ~7 minutes in their pods, submitting their ideas through the GII app to form a Word Cloud on the screen.
Photograph by McKinsey Global Infrastructure/Stuart Isett
The Government of Azerbaijan and United Nations launched the formulation of the joint strategic partnership framework for the next five years.
The Ministry of Economy and Industry hosted the launch of the joint consultation process, which brought together senior government officials, development partners, representatives from the private sector and civil society to identify the broad priority areas for the cooperation between the UN system and the Government. The prospective collaboration framework will be aligned with the national priorities that are articulated in ‘Azerbaijan: Vision 2020’ development concept, which builds on the country’s latest socio-economic achievements and provides a framework for its transition from a traditional economy to a knowledge-based, competitive and diversified economy.
The new strategy will support the agreed international goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda, a new framework for sustainable development, reaffirming the mutual commitment of the Government of Azerbaijan and United Nations to further deepen partnership and continue working in a concerted and effective manner. It will constitute a robust mechanism to foster coherence, relevance, effectiveness and efficiency within the UN system, and will give a significant attention to achieving results, with a focus on strengthening national Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) capacity and deepening the integration of M&E into national development planning process.
On behalf of the Government of Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Economy and Industry will further co-lead the process of the preparation of the next partnership strategy until the end of August together with the United Nations and in consultation with all government and international partners. The strategic directions and expected results of the next partnership framework will be validated tentatively by end-September and endorsed by the Government by December 2014.
NJ4S Passaic County Hub Hosts "Prioritizing The Provider" Wellness Summit. Maya 28, 2025 (Photo by Elizabeth Lara-Collado)
The Community Archiving Workshop prioritized collections centering Native Hawaiian culture and history, as well as prioritizing workshop volunteers with Native Hawaiian or other Indigenous ancestry. We partnered with the Lāna'i Culture & Heritage Center and the Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center, with support from the ʻUluʻulu: The Henry Kuʻualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive.
SITE 2024 Exhibition, Dunedin School of Art, DUNEDIN, NZ.
Aurora Hill
Bachelor of Visual Arts
Painting
A Space Between creates a dialogue between the constructed environment and the natural world, exploring the tension between city maps, urban landscapes, and architecture, and organic forms. Through this collection of paintings, I seek to harmonize soft, organic shapes with sharp, man-made elements, generating a dynamic tension that reflects the intricate relationship between nature and human intervention.
This series serves as a reflective medium, initiating a new feminine conversation within painting. Through the vocabulary of the medium—brushstrokes, colors, and textures—I create narratives that transcend gender, subtly engaging with feminist themes. I aim to re-evaluate and reframe the historical dominance of male artists through both my large, vibrant canvases and smaller works. This approach to my art embodies a dialogue with painting that prioritizes the intrinsic value of the artwork itself, over representational meaning.
The United States prioritizes high-quality U.S. direct investment and economic engagement throughout the Indo-Pacific region, including the Lao PDR.
Today, #AmbHaymond hosted the Indo-Pacific Business Forum event in Vientiane Capital, which convened more than 40 people from senior representatives from government, industry, and the non-profit sector for a major event linked to the 2020 Indo-Pacific Business Forum – which is being held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
“We will continue to partner with the Lao government and private sector to further enhance the business environment and promote transparent public-private dialogue, thereby creating more opportunities for foreign investors, including American companies, to contribute to socio-economic development in Laos.” said Ambassador Haymond.
To learn more click here: www..usaid.gov/laos/news-information/press-releases/unite...
ສ. ອາເມລິກາ ໄດ້ໃຫ້ບູລິມະສິດສູງກ່ຽວກັບ ການລົງທຶນຂອງ ອາເມລິກາ ທີ່ມີຄຸນະພາບສູງ ໃນພາກ ພື້ນ ອິນໂດ-ປາຊີຟິກ ລວມທັງ ສປປ ລາວ.
ມື້ນີ້ ສະຖານທູດສະຫະລັດອາເມລິກາປະຈຳລາວທີ່ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນໄດ້ຈັດກອງປະ ຊຸມຂຶ້ນໃນວັນທີ 29 ຕຸລາ ເຊິ່ງມີຜູ້ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມຈາກລັດຖະບານ, ເອກະຊົນ ແລະ ພາກສ່ວນທີ່ບໍ່ຫວັງຜົນກຳໄລ ຫຼາຍກ່ວາ 40 ທ່ານ ເຊິ່ງກອງປະຊຸມດັ່ງກ່າວຖືກຈັດຂຶ້ນຄຽງຄູ່ກັບກອງປະຊຸມການດຳເນີນທຸລະກິດໃນພາກພື້ນອິນໂດ-ປາຊີຟິກ ປະຈຳປີ 2020 ທີ່ຈັດຂຶ້ນທີ່ ນະຄອນຫຼວງ ຮ່າໂນຍ ປະເທດຫວຽດນາມ.
#ທ່ານທູດປີເຕີ ກ່າວວ່າ: ພວກເຮົາຈະສືບຕໍ່ເຮັດວຽກຮ່ວມກັບລັດຖະບານລາວ ແລະ ພາກເອກະຊົນເພື່ອສ້າງສະພາບແວດລ້ອມທີ່ເອື້ອອຳນວຍຕໍ່ການເຮັດທຸລະກິດ ແລະ ສະໜັບສະໜູນເວທີການສົນທະນາປຶກສາຫາລືລະຫວ່າງພາກລັດ ແລະ ເອກະຊົນແບບໂປ່ງໃສຍິ່ງຂຶ້ນເຊິ່ງຈະມີຜົນປະໂຫຍດໃຫ້ແກ່ການສ້າງໂອກາດໃຫ້ແກ່ບັນດານັກລົງທຶນຕ່າງປະເທດ ລວມທັງບໍລິສັດຂອງອາເມລິກາເພື່ອ ປະກອບສ່ວນເຂົ້າໃນການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດ - ສັງຄົມ ໃນ ສປປ ລາວ.
ອ່ານເພີ່ມເຕີມທີ່: www..usaid.gov/laos/news-information/press-releases/unite...
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McKinsey Global Infrastructure Initiative Summit
Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
15:10–15:30
PRIORITIZING THE PATHWAY TO SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
The combined impacts of COVID-19 and net-zero commitments have resulted in an unprecedented disruption of the $11.6 trillion global infrastructure industry. Meeting net-zero targets will require the industry to transform project development and delivery to deliver a global portfolio of projects at an unprecedented scale and pace. What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?
Facilitators:
Tip Huizenga, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
Detlev Mohr, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
In this interactive session, Detlev and Tip will briefly frame the topic with a few slides to set the context. This will be followed by them asking the question to the audience, “What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?” The audience will be requested to discuss the question for ~7 minutes in their pods, submitting their ideas through the GII app to form a Word Cloud on the screen.
Photograph by McKinsey Global Infrastructure/Stuart Isett
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McKinsey Global Infrastructure Initiative Summit
Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
15:10–15:30
PRIORITIZING THE PATHWAY TO SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
The combined impacts of COVID-19 and net-zero commitments have resulted in an unprecedented disruption of the $11.6 trillion global infrastructure industry. Meeting net-zero targets will require the industry to transform project development and delivery to deliver a global portfolio of projects at an unprecedented scale and pace. What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?
Facilitators:
Tip Huizenga, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
Detlev Mohr, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
In this interactive session, Detlev and Tip will briefly frame the topic with a few slides to set the context. This will be followed by them asking the question to the audience, “What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?” The audience will be requested to discuss the question for ~7 minutes in their pods, submitting their ideas through the GII app to form a Word Cloud on the screen.
Photograph by McKinsey Global Infrastructure/Stuart Isett
The Community Archiving Workshop prioritized collections centering Native Hawaiian culture and history, as well as prioritizing workshop volunteers with Native Hawaiian or other Indigenous ancestry. We partnered with the Lāna'i Culture & Heritage Center and the Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center, with support from the ʻUluʻulu: The Henry Kuʻualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive.
008
McKinsey Global Infrastructure Initiative Summit
Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
15:10–15:30
PRIORITIZING THE PATHWAY TO SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
The combined impacts of COVID-19 and net-zero commitments have resulted in an unprecedented disruption of the $11.6 trillion global infrastructure industry. Meeting net-zero targets will require the industry to transform project development and delivery to deliver a global portfolio of projects at an unprecedented scale and pace. What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?
Facilitators:
Tip Huizenga, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
Detlev Mohr, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
In this interactive session, Detlev and Tip will briefly frame the topic with a few slides to set the context. This will be followed by them asking the question to the audience, “What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?” The audience will be requested to discuss the question for ~7 minutes in their pods, submitting their ideas through the GII app to form a Word Cloud on the screen.
Photograph by McKinsey Global Infrastructure/Stuart Isett
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McKinsey Global Infrastructure Initiative Summit
Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
15:10–15:30
PRIORITIZING THE PATHWAY TO SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
The combined impacts of COVID-19 and net-zero commitments have resulted in an unprecedented disruption of the $11.6 trillion global infrastructure industry. Meeting net-zero targets will require the industry to transform project development and delivery to deliver a global portfolio of projects at an unprecedented scale and pace. What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?
Facilitators:
Tip Huizenga, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
Detlev Mohr, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
In this interactive session, Detlev and Tip will briefly frame the topic with a few slides to set the context. This will be followed by them asking the question to the audience, “What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?” The audience will be requested to discuss the question for ~7 minutes in their pods, submitting their ideas through the GII app to form a Word Cloud on the screen.
Photograph by McKinsey Global Infrastructure/Stuart Isett
The Tree -- 1992,
Herbert Gentry,
Interlocking faces, masks, and bird-like creatures populate this fiery red background. Images like these recur throughout Herbert Gentry's work. They suggest a powerful connection between nature and the spiritual realm.
Stationed in Paris during World War II, Gentry saw the French city as a gateway for his creative expression. He was closely aligned with CoBrA, an artist group that prioritized spontaneity over rigid forms of abstraction. Gentry's expressive use of color, active brushwork, and distortion of forms marked a fresh approach to abstract painting.
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With Passion and Purpose
Gifts from the Collection of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson
June 7 - October 5, 2025
Locations East Building, Mezzanine — Gallery 214
See standout works by Black artists from the past century, newly gifted to the Nation.
For over four decades, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson have championed the work of Black artists. They have supported exhibitions and scholarship as they built a remarkable collection that spans 100 years of Black creativity in America.
This exhibition celebrates the recent and promised gifts of 175 works from the Thompsons to the National Gallery—the largest group of objects by Black artists to enter our collection at one time. Explore more than 60 paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints organized in sections around themes of music and abstraction, figuration and portraiture, civil rights and social politics, as well as landscape and transcultural connections and influences.
Works range from a captivating portrait by Beauford Delaney and lyrical abstractions by Mildred Thompson to a towering allegorical woodcut by Alison Saar and an intricate sculpture of found objects by vanessa german. Enjoy works by renowned artists—Jacob Lawrence, Archibald Motley, and Kara Walker—and discover artists you may not yet know, such as Camille Billops, Vivian Browne, Moe Brooker, and Alonzo Davis.
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/passion-and-purpose
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"In April of this year, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC announced that it received a substantial gift of more than one hundred seventy artworks by Black American artists from art collectors Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson. “The breadth of artistic achievement across media and styles in this transformative gift enriches the story of American art that we can share with our visitors,” Kaywin Feldman, director of the National Gallery of Art, stated in the press release. The National Gallery of Art collection includes one hundred sixty thousand artworks that span the history of Western art from the Middle Ages to the contemporary moment, but although the collection covers a huge period of time, its holdings are not as diverse as the people who live and work in the Western world. The Thompsons’ gift is the largest gift of Black art the museum has ever received, and because Western art is so heavily Eurocentric, the Thompsons’ gift is, indeed, “transformative”—and vital.
The exhibition With Passion and Purpose: Gifts from the Collection of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson, on view at the museum until October 5, features sixty paintings and sculptures from the collection. The donation spans one hundred years and features works by well-known artists, including Jacob Lawrence and Kara Walker, and more obscure artists like Moe Booker and Alonzo Davis. The collection is diverse in style, subject matter, and genre, featuring representational portraits to abstract paintings.
The four galleries that make up With Passion and Purpose are curated by Kanitra Fletcher, associate curator of African American and Afro-Diasporic Art; Shelley Langdale, curator and head of the department of modern prints and drawings; Claudia Watts, research assistant; and Emily Wehby, curatorial assistant, all of the National Gallery of Art. Vibrant abstract works greet the viewer upon arrival, setting up for a dynamic exhibition of varied artistic styles and subjects. While many artworks express narratives about Black America, not all of them take on such an arduous task; others celebrate beauty and joy. Artworks like Mento, 1968 by Mavis Pusey and Untitled, 1971 by Daniel LaRue Johnson exude the transformative nature of the post-civil rights moment they were created in. Other artworks like Sweeping Beauty, 1997 by Alison Saar and New York Rail, 1993 by Radcliffe Bailey illustrate Black life by expressing narratives that speak to harsh historical realities.
Sweeping Beauty, a woodcut on Okawara Natural Paper, depicts the figure of a pregnant nude woman positioned upside down, rendered in yellow pigment against a red and black background. The play on the classic children’s story Sleeping Beauty is evident, but Saar subverts the stereotypical female figure who is required to be chaste and dainty. The bold colors defy misogynist desires for women to be demure. For Black women, being modest was not always a choice, as from the time African women stepped onto American soil in the 1600s, they were relegated to chattel, and poked, prodded, and examined as such. Saar’s artwork of the nude figure might be also reckoning with the reality that Black women for so long were domestics made to clean and sweep. In these roles, Black women were not respected for their full humanity, and they were often forced to succumb to unwanted advances from their enslavers and bosses. Saar’s artwork is layered: her depiction of a fertility goddess highlights the notion that Black women birthed a workforce, and the figure’s hair sweeping the floor alludes to domestic servitude.
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Alison Saar
Sweeping Beauty,1997
3-color woodcut on Okawara Natural Paper
overall: 193.04 × 83.82 cm (76 × 33 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Promised Gift of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson
© Alison Saar. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
In April of this year, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC announced that it received a substantial gift of more than one hundred seventy artworks by Black American artists from art collectors Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson. “The breadth of artistic achievement across media and styles in this transformative gift enriches the story of American art that we can share with our visitors,” Kaywin Feldman, director of the National Gallery of Art, stated in the press release. The National Gallery of Art collection includes one hundred sixty thousand artworks that span the history of Western art from the Middle Ages to the contemporary moment, but although the collection covers a huge period of time, its holdings are not as diverse as the people who live and work in the Western world. The Thompsons’ gift is the largest gift of Black art the museum has ever received, and because Western art is so heavily Eurocentric, the Thompsons’ gift is, indeed, “transformative”—and vital.
The exhibition With Passion and Purpose: Gifts from the Collection of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson, on view at the museum until October 5, features sixty paintings and sculptures from the collection. The donation spans one hundred years and features works by well-known artists, including Jacob Lawrence and Kara Walker, and more obscure artists like Moe Booker and Alonzo Davis. The collection is diverse in style, subject matter, and genre, featuring representational portraits to abstract paintings.
The four galleries that make up With Passion and Purpose are curated by Kanitra Fletcher, associate curator of African American and Afro-Diasporic Art; Shelley Langdale, curator and head of the department of modern prints and drawings; Claudia Watts, research assistant; and Emily Wehby, curatorial assistant, all of the National Gallery of Art. Vibrant abstract works greet the viewer upon arrival, setting up for a dynamic exhibition of varied artistic styles and subjects. While many artworks express narratives about Black America, not all of them take on such an arduous task; others celebrate beauty and joy. Artworks like Mento, 1968 by Mavis Pusey and Untitled, 1971 by Daniel LaRue Johnson exude the transformative nature of the post-civil rights moment they were created in. Other artworks like Sweeping Beauty, 1997 by Alison Saar and New York Rail, 1993 by Radcliffe Bailey illustrate Black life by expressing narratives that speak to harsh historical realities.
Sweeping Beauty, a woodcut on Okawara Natural Paper, depicts the figure of a pregnant nude woman positioned upside down, rendered in yellow pigment against a red and black background. The play on the classic children’s story Sleeping Beauty is evident, but Saar subverts the stereotypical female figure who is required to be chaste and dainty. The bold colors defy misogynist desires for women to be demure. For Black women, being modest was not always a choice, as from the time African women stepped onto American soil in the 1600s, they were relegated to chattel, and poked, prodded, and examined as such. Saar’s artwork of the nude figure might be also reckoning with the reality that Black women for so long were domestics made to clean and sweep. In these roles, Black women were not respected for their full humanity, and they were often forced to succumb to unwanted advances from their enslavers and bosses. Saar’s artwork is layered: her depiction of a fertility goddess highlights the notion that Black women birthed a workforce, and the figure’s hair sweeping the floor alludes to domestic servitude.
Radcliffe Bailey
NY Rail (Transportation), 1993
cut-and-pasted offset printed paper and painted paper, acrylic paint, and blue crayon on wove paper
sheet: 45.8 x 58.9 cm (18 1/16 x 23 3/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Gift of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson
2023.145.14
Radcliffe Bailey, who passed away in 2023 and is known for telling Black American narratives through his artwork, is represented here by the six separate paintings that make up his NY Rail. Like Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series, this artwork depicts the migration of Black people from the south and the Caribbean to parts of the United States. For NY Rail (Transportation), Bailey uses an archival photograph of Black people boarding a train, overlayed with a grid of colorful acrylic paint and a depiction of tree limbs with leaves. In NY Rail (Boats Arriving), he paints three and a half row boats, with the word “Mississippi,” “Jamaica,” and “Cuba” written on the sides of them, telling where and how Black people migrated. The background is in coordination with the other paintings in the series, as they incorporate the orange, blue, yellow, and green painted horizontal stripes depicting water and the landscape. In other artworks, NY Rail (Bird of Death) and NY Rail (Death of Infant), the artist illustrates the unfortunate trials faced during the migration. Though optimism drove the migrants, they still faced challenges that led to death in Northern cities, from mob violence to unhealthy environments in ghettos.
Without the stewardship of Black art collectors from the beginning of the early twentieth century when Black art burgeoned due to the New Negro Movement, commonly known as the Harlem Renaissance, the preservation of Black art would not have happened, and the art would be lost. During the early twentieth century, instead of exhibiting in downtown New York museums and galleries, Black artists exhibited their work in libraries, churches, and private homes. In 1921, the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library in Harlem held its first exhibition by African American artists. The library became a focal point for the Harlem Renaissance. Today, the library is known as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, after Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, who was fundamental to the movement and in 1926 contributed his collection of more than four thousand books to the library for $10,000 furnished by the Carnegie Corporation. Black American artists were excluded from the art establishment largely until the mid to late twentieth century when postmodern conceptual art started to become popular. Because of this exclusion, museum collections around the country lack art that represents historical Black narratives. But today, museums are beginning to acquire art that fills the historical gaps in their collections through the generosity of collectors like the Thompsons, University of Georgia emeritus trustees, who have been collecting art since 1980. In 2011, they donated one hundred artworks to the Georgia Museum of Art, and in 2008, they gifted thirty nine artworks to the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park. Collectors Walter O. and Linda Evans, who hold one of the largest collections of Black art, gifted the Telfair Museums thirty artworks; Seteria and Najee Dorsey, founders of Black Art in America, gifted the Columbus Museum fifteen artworks; and Constance E. Clayton, an educator and civic leader who collected Black art over fifty years, gifted the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art more than seventy artworks.
Without Black art collectors, so much of the artwork by Black artists would be forgotten. With the loss of the physical art, the impalpable sensibilities of Black life throughout varied stages of history would not be preserved. Black collectors have cared for their collections and also contributed to the dissemination of the art and ideas through gifts to institutions that benefit from the inclusion of Black history. These Black collectors who steward Black art are making judgments on what should be preserved in a field that is dominated by western culture’s Eurocentric gaze. And though Black collectors have gifted historically Black institutions, including Clark Atlanta University, Hampton Unviersity, and Howard University, with artworks throughout African American art’s history, it is notable that the Thompsons are Black collectors making a profound contribution to one of the most highly regarded collections in the United States—the National Gallery of Art.
Shantay Robinson, educator and art writer, lives in Northern Virginia. Her work has appeared regularly in ARTnews, Smithsonian Magazine, Black Art in America, and other notable publications where she primarily writes about Black Art. She holds a PhD in Writing and Rhetoric from George Mason University."
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“Taking care of you is not selfish, it’s selfless. A better you is more capable to serve the needs of others.” – Quote unknown
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McKinsey Global Infrastructure Initiative Summit
Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
15:10–15:30
PRIORITIZING THE PATHWAY TO SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
The combined impacts of COVID-19 and net-zero commitments have resulted in an unprecedented disruption of the $11.6 trillion global infrastructure industry. Meeting net-zero targets will require the industry to transform project development and delivery to deliver a global portfolio of projects at an unprecedented scale and pace. What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?
Facilitators:
Tip Huizenga, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
Detlev Mohr, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
In this interactive session, Detlev and Tip will briefly frame the topic with a few slides to set the context. This will be followed by them asking the question to the audience, “What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?” The audience will be requested to discuss the question for ~7 minutes in their pods, submitting their ideas through the GII app to form a Word Cloud on the screen.
Photograph by McKinsey Global Infrastructure/Stuart Isett
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McKinsey Global Infrastructure Initiative Summit
Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
15:10–15:30
PRIORITIZING THE PATHWAY TO SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
The combined impacts of COVID-19 and net-zero commitments have resulted in an unprecedented disruption of the $11.6 trillion global infrastructure industry. Meeting net-zero targets will require the industry to transform project development and delivery to deliver a global portfolio of projects at an unprecedented scale and pace. What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?
Facilitators:
Tip Huizenga, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
Detlev Mohr, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
In this interactive session, Detlev and Tip will briefly frame the topic with a few slides to set the context. This will be followed by them asking the question to the audience, “What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?” The audience will be requested to discuss the question for ~7 minutes in their pods, submitting their ideas through the GII app to form a Word Cloud on the screen.
Photograph by McKinsey Global Infrastructure/Stuart Isett
The United States prioritizes high-quality U.S. direct investment and economic engagement throughout the Indo-Pacific region, including the Lao PDR.
Today, #AmbHaymond hosted the Indo-Pacific Business Forum event in Vientiane Capital, which convened more than 40 people from senior representatives from government, industry, and the non-profit sector for a major event linked to the 2020 Indo-Pacific Business Forum – which is being held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
“We will continue to partner with the Lao government and private sector to further enhance the business environment and promote transparent public-private dialogue, thereby creating more opportunities for foreign investors, including American companies, to contribute to socio-economic development in Laos.” said Ambassador Haymond.
To learn more click here: www..usaid.gov/laos/news-information/press-releases/unite...
ສ. ອາເມລິກາ ໄດ້ໃຫ້ບູລິມະສິດສູງກ່ຽວກັບ ການລົງທຶນຂອງ ອາເມລິກາ ທີ່ມີຄຸນະພາບສູງ ໃນພາກ ພື້ນ ອິນໂດ-ປາຊີຟິກ ລວມທັງ ສປປ ລາວ.
ມື້ນີ້ ສະຖານທູດສະຫະລັດອາເມລິກາປະຈຳລາວທີ່ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນໄດ້ຈັດກອງປະ ຊຸມຂຶ້ນໃນວັນທີ 29 ຕຸລາ ເຊິ່ງມີຜູ້ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມຈາກລັດຖະບານ, ເອກະຊົນ ແລະ ພາກສ່ວນທີ່ບໍ່ຫວັງຜົນກຳໄລ ຫຼາຍກ່ວາ 40 ທ່ານ ເຊິ່ງກອງປະຊຸມດັ່ງກ່າວຖືກຈັດຂຶ້ນຄຽງຄູ່ກັບກອງປະຊຸມການດຳເນີນທຸລະກິດໃນພາກພື້ນອິນໂດ-ປາຊີຟິກ ປະຈຳປີ 2020 ທີ່ຈັດຂຶ້ນທີ່ ນະຄອນຫຼວງ ຮ່າໂນຍ ປະເທດຫວຽດນາມ.
#ທ່ານທູດປີເຕີ ກ່າວວ່າ: ພວກເຮົາຈະສືບຕໍ່ເຮັດວຽກຮ່ວມກັບລັດຖະບານລາວ ແລະ ພາກເອກະຊົນເພື່ອສ້າງສະພາບແວດລ້ອມທີ່ເອື້ອອຳນວຍຕໍ່ການເຮັດທຸລະກິດ ແລະ ສະໜັບສະໜູນເວທີການສົນທະນາປຶກສາຫາລືລະຫວ່າງພາກລັດ ແລະ ເອກະຊົນແບບໂປ່ງໃສຍິ່ງຂຶ້ນເຊິ່ງຈະມີຜົນປະໂຫຍດໃຫ້ແກ່ການສ້າງໂອກາດໃຫ້ແກ່ບັນດານັກລົງທຶນຕ່າງປະເທດ ລວມທັງບໍລິສັດຂອງອາເມລິກາເພື່ອ ປະກອບສ່ວນເຂົ້າໃນການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດ - ສັງຄົມ ໃນ ສປປ ລາວ.
ອ່ານເພີ່ມເຕີມທີ່: www..usaid.gov/laos/news-information/press-releases/unite...
If you need more evidence on why leaders should prioritize climate, look no further than this year’s hurricane season— currently tied for the most active hurricane season in the Atlantic with 28 named storms. We experienced a similar season in 2005, with 27 named storms and one unnamed storm.
This year, storms have also formed much earlier in the season than previous years. Zeta developed on October 24th, beating out 2005’s Zeta which formed on December 30, 2005. It’s been a similar story for the 23 other named storms this season.
2020 also saw 3 storms in a single day, which tied a record. 2020 also broke the record for most named storms in the month of September. And 2020 also saw 11 US landfalls— breaking the previous record of 9 set back in 1916.
Record-breaking weather has been a trend over the last few years, and scientists believe that human-caused climate change is a contributing factor. The science of climate change is no longer a debate. Climate change is HERE, and we need our leaders to believe the experts. Vote for science on November 3.| Illustration by @jentannerdesign
By: Maiya, www.instagram.com/maiyamay_/
The Government of Azerbaijan and United Nations launched the formulation of the joint strategic partnership framework for the next five years.
The Ministry of Economy and Industry hosted the launch of the joint consultation process, which brought together senior government officials, development partners, representatives from the private sector and civil society to identify the broad priority areas for the cooperation between the UN system and the Government. The prospective collaboration framework will be aligned with the national priorities that are articulated in ‘Azerbaijan: Vision 2020’ development concept, which builds on the country’s latest socio-economic achievements and provides a framework for its transition from a traditional economy to a knowledge-based, competitive and diversified economy.
The new strategy will support the agreed international goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda, a new framework for sustainable development, reaffirming the mutual commitment of the Government of Azerbaijan and United Nations to further deepen partnership and continue working in a concerted and effective manner. It will constitute a robust mechanism to foster coherence, relevance, effectiveness and efficiency within the UN system, and will give a significant attention to achieving results, with a focus on strengthening national Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) capacity and deepening the integration of M&E into national development planning process.
On behalf of the Government of Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Economy and Industry will further co-lead the process of the preparation of the next partnership strategy until the end of August together with the United Nations and in consultation with all government and international partners. The strategic directions and expected results of the next partnership framework will be validated tentatively by end-September and endorsed by the Government by December 2014.
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The United States prioritizes high-quality U.S. direct investment and economic engagement throughout the Indo-Pacific region, including the Lao PDR.
Today, #AmbHaymond hosted the Indo-Pacific Business Forum event in Vientiane Capital, which convened more than 40 people from senior representatives from government, industry, and the non-profit sector for a major event linked to the 2020 Indo-Pacific Business Forum – which is being held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
“We will continue to partner with the Lao government and private sector to further enhance the business environment and promote transparent public-private dialogue, thereby creating more opportunities for foreign investors, including American companies, to contribute to socio-economic development in Laos.” said Ambassador Haymond.
To learn more click here: www..usaid.gov/laos/news-information/press-releases/unite...
ສ. ອາເມລິກາ ໄດ້ໃຫ້ບູລິມະສິດສູງກ່ຽວກັບ ການລົງທຶນຂອງ ອາເມລິກາ ທີ່ມີຄຸນະພາບສູງ ໃນພາກ ພື້ນ ອິນໂດ-ປາຊີຟິກ ລວມທັງ ສປປ ລາວ.
ມື້ນີ້ ສະຖານທູດສະຫະລັດອາເມລິກາປະຈຳລາວທີ່ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນໄດ້ຈັດກອງປະ ຊຸມຂຶ້ນໃນວັນທີ 29 ຕຸລາ ເຊິ່ງມີຜູ້ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມຈາກລັດຖະບານ, ເອກະຊົນ ແລະ ພາກສ່ວນທີ່ບໍ່ຫວັງຜົນກຳໄລ ຫຼາຍກ່ວາ 40 ທ່ານ ເຊິ່ງກອງປະຊຸມດັ່ງກ່າວຖືກຈັດຂຶ້ນຄຽງຄູ່ກັບກອງປະຊຸມການດຳເນີນທຸລະກິດໃນພາກພື້ນອິນໂດ-ປາຊີຟິກ ປະຈຳປີ 2020 ທີ່ຈັດຂຶ້ນທີ່ ນະຄອນຫຼວງ ຮ່າໂນຍ ປະເທດຫວຽດນາມ.
#ທ່ານທູດປີເຕີ ກ່າວວ່າ: ພວກເຮົາຈະສືບຕໍ່ເຮັດວຽກຮ່ວມກັບລັດຖະບານລາວ ແລະ ພາກເອກະຊົນເພື່ອສ້າງສະພາບແວດລ້ອມທີ່ເອື້ອອຳນວຍຕໍ່ການເຮັດທຸລະກິດ ແລະ ສະໜັບສະໜູນເວທີການສົນທະນາປຶກສາຫາລືລະຫວ່າງພາກລັດ ແລະ ເອກະຊົນແບບໂປ່ງໃສຍິ່ງຂຶ້ນເຊິ່ງຈະມີຜົນປະໂຫຍດໃຫ້ແກ່ການສ້າງໂອກາດໃຫ້ແກ່ບັນດານັກລົງທຶນຕ່າງປະເທດ ລວມທັງບໍລິສັດຂອງອາເມລິກາເພື່ອ ປະກອບສ່ວນເຂົ້າໃນການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດ - ສັງຄົມ ໃນ ສປປ ລາວ.
ອ່ານເພີ່ມເຕີມທີ່: www..usaid.gov/laos/news-information/press-releases/unite...
The Community Archiving Workshop prioritized collections centering Native Hawaiian culture and history, as well as prioritizing workshop volunteers with Native Hawaiian or other Indigenous ancestry. We partnered with the Lāna'i Culture & Heritage Center and the Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center, with support from the ʻUluʻulu: The Henry Kuʻualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive.
Every Mind Matters: The Many Dimensions of Mental Illness
The Hill brings together lawmakers, mental health experts, and advocates to discuss these questions and more and explore why prioritizing mental health is intrinsically linked to good health overall.
The United States is facing an unprecedented mental health crisis as two in five American adults reported experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression in 2021. Fortunately, the country has witnessed a positive sea change in recognizing the importance of mental health and self-care in recent years, but significant work still remains to create a system that recognizes the nuances and needs of those with mental illness.
Schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disease, and post-traumatic stress disorder are just some of the many conditions affecting the 1 in 20 Americans experiencing serious mental illness today. The generalization of these disorders extends beyond everyday vernacular as one-size-fits-all policies, drugs and treatments continue to fail patients. Even when services are available, barriers like cost, cultural bias, and inconvenience often prevent people from accessing the care they need.
How can we break down the stigma associated with mental illness? How can we build a comprehensive care system to support all individuals affected by it?
LOCATION
In person at National Press Club Holeman Lounge, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045 & streaming nationally
DATE & TIME
Wednesday, October 18
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
Speakers:
Daniel Gillison, CEO, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Dr. Joshua A. Gordon, Director, National Institute of Mental Health
Susan Gurley, Executive Director, Anxiety & Depression Association of America
Gabe Howard, “Inside Mental Health” Podcast Host, Author, Speaker
Dafna Michaelson Jenet, Colorado State Senator (CO-21)
Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI), Co-Chair, Task Force on Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder
Rep. David Trone
The Government of Azerbaijan and United Nations launched the formulation of the joint strategic partnership framework for the next five years.
The Ministry of Economy and Industry hosted the launch of the joint consultation process, which brought together senior government officials, development partners, representatives from the private sector and civil society to identify the broad priority areas for the cooperation between the UN system and the Government. The prospective collaboration framework will be aligned with the national priorities that are articulated in ‘Azerbaijan: Vision 2020’ development concept, which builds on the country’s latest socio-economic achievements and provides a framework for its transition from a traditional economy to a knowledge-based, competitive and diversified economy.
The new strategy will support the agreed international goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda, a new framework for sustainable development, reaffirming the mutual commitment of the Government of Azerbaijan and United Nations to further deepen partnership and continue working in a concerted and effective manner. It will constitute a robust mechanism to foster coherence, relevance, effectiveness and efficiency within the UN system, and will give a significant attention to achieving results, with a focus on strengthening national Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) capacity and deepening the integration of M&E into national development planning process.
On behalf of the Government of Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Economy and Industry will further co-lead the process of the preparation of the next partnership strategy until the end of August together with the United Nations and in consultation with all government and international partners. The strategic directions and expected results of the next partnership framework will be validated tentatively by end-September and endorsed by the Government by December 2014.
008
McKinsey Global Infrastructure Initiative Summit
Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
15:10–15:30
PRIORITIZING THE PATHWAY TO SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
The combined impacts of COVID-19 and net-zero commitments have resulted in an unprecedented disruption of the $11.6 trillion global infrastructure industry. Meeting net-zero targets will require the industry to transform project development and delivery to deliver a global portfolio of projects at an unprecedented scale and pace. What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?
Facilitators:
Tip Huizenga, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
Detlev Mohr, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
In this interactive session, Detlev and Tip will briefly frame the topic with a few slides to set the context. This will be followed by them asking the question to the audience, “What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?” The audience will be requested to discuss the question for ~7 minutes in their pods, submitting their ideas through the GII app to form a Word Cloud on the screen.
Photograph by McKinsey Global Infrastructure/Stuart Isett
The United States prioritizes high-quality U.S. direct investment and economic engagement throughout the Indo-Pacific region, including the Lao PDR.
Today, #AmbHaymond hosted the Indo-Pacific Business Forum event in Vientiane Capital, which convened more than 40 people from senior representatives from government, industry, and the non-profit sector for a major event linked to the 2020 Indo-Pacific Business Forum – which is being held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
“We will continue to partner with the Lao government and private sector to further enhance the business environment and promote transparent public-private dialogue, thereby creating more opportunities for foreign investors, including American companies, to contribute to socio-economic development in Laos.” said Ambassador Haymond.
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ສ. ອາເມລິກາ ໄດ້ໃຫ້ບູລິມະສິດສູງກ່ຽວກັບ ການລົງທຶນຂອງ ອາເມລິກາ ທີ່ມີຄຸນະພາບສູງ ໃນພາກ ພື້ນ ອິນໂດ-ປາຊີຟິກ ລວມທັງ ສປປ ລາວ.
ມື້ນີ້ ສະຖານທູດສະຫະລັດອາເມລິກາປະຈຳລາວທີ່ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນໄດ້ຈັດກອງປະ ຊຸມຂຶ້ນໃນວັນທີ 29 ຕຸລາ ເຊິ່ງມີຜູ້ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມຈາກລັດຖະບານ, ເອກະຊົນ ແລະ ພາກສ່ວນທີ່ບໍ່ຫວັງຜົນກຳໄລ ຫຼາຍກ່ວາ 40 ທ່ານ ເຊິ່ງກອງປະຊຸມດັ່ງກ່າວຖືກຈັດຂຶ້ນຄຽງຄູ່ກັບກອງປະຊຸມການດຳເນີນທຸລະກິດໃນພາກພື້ນອິນໂດ-ປາຊີຟິກ ປະຈຳປີ 2020 ທີ່ຈັດຂຶ້ນທີ່ ນະຄອນຫຼວງ ຮ່າໂນຍ ປະເທດຫວຽດນາມ.
#ທ່ານທູດປີເຕີ ກ່າວວ່າ: ພວກເຮົາຈະສືບຕໍ່ເຮັດວຽກຮ່ວມກັບລັດຖະບານລາວ ແລະ ພາກເອກະຊົນເພື່ອສ້າງສະພາບແວດລ້ອມທີ່ເອື້ອອຳນວຍຕໍ່ການເຮັດທຸລະກິດ ແລະ ສະໜັບສະໜູນເວທີການສົນທະນາປຶກສາຫາລືລະຫວ່າງພາກລັດ ແລະ ເອກະຊົນແບບໂປ່ງໃສຍິ່ງຂຶ້ນເຊິ່ງຈະມີຜົນປະໂຫຍດໃຫ້ແກ່ການສ້າງໂອກາດໃຫ້ແກ່ບັນດານັກລົງທຶນຕ່າງປະເທດ ລວມທັງບໍລິສັດຂອງອາເມລິກາເພື່ອ ປະກອບສ່ວນເຂົ້າໃນການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດ - ສັງຄົມ ໃນ ສປປ ລາວ.
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Every Mind Matters: The Many Dimensions of Mental Illness
The Hill brings together lawmakers, mental health experts, and advocates to discuss these questions and more and explore why prioritizing mental health is intrinsically linked to good health overall.
The United States is facing an unprecedented mental health crisis as two in five American adults reported experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression in 2021. Fortunately, the country has witnessed a positive sea change in recognizing the importance of mental health and self-care in recent years, but significant work still remains to create a system that recognizes the nuances and needs of those with mental illness.
Schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disease, and post-traumatic stress disorder are just some of the many conditions affecting the 1 in 20 Americans experiencing serious mental illness today. The generalization of these disorders extends beyond everyday vernacular as one-size-fits-all policies, drugs and treatments continue to fail patients. Even when services are available, barriers like cost, cultural bias, and inconvenience often prevent people from accessing the care they need.
How can we break down the stigma associated with mental illness? How can we build a comprehensive care system to support all individuals affected by it?
LOCATION
In person at National Press Club Holeman Lounge, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045 & streaming nationally
DATE & TIME
Wednesday, October 18
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
Speakers:
Daniel Gillison, CEO, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Dr. Joshua A. Gordon, Director, National Institute of Mental Health
Susan Gurley, Executive Director, Anxiety & Depression Association of America
Gabe Howard, “Inside Mental Health” Podcast Host, Author, Speaker
Dafna Michaelson Jenet, Colorado State Senator (CO-21)
Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI), Co-Chair, Task Force on Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder
Rep. David Trone
Every Mind Matters: The Many Dimensions of Mental Illness
The Hill brings together lawmakers, mental health experts, and advocates to discuss these questions and more and explore why prioritizing mental health is intrinsically linked to good health overall.
The United States is facing an unprecedented mental health crisis as two in five American adults reported experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression in 2021. Fortunately, the country has witnessed a positive sea change in recognizing the importance of mental health and self-care in recent years, but significant work still remains to create a system that recognizes the nuances and needs of those with mental illness.
Schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disease, and post-traumatic stress disorder are just some of the many conditions affecting the 1 in 20 Americans experiencing serious mental illness today. The generalization of these disorders extends beyond everyday vernacular as one-size-fits-all policies, drugs and treatments continue to fail patients. Even when services are available, barriers like cost, cultural bias, and inconvenience often prevent people from accessing the care they need.
How can we break down the stigma associated with mental illness? How can we build a comprehensive care system to support all individuals affected by it?
LOCATION
In person at National Press Club Holeman Lounge, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045 & streaming nationally
DATE & TIME
Wednesday, October 18
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
Speakers:
Daniel Gillison, CEO, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Dr. Joshua A. Gordon, Director, National Institute of Mental Health
Susan Gurley, Executive Director, Anxiety & Depression Association of America
Gabe Howard, “Inside Mental Health” Podcast Host, Author, Speaker
Dafna Michaelson Jenet, Colorado State Senator (CO-21)
Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI), Co-Chair, Task Force on Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder
Rep. David Trone
I'm having a little prioritization with my breakfast this morning. Guess which task I would most like to be doing, and which task I most HAVE to be doing...
A snapshot of new software testing tendencies
Automation and AI-based approaches are often used in non-functional testing to identify and prioritize application components that may be more vulnerable to performance or security concerns. While cloud-based testing offers more scalability and flexibility, shift-left testing tries to identify issues early in the development process. Trends in automation testing are assisting in increasing the process's effectiveness, economy, and dependability. These developments will keep influencing how software is tested and used.
Keep in Mind These Testing Trends
•DevOps and security testing
•Cybersecurity testing
•IoT testing
•Big data testing
•Cloud-based testing
•Automated Testing
•Continuous and Performance Testing
•Artificial Intelligence (AI)
•Mobile App testing
What role does AI play in software testing?
Astute test selection
Because AI can automatically collect and analyze information and evaluate test results, it can identify which tests are required and which are unnecessary.
Machine learning
Machine learning may aid software testing by automatically: creating test cases, auditing existing tests for coverage, speed, and completeness, as well as running them.
Advantages of AI for software testing
Reduced test execution time
AI may shorten test execution time by refuting or deleting redundant tests and improving test data management flow by ensuring high-quality data reaches the test cases initially.
•Improved test management
Software code develops quickly and adjusts tests to ensure compatibility with new source code, increasing the time and cost of test maintenance. AI can help to lessen this by employing computer vision bots and brilliant test selection.
•Expand test coverage
AI may analyze the results of exploratory tests to generate new tests to enhance test coverage and use software testing data to determine the likelihood and severity of bugs in various product portions.
•Generating test data
ML generates test data similar to production data to train ML models and test applications directly.
Challenges of AI in software testing
•Data accessibility
AI models need high-quality data before going into production to avoid junk
•Absence of generality
Although AI algorithms can answer specific issues appropriately, they cannot generalize, limiting their application cases.
•Computationally pricey
Machine learning and deep learning are computationally costly to implement. Because of the high computing cost, several AI models built by Facebook and Google are commercially unviable.
Important Procedures for Software Testing Services
•Test Automation with No Code
Low-code or no-code solutions provide by test automation technologies to increase application delivery speed and quality. These tools include functionality like recording and playback, drag and drop, and AI/ML technology integration.
•RPA-led Testing
RPA technologies use to shorten the test cycle by creating reusable components and bot to assist in various testing phases. In addition, AI/ML and RPA approaches can help the software testing process to keep up with new technologies.
•AI/ML Methodologies
AI/ML approaches enhance software development and quality assurance procedures, such as finding duplicate test cases and improving regression testing.
•DevTestOps
DevTestOps reduces bugs by combining the Development, Testing, and Operations Teams to ensure a high-quality result.
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The Community Archiving Workshop prioritized collections centering Native Hawaiian culture and history, as well as prioritizing workshop volunteers with Native Hawaiian or other Indigenous ancestry. We partnered with the Lāna'i Culture & Heritage Center and the Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center, with support from the ʻUluʻulu: The Henry Kuʻualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive.
Rental companies in waste management prioritize safety by following strict rules and guidelines for handling waste. They make sure their employees receive proper training on safety measures and use the right equipment. They also maintain their equipment and vehicles to ensure they are in good working condition. These companies promote environmentally friendly practices by encouraging recycling and reducing waste. By following these practices, they ensure the safety of their workers and protect the environment.
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McKinsey Global Infrastructure Initiative Summit
Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
15:10–15:30
PRIORITIZING THE PATHWAY TO SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
The combined impacts of COVID-19 and net-zero commitments have resulted in an unprecedented disruption of the $11.6 trillion global infrastructure industry. Meeting net-zero targets will require the industry to transform project development and delivery to deliver a global portfolio of projects at an unprecedented scale and pace. What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?
Facilitators:
Tip Huizenga, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
Detlev Mohr, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
In this interactive session, Detlev and Tip will briefly frame the topic with a few slides to set the context. This will be followed by them asking the question to the audience, “What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?” The audience will be requested to discuss the question for ~7 minutes in their pods, submitting their ideas through the GII app to form a Word Cloud on the screen.
Photograph by McKinsey Global Infrastructure/Stuart Isett
The Community Archiving Workshop prioritized collections centering Native Hawaiian culture and history, as well as prioritizing workshop volunteers with Native Hawaiian or other Indigenous ancestry. We partnered with the Lāna'i Culture & Heritage Center and the Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center, with support from the ʻUluʻulu: The Henry Kuʻualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive.