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CredCon is a technology and ideas hackathon brought to you by the Credibility Coalition and sponsored by the Facebook Journalism Project, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Knight Foundation, Hacks/Hackers and the University of Texas at Austin, aims to address the challenge of reducing misinformation online and strengthening content credibility through interdisciplinary collaboration.
The event builds upon the highly popular MisinfoCon events that took place at MIT, and in London, Kyiv and Washington, DC. Our team was thrilled to host a diverse group of participants from a variety of backgrounds. We welcomed hackathon newcomers to the event, too - over 40% of CredCon Austin participants.
A collaborative environment filled with designers, journalists, developers, communicators, and advocates led to the development of 11 fascinating projects over the course of the weekend. Thanks to our sponsors, we have funding available for small catalyst microgrants so that CredCon Austin groups can continue working on their hackathon projects together.
What Participants Worked On
Building upon the successes of our previous MisinfoCon events in London, Kiev, DC, and Boston, we developed the program for CredCon in a way that focused more on the tangible impacts that individuals and organizations can make in the areas of media literacy, addressing misinformation, and communicating credible content to a variety of audiences through different channels.
CredCon prioritized diversity and representation, encouraging participants with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives to join us. Together, we began to address interdisciplinary and intersectional issues across the credibility movement.
Questions raised throughout the weekend included - What might a nutrition label for digital content look like? How do we create new scientific abstracts online that are more accessible to individuals outside of the scientific community? Can we create best practices for diversity and inclusion for the implementation of credibility indicator frameworks by platforms?
If you’re interested in hearing more about what happened at CredCon, one of our participants, Dr. Jennifer Jones, founder of Hacks/Hackers Scotland, created a mini-podcast series of the event - Stories of CredCon - highlighting CredCon participants’ experiences & what led them to working in the field of misinformation.
All of the conference notes, workshop details and notes have been compiled into a PubPub page, an open-access community publishing tool - check it out at this link: credcon.pubpub.org
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.
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.
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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
Read the full article and download the mind map on the IQ Matrix blog: blog.iqmatrix.com/working-smarter
Steve Donajkowski is a Mechanical Technician at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.
His responsibilities include fabrication and testing of student projects; prioritizing jobs to meet deadlines; helping with Geotech Lab, setting up lab experiments and maintain equipment and helping during lab sessions.
Steve has an Associate’s Degree in Machine Tool Technology from Ferris State University. He has over 33 years of experience in the machining field, including 9 years as an Instrument Maker for the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. He started as a Mechanical Technician in Civil and Environmental Engineering in April 2017.
BIOGRAPHY
I have grown so much in knowledge since working at the University of Michigan, not just in technical expertise, but also with the unique opportunities to meet people from different cultures. I enjoy the diversity and working with my colleagues and students.
Start date at U-M: 08/11/2008
Start date in CEE: 04/4/2017
Hometown: Alpena, Michigan
Advice for new students: Please ask for help. The staff are here not only to make your time at the University of Michigan an enjoyable experience, but also to advance your knowledge and help when and where we can.
Favorite quote: “The only stupid question is the one you don’t ask”
Favorite free time activities or hobbies: I enjoy the outdoors, whether cutting wood, fishing, hunting or just taking a walk in the woods; nature has so much to show us. I also love dogs and college sports.
October 23 2023
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering
Priorities. The various lots in the property are prioritized as follows:
Section A.
The current vacant lot, 78 Woodcliff St would be a first priority; that would showcase the biodiversity planned for the entire property. The space is small; so the raised beds planned would be the smaller two pairs of 3'x8' raised beds joined together by 3'x3' raised bed. These raised bed would be prioritized for those who are wheelchair bound and/or the elderly.
Another set would be two 3'x8' raised beds separated by 2.5' space which would be adequate to move around. The 2.5' work around space would not be convenient for those who are wheelchair bound.
Ponds.
Two small ponds are planned not only as source of water for the plants but also to attract beneficial organisms -- dragonflies and damselflies, as well as frogs and toads that require a source of water for their nymph stage and tadpole stage, respectively. Both require an adjacent body of water for their breeding ritual as well as when when they lay their eggs. Birds, lizards, even butterflies and moths would like to have water sources around.
Small Shrubs.
There should be a small space at the back for a few small shrubs. The one nearest 74 Woodcliff St house may be partially shaded in the early morning but there would be ample time during the day for some direct sunlight as well as indirect light radiance.
Y-shaped trellises.
South side (front) trellis.
There will be a showcase trellis on the South front going from East to West. One arm of the Y-shaped trellis would provide shade to the sidewalk while the other arm would partially shade the small front pond and the nearest raised beds nearest the front. However, the trellis would be high enough (5'-7') so that the small pond and front raised beds would still get enough sunlight.
West side trellis.
There will be a West side Y-trellis going South to North -- one arm would shade the pathway while the other arm will shade the nearest raised beds nearest the West side. Note however that there will be no shading from morning until past noon; and even after noon, there will be indirect sunlight for the raised beds on the West side.
It is important to note also that during summer, the heat from the sun could be very intense near noon to early afternoon. Certain plants sensitive to intense heat would be best planted on the West side of Section A, so that the Y-trellis on the West side could provide them partial shading by well past noon.
North (back) side trellis
There will be a Y-trellis on the North (back) side going East to West. However, the tree at the back must be pruned to provide vertical space for trellis. There will be no direct shading of the raised beds in the back.
East side trellis.
It may not be wise to have an East side trellis because of how close the house at 74 Woodcliff St is to Section A.
More production area for trellises
As noted in the previous section "Pathways | Bunds"; the total combined growing area for the trellises far exceeds that of the combined total area of the raised beds in each section. This is in part because the trellises do not require open spaces for pathways that would be needed when working with raised beds or traditional land gardening techniques.
The other advantage of trellis growing is that the vegetable, flower or fruit harvested would be cleaner. Surrounded with air, the plant would dry faster; thus the trellis plant would be less susceptible to diseases induced by the presence of too much moisture.
However, all the plants would be protected from pests, if there is sufficient diversity in the plants in each ecosystem that would attract a wide array of fauna that would serve to control the population of each organism -- good or "bad".
Plants however are not left defenseless, a significant number of plants secrete "hormones" that could repel or confuse insects and other organisms. The process could help the neighboring plants from being attacked by pests. The latter is the basis of "push", to repel organisms with the "hormones" secreted -- in the "Push-Pull" defense of plants.
The pull is more complex: the plant secretions would beguile the pest to get into the plant, instead of pest original target plant. So, how does the process protect the "sacrificial plant" from being destroyed by the pests? The "sacrificial plant" would be protected if there is biodiversity in the ecosystem, beneficial organisms would pounce on the pest and eat the pest with gusto; that is the role of predators.
A more diabolical role are played by parasitoids; they search for eggs of insects (beneficial or pest); the small parasitoid would deposit its eggs on the egg of the other larger insect. Once the egg of the parasitoid hatch to become a small larva, the said larva or larvae (plural) would eat the larger larva of the other insect. It would be a slow death for the larger larva but it would ensure that its shortened life would protect a target plant from losing so many of its leaves, that in turn could doom its existence.
Anthropomorphically, the process seems cruel but the complex interrelationships of myriads of predators pouncing on every target within their capacity to "engulf" ensures the stability of an ecosystem.
Did you know that it was confirmed that a certain species of dragonfly could actually target and devour a hummingbird? Yes, amazing. Even more amazing is the information that dragonflies and damselflies have almost 100% success in hunting their target. Once in their sight, the prey is a gonner. Most hunters (lions, eagles, etc.) have at most 25-30% success rates.
Section B
This is the section just North of Section A, a larger lot and almost flat, except for the higher elevation of the neighboring land near Howard Ave. This is where the bund "Pathways" help [Visit previous Section on Perimeter Pathways | Bund.]
The entire "Woodcliff-Letterfine Forest Grove Farm | Park" could be inundated with water coming from neighboring adjacent lands because of its lower position. This would explain the profusion of trees and shrubs growing on the Eastern (riparian) portion of the Forest Grove. However, if my suspicion is correct, some of the trees growing (based on the regularity of planting distances and in a neat column pattern) a significant number were man-made reforestation attempts meant to mitigate the erosion in the cliff. [Note: If you want to prevent scouring rainwater erosion do not plant your trees in neat columns.]
The tree canopies on the North and East side of Section B are deceiving. The tree trunk would be in the middle. You can place a raised bed underneath the tree canopy provided you remember to plant shade tolerant plants in the areas that are shaded.
The strategy would be the same as in Section A, except there are more spaces for raised beds, as well as shrubs planted on the North side, West side, South side and even on the East side just outside the tree canopy of the trees so that the shrubs would have less shading. The trellis would be ideal for the West side,
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 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
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.
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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
Steve Donajkowski is a Mechanical Technician at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.
His responsibilities include fabrication and testing of student projects; prioritizing jobs to meet deadlines; helping with Geotech Lab, setting up lab experiments and maintain equipment and helping during lab sessions.
Steve has an Associate’s Degree in Machine Tool Technology from Ferris State University. He has over 33 years of experience in the machining field, including 9 years as an Instrument Maker for the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. He started as a Mechanical Technician in Civil and Environmental Engineering in April 2017.
BIOGRAPHY
I have grown so much in knowledge since working at the University of Michigan, not just in technical expertise, but also with the unique opportunities to meet people from different cultures. I enjoy the diversity and working with my colleagues and students.
Start date at U-M: 08/11/2008
Start date in CEE: 04/4/2017
Hometown: Alpena, Michigan
Advice for new students: Please ask for help. The staff are here not only to make your time at the University of Michigan an enjoyable experience, but also to advance your knowledge and help when and where we can.
Favorite quote: “The only stupid question is the one you don’t ask”
Favorite free time activities or hobbies: I enjoy the outdoors, whether cutting wood, fishing, hunting or just taking a walk in the woods; nature has so much to show us. I also love dogs and college sports.
October 23 2023
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
WILMINGTON- Los Angeles Fire Department crews responded to a fire burning inside an access portal beneath the 110 Freeway in Wilmington on the evening of May 4, 2026, triggering a freeway closure and a multi-agency response that stretched into the following days.
The incident was reported at approximately 8:50 PM, with crews arriving to find fire burning inside a confined space beneath the freeway.
Given the complexity of the location, Incident Command prioritized firefighter safety from the outset, calling in Heavy Rescue and USAR companies to assist with access and suppression. A Caltrans highway engineer was also brought to the scene to support tactical planning. LAFD's firefighting robot, RS3, was staged at the scene, though conditions inside the access portal prevented its deployment.
The fire forced the closure of the 110 Freeway in both directions between Channel Street and Harry Bridges Boulevard. A broad coalition of agencies assisted throughout the incident, including the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the Los Angeles Department of Public Works (including its Bureau of Sanitation and Bureau of Street Services), the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Health Hazardous Materials Division, and private companies, all working alongside LAFD to support traffic control, hazardous materials monitoring, and overall scene management.
While firefighters removed a significant amount of debris from the access portal, burning construction timber and other unmovable materials required sustained suppression efforts. Incident Command prepared for an extended operation, rotating in fresh crews from across the city to maintain an unbroken firefighting effort and give relief to firefighters working in the demanding conditions. As part of that extended operational coordination, Unified Command was established with the California Highway Patrol and Caltrans.
Unified Command declared a knockdown of all fire in the access portal at 3:27 PM on May 5. Crews worked through the night utilizing vacuum trucks to remove water that accumulated during firefighting operations, while Unified Command oversaw a comprehensive search of the confined space and a structural stability assessment of the freeway. Drones, robots, hazardous materials teams, and Urban Search and Rescue teams were all employed as part of that effort.
Following a comprehensive structural stability assessment, Caltrans engineers determined the highway to be structurally sound. The northbound 110 Freeway has reopened, with just one lane remaining closed while emergency personnel continue on-scene operations. Drivers are encouraged to slow down and use caution in the area.
No injuries have been reported, and the cause of this fire remains under investigation.
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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.
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 Beacon Hill Bike Route project was prioritized based on public feedback and City Council actions over the past several years. The purpose of this project is to create a safe and comfortable bike route that connects people to businesses and community destinations in Beacon Hill. This project is partially funded by the 9-year Levy to Move Seattle, approved by voters in 2015.
People cross the street outside of the Beacon Hill light rail station.
1. When shooting the picture, I had prioritized the angle of shooting and the interesting parts of FACIT. For the angle, I was thinking of going level with the curve so it's more apparent. As well, it creates an interesting perspective to see the brick come in from out of focus, then as it continues to lose focus.
2. The story I was capturing was a scene of the motion you can see in everyday objects.
3. I did not shoot in any particular setting for this shot.
The Beacon Hill Bike Route project was prioritized based on public feedback and City Council actions over the past several years. The purpose of this project is to create a safe and comfortable bike route that connects people to businesses and community destinations in Beacon Hill. This project is partially funded by the 9-year Levy to Move Seattle, approved by voters in 2015.
Combined transit and bike access in front of the Beacon Hill light rail station.
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.
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.
Prioritize prioritization.
Max, Harry, 2024. Managing Priorities: How to Create Better Plans and Make Smarter Decisions
New York: Rosenfeld
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McKinsey Global Infrastructure Initiative Summit
Tokyo, Japan
Thursday, October 20th, 2022
08:30–09:30DISCUSSION SESSIONS
ORCHESTRATING THE ENERGY TRANSITION
A successful decarbonization and energy-transition strategy will need to accommodate new regulations; rethink planning, permitting, and prioritization; leverage new skills, technology, and capital; and adopt an unprecedented sense of urgency to deliver at the required scale and pace. What steps should senior leaders from across the value chain take now to plan and accelerate the transition? How do we gear up for an anticipated tripling of the current pace of construction to meet net-zero targets?
Panelists:
Peter Aschenbrenner, Chief Strategy Officer, Maxeon Solar Industries
Jon Creyts, Chief Program & Strategy Officer, RMI
Nicole Lockwood, Chair, Infrastructure WA
Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Managing Director, Apraava Energy
Moderator: Zak Cutler, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Kevin Klowden, Chief Global Strategist, The Milken Institute
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
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_/
ATMIS Police Commissioner, Commissioner of Police (CP) Hillary Sao Kanu speaks at a media briefing in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 20 April 2023.
ATMIS Photo / Steven Candia
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.
The Beacon Hill Bike Route project was prioritized based on public feedback and City Council actions over the past several years. The purpose of this project is to create a safe and comfortable bike route that connects people to businesses and community destinations in Beacon Hill. This project is partially funded by the 9-year Levy to Move Seattle, approved by voters in 2015.
People cross the street outside of the Beacon Hill light rail station.
Participant at the CGIAR Genebank Initiative AGM 2022. Photo by IITA.
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Climate Bonds CONNECT 2024 - Mumbai
India’s G20 Presidency positioned sustainable finance as a key pillar of action and prioritized the mobilizing of capital flows at scale and speed for climate and sustainability COP28 echoed this agenda. As India progresses towards its 2070 net-zero targets, its success hinges on how well it can mobilize capital from international and domestic sources.
Climate Bonds Initiative and MUFG, with their longstanding commitment to climate investments, are coming together to engage stakeholders across Asia to align their sustainability and decarbonisation goals with the region’s broader energy transition and developmental agendas.
We are pleased to invite you to an exclusive dialogue in Mumbai on the 23rd February. Hosted as part of the MUFG N0W (Net Zero World) and Climate Bonds Connect series of thought leadership events, the session will gather business leaders, investors, policymakers and industry experts. The dialogue will focus on the latest industry trends, regulatory shifts and market expectations to unleash new sustainable investment opportunities.
Venue: Trident BKC, Golconda Ballroom, Mumbai
Date: Friday, 23 February 2024
Time: 16:30- 19:50 IST / 11:30- 14:00 GMT
More information at events.climatebonds.net/
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.
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.