Friday, November 22, 2019
Make-A-Wish® North Texas: Anderson's Wish to Be a Hockey Player
This video was published on YouTube on October 31, 2019.
Trump Presents National Medals of Arts and Humanities
This report was published on YouTube on November 21.
America Strong: The Teacher Who Opened Her Home to a Student
This report was published on YouTube on November 21.
Son Continues Late Dad's 'Mountain Santa' Tradition, Bringing Thousands of Toys to Kids in Need
This report was published on YouTube on November 21.
Boy with Autism Gets Magical 'Polar Express' Experience After Missing Train
This report was published on YouTube on November 20.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams Speaks at 2019 Women Leaders Global Forum
This report was published on YouTube on November 20.
The Power of Self-Love: 2019 Women Leaders Global Forum
This report was published on YouTube on November 21.
CBS News: Mama Cax, a disability & body positive advocate, talks about the
power of self-love at the 2019 Women Leaders Global Forum in Reykjavik,
Iceland.
8-Year-Old Girl Denied School Photos Due to Hair Extensions Gets Empowering Photoshoot
This report was published on YouTube on November 20.
Meet 90-Year-Old Photographic Legend James Barnor
This report was published on YouTube on November 21.
Irish Musician Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich on Being Inspired by the Sea
This report was published on YouTube on November 20.
William Shatner, Donald Sutherland Receive Order of Canada
This report was published on YouTube on November 21.
Global News: Gov. Gen. Julie Payette is honouring 39 people with the Order of Canada
Thursday, including actor William Shatner, writer Ann-Marie MacDonald
and lawyer James Lockyer.
Brooklyn Educator Wins $25,000 Award
This report was published on the PIX 11 News website on November 21.
Window Displays Across the New York City Signal the Kickoff of the Holiday Season
This report was published on the PIX 11 News website on November 21.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Syracuse University Protesters Demand Chancellor Syverud’s Resignation
This video was published on YouTube on November 20.
Source: syracuse.com
The Trump Impeachment Hearings – Day 5
PBS NewsHour: Fiona Hill, former National Security Council senior director for Europe and Russia, will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, Nov. 21, in the impeachment probe into President Donald Trump. Hill told lawmakers in closed-door testimony last month that then-national security adviser John Bolton expressed concerns that the Trump administration was trying to pressure Ukrainian officials. The focus of the impeachment inquiry is a July 25 phone call in which Trump asked Ukraine's president to investigate 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden. Lawmakers are seeking answers on whether Trump tied that investigation to U.S. aid for Ukraine.
30,000 Respondents Offer a Complex Picture of Race and Gender with Serious Implications for the 2020 Election
NEW YORK - Today the Black Futures Lab released Beyond Kings and Queens: Gender and Politics in the 2019 Black Census, an analysis of more than 30,000 Black people that are usually not represented or are underrepresented in conventional surveys, such as homeless people, incarcerated people, LGBTQ+ people, Black Republicans and conservatives, Black immigrants, and mixed-raced people with a Black parent, among others.
This report takes a closer look at where and how gender affects the lives and perspectives of Black Census respondents. The report finds that all genders contend with racism throughout the economy, the criminal justice system and society at large, but it also reveals the diversity of experience in the Black community across lines of gender. Beyond Kings and Queens sheds much needed light on the complex relationship between race, gender, and politics.
”Understanding how to reach and move Black voters in 2020 requires a deeper and more inclusive look at how gender impacts our lives and shapes our participation in politics,” said Black Futures Lab Principal, Alicia Garza. “This report shows cisgender Black women ways that feminist coalitions could be stronger when the concerns of transgender women are included and prioritized. And it shows cisgender Black men how to show up in solidarity with Black women across the gender spectrum. This is essential reading for politicians who want to earn the support of Black voters and advocates who want to mobilize our communities to the polls in 2020.”
Beyond Kings and Queens: Gender and Politics in the 2019 Black Census deconstructs the often monolithic view of the Black community by looking beyond the gender binary to surface undervalued political participation and aspirations. “Beyond Kings and Queens shows that people on the margins of society are at the very center of social change,” said Rashad Robinson, president of Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. “This understanding can help bridge differences and form new coalitions to build power within Black communities and inform 2020 candidates on how to most sincerely and effectively engage Black communities ahead of the election.
Many stories told today about Black people’s civic and political engagement miss the full picture. “To build the political power needed for real liberation, we need to appreciate how gender and gender identity shape the daily lived experiences and perspectives of Black people in this country,” said K. Sabeel Rahman, President of Demos. “This report shines a light on how transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary Black people are mobilizing for a better world in the face of dire economic instability and pervasive harassment and violence. It illuminates how race and gender intersect in the lives of cis- and transgender Black men and women in the workplace, at the ballot box, and in the streets. And it shows the necessity of fully engaging and including Black people of all genders.”
Cisgender women responding to the Black Census describe the highest rates of voter registration and report “always” voting in a variety of elections — from congressional midterms to local races to ballot referenda—more often than any other gender demographic. Although transgender and gender non-conforming/non-binary Black Census respondents are somewhat less likely to report voting, they are more civically engaged than cisgender Black Census respondents in key ways outside of electoral politics. 49 percent of transgender and non-conforming/non-binary Black Census respondents attended a protest meeting or demonstration in the last year, compared to 31 percent of cisgender women and 25 percent of cisgender men. "By allowing people to express their gender identities with various options instead of a binary, as is still the case for many surveys, the Black Census was able to capture a nuanced view of how gender identity affects the lived experiences of Black people,” said Dr. Juhem Navarro-Rivera, PhD Political Director and Managing Partner of Socioanalytica Research.
This report takes a closer look at where and how gender affects the lives and perspectives of Black Census respondents. The report finds that all genders contend with racism throughout the economy, the criminal justice system and society at large, but it also reveals the diversity of experience in the Black community across lines of gender. Beyond Kings and Queens sheds much needed light on the complex relationship between race, gender, and politics.
”Understanding how to reach and move Black voters in 2020 requires a deeper and more inclusive look at how gender impacts our lives and shapes our participation in politics,” said Black Futures Lab Principal, Alicia Garza. “This report shows cisgender Black women ways that feminist coalitions could be stronger when the concerns of transgender women are included and prioritized. And it shows cisgender Black men how to show up in solidarity with Black women across the gender spectrum. This is essential reading for politicians who want to earn the support of Black voters and advocates who want to mobilize our communities to the polls in 2020.”
Beyond Kings and Queens: Gender and Politics in the 2019 Black Census deconstructs the often monolithic view of the Black community by looking beyond the gender binary to surface undervalued political participation and aspirations. “Beyond Kings and Queens shows that people on the margins of society are at the very center of social change,” said Rashad Robinson, president of Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. “This understanding can help bridge differences and form new coalitions to build power within Black communities and inform 2020 candidates on how to most sincerely and effectively engage Black communities ahead of the election.
Many stories told today about Black people’s civic and political engagement miss the full picture. “To build the political power needed for real liberation, we need to appreciate how gender and gender identity shape the daily lived experiences and perspectives of Black people in this country,” said K. Sabeel Rahman, President of Demos. “This report shines a light on how transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary Black people are mobilizing for a better world in the face of dire economic instability and pervasive harassment and violence. It illuminates how race and gender intersect in the lives of cis- and transgender Black men and women in the workplace, at the ballot box, and in the streets. And it shows the necessity of fully engaging and including Black people of all genders.”
Cisgender women responding to the Black Census describe the highest rates of voter registration and report “always” voting in a variety of elections — from congressional midterms to local races to ballot referenda—more often than any other gender demographic. Although transgender and gender non-conforming/non-binary Black Census respondents are somewhat less likely to report voting, they are more civically engaged than cisgender Black Census respondents in key ways outside of electoral politics. 49 percent of transgender and non-conforming/non-binary Black Census respondents attended a protest meeting or demonstration in the last year, compared to 31 percent of cisgender women and 25 percent of cisgender men. "By allowing people to express their gender identities with various options instead of a binary, as is still the case for many surveys, the Black Census was able to capture a nuanced view of how gender identity affects the lived experiences of Black people,” said Dr. Juhem Navarro-Rivera, PhD Political Director and Managing Partner of Socioanalytica Research.
Source: Christopher Collins-McNeil
Hong Kong Protester Recounts Terror of University Siege as Riot Police Encircle Campus
Global News: Michelle, a 20-year-old student who chose to stay behind, recounted the experience over the past several days on the battered campus of Polytechnic University: "Everyone was fighting to leave as soon as possible. And then at that moment I heard a guy shouting 'Let kids and women go first' which was so similar to the film Titanic."
Mayor de Blasio Presides Over Bill Signing Ceremony
This video was published on YouTube on November 20.
Mayor de Blasio signs Intros. 1574-A, 1573-A, 1083-A, and 1082-A, which establish commercial waste zones and reform the trade waste industry.
New York City’s First Line of Defense: Boarding Ships with the Coast Guard
This report was published on the PIX 11 News website on November 20.
WeWork Will Lay Off 2,400 Workers
The troubled office space company is slashing its total work force as it sells businesses and outsources some jobs.
Click here for the report.
Source: The New York Times
Proposals Requested to Develop Short-Term Residential Programs for People in Crisis in New York
The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) today issued a
Request for Proposals that will provide $50 million to develop licensed residential crisis programs across the state for children and adults.
These programs offer short-term interventions in therapeutic settings to
help individuals facing a mental health crisis to stabilize and avoid
the need for psychiatric hospitalization or emergency room admissions.
The awards will help develop at least 250 new crisis residential
units in Central New York, Western New York, New York City, Long Island,
and the Mid-Hudson River region.
OMH Commissioner Dr. Ann Sullivan said, “Crisis residence programs
maintain people safely in the community while they address and resolve
their crisis situation. In addition to avoiding unnecessary emergency
room visits and hospitalizations, they offer transitional services and
help to reduce the risk of future crises.”
Research shows that crisis residential care can be as effective as
inpatient care in improving symptoms and functioning. It also
demonstrates that patient satisfaction of these services is strong, and
the overall costs for residential crisis services are less than
traditional inpatient care.
The RFP will provide capital funding for acquisition, construction,
and/or rehabilitation for the purposes of developing crisis residential
programs.
Eligible applicants are not-for-profit organizations exempt from
federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Applicants must collaborate with and demonstrate the support of the
local county mental health departments in the region they will serve.
This will ensure that the providers are knowledgeable about the
coordinated behavioral health crisis response system in that region.
Allowable costs under the RFP also include architect, legal and
accounting fees, survey, appraisal and closing costs, permits, insurance
and other related costs.
Awards will be made to the best ranked applications. Targets for funding awards and units per region are: $30 million targeting 120 units within the New York City region; $6 million targeting 30 units within the Long Island region; $6 million targeting 40 units within the Hudson River region; $4 million targeting 30 units within the Central New York region; and $4 million targeting 30 units within the Western New York region.
More information about the RFP, including a timetable of important dates can be found on the OMH website here: https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/rfp/
Source: The New York State Office of Mental Health
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