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The key to creating or transforming community, then, is to see the power in the small but important elements of being with others.

Peter Block - Community: The Structure of Belonging

What is a community?

Is it any collective experience? Or is it intentional only?

What is meant by “being with others?” Are we a community when we’re not together?

As our ability to physically congregate has been held in check by pandemic, we see by visual example that our desire to congregate will need even more support when those barriers are finally down.

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What is Social Responsibility

July 30, 2019 No Comments

Introduction Social responsibility is an ethical framework and suggests that an individual has an obligation to work and cooperate with other individuals and organizations for

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Adrienne B. Haynes is an attorney and businesswoman who specializes in helping entrepreneurs develop sustainable infrastructure and business practices. She is the managing partner of SEED Law, a boutique business law firm, and owner of SEED Collective, a consultancy. Adrienne uses over ten years of business and leadership experience to create legal and strategic planning solutions for her clients and to speak and write on topics relating to law and economic development. Through SEED Law, Adrienne has developed long term relationships with business clients throughout Missouri, and she works closely with business resource partners to provide industry-specific legal representation and education and to help foster an inclusive and innovative business community. Adrienne prioritizes community service through nonprofit representation and leadership, and she has participated in the founding of several nonprofits. Adrienne B. Haynes is an attorney and business woman who specializes in helping entrepreneurs develop sustainable infrastructure and business practices. She is the managing partner of SEED Law, a boutique business law firm, and owner of SEED Collective, a consultancy. Adrienne uses over ten years of business and leadership experience to create legal and strategic planning solutions for her clients and to speak and write on topics relating to law and economic development. Through SEED Law, Adrienne has developed long term relationships with business clients throughout Missouri, and she works closely with business resource partners to provide industry specific legal representation and education and to help foster an inclusive and innovative business community. Adrienne prioritizes community service through nonprofit representation and leadership, and she has participated in the founding of several nonprofits. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Adrienne B. Haynes is an attorney and businesswoman who specializes in helping entrepreneurs develop sustainable infrastructure and business practices. She is the managing partner of SEED Law, a boutique business law firm, and owner of SEED Collective, a consultancy. Adrienne uses over ten years of business and leadership experience to create legal and strategic planning solutions for her clients and to speak and write on topics relating to law and economic development. Through SEED Law, Adrienne has developed long term relationships with business clients throughout Missouri, and she works closely with business resource partners to provide industry-specific legal representation and education and to help foster an inclusive and innovative business community. Adrienne prioritizes community service through nonprofit representation and leadership, and she has participated in the founding of several nonprofits. Adrienne B. Haynes is an attorney and business woman who specializes in helping entrepreneurs develop sustainable infrastructure and business practices. She is the managing partner of SEED Law, a boutique business law firm, and owner of SEED Collective, a consultancy.

Adrienne uses over ten years of business and leadership experience to create legal and strategic planning solutions for her clients and to speak and write on topics relating to law and economic development.

Through SEED Law, Adrienne has developed long term relationships with business clients throughout Missouri, and she works closely with business resource partners to provide industry specific legal representation and education and to help foster an inclusive and innovative business community.

Adrienne prioritizes community service through nonprofit representation and leadership, and she has participated in the founding of several nonprofits. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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How Collective Vision Transforms Communities | Adrienne Haynes | TEDxUMKC

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A panel including the program director for Greencorps Chicago discusses how to increase opportunity for young people in Chicago, as well as how to break down the perception that young people do not want to work.

A panel including the program director for Greencorps Chicago discusses how to increase opportunity for young people in Chicago, as well as how to break down the perception that young people do not want to work.

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Discussion: Job Opportunities and Uplifting Underserved Communities

254 views March 27, 2021 4:16 pm

In a news conference on Parliament Hill, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller is joined virtually by Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal to discuss the search for residential school graves in light of the recent discovery of the buried remains of 215 children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. Valerie Gideon, the senior assistant deputy minister for the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Indigenous Services Canada, and Dr. Tom Wong, chief medical officer of public health for Indigenous Services Canada, also participate to the event to provide an update on the federal government’s response to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease), focusing on the pandemic’s impact on Indigenous communities in Canada.

In a news conference on Parliament Hill, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller is joined virtually by Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal to discuss the search for residential school graves in light of the recent discovery of the buried remains of 215 children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. Valerie Gideon, the senior assistant deputy minister for the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Indigenous Services Canada, and Dr. Tom Wong, chief medical officer of public health for Indigenous Services Canada, also participate to the event to provide an update on the federal government’s response to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease), focusing on the pandemic’s impact on Indigenous communities in Canada.

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Federal ministers on residential school graves and COVID-19 in Indigenous communities – June 2, 2021

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Omega and Brenda Wilson of the West End Revitalization Association speak on the intersection of community science and policy in the Environmental Justice Act. They share lessons learned from more than 25 years of fighting for environmental justice in Mebane, NC. Introduced by Michele Okoh, Senior Lecturing Fellow Sponsored by the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, the Environmental Law Society, and the Duke University Environmental Justice Network. Originally recorded on March 2, 2020.

Omega and Brenda Wilson of the West End Revitalization Association speak on the intersection of community science and policy in the Environmental Justice Act. They share lessons learned from more than 25 years of fighting for environmental justice in Mebane, NC.

Introduced by Michele Okoh, Senior Lecturing Fellow

Sponsored by the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, the Environmental Law Society, and the Duke University Environmental Justice Network.

Originally recorded on March 2, 2020.

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Community Science & the Environmental Justice Act: De-institutionalizing University Research

66 views June 7, 2021 5:44 am

On February 16, the Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative at Brookings hosted a webinar on the economic dynamism in communities of color across the country. Speakers discussed dynamism-driven job creation in communities of color, how to prepare underrepresented workers for emerging job opportunities, and inclusive policies that strike a balance between entrepreneurial dynamism and recovery. Viewers submitted questions for speakers by emailing events@brookings.edu or by tweeting at @BrookingsGov. Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=BrookingsInstitution Follow Brookings on social media! Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/Brookings Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BrookingsInst Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/brookingsinst LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/com/company/the-brookings-institution

On February 16, the Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative at Brookings hosted a webinar on the economic dynamism in communities of color across the country. Speakers discussed dynamism-driven job creation in communities of color, how to prepare underrepresented workers for emerging job opportunities, and inclusive policies that strike a balance between entrepreneurial dynamism and recovery.

Viewers submitted questions for speakers by emailing events@brookings.edu or by tweeting at @BrookingsGov.

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Leveraging the power of economic dynamism in America's communities of color

159 views February 17, 2021 7:32 am

Kim Tran, PhD, a global equity strategist for grassroots and transformative justice organizations including the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative presented at this webinar to provide in-depth relevant knowledge about Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Black American solidarity and history of antagonism in order to build tools to create belonging. Topics that were covered during the webinar: How can Asian Americans have a brave and meaningful conversation around race How anti-Black racism manifests in Asian American families, communities and culture Basic context and knowledge of anti-Black racism at the institutional, interpersonal, and individual level. This event is presented by Asian Pacific American Systemwide Alliance (APASA) at UCSF with sponsorship from Asian American Research Health Center (ARCH), Multicultural Resource Center, and Office of Diversity and Outreach.

Kim Tran, PhD, a global equity strategist for grassroots and transformative justice organizations including the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative presented at this webinar to provide in-depth relevant knowledge about Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Black American solidarity and history of antagonism in order to build tools to create belonging. Topics that were covered during the webinar:

How can Asian Americans have a brave and meaningful conversation around race
How anti-Black racism manifests in Asian American families, communities and culture
Basic context and knowledge of anti-Black racism at the institutional, interpersonal, and individual level.

This event is presented by Asian Pacific American Systemwide Alliance (APASA) at UCSF with sponsorship from Asian American Research Health Center (ARCH), Multicultural Resource Center, and Office of Diversity and Outreach.

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Unlearning Anti-Blackness in the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Communities w/ Dr. Kim Tran

6.4K views October 30, 2020 1:01 pm

Seed bombs, the "tree lady of Brooklyn," and the roots of urban gardening. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔 ) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO New York City looked a lot different in the 1960s and 1970s. A sharp economic decline and white flight meant there was mass disinvestment and urban decay, particularly in the city’s lower-income neighborhoods. It’s what Hattie Carthan and Liz Christy noticed in their communities when they each set out to revive their neighborhoods by making them greener. Ultimately, their radical acts of gardening would transform the landscape across New York City. Have an idea for a story that we should investigate for Missing Chapter? Send it to us via this form! http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy Sign up for the Missing Chapter newsletter to stay up to date with the series: https://vox.com/missing-chapter Explore the full Missing Chapter playlist, including episodes, a creator Q&A, and more! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ8cMiYb3G5fR2kt0L4Nihvel4pEDw9od Learn more about the Hattie Carthan Community Garden and Farmer’s Market: https://www.hattiecarthancommunitymarket.com/ Learn more about the Liz Christy Garden: http://lizchristygarden.us/ Learn more about Karen Washington’s work: https://www.karenthefarmer.com/ Check out the Green Guerillas’ ongoing work: https://www.greenguerillas.org Learn more about the casita gardens across New York: https://ny.curbed.com/2015/10/1/9915402/inside-the-casitas-of-the-south-bronxs-community-gardens Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com. Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o Or Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H

Seed bombs, the "tree lady of Brooklyn," and the roots of urban gardening.

Subscribe and turn on notifications (? ) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO

New York City looked a lot different in the 1960s and 1970s. A sharp economic decline and white flight meant there was mass disinvestment and urban decay, particularly in the city’s lower-income neighborhoods. It’s what Hattie Carthan and Liz Christy noticed in their communities when they each set out to revive their neighborhoods by making them greener. Ultimately, their radical acts of gardening would transform the landscape across New York City.

Have an idea for a story that we should investigate for Missing Chapter? Send it to us via this form! http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy

Sign up for the Missing Chapter newsletter to stay up to date with the series: https://vox.com/missing-chapter

Explore the full Missing Chapter playlist, including episodes, a creator Q&A, and more! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ8cMiYb3G5fR2kt0L4Nihvel4pEDw9od

Learn more about the Hattie Carthan Community Garden and Farmer’s Market: https://www.hattiecarthancommunitymarket.com/

Learn more about the Liz Christy Garden: http://lizchristygarden.us/

Learn more about Karen Washington’s work: https://www.karenthefarmer.com/

Check out the Green Guerillas’ ongoing work: https://www.greenguerillas.org

Learn more about the casita gardens across New York: https://ny.curbed.com/2015/10/1/9915402/inside-the-casitas-of-the-south-bronxs-community-gardens

Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO

Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com.

Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE
Follow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o
Or Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H

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How radical gardeners took back New York City

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What can health and care leaders in England learn from examples around the world? As part of our work with international integrated care systems, supported by NHS England and NHS Improvement, we spoke with Vince Barry, Chief Executive Officer of Pegasus Health in Canterbury, New Zealand, about avoiding assumptions and listening to communities to identify their needs.

What can health and care leaders in England learn from examples around the world?

As part of our work with international integrated care systems, supported by NHS England and NHS Improvement, we spoke with Vince Barry, Chief Executive Officer of Pegasus Health in Canterbury, New Zealand, about avoiding assumptions and listening to communities to identify their needs.

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Canterbury, New Zealand: avoiding assumptions and listening to communities

347 views May 21, 2021 2:58 am

It's not just city leaders being called on to enact change.There's a lot of pressure on police to address the spike in violent crime

It's not just city leaders being called on to enact change.There's a lot of pressure on police to address the spike in violent crime

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Former DeKalb police chief says communities should work with police to reduce crime

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