Fwd: PRESS RELEASE - New Executive Director

Here is the news we have been waiting for! 

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From: The Pittsburgh Project

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Pittsburgh Project Appoints a New Executive Director PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania – March 21, 2018 – The Pittsburgh Project (TPP) Board of Directors are pleased to announce that Wayne Younger will join the organization as the Executive Director effective March 26, 2018. Errika Fearbry Jones, Board President stated "Wayne Younger has the power to motivate, uplift, and touch the heart of any person that he comes in contact with. He embodies leadership qualities that can't be taught, he's a natural! We are excited to introduce Wayne as our new Executive Director during our spring fundraiser: Sowing Seeds to Harvest Greater Rewards on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. We hope that our TPP families, friends, and supporters will join us as Wayne shares his direction for the future." Wayne comes with extensive non-profit management and leadership experience, most recently with Pittsburgh Urban Leadership Service Experience (PULSE), whose mission is to cultivate a community of young servant leaders to transform Pittsburgh. "I am excited to return to The Pittsburgh Project in the role of Executive Director and to build on its purpose to develop servant leaders and uphold the dignity of vulnerable homeowners," said Wayne Younger. Wayne Younger, a native Pittsburgher, grew up and currently lives on the Northside in the East Allegheny neighborhood. He and his wife Leeann are the proud parents of three children, W. Shaw (19), Isaiah (18) and Kayla (14). Wayne and Leeann are the founding Co-Pastors of Cityview Covenant Church in Spring Garden. He studied Secondary Education and History at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Wayne has spent his professional life working in the social service sector and has worked with diverse populations across the span of his 20-year career. "I am delighted that Wayne Younger will join TPP as its new Executive Director," said Lisa Slayton, CEO of Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation. "Wayne is deeply committed to the Northside of our city and will bring a rich understanding of the needs of the 18 Northside neighborhoods and its residents. TPP has a long history of serving the most vulnerable in these communities and Wayne will be able to build on the legacy and work in this new season of ministry." The Pittsburgh Project is a Christian nonprofit organization developing servant leaders and upholding the dignity of vulnerable homeowners. TPP operates a progressive series of after-school and summer programs for more than 250 urban youth and deploys over 1,500 service camp youth to perform free home repairs for more than 130 of Pittsburgh's elderly homeowners annually. Additionally, TPP provides recreation space to the community through the operation of Fowler Park and Pool. Saleem Ghubril, Executive Director of The Pittsburgh Promise stated "Wayne Younger is a terrific choice for Executive Director of The Pittsburgh Project. He is gifted at building bridges between races, ethnicities, and communities of differing educational, economic, and faith backgrounds.He is an inspiring communicator and compelling leader.I am hopeful that The Pittsburgh Project's best days are ahead of it." Contact: DeOndra Parker, Senior Administrative Assistant –The Pittsburgh Project Phone: 412-321-1678 Email: headquarters@pittsburghproject.org The Pittsburgh Project © 2018 2801 North Charles St, Pittsburgh, PA 15214

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Gladfly talks about how to oppose without becoming a monster

Another blogger, "Gladfly" wrote something that is a bit odd with this statement:

If we tolerate the intolerant, if we give them equal time to offer their point of view and don’t aggressively counter their views, they will inevitably resort to violence and wipe our side out.

The KEY, IMHO, is the "EQUAL TIME" part. Of course, EQUAL TIME has at its root an AGGRESSIVE COUNTER.

There is a lot of value to EQUAL TIME. If equal time was much more prevalent, then we'd have less troubles. It is much like an escape value.

So, when the race for the US Congress #D18, had closed debates with only Saccone and Lame, the R and the D, but did not include the L -- BIG PROBLEMS. The hope of equal time vanished. The media freeze out of the third party means that the 1-on-1 race can get overly negative.

Furthermore, the folks on the fringe see that the democratic process is hopeless.They don't vote.They further depart normal society. They have grounds to be unto themselves, festering -- and that can easily lead to violence.

Screw you WTAE, KDKA, WESA. The PG too. What they did is not at all close to equal time. Even CNN didn't put the 3rd party candidate's name and vote total on the screen in its election night coverage until that vote total was 2x the margin between the D and R. #FAIL.

Source: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2018/03/17/how-to-oppose-white-supremacists-without-becoming-a-monster-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-15498 

Fwd: Dan Kovalik book Discussion

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From: John H

Don't forget Dan Kovalik's discussion of his book The Plot to Scapegoat Russia next Friday:

BOOK PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION:

Friday, March 23, 2018

7:00 p.m.

Unitarian-Universalist Church of the South Hills

1240 Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon, PA  15228

THE PLOT TO SCAPEGOAT RUSSIA

by Dan Kovalik

How the CIA and the Deep State use fear of Russia as a diversion to continue their policy of permanent war

"A powerful contradiction to the present US narrative of the world…  As shown here, fake news is thriving in Washington, DC." — OLIVER STONE

Dan Kovalik is a highly respected international labor lawyer with the United Steel Workers Union and law professor at Pitt.  An internationally-recognized Human rights activist, Dan has travelled more than 30 times to Colombia and Venezuela, as well as many other areas in Central and South America, the Congo, Iran and other critical hotspots. His firsthand accounts and union perspective are critical contributions to Americans' understanding of US military and intelligence activities around the world.  Dan will discuss why the current saber-rattling and threats of nuclear war towards North Korea and Iran should be of concern to us all!

Dan's latest book, The Plot to Attack Iran, will be available soon from Amazon

Anyone involved in important domestic fights, such as healthcare, the environment, labor rights and union drives, immigration, discrimination, upcoming elections, etc., should be interested in this presentation.  US military wars and fronts around the world, as well as how the yearly increasing already bloated military budget for these adventures will greatly impact budgets here at home.  Available funds for domestic programs and every struggle down to the local and community level will be affected.  Please attend this important event.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  John

Fwd: Announcement: Laurie Fenton Ambrose of Lung Cancer Alliance to join us (3/29)

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From: Zoe Gibson

Join us in Pittsburgh Dear Mark, I'm pleased to share that Laurie Fenton Ambrose, President and CEO of the Lung Cancer Alliance, will join us for The Atlantic's upcoming program, Cancer and the Community: Pittsburgh. She'll discuss her work championing research and fighting stigma in a conversation with The Atlantic's Washington Editor at Large, Steve Clemons. We'll meet at Ace Hotel Pittsburgh on Thursday, March 29 and would love to have you with us. Please let us know if you're able to attend by responding to this note or clicking the RSVP button below to register. I'll be in touch next week with the afternoon's agenda, and don't hesitate to write with any questions in the meantime. Regards, Zoe Zoe Gibson The Atlantic | AtlanticLIVE | TheAtlantic.com 202-266-7554 | zgibson@theatlantic.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Cancer and the Community Underwritten by Bristol-Myers Squibb RSVP Ace Hotel Pittsburgh 120 South Whitfield Street Pittsburgh PA 15206 Thursday, March 29th 4:30 - 6:15 pm ET

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Mental Health insights - suite of article via Molly

A Checklist for Parents with Children with Mental Health Problems

For Teachers: Children’s Mental Health Disorder Fact Sheet for the Classroom

Promoting Mental Health at Home: How to Design the Perfect Meditation Room

Healthy Eating and Depression: How Diet May Help Protect Your Mental Health

5 Ways to Use Feng Shui in Your Home Design

Drug Abuse and Addiction: Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Drug Addiction

Anger Management and Addiction: How to Take Charge of Anger Issues in Sobriety

Elderly Mental Health: How to Help Your Senior

Coping with the Loss of a Loved One

From: Molly Anderson

Another nice link:
https://tradesmencosts.co.uk/meditation-room-mental-health

Fwd: Neoliberalism described

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From: John H

This evening I was planning on sending out another missive on some new or revived outrage threatening all which most of us hold near and dear.  However, I was looking through my latest copy of The Baffler, No. 38 (an excellent periodical, by the way) and came across this really well-done article on neoliberalism.  This immediately caused me to change my mind.  This is unusual in that neoliberalism, while pervasive in this nation and throughout much of the rest of the developed world, is an extremely difficult ideology to pin down in less than two or three hundred pages of dense text.  Though the author, Eugene McCarraher, certainly does not capture all of the many nuances of neoliberalism in these nine pages, he does fairly well describe some of its most salient features.  In particular, the critical nature of neoliberalism as a quasi-religious theology with significant differences in the rules pertaining to the neoliberal priesthood and those the rest of us are forced to obey.  I heartedly encourage you to take a few minutes and read this piece.  It will be well worth your time.  And, if it piques your interest, get a copy of Philip Mirowski's wonderful book on neoliberalism Never Let a Serious Crisis Go To Waste and read it.

John

Link

• The World is a Business article in PDF