Fwd: Event Announcement: Community Forum on Air Pollution in the City, February 11, 2015

Upcoming event information:
Community Forum on Air Pollution in the City First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh

Community Forum on Air Pollution in the City 

I wanted to let you know that we're going to be hosting an event that members of the Consensus Group might be interested in attending to learn more about the air pollution issue from the experts. We're hosting a community forum that will include a research professor from CMU presenting maps of how bad the pollution in the area is down to the neighborhood level and an asthma specialist from Allegheny General Hospital to talk more about the local health impacts of that  pollution. That forum will be on: 

Wednesday Feb. 11th @ 7pm 

First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh in

 Shadyside (605 Morewood Ave).

Please come out learn more about air pollution in the city and how we can work to fix it.

Here is the link for our online RSVP page: http://bit.ly/1x79R48

Stephen Riccardi

W. PA Field Associate

PennEnvironment

More information: Community Forum on Air Pollution in the City

Anti Vaccinations

Nice tutorial.

Launching The GovLab Academy Coaching Programs

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From: The Govlab Academy
Date: Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 4:54 PM
Subject: Launching The GovLab Academy Coaching Programs
To: Steven



Thanks to the generous support of the Knight
Foundation
,
this term the Governance Lab Academy – a training program designed to
promote civic engagement and innovation – is launching a series of coaching
programs.

Geared to the teams and individuals inside and outside of government
planning to undertake a new project or trying to figure out how to make an
existing project even more effective and scalable, these programs are
designed to help participants working in civic engagement and innovation
develop effective projects from idea to implementation.

Convened by leading experts in their fields, coaching programs meet
exclusively online once a week for four weeks or every other week for eight
weeks. They include frequent and constructive feedback, customized and
original learning materials, peer-to-peer support, mentoring by topic
experts and individualized coaching from those with policy, technology, and
domain expertise.

There is no charge to participants but each program is limited to 8-10
project teams or individuals.

You can see the current state of programs below and check out the web site

for
more information and to sign up.

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Citizen Science on the Web
,
convened by Francois Grey

(Citizen Cyberscience Centre, Geneva). Program begins the week of February
16, 2015.
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Civic Tech for Local Legislatures and Legislators
,
co-convened by Benjamin Kallos

(New York City Council Member and Chair of the Committee on Governmental
Operations of the New York City Council) and Arnaud Sahuguet

(Chief Technology Officer of The GovLab). Program begins the week of March
2, 2015.
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Freedom of Information and FOIA Project Coaching: Breaking Down the
Walls and Opening Up Communications
,
convened by Miriam Nisbet

(Former Director of the Office of Government Information Services). Program
begins the week of March 2, 2015.
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Citizen Engagement Projects
,
co- convened by Beth Noveck

(Founder of The GovLab) and Tiago Peixoto

(Open Government Specialist at The World Bank). Program begins the week of
March 2, 2015.
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Tech Procurement Projects: Making the Supply Chain Work
,
convened by Clay Johnson

(CEO of The Department for Better Technology and Former Presidential
Innovation Fellow). Program begins the week of March 16, 2015.
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Leveraging Crowds in the Public Sector
,
convened by Karim Lakhani

(Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard
Business School). Program begins the week of March 23, 2015.
-

Open Source Technology Practices For Civic Engagement Projects
,
convened by Brian Behlendorf

(Managing Director at Mithril Capital Management and Co-Founder Apache).
Program begins the week of April 6, 2015.
-

Humanitarian Innovation Project Collaborative
,
co-convened by Brian Forde

(Senior Former Advisor to the U.S. CTO, White House Office of Science
Technology and Policy) and Alexandra Clare

(Founder of Iraq Re:Coded). Program begins the week of April 6, 2015.
-

Lab Design: Bringing Agility and Empiricism to Public Problems
,
co-convened by Geoff Mulgan

(Chief Executive of NESTA), and Joeri van den Steenhoven

(Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of MaRS Solutions
Lab). Program begins the week of April 6, 2015.
-

Open Data Data-Driven Decisions for All
,
co-convened by Arnaud Sahuguet

(Chief Technology Officer of The GovLab) and Stefaan Verhulst

(Co-founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of The GovLab).
Program begins the week of April 6, 2015.


*Our mailing address is:*
The GovLab
295 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10012

Fwd: If you listen to only one talk of mine this year, let it be this one

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February 3, 2015 View this email in your browser LATEST NEWS If You Listen to Only One Thing From Me This Year, Let It Be This The Mises Institute held a special event on secession in late January. Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, and I, among others, were slated to speak. Here's where things get interesting. A Washington Post reporter was in attendance. We all knew the angle: tsk, tsk, Ron Paul! Your son is trying to be respectable, and here you are with awful people saying forbidden things about secession. So I pretty much directed my own speech entirely at this reporter. I think my remarks take on a whole new dimension when you realize that the hatchet man is sitting right there, forced to listen to me for half an hour. I have a feeling you'll enjoy this. And if you do, please share it! Secession: The Reasonable Option Everyone Resists | Tom Woods 225 ratings 4,798 views Here's How to Get My Free eBook, in EPUB, PDF, and Kindle! Remember, my free eBook 14 Hard Questions for Libertarians -- Answered is now available. I think there was a problem for Android devices last time with the Kindle link, so here's what I'll do: click here to go to a page on my site where you can find the Kindle, PDF, and now EPUB versions. Enjoy! Great Opportunity for Students Be a summer fellow at the Mises Institute! If you're a graduate student doing work in the Austrian tradition, this is a wonderful opportunity to be mentored by great economists, to have access to an outstanding library, and to get helpful feedback on your work from your peers. When I was a resident scholar at the Mises Institute (2006-2010), I looked forward every year to the new batch of summer fellows. It's a fantastic experience. Click here to find out more. I'm Coming Back to Houston Bob Murphy and I are doing an event with Liberty on the Rocks Houston on February 18, starting at 6pm. Bob and I will speak, and then (what else?) it's karaoke. It's taking place at Hefley's Bar and Grill, 138 W. Gray Street. See you there! And do RSVP on the Facebook event page. February 18, 2015 Liberty on the Rocks Houston Houston, TX April 9, 2015 American University Washington, DC April 25, 2015 Event in the works! Montreal, Canada May 22, 2015 Event in the works! Dublin, Ireland The Peacekeeper App: Protect Your Home and Community Cody Drummond's free Peacekeeper App decentralizes the process of emergency services, and gives families and communities more control over their own lives. Iran War Threatened Again? Looks like the neocons are trying to drum up support for war with Iran again. Scott McConnell of The American Conservative restores some sanity to the discussion. Peter Schiff on Investing, and What to Expect in 2015 Peter Schiff returns to the Tom Woods Show to answer listener questions about investing, the economy, and what 2015 holds for all of us. Nullify! The Agenda for 2015 With about 200 bills involving some form of state-level resistance to the federal government bending before legislatures around the country, Michael Boldin joins us for an overview of what's about to unfold. Don't miss it! Are Corporations Un-Libertarian? Are corporations creatures of the state, or would they have emerged on the market? Stephan Kinsella joins me to settle this controversy among libertarians. The Real North Korea Interview North Korea is a living example of the totalitarian phenomenon. We get an inside look with Michael Malice, plus the surprising weakness that could bring down the regime. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the Tom Woods Show on iTunes or Stitcher so you don't miss an episode. I release a new episode every weekday! Thanks for reading,

Western Pennsylvania LiveCodeUser Group, new open source support group forming

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From: "Marc Siskin" <msiskin@edvista.com>
Date: Jan 31, 2015 10:38 AM
Subject: Western Pennsylvania LiveCodeUser Group
To: "MARK RAUTERKUS" <MARK@rauterkus.com>
Cc: "Claire Siskin" <csiskin@edvista.com>

Mark,

Here is what I sent to the Livecode lists.

Western Pennsylvania LiveCode User Group is calling its first meeting for 6 pm on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, at Carnegie Mellon University's Modern Language Resource Center, Room 225c Baker Porter Hall. All those in and around Pittsburgh with experiences or an interest in the multi-platform, open source, software LiveCode (http://www.LiveCode.com) are invited to attend the organizational meeting. Our meet and greet starts with pizza and includes a 20-to-30 minute presentation and demo from Marc Siskin of CMU on how he converts his LiveCode content into mobile apps that run on both iOS and Android devices. 

If you have any interest in the group, attend the meeting or else email msiskin@edvista.com or call 412-401-5623 as monthly meetings are expected.

This Girl Can. A wonderful PSA video

Open Data Event makes a call for papers

A big international open data event is coming, and I hope you can take part!



The 3rd International Open Data Conference (IODC) will be held in Ottawa,
Canada, from May 28-29, 2015. This conference, sponsored by Canada's
International Development Research Centre, the Government of Canada, and
the World Bank, will bring together experts and advocates from around the
world to take stock of the rapid evolution of the global open data
community and help chart its future.



The first two International Open Data conferences drew over 400
participants from Canada, the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South
Africa, Chile, Italy, Argentina, and many others. We want to surpass the
previous conferences, and to do this we will need to have a strong program
agenda.



To accomplish this we are holding a global Open Call for program content.



The Open Call is underway right now and will run until February 20th.
Details can be found at *OpenDataCon.org*. You can also visit the site to
register for the conference. I am pleased to be able to say there will be
no registration fees for the conference and, if you need help with travel,
the IDRC and the World Bank will have a limit number of travel bursaries
available.



We want to make the IODC a truly global conference with a program
representative of where the open data community is at today, and where we
believe it could be tomorrow.



I would appreciate if you could help us spread the word, and of course if
you could come and join us in Ottawa in May!



Sincerely,



Erik Waddell

Chair, IODC Steering Committee

Fwd: Invitation for Pittsburgh Artists: City Council Discussion on Public Art Law

From: Hill District Consensus Group <hdcg@wildapricot.org>

Invitation for Pittsburgh Artists: City Council Discussion on Public Art Law Post Agenda Discussion: Pittsburgh Public Art Law Thursday, Feb 12 @ 1:30pm Council Chambers, 5th Floor, City-County Building 414 Grant Street, PGH, PA 15219     Facebook   Twitter     Public Money for Public Art PGH4ART and Councilman Corey O'Connor invite you to a Post Agenda on Pittsburgh Public Art. Please join us in council chambers Thursday, February 12 at 1:30 p.m.  The revitalization of the city's 1977 Percent for Art law will be central to the conversation. The Post Agenda will feature Pittsburgh artists who make public art.    Speakers include:     • Carolyn Speranza, artist and Team Leader for the PGH4ART Campaign     • James Simon, public artist     • Diane Samuels, artist and co-founder of City of Asylum     • Renee Piechocki, Director, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Office of Public Art      • Morton Brown, Public Art Manager in the Department of City Planning  PGH4ART is lobbying elected officials to rewrite and enforce existing Percent for Art laws. Laws on the books in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County call for 1% and 2% of the budgets of development projects constructed with public financing to be dedicated to public art. If enforced, these programs will translate into government contracts for artists, architects—and the people who will be doing the construction work. Many cities across the country have vital Percent for Art programs, and Pittsburgh could have one too! CONTACT Email: PGH4ART@gmail.com Twitter: @PGH4ART Instagram: http://instagram.com/pgh4art and  Curt Conrad Acting Chief of Staff Office of Councilman Corey O'Connor Phone: (412) 255-8965   Fax: (412) 255-0820 Email: curt.conrad@pittsburghpa.gov http://pittsburghpa.gov/district5/ It's not too late to sign the Pittsburgh Percent for Art petition and share it with your friends: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/enforce-pittsburghs-and About the Post Agenda Post Agendas are informational sessions that give members of Pittsburgh City Council the opportunity to hear expert testimony that centers around one specific issue. Often, a Post Agenda is a prelude to introducing new, or expanding existing legislation. In preparing for this Post Agenda, Councilman O'Connor said, "All plans for public art should be presented early in the development process to make sure that the design and space allocation is realistically incorporated and all pieces under consideration should go through the Department of City Planning and the Art Commission." City Council Post Agendas are open to the public, and Pittsburgh residents are especially invited to attend.    About PGH4ART Called the "Percent 4 Art Movement" by Pittsburgh City Paper, PGH4ART is a grassroots campaign launched in early 2013. The campaign has received support and endorsements from Fight Back Pittsburgh, The Hill District Consensus Group, Pittsburgh Student Government Council, Pittsburgh's Creative and Performing Arts High School, United Rays Corvette Club of Pittsburgh and Nakturnal Guerrilla Marketing. Nationally we have been recognized by MoveOn.org with a campaign grant and "Animating Democracy," a program of Americans for the Arts. The Art Newspaper featured the campaign in its investigation of public art programs across the United States, "Percent for Art schemes fail to deliver." Copyright © 2012 Hill District Consensus Group. All rights reserved. Contact email: info@hdcg.org You are receiving this message because you opted in at http://www.hdcg.org/

Open Data Day Mico Grants

OPEN DATA DAY 2015 is coming and a coalition of partners have come
together to provide a limited number of micro-grants designed to
support communities organise ODD activities all over the world !

All the details from the Open Knowledge Foundation:

http://bit.ly/opendatadaymicrogrants
More ...

Here are the emerging events:

http://wiki.opendataday.org/Main_Page

If you want to get involved, join their online group:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/open-data-day

Also note Code Across events as well:

http://www.codeforamerica.org/events/codeacross-2015/

You need to check with wiki, map and the Code Across list to see what
is emerging this is as OKF puts it "As a volunteer led event, with no
organisation behind it, Open Data Day provides the perfect opportunity
for communities all over the world to convene, celebrate and promote
open data in ways most relevant to their fellow citizens."

See the 2014 sheet for events from last year too - starting one in
your city with other who did this before is worth at try:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ruewy74XVCCyp89YzqsyeoKTjLmyzNHo0hrjr3djiyQ/edit?usp=sharing

Lastly, as part of the Coalition supporting this effort with some
in-kind promotion, note our tips on digital outreach for unconferences
and hackathons. If set up an event, these very tactical tips will help
to get people in the room!

http://e-democracy.org/digout

Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy

* Support E-Democracy. Pledge drive to raise $10,000 US:
http://e-democracy.org/donate?ft - Only $890 to 2015 Goal

Support 21st Century Community Learning Center Funding

We need you to act today to save the only federal funding for afterschool. The current Senate draft to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) eliminates the funding for 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC). We have until February 2 for public comments on the draft bill. More on the draft ESEA bill and impact on 21st CCLC can be found here.

Send a letter to Pennsylvania's federal senators asking them to support 21st CCLC. Click here to download the letter to send to Senator Casey and click here to download the letter to send to Senator Toomey. Please sign, print your full name and address, and mail into the senators' local offices by Monday, February 2. You can also email the committee at fixingnclb@help.senate.gov expressing your concerns about the elimination of 21st Century funding by Monday, February 2.

APOST will keep you updated as the draft bill is put forth by the House in the coming weeks. Contact us with any questions regarding this bill and what it means moving forward at apost@uwac.org.

Fwd: Invitation: EPLC's 2015 Regional Workshops for School Board Candidates

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EPLC 2015 Regional Workshops for School Board Candidates   The Education Policy and Leadership Center, with the Cooperation of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) and the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO), will conduct A Series of Regional Full-Day Workshops for 2015 Pennsylvania School Board Candidates.  Incumbents, non-incumbents, campaign supporters and all interested voters are invited to participate in these workshops.   Registration is $45 and includes coffee and pastries, lunch, and materials.  For details and registration information, please click here.   Pittsburgh Region Saturday, February 21, 2015 - 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Allegheny Intermediate Unit, 475 East Waterfront Dr., Homestead, PA 15120 Harrisburg Region Saturday, March 7, 2015 - 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  Pennsylvania School Board Association Headquarters, 400 Bent Creek Blvd., Mechanicsburg, PA 17050   Philadelphia Region Saturday, March 14, 2015 - 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Montgomery County Intermediate Unit, 2 W. Lafayette St., Norristown, PA 19401    Registration Fee - $45 Registration fee includes workshop, coffee and pastries, lunch, and materials. To register, please click here.   Workshop Agenda: 8:00 a.m.    Registration and Coffee 8:30 a.m. to Noon   Morning Sessions     PART I - Legal and Leadership Roles of School Directors and School Boards     PART II - State and Federal Policies: Implications for School Boards Noon   Lunch and Networking  12:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.  Afternoon Sessions     PART III - Continue State and Federal Policies: Implications for School Boards     PART IV - School District Finances and Budgeting     PART  V - Candidates and the Law     PART VI - Information Resources   PARTS II and III "State and Federal Policies" section includes, but is not limited to: K-12 Governance PA Standards, Student Assessment, and Accountability Curriculum and Graduation Requirements K-12 State Funding Early Education Student Choices (Non-Public, Home Schooling, Charter Schools, Career-Technical, and more) Teacher Issues Linking K-12 to Workforce and Post-Secondary Education Linking K-12 to Community Partners                                                                 REGISTER NOW!

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Fwd: B-PEP SUPPORTS ALLIANCE FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY JANUARY 28

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From: The Black Political Empowerment Project(B-PEP) <mstanyalong@gmail.com>

The Black Political Empowerment Project(B-PEP) "The Black Political Empowerment Project (B-PEP) and the Greater Pittsburgh Coalition Against Violence (CAV) are proud to stand with the Alliance for Police Accountability (APA) in their efforts to help bring about justice, fairness and equity in the operations of our Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.  Please support their fundraiser this coming Wednesday, Jan. 28th at the beautiful Savoy restaurant. Tim Stevens"

Concert in Oakland with Calliope. Black Fathers of American Folk Music

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View this email in your browser A Tribute to Lead Belly and Josh White  Black Fathers of American Folk Music with Josh White Jr. and Rev. Robert B. Jones Special Guest Radoslav Lorkovic January 31 at 7:30 PM Calliope Main Stage in Oakland An evening of genius, a night never forgotten. Three legends on one stage, one evening, one moment in time. Josh White Jr., writer, singer, actor, performer. Rev. Robert B. Jones, thrills you with his tales, blended with harmonica, fiddle, banjo, guitar. Radoslav Lorkovic, elegant, prestigious styles. Master of them all. Altogether, a Tribute to Leadbelly. Tickets & Info The Holmes Brothers with Ada Dyer February 28 at 7:30 PM Calliope Main Stage in Oakland Timeless, deeply soulful and uplifting gospel-drenched blues, street corner doo-wop, ballads, R&B, country and funk.  -NY Times   Tickets & Info View all of our concert listings CALLIOPE SPONSORED EVENTS    Shape-note Sing  Steel City Ukulele Second Sunday Jam Calliope Folk Song Night (Monroeville) Calliope Folk Song Night (Mt. Lebanon) Calliope Old Time Jam Pittsburgh Songwriters Circle Pittsburgh Songwriters Open Stage Calliope Bluegrass Jam Copyright © Calliope House Inc, All rights reserved. Calliope 6300 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15232 (412) 361-1915 www.calliopehouse.org Facebook Twitter Website Email