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What Would A City Look Like If It Were Designed Entirely By And For Women? These Places Offer A Glimpse. forbes.com/sites/vickiphilli…
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Breaking News: Fully vaccinated Americans can travel “at low risk to themselves,” both within the U.S. and internationally, but should still wear masks, social distance and wash their hands, the CDC said. nyti.ms/3cLVnWM
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Architectural Record@ArchRecord29 Oct 2020
2020 Educator Monica Ponce de Leon: "Architecture schools should have faculty and students that look like the rest of society, in gender, race, ethnicity, and identity." @MPdLStudio @PrincetonSoA #ARWomenArch architecturalrecord.com/wome…
There’s a growing movement in the U.S. to hand some police duties over to social workers and alternative emergency responders. Oakland, Sacramento, and Eugene, Oregon, are already doing it trib.al/1BXEAyd

Where Calling the Police Isn’t the Only Option

There’s a growing movement in the U.S. to hand some police duties over to social workers and alternative emergency responders. Oakland, Sacramento and Eugene, Oregon, are already doing it.

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Archinect@archinect8 Sep 2020
Architects Foundation Launches Black Women in Architecture Scholarship @ArchitectsFdn #scholarships #blackarchitects #womeninarchitecture arcnct.co/3jUTkAz
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The Believer@believermag8 Sep 2020
"We already know these mothers’ voices lack immediacy because they are being filtered and translated through their daughters’ accounts in English." —Mimi Wong (@whoismims) on absent mother narratives in East Asian American literature: believermag.com/logger/the-f…
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His name was George Floyd. Say his name. Pray for his family. Demand Justice. #BlackLivesMatter #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
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msn.com/en-au/news/world/the… San Francisco closed the 9(!) Golf Course & opened them up as City Parks for the public! The UK is pushing to open up their golf courses as well. We hope this trend continues! #publicspace
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George Soros is pledging over $130 million for coronavirus relief through his foundation. $37 million is aimed at helping at-risk people in New York City, including undocumented families and low-wage workers. nyti.ms/3affXum

George Soros’s Foundation Pledges $130 Million in Coronavirus Relief (Published 2020)

The billionaire philanthropist is directing $37 million of the funds to programs to help at-risk populations in New York City.

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Free testing for C-19. Just call ahead and schedule appt. nextpittsburgh.com/latest-ne…

Free COVID-19 testing site opens today at Monroeville Rite Aid

Starting April 16, a COVID-19 testing site will operate daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Rite Aid parking lot on William Penn Highway in Monroeville.

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Over the next two weeks, New York City will convert unused spaces across the five boroughs into medical facilities and create over 8,000 hospital beds to treat those infected with COVID-19. architecturalrecord.com/arti…
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And yet there are still not enough parks and recreation for us or our children
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@CityLab4 Jun 2019
No matter where you live, a majority of U.S. mayors support expanding parks and recreation. trib.al/mNwVdoo
Over the weekend, NewSchool's Daniela Deutsch and Kristine Mun participated in a Friends of San Diego Architecture panel discussion called "Three #WomenInArchitecture and the Paths They Have Chosen."
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A camp from Girls Build wants to support girls in developing trade skills for male-dominated fields like construction. citylab.com/life/2019/04/ski… #girlsbuild

A Camp Shows Girls They Belong in Carpentry and Construction

Male-dominated trades like construction, plumbing, and welding can offer job security and decent pay. A camp aims to show girls these careers are for them, too.

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#tbt to last year's Neuroscience for Architecture, Urbanism & Design Summer Intersession Program. There are less than two weeks left to qualify for Early Bird Pricing for this August's course — don't wait! | Register Now: bit.ly/NewSchoolNeuroscience
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@Architizer18 Apr 2019
Architecture conferences are dominated by the previous generation of architects, so @YoungArchitxPDX created the Young Architect Conference for the NEXT generation of architecture professionals. The FUTURE! bit.ly/2EVOEaM
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Cities could easily improve their share of residents walking, biking, and riding public transportation, without investing in new systems, a new report states. trib.al/CK9SzO5
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The Dutch have introduced some innovative new weapons to the age-old struggle: fare evaders. trib.al/eDZZS75

How Dutch Transit Agencies Fend Off Fare Evaders

Dutch rail and bus systems in the Netherlands are experimenting with novel ways to turn transit freeloading ticket-dodgers into paying customers.

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Thanks Larry for stepping up, or in this case, stepping out. It would be great to see more diversity in 2019 - w/ diverse fellows beyond the COF Board - I would volunteer if needed, but hopefully there would be an adjustment for panel selection xitter.cf/lfabbroni1/status/1022…
Lawrence Fabbroni@lfabbroni125 Jul 2018
Replying to @lizwendell @melaniefreeland @egrfaia @AIANational @WIA_LosAngeles @EquityxDesign @JustineClark @RosaSheng @WIANYC @WomenInArch @MeghanaIRA @PeterKuttner @UNM @WLIAus
Thanks all for the highlighting this - right or wrong, since the YAF chair serves on this jury every year it hadn't been something that had been considered. For this year @L2DesignLLC, YAF 2019 Chair, and former YA Award recipient, will be taking my place.
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