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[ARCHIVED] Loudoun County Moves to Phase 2 of COVID-19 Vaccination Plan; Includes Everyone 16 and Older
The Loudoun County Health Department is announcing that effective Monday, April 12, 2021, Loudoun County is expanding COVID-19 vaccination opportunities to include all Loudoun County residents who are 16 years of age and older and encourages them to pre-register for a COVID-19 vaccine if they have not already done so. Please note that anyone under 18 receiving the vaccine must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at their vaccination appointment or they will be turned away.
"The expansion of vaccination opportunities earlier than expected is a result of the efficient vaccination of people who were in the Phase 1 priority groups over the past three and half months," said Loudoun County Health Director Dr. David Goodfriend. "As we begin making appointments for people in the general population, we will continue to prioritize vaccination for anyone in groups who are at greater risk of exposure and illness and for spreading the virus."
All health districts in Virginia are scheduled to advance to Phase 2 of the vaccination plan no later than April 18, 2021.
Since April 1, Loudoun County has vaccinated on average more than 4,100 people daily at the county's COVID-19 vaccination site at the Dulles Town Center. As vaccine supplies continue to increase, the county has the capacity to vaccinate even more people each day. Stay up to date on the county's vaccination efforts at loudoun.gov/covid19vaccine.
How to Pre-Register
Anyone 16 years of age and older who lives or works in Virginia can pre-register for a COVID-19 vaccine in one of two ways:
Online: Visit vaccinate.virginia.gov to submit a pre-registration form. The fastest method for receiving a vaccination appointment is to include a unique email address in separate pre-registration forms for each individual who will receive a vaccine.
Phone: Individuals who do not have access to the internet can pre-register by calling 1-877-829-4682.
Other Vaccination Opportunities
In addition to receiving a vaccine from Loudoun County, people can also look for available vaccination appointments at pharmacies and other locations in the region by visiting vaccinefinder.org. These entities do not coordinate their registrations with the Health Department.
Already Pre-Registered, But Have Not Heard from the County?
The Health Department encourages anyone who has already pre-registered for a vaccine and is in the Phase 1a, 1b or 1c priority groups, but has not yet been contacted by the county for a vaccination appointment, to take two actions:
First, check your spam or junk email folder for an email from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), which is used to pre-register, to ensure the invitation for an appointment was not sent there.
Second, if you have not received an email, contact the county by calling 703-737-8300, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Stay Vigilant in Slowing the Spread of COVID-19
The CDC has published guidance for fully vaccinated people; however, the CDC also recommends that even people who are fully vaccinated keep taking precautions in public places. The Loudoun County Health Department encourages Loudoun residents who received a COVID-19 vaccine to continue taking the steps that help prevent the spread of COVID-19, including:
Avoid crowds of people.
Stay 6 feet away from others who do not live in your household at all times.
Wear a face covering when in public to protect yourself and others.
Wash hands frequently.
Avoid non-essential travel, particularly carpooling with people who do not live in your household.
Avoid visiting unvaccinated people who are at increased risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19.
Learn more about how to protect yourself and others on the CDC's website.
Loudoun County continues to offer free COVID-19 testing weekly. More information about COVID-19 testing opportunities is posted online at loudoun.gov/covid19testing.
Loudoun County encourages residents to stay informed about COVID-19.
Sign up for email and text updates about Loudoun's response to COVID-19 at loudoun.gov/coronavirus.
Opt in to receive text message updates regarding the COVID-19 pandemic:
English: Text LCCOVID19 to 888777
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Follow the Loudoun County Government Facebook page and @LoudounCoGovt on Twitter.
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DPS Innovations affiliated with IQDEMY International Holding in this September took part in two international exhibitions (SGIA, Label Expo) and will participate in Tecnargilla, which will take place in Rimini (Italy) from 26 till 30 September 2016.
This imaging trade show brought together the industry's widest array of qualified and educated attendees to experience the most innovative technology in the imaging industry. Leading imaging professionals presented technologies, methodologies and applications of the production of specialized commercial graphics and image processing.
Equipment and consumables for digital printing, finishing, advertising and information design and production of promotional products and of course the "brain" of digital printing – electronics was presented in Expo.
DPS Innovations which produce control electronics and software for printing systems took part in SGIA Expo 2016. DPS offers solutions for conventional multi-pass or for high capacity single-pass printing. Flexible control system developed by DPS supports a variety of printheads, ensuring efficient printing on textile, plastic, glass, ceramics, paper and any other substrates printed by means of inkjet technology.
During SGIA Expo regular contact with colleagues, competitors, customers and potential clients has been established.
The largest label and package printing event in the region took place from 13 to 15 September 2016 in the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois.
This year representatives of 81 countries attended the exhibition, 400 booths were presented in 6 halls. The show was really «fantastical» as it was promised by event planners: live demonstrations of the latest machinery and materials, global label trends and technologies, meetings with industry experts.
Particularly interesting in this year, there are ideas in the field of production of materials for the manufacture of packaging, is also printing equipment.
The world's most important international showcase of technological innovation and aesthetics for ceramic and brick industries will take place in Rimini (Italy) from 26th till 30th September 2016.
Materials, сolors, glazez, decorations for the ceramic industry, machines and equipment for production and decoration in the brick and ceramic industry will be presented. In this year Tecnargilla host the eighth annual meeting dedicated to technologies, glazez, colours and additives for digital decoration and glazing of ceramic tiles.
This is exhibition of the most qualified professionals, according to the statistics 80% of the exhibition visitors are technical and commercial professionals, 30% are the business owners or CEO Managing directors.
Representation at such important events afford an opportunity to get in contact with all relevant companies of industry and also allows to estimate market and assess development in the field which opens up opportunities for successful development in the tideway of latest global trends.
In sum we can see the flexibility of UV printing technology allows to represent products of IQDEMY and DPS Innovations on completely different markets: ceramics, packaging, commercial graphics. And all these solutions are commercially required.


What solution helped a lighting manufacturer reduce engineering change order (ECO) cycle times by 75%, a networking company improve ECO cycle times by 70%, and a digital processing business accelerate time to market by 20%?
The answer? Product lifecycle management (PLM) software.
In this whitepaper, Arena offers its own proprietary PLM analytics coupled with aggregated ROI metrics derived from third-parties to highlight industry-specific efficiency improvements categorized into three groups: Manufacturing and Internal Operations, Supply Chain Optimization, and Customer Satisfaction.


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Meeting the Movement: 2020 SCG Virtual Conference
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Monday, September 21, 2020 to Thursday, September 24, 2020
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ACCESS ON DEMAND CONTENT
All content from SCG's 2020 Annual Conference, Meeting the Movement, is now available for on-demand access. A special discounted rate allows access to our event portal for six months, where grantmakers can watch of our curated keynote, plenary, arts, and mindfulness sessions. Please click on the REGISTER button above to purchase access to conference content.
Members of Northern California Grantmakers and San Diego Grantmakers can register at the SCG member rate. NCG & SDG Members please contact us to register.
Non-member grantmakers can register at the non-member rate. If you would like to join SCG as a member, please contact Alexis Smart at [email protected].
All conference sessions have subtitles. If you have a disability and require accommodation in order to access Swapcard, please contact our programs team at [email protected] or (213) 680-8866. You will be contacted by someone from our staff to discuss your specific needs.
SCG's 2020 Annual Conference, Meeting the Movement, invites funders to embody adaptive and authentic leadership, to reimagine our role as stewards of resources and power, and to integrate community-based solutions for a better future.
SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES & THE ROLE OF PHILANTHROPY
The past few months have laid bare long-standing systemic inequities that threaten the livelihood of our nonprofit sector, humanity, and democracy. Philanthropy has channeled a new and deeper level of resiliency than ever before. We are called urgently not only to address the immediate needs of the coronavirus pandemic but also to devote efforts toward its long-term implications. We have a vital role to play in ensuring an equitable social and economic recovery for the communities we serve.
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LISTENING, LEARNING, AND SHIFTING POWER
How can philanthropy learn from the deep-rooted resiliency of our communities while building our own tenacity to eradicate structural injustices? How do we shift the power derived from wealth and influence toward marginalized communities so that we can deeply listen and amplify their wisdom? How do we mobilize all available means, from advocacy to funding to internal policies, in the fight for progress?
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MEETING THE MOVEMENT
This moment asks philanthropy to take bold actions, embrace trust-based partnerships with communities, and center equity in every aspect of our work. Join us to connect with one another, forward our resiliency, and explore collaborative opportunities.
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CONFERENCE ADVISORS
Juliet Flores
Program Manager,
The California Endowment
Nike Irvin
SCG Board Member & Trustee,
The Riordian Foundation
Kathleen Kelly Janus
Senior Advisor on Social Innovation,
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
Kaci Patterson
Owner & Chief Strategist,
Social Good Solutions &
Black Equity Initiative
Miki Woodward
Head of Good Robot,
Bad Robot Productions &
Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Family Foundation
Opening Performance: A Song and Story of Indigenous Resistance
A singer and songwriter based out of Southern California and a member of the GabrielinoTongva Nation, Kelly Caballero will sing her original song, Black Snake Killer and will speak on indigenous resistance and our personal connection and responsibility to the land. Kelly Caballero's body of work focuses primarily on highlighting the multifaceted and complex lives of Indigenous peoples born and raised in urban settings.
Kelly Caballero
Fury and Faith: Amanda Gorman on Poetry and Social Change
Author and activist Amanda Gorman will kick off SCG's 2020 Annual Conference with powerful poems and stories. Growing up with a speech impediment, Amanda overcame great challenges to become a Harvard graduate and the first-ever Youth Poet Laureate of the United States. Using words to combat injustice, Amanda will discuss the power of poetry and creativity as an instrument for social change.
Amanda Gorman
Society at a Tipping Point: Race, Class & the Way Forward
Meeting the Movement means asking our sector to learn from the deep-rooted resiliency of our communities while building our own tenacity to eradicate structural injustices. Join bestselling author, Army combat veteran, social entrepreneur, and Robin Hood's Chief Executive Officer Wes Moore who will do just that by sharing the story of the City of Baltimore, which faced the fiery reckoning of its long history of economic inequality and racial injustice. Sparked by the death of Freddie Gray, the city dramatically imploded — erupting into five days of protests and riots that riveted the world. In this candid and compelling talk, best-selling author Wes Moore draws upon his acclaimed new book, Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City, to provide a kaleidoscopic account from the frontlines of the uprising. Unpacking its origins, Wes examines the warning signs, analyzes the consequences and calls out the root causes of violence and intergenerational poverty. Ever sowing the seeds of hope, he unites all of us — nonprofits, government, business, educational institutions and others — around solutions that can help to restore America's promise of opportunity for all.
Paulette Brown-Hinds
Break / Small-Group Reflection / Mindfulness / Art
Attendees can use this time to attend one or more of the following sessions:
SMALL-GROUP REFLECTION: Join other attendees for small-group dialogues to reflect on the conference plenary session "Society at a Tipping Point: Race, Class & The Way Forward." Participants will be split into groups of 4-6 and provided with reflection questions to prompt conversation and networking.
PRACTICING SLOWNESS: As we move through this time of enormous collective and individual change, many of us are feeling multiple levels of demand towards constant action. And though our bodies can create great power through action, our systems also need intentional slowness to cultivate deeper resilience and sustainability for the long haul. Join Belia Mayeno Saavedra for a brief set of mindful embodiment practices to feel more grounded, connected, and present in current time. Practices are all done seated and can be done individually or with a partner.
CANTO ANCESTRAL (ANCESTRAL SONG): Join Extra-Ancestral for an ode to the ancestors, in reverence to the fallen Queens and Kings. Remind us we come reconfigured from God's spark. We proudly dance, and we rejoice the ancestral messages from Africa to the Americas and beyond, that will guide us today.
Belia Mayeno Saavedra
Kahlil Cummings
Breaking Through and Building Power for Social Movements
Movements do not occur spontaneously. Black Lives Matter, the 2016 Standing Rock protests, and other demonstrations against our most intractable problems are born out of structural racism, systematic oppression, and lack of opportunity. These movements are the product of consistent organizing, and are powered by both a deep understanding of the systems to be dismantled as well as a clear vision for an alternate future. The strategies to get there are multi-faceted — from art and activism, mass protests and civil disobedience, to philanthropy and policy-making. What does it take to build long-term movements? Equally important, how can philanthropy sustain movement leaders in the journey? Join us to hear from three activists about the possibilities ahead, the work it will take, and the role of philanthropy in breaking through and building power.
Melina Abdullah
Vijay Gupta
Lateefah Simon
Eryn Wise
Going Beyond Land Acknowledgments
Eryn Wise from our panel conversation, "Breaking Through and Building Power for Social Movements," will open Day Two with reflections on what it means to be a guest on indigenous land and how we can go beyond land acknowledgments.
Recovering and Rebuilding for a More Equitable and Inclusive California
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified long-standing structural injustices for Black, indigenous, and people of color. As we grapple with the lives, jobs, and other unthinkable losses due to the coronavirus, philanthropy, nonprofits, and state leaders are working together to address these crises. We have an opportunity to rebuild a more equitable and inclusive region. Join a panel of cross-sector experts to explore how philanthropy can be more imaginative in addressing and prioritizing systemic racism while working toward system change.
Miguel Santana
Ann O'Leary
Fred J. Ali
Break / Featured Video
Attendees can use this time for a short break or to learn more about PRAYER TO THE IYAMI, an art project by Patrisse Cullors.
Prayer to the Iyami is a love letter to Los Angeles and, most importantly, a loving prayer for her brother, Monte. James Baldwin is heard speaking of the American Negro crisis, and Cullors reads the Yes on R ballot measure she initiated to reform L.A. jails. Wings made from her brother Monte's used clothes are a symbol of the artist's 20-year fight to keep her sibling free from incarceration and abuse. Bearing the weight of the wings, Cullors leads witnesses to an 8-foot nest which she adorns with Monte's clothing. Filmed at The Broad on February 5, 2020, Prayer to the Iyami touches on themes including resistance, healing, metaphor and mysticism found in The Broad's special exhibition, Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again (October 19, 2019 - February 16, 2020).
A Caring Future: Supporting Essential Workers for an Equitable Economy
Despite being called the great equalizer by many, the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis has disproportionately affected communities of color across the United States. Essential workers --predominately Black, Latinx, and people of color --have been on the frontlines, taking care of our loved ones and keeping us safe while risking their own well-being. At the same time, communities of color have been hit hardest by job losses and face higher rates of infection and death. It's undeniable that the pandemic has exacerbated long standing systemic inequities, and exposed major gaps in our social safety net and care infrastructure. Join us for remarks from Ai-jen Poo, an organizer, MacArthur "Genius" Fellow, and Co-Founder and Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. Ai-jen will also be in conversation with local leaders about affecting change through policy, innovation, civic engagement, and culture shift.
Andre Oliver
Aquilina Versoza
Aleja Plaza
Small-Group Reflection / Mindfulness / Art
SMALL-GROUP REFLECTION: Join Meeting the Movement attendees for small-group dialogues to reflect on the conference plenary session "A Caring Future: Supporting Essential Workers for an Equitable Economy." Participants will be split into groups of 4-6 and provided with reflection questions to prompt conversation and networking.
A NEW MINDFULNESS—NOTICE GOOD, FEEL HOPE: Gratitude makes visible what we value. The practice of gratitude begins with noticing good. Noticing is at the heart of authentic leadership and well-being. Noticing is a practice. The practice of meditation begins with noticing each breath. The practice of mindfulness begins with noticing change. What we do not notice, we take for granted and make invisible. Reset and renew your leadership mindset by noticing good.
A CONVERSATION WITH ARMANDO IBAÑEZ, CREATOR OF "UNDOCUMENTED TALES": Armando Ibañez's work brings together the intersections of immigration status, homophobia/transphobia, class, and race to portray the realities of what it means to be both undocumented and queer in the United States. During this conversation, Armando will share his personal story, discuss how his experiences shape his work, and screen clips from projects he's produced and directed.'
Omar Brownson
Armando Ibañez
Reflections on the Power of Lands
Kumeyaay theater artist, Kenny Ramos, will share opening remarks that will ground us in our understanding of Southern California from an Indigenous perspective.
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Nonprofit, Philanthropy & the Battle for the Soul of America
As our world wrestles with the pandemics of coronavirus and racism, nonprofit and philanthropy continue to play a critical role. With both the presidential election and Census in 2020, it is time for our sector to be bolder and to challenge — even burn down — some established philosophies and practices. We must fully embrace an anti-racist framework and incorporate racial and economic justice into our work. The wellbeing of our region and entire world depend on us moving quickly and decisively. Join Nonprofit AF's writer Vu Le and Satterberg Foundation's Sarah Walczyk for a heart-to-heart conversation about reimagining philanthropy.
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Sarah Walczyk
Attendees can use this time for a short break or to learn more about STREET SYMPHONY and THE MESSIAH PROJECT.
Street Symphony, founded by Meeting the Movement speaker Vijay Gupta, engages communities directly affected by homelessness and incarceration in Los Angeles County through performances, workshops, and teaching artistry.
The Messiah Project presents excerpts of Handel's beloved Messiah while also featuring stories, music, and performances from members of the Skid Row community. Community members often serve as soloists, choristers, and participants alongside Street Symphony's roster of professional, world-class artists. Performed at The Midnight Mission, the Project also features a series of 12-15 free workshop events for the Skid Row community and the creation of several hundred hygiene kits and amenity bags for the Skid Row community.
What You Can Do to Support Black Communities: Taking Action from Within
The murder of George Floyd and the pandemic have led all of us to re-examine our role in philanthropy. How can our sector begin to move towards implementing practices that not only support Black communities but also our Black, Indigenous, and colleagues of color who are often leading racial justice work? Join this panel of leaders for a candid conversation between organizations at different stages in their journey of undertaking the deep organizational cultural change work needed to reimagine philanthropy from within.
Pia Infante
Miki Woodard
Antoinette Andrews Bush
Vera A Moore
SMALL-GROUP REFLECTION: Join Meeting the Movement attendees for small-group dialogues to reflect on the conference plenary session "What You Can Do to Support Black Communities: Taking Action from Within." Participants will be split into groups of 4-6 and provided with reflection questions to prompt conversation and networking.
MEDITATION TO EMBODY LIBERATION: Erica Rey will be guiding us through an embodied meditation practice to explore ways we can embody the liberation we are seeking. Explore the barriers and internalized oppressions that keep us from accessing the radical rest, somatic wisdom and intuitive imagination it will take to sustain our movement towards liberation.
PERFORMANCE BY BIANCA MEDINA AND KARL MICHAEL IGLESIAS: Bianca and Karl will present a new collaborative stage work exploring their Latinx experience through both poetry and dance.
Karl Michael Iglesias
Bianca Medina
Erica Rey
California State University, Los Angeles
Melina Abdullah is Professor and former Chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Southern California in Political Science and her B.A. from Howard University in African American Studies. She was appointed to the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission in 2014 and is a recognized expert on race, gender, class, and social movements. Abdullah is the author of numerous articles and book chapters, with subjects ranging from political coalition building to womanist mothering.
Professor Abdullah is a womanist scholar-activist – understanding the role that she plays in the academy as intrinsically linked to broader struggles for the liberation of oppressed people. Professor Abdullah is a leader in the fight for Ethnic Studies in the K-12 and university systems and was a part of the historic victory that made Ethnic Studies a requirement in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She was among the original group of organizers that convened to form Black Lives Matter and continues to serve as a Los Angeles chapter lead and contributes to the national leadership. She is co-host and co-producer of the weekly radio program Beautiful Struggle which airs on KPFK, part of the Pacifica radio network. Dr. Abdullah also serves on boards for the Black Community, Clergy and Labor Alliance (BCCLA), California Faculty Association-Los Angeles, Los Angeles African American Women's Public Policy Institute, Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA-CAN), National Association for Ethnic Studies, Reverence-Wellness Salon, and Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE).
Melina is the recipient of many awards, most recently the 2016 Racial Justice Award presented by the YWCA, 2016 Fannie Lou Hamer Award for outstanding community service presented by the Coalition of Mental Health Professionals, 2016 Fannie Lou Hamer Award presented by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 2016 Sacred Sistahs Award, 2016 California Teachers Association Human Rights Award, 2016 BCCLA Ella Baker Award, 2015 Freedom Now Award, and the 2015 Communitas Award. She was recognized by LA Weekly as one of the 10 most influential Los Angeles leaders, "Urban Girl of the Year" by 2UrbanGirls, and one of the 15 "Fiercest Sisters" of 2015 by Fierce. She has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, TV One, ABC, PBS, KTLA, KCET, BET, Free Speech TV, and Al-Jazeera, and is featured in the films 13th, When Justice Isn't Just, and Justice or Else. Melina is originally from Oakland, California. She is a single "soccer mama" of three children and resides in Mid-City Los Angeles.
Fred Ali
Fred Ali has more than 40 years of senior management experience with philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and government. He began his career in 1972 as a volunteer teacher and counselor in a small western Alaska village. Over the next 19 years, Fred held a number of leadership positions in Alaska with nonprofit organizations, state government, and higher education. In 1991, he became the executive director of Covenant House in Los Angeles. Under Fred's leadership, Covenant House California developed into a large, multi-service program working with homeless and at-risk youth in Los Angeles and Oakland.
Fred was appointed president of the Weingart Foundation in 1999. He serves on the boards of Covenant House California, the MLK Health and Wellness Community Development Corporation, and the Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles. Fred also chairs the board of advisors for the University of Southern California's Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy and co-chairs the Center's national advisory committee for the Irene Hirano Inouye's Philanthropic Leadership Fund. Fred speaks regularly on issues pertaining to the nonprofit sector including equity, organizational effectiveness and capacity building.
First 5 LA
Director, Communities Department
Antoinette Andrews-Bush is the Director of the Communities Department at First 5 LA, an independent public agency working to strengthen systems, parents and communities so that by 2028, all children in L.A County will enter kindergarten ready to succeed in school and life. As Director of the Communities Department, Antoinette provides strategic leadership to an exceptional team to advance First 5 LA's policy and systems change agenda through the design and implementation of multi-year, place-based strategies that seek to strengthen local leadership and community networks, and improve the built environment in 14 communities across L.A. County. For 24 years, she has worked as a respected and influential leader in the philanthropic, nonprofit and evaluation fields, and has earned a reputation for her strong integrity, pursuit of excellence, and collaborative approach. Antoinette received an undergraduate degree in African American Studies from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and earned her master's and doctorate degrees in sociology from Stony Brook University in New York. In her personal time, Antoinette actively volunteers to support important arts and human services community programs in Orange County, where she resides with her husband, Billy, and three children.
Inland Empire Community Foundation
Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds is the founder of Voice Media Ventures and the second-generation publisher of The Black Voice News. She has thirty years experience in media, communications, and community engagement and managing statewide media campaigns including leading Black media and communications for the 2020 Census.
She is a co-founder of Media in Color and the immediate past president of the California News Publishers Association, the first African-American to lead the organization in its over 130 year history. And she sits on the boards of the Inland Empire Community Foundation, California Press Foundation, CalMatters, and The James Irvine Foundation.
She is the founder of Mapping Black California, a community mapping STE[A]M initiative, which promotes GIS as an important analytical and storytelling tool for the Black community, and is featured in the book "Women in GIS" published by Esri Press.
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@gthxapp
Omar is an entrepreneur, civic leader, and public speaker. He is the co-founder and CEO of the gratitude app gthx. Omar is also a leader-in-residence at the software company Nation Builder. He's been in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Los Angeles Times, among other media. Previously, Omar was the founding executive director of River LA and has held leadership positions across finance, real estate, and social impact. Wherever he is, Omar makes sure to take a beat to notice good and find hope. Read more about his journey at www.oprah.com/fearless gratitude.
Kelly Caballero is a singer- songwriter, performer, poet, and jeweler. Her body of work focuses primarily on highlighting the multifaceted and complex lives of Indigenous peoples born and raised in urban settings. Hosting workshops, speaking on panels, and performing are some ways in which Kelly works to educate folx on intersecting identities, history and current achievements and struggles of California Native Nations.
Extra Ancestral
Founder Co-Artistic Director
Founded by Kahlil Cummings in 2017, Extra Ancestral is a cultural movement dedicated to educating and entertaining audiences through the fusion of different cultural manifestations of the African Diaspora. In their performances, audiences are likely to experience genres such as Afrobeat, Reggae, Jazz, Salsa, and many traditional African musical forms of the Diaspora. Narrated through powerful ancestral dancing, Extra Ancestral provides an in-depth education of temporal and geographic borders from Africa to the Americas and back, providing lessons from the past to hone tools for the future. Music and dance are the ensemble's healing tools, and led by some of LA's most dynamic artists, their revolutionary performances of black survival invoke while poignantly resisting 500 years of forced transatlantic passages between West Africa and the Americas. Extra Ancestral unifies music, dance, visual arts, and community engagement as forms of empowerment to reduce the trans generational trauma that exists in communities of color. Historically, music and dance have been considered the oldest form of medicine and Extra Ancestral seeks to combine the tradition of healing through their performances to elevate and empower communities of color. Their vision manifests into performance productions, dance classes, workshops and music education with artists from across the African Diaspora.
Inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate
@AmandaSCGorman
At 22, Amanda Gorman is heralded as "the next great figure in American poetry." Amanda made history in 2017 by being named the first ever National Youth Poet Laureate in the United States. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she is a rising senior at Harvard in the top of her class studying Sociology. Since publishing a poetry collection at 16, her writing has won her invitations to the Obama White House and to perform for Lin-Manuel Miranda, Al Gore, Secretary Hillary Clinton, Malala Yousafzai, and others. Amanda has performed 4th of July and Thanksgiving poems for CBS and she has spoken at events and venues across the country, including the Library of Congress and Lincoln Center. She has received a Genius Grant from OZY Media, as well as recognition from Scholastic Inc., YoungArts, the Glamour magazine College Women of the Year Awards, and the Webby Awards. She currently writes for the New York Times newsletter The Edit and recently signed a two-book deal with Viking (a division of Penguin Random House) after a bidding war involving eight publishers. Most recently, she traveled to Slovenia with Prada as a reporter on the company's latest sustainability project, and penned the manifesto for Nike's 2020 Black History Month campaign. She is the youngest board member of 826 National, the largest youth writing network in the United States.
Street Symphony
Founder, Artistic Director
Vijay Gupta is a violinist and social justice advocate. An esteemed performer, communicator, educator and citizen-artist, Gupta is a leading advocate for the role of the arts and music to heal, inspire, provoke change, and foster social connection. Gupta is the founder and Artistic Director of Street Symphony, a non-profit organization providing musical engagement, dialogue and teaching artistry for homeless and incarcerated communities in Los Angeles.
Vijay Gupta is a 2018 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow. A passionate and dedicated educator, Gupta serves on the faculty of the Colburn School and the Longy School of Music. Gupta also serves on the board of directors of the DC-based national arts advocacy organization Americans for the Arts, as well as Los Angeles's beloved 24th Street Theatre. Vijay Gupta made his solo debut with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta at age 11 and has been an acclaimed international performer since the age of 8. Gupta joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 19 and served as member of the first violin section through 2018. He has appeared as a guest concertmaster with the Los Angeles Opera and the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, and is an active recitalist, soloist and chamber musician. Gupta also speaks and advocates nationally on the intersection of music, health, and social justice issues.
Undocumented Tales
@UndocuTales
Armando Ibañez is an undocumented queer filmmaker from Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. He has been living in the United States for over 20 years and lives in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Cerritos Community College with an AA in Film and TV production. His passion for film began at the age of 7 years old while watching Mexican cinema from the 1950s. Armando is the writer and director of the award-winning YoutTube series Undocumented Tales, a story that follows the journey of a Mexican undocumented and queer server living in Los Angeles. The series has been screened around the country, at universities, community spaces, and film festivals including Outfest. In 2018, he was nominated for the LAWEBFEST Awards in the categories of outstanding writing, outstanding directing, outstanding drama series, and won for outstanding lead actor. In 2019, Armando received the Entrepreneurship Fund from Immigrants Rising to finish the third season and it premiered last year. He's currently writing the fourth season of the series. This year, Armando directed the short film Freedom for All, in collaboration with Lush Cosmetics as part of a campaign to advocate for the rights of undocumented immigrants. Armando's work includes collaborations with CultureStrike, and SolCollective. Armando is currently promoting his last short film Before and After Detention, a documentary that follows the journey of transgender women pursuing a better life in the U.S. Armando is also part of the Artists Disruptors Fellowship program. The Fellowship provides opportunities to emerging television writers of color who also identify as transgender, non-binary, disabled, undocumented, and/or formerly undocumented. Armando is committed to portray authentic Latinx characters and address real issues impacting immigrants and LGBTQ communities in the United States.
@oye414
Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Karl Michael Iglesias' work can be read in Apogee, The Acentos Review, The Breakwater Review, The Florida Review, RHINO Poetry, Kweli Journal, The Westchester Review and Haymarket Books' The Breakbeat Poets anthology. Karl's debut chapbook, CATCH A GLOW, is forthcoming through Finishing Line Press in 2021. He now resides in Brooklyn, New York.
The Whitman Institute
Co-Executive Director
@PiaVision
Pia believes we have the collective imagination and power to redesign philanthropy to center the people we serve. Philippine-born, California-grown, and queer, oldest daughter in an immigrant family, Pia navigates difference to broker connection. Pia brings her chops as a former high school teacher, organizational development consultant, and nonprofit manager to her work. Pia is a nationally recognized advocate for trust-based philanthropy and radically embodied leadership. She chairs the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project steering committee and serves on the board of Pia is visiting faculty at the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Environment, and speaks and teaches in many settings. She holds a M.A. in Education from the New School for Social Research, and a B.A. in Rhetoric from The University of California at Berkeley. Pia is a proud long time resident of Oakland, CA.
The Riordan Foundation
Nike Irvin serves as Managing Director of the Civil Society Fellowship for next generation community and civil society leaders, a joint partnership between the AntiDefamation League (ADL) and Aspen Institute and new offering of the Aspen Global Leaders Network (AGLN). Based in Los Angeles, Nike led California Community Foundation's (CCF) grantmaking for six years, overseeing grants to arts, education, juvenile justice and health. Before CCF, Nike served as president of The Riordan Foundation for seven years. She is a trustee for The Riordan Foundation, Southern California Grantmakers, High Resolves, Nonprofit Finance Fund, and The Broad Center.
Senior Advisor on Social Innovation
@kkellyjanus
Kathleen Kelly Janus is the Senior Advisor on Social Innovation to Governor Gavin Newsom. As a social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University's Program on Social Entrepreneurship, she is an expert on philanthropy, millennial engagement and scaling early stage organizations. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Fast Company, Quartz, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Tech Crunch and the San Francisco Chronicle. Her book – Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference – is a playbook for nonprofit organizations based on a five-year research project interviewing hundreds of top-performing social innovators.
An attorney, Kathleen has spearheaded numerous social justice initiatives. Kathleen is a co-founder of Spark – a network of over 10,000 millennial donors – which seeks to advance gender equality by engaging the next generation in accessible forms of philanthropy. As a teaching fellow at Stanford Law School, Kathleen helped launch and direct Stanford Law School's international human rights clinics in Namibia and South Africa. She has also served as pro bono counsel at Covington and Burling and a litigation associate at Thelen Reid & Priest.
A graduate of Berkeley Law School, Kathleen also graduated with highest honors from U.C. Berkeley. She lives in San Francisco with her husband Ted. Kathleen is a certified yoga instructor, which comes in handy when juggling their three young children.
Nonprofit AF
@NonprofitAF
Vu Le ("voo lay") is a writer, speaker, vegan, Pisces, and the former Executive Director of RVC, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaboration between diverse communities.
Vu's passion to make the world better, combined with a low score on the Law School Admission Test, drove him into the field of nonprofit work, where he learned that we should take the work seriously, but not ourselves. There's tons of humor in the nonprofit world, and someone needs to document it. He is going to do that, with the hope that one day, a TV producer will see how cool and interesting our field is and make a show about nonprofit work, featuring attractive actors attending strategic planning meetings and filing 990 tax forms.
Known for his no-BS approach, irreverent sense of humor, and love of unicorns, Vu has been featured in dozens, if not hundreds, of his own blog posts at NonprofitAF.com, formerly nonprofitwithballs.com.
Transformational Coach & Somatic Learning Practitioner
Belia Mayeno Saavedra (she/her/hers) is a queer mixed-race Xicana, Japanese and Ashkenazi Transformative Coach, Trainer & Somatic Learning Practitioner based in LA. She works with Black/Indigenous/People of Color leaders to grow their felt sense of choice and spacious power in body and spirit. Belia has trained in the lineage of generative somatics since 2014 and trained as a coach in the social-justice-oriented Coaching for Transformation program in 2016-2017. She is a generative somatics teacher-in-training since 2017, and has also served as Program Director and lead trainer for The California Conference for Equality & Justice's Restorative Justice in Schools program for six years. Her two decades of work with survivors of violence (with a special focus on incarcerated youth and women, and survivors of childhood sexual abuse) ground her working both trauma sensitivity and individual and collective resilience. Belia has extensive experience coaching social justice leaders in areas including skillful navigation of conflict and high-pressure change; future visioning; authentic interdependence vs reproducing patterns of over-accountability/self-reliance; and infusing creative and intuitive practices into leadership work. In her free time, she does beadwork and embroidery projects and serves her Lukumí spiritual community as a priest of Oshún Ibú Anya.
Dancing Diaspora Collective
@medinamoves
Bianca Medina is a Boricua-Mexicana Chicago native newly based in Brooklyn. After earning her B.F.A in Dance from the University of Iowa, she spent the past five years based in Los Angeles working as a Dancer, Choreographer, and Teaching Artist touring nationally and internationally with LA based companies CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theatre, and with Viver Brasil Dance Company. Medina has danced on stages across the world, and has led choreographic, arts as social action, and dance teaching residencies serving as guest faculty for universities, institutions, and community centers throughout the US and abroad. Medina is also a member of the Dancing Diaspora Collective, which is a group of primarily LA based Artivistas curating ongoing virtual programming dedicated to honoring, sharing, and reimagining dance practices of the Latin & African Diaspora. As a movement artist and educator currently offering virtual community movement classes, Medina believes in creating accessible spaces for experiences of spirit-filled embodiment and liberation.
Vera Moore is a Vice President in the Office of Nonprofit Engagement at JPMorgan Chase. Grounded in the belief that there is a pressing need to help more people move up the economic ladder, Chase is undertaking long-term and coordinated efforts to create pathways to opportunity in communities around the globe.
Vera is responsible for building lasting relationships with stakeholders who share the Firm's commitment to expanding economic opportunity. Her work includes supporting a resilient, equitable nonprofit sector by helping build partners' capacities to contribute to the advancement of an inclusive economic recovery, in light of COVID-19 and persistent systemic racism, and engaging in dialogue with partners to inform the Firm's products, services and approaches.
Prior to joining Chase, Vera served as the Director of the Urban Youth Empowerment Program at the National Urban League, where she oversaw a workforce development, education, and training program focused on Opportunity Youth living in high-poverty, high-crime communities nationwide. She also managed the Consulting and Technical Assistance Division at Seedco, where her team provided capacity building services to foundations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations focused on workforce development, asset building, and work supports.
In 2015, Vera completed a competitive fellowship with Coro Leadership New York and in 2018 she completed the African American Board Leadership Institute's Board Leadership Program. Recently, Vera was accepted into the Fresno Housing Policy Leadership Academy. A former Manhattan Borough President's Office Community Planning Fellow, Vera holds a Master's of Urban Planning from New York University and a Bachelor's of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
A California native, Vera is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and serves on the Northern California Grantmakers - Nonprofit Displacement Project Steering Committee.
@iamwesmoore
A bestselling author, Army combat veteran, social entrepreneur, and Robin Hood's Chief Executive Officer
Wes Moore is the CEO of Robin Hood, one of the largest anti-poverty forces in the nation. He is a bestselling author, a combat veteran, and a social entrepreneur.
Wes' first book, "The Other Wes Moore," a perennial New York Times bestseller, captured the nation's attention on the fine line between success and failure in our communities and in ourselves. That story has been optioned by executive producer Oprah Winfrey and HBO to be made into a movie. He is also the author of the bestselling books "The Work," "Discovering Wes Moore," and "This Way Home."
Wes grew up in Baltimore and the Bronx, where he was raised by a single mom. Despite childhood challenges, he graduated Phi Theta Kappa from Valley Forge Military College in 1998 and Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University in 2001. He earned an MLitt in International Relations from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 2004. Wes then served as a captain and paratrooper with the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne, including a combat deployment to Afghanistan. He later served as a White House Fellow to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Before becoming CEO at Robin Hood, Wes was the founder and CEO at BridgeEdU, an innovative tech platform addressing the college completion and job placement crisis. BridgeEdU reinvents freshman year for underserved students. Wes remains chairman of the board of directors at BridgeEDU. He has also worked in finance as an investment banker with Deutsche Bank in London and with Citigroup in New York.
Wes' proudest accomplishments are his two children with his wife Dawn.
@ann_oleary
Ann O'Leary is Chief of Staff to California Governor Gavin Newsom. Prior to joining the Governor's office, O'Leary was a law partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP where she focused her practice on representing tech companies, philanthropies, and nonprofit organizations, and led numerous pro bono efforts. O'Leary brings decades of experience in government, politics, social policy, and non-profit leadership. She served as Senior Policy Advisor to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and Co-Executive Director of the Clinton-Kaine Transition Project. She co-founded the national non-profit organization, the Opportunity Institute, as a continuation of her work as Senior Vice President of Next Generation—where she launched a national early childhood education initiative "Too Small to Fail" in collaboration with the Clinton Foundation. Earlier in her career, she was a Deputy City Attorney in San Francisco; Executive Director of UC Berkeley Law's Center on Health, Economic and Family Security; the legislative director for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton; and a policy advisor with the White House Domestic Policy Council under President William Jefferson Clinton. O'Leary has served on numerous non-profit boards, including KQED, the San Francisco Bay Area's NPR and PBS affiliate; the Center for Educational Excellence in Alternative Settings, which works in key communities across the South to equip incarcerated young people with the academic, workforce, and social emotional skills they need to be successful; and, the East Bay Community Law Center, which provides free legal services to low-income community members. She holds a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College, an M.A. in Education Policy from Stanford University, and a J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law. Ann is the proud mother of a 6th grader and 3rd grader, and is the first Chief of Staff to a California Governor to hold the job while parenting school-age children(and she is a very grateful co-equal co-parent with Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court Goodwin Liu).
Initiative Director
Andre Oliver was appointed Senior Program Officer at the Irvine Foundation in 2014 and became an Initiative Director in 2020. He played an instrumental role in developing – and now leads – the Foundation's Fair Work initiative, which aims to expand the voice and influence of low-wage workers on the issues that affect their lives and livelihoods. Andre also led the Foundation's Leadership Awards program from 2014 to 2018.
He brings more than two decades of experience in the public policy and advocacy arenas, holding senior positions within philanthropy, political consulting, and government.
Previously, he was Director of Communications for the Rockefeller Foundation and served in various roles within the Clinton Administration, including Special Assistant to the President in the Office of Public Liaison, and Director of Communications and Strategic Planning at the U.S. Peace Corps.
In the mid-1990s, Andre took a hiatus from government to serve on the United Nations election team in South Africa's historic presidential elections. He has also worked extensively in southern and western Africa, including development and electoral work in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
Pilipino Workers Center
Domestic Worker-Leader
Aleja Plaza is a home care worker for over eight yearsand elected chair of the council of leadersof the Los Angeles based Pilipino Workers Center, a nonprofit serving and organizing Filipino migrant workers in Southern California. She is also an advocate for domestic workers rights, serving as a lobbyist from the Sacramento state capitol to Washington DC. She was among the domestic workers who initially lodged the Domestic Workers Federal Bill of rights last July 15, 2019 in the nation's capital. She delights in educating the community as Training Coordinator of PWC, a licensed Red Cross Training Instructor and a human rights activist.
National Domestic Workers Alliance
Co-Founder & Executive Director
@aijenpoo
Ai-jen Poo is the co-founder and Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, a non-profit organization working to bring quality work, dignity and fairness to the growing numbers of workers who care and clean in our homes, the majority of whom are immigrants and women of color.
In 2011, Ai-jen launched Caring Across Generations to unite American families in a campaign to achieve bold solutions to the nation's crumbling care infrastructure.
Ai-jen Poo is also a leading voice in the women's movement. In 2019 along with Ceclie Richards and Alicia Garza, Ai-jen co-founded SuperMajority, a new home for women's activism, training and mobilizing a multiracial, intergenerational community who will fight for gender equity together. Ai-jen serves as a Senior Advisor to Care in Action, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group dedicated to fighting for a civic voice for millions of women of color, particularly domestic workers in the United States.
She has been recognized among Fortune's 50 World's Greatest Leaders and Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World, and she has been the recipient of countless awards, including a 2014 MacArthur "Genius" Award. Ai-jen has been a featured speaker at TEDWomen, Aspen Ideas Festival, Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, Skoll World Forum, and the Obama Foundation Inaugural Summit. She has made TV appearances on Nightline, MSNBC, and Morning Joe, and her writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, Maire Claire, Glamour, Cosmopolitan and CNN.com among others.
Ai-jen served as a member of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored Partnership for Mobility from Poverty, currently serves as a trustee of the Ford Foundation and a member of the Democratic National Committee. She has a BA from Columbia University and honorary doctorates from Smith College, the New School, and the City University of New York.
Barona Band of Mission Indians
Theater Artist
@KennyRayRamos
Kenny Ramos (Barona Band of Mission Indians, Kumeyaay Nation) grew up on the Barona Indian Reservation in unceded Kumeyaay territory (San Diego County) and graduated from UCLA with a BA in American Indian Studies.
Kenny is an ensemble member at Cornerstone Theater Company and Native Voices at the Autry (both in Tovaangar/Los Angeles) and he has also performed at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Kennedy Center, South Dakota Shakespeare Festival, Passage Theatre, and the Denver Center Theatre Company. Favorite theater experiences include the world premiere productions of Larissa FastHorse's Urban Rez (Cornerstone Theater Company) and Native Nation (Cornerstone/ASU Gammage), Mary Kathryn Nagle's Return to Niobrara (Rose Theater Omaha), and Vera Starbard's Devilfish (Perseverance Theatre). Kenny is a past recipient of First Peoples Fund's Cultural Capital Fellowship and is the first Native American to receive Theatre Communications Group's Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship. He is passionate about theatre that centers Native perspectives and challenges settler colonial realities of American society.
As an individual artist, Kenny has been commissioned to create and perform work around land and two spirit identity for UCLA's This is Bruin Life productions, Southern Oregon University's Queer Indigenous Gathering, and for Grand Performances. He is currently co-curating Tovaangar Today, a digital festival for The Ford Theatre in Los Angeles that will feature Native artists (tune in on Nov 1).
When not performing, Kenny is actively involved with Native-focused non-profit organizations, including California Native Vote Project and United American Indian Involvement in Southern California, and the American Indian Community House in NYC. On his reservation, he volunteers with the Barona Circle of Elders and is involved with language revitalization efforts at Kumeyaay Community College and two spirit advocacy in the greater community.
Southern California Grantmakers
Erica serves as Manager for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation – Los Angeles (TRHT-LA). Born in Argentina, raised in Los Angeles - Erica combines her years organizing within the immigrant rights movement, her training in alternative medicine and her life-long creative practice together for programming, consulting and healing work that is unique, rooted and versatile. Prior to joining SCG, Erica served as Director of Youth Programming at the Miguel Contreras Foundation (MCF) where she led social justice programming for immigrant communities. A leading voice in bridging healing and social justice work, Erica has been invited for speaking, teaching and consulting engagements with California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance, Chuco's Justice Center, MCF, SHIFT, LA-USC Wellness Center, InnerWayLa, Peace Over Violence, California Conference for Equity and Justice, Southern California University of Health Sciences, and The African American Policy Forum. Since 2018, Erica has been commissioned each year by UCLA's Wesley Foundation to create and teach a Healing+Justice Series for UCLA students. In 2019, Erica was awarded the UMC grant to create No Estan Solos, a multidisciplinary healing and advocacy program for Latinx undocumented and refugee youth. Erica also served as Ayurvedic Practitioner and Counselor at WeSpark Cancer Support, making her the youngest woman to ever serve as lead Ayurvedic Practitioner in an integrative health center for cancer patients and survivors. In 2019, Erica founded the Women's Healing Course, a series inspired by the intersection of race, gender and healing that has been offered all throughout California and, due to national recognition, is now being offered virtually to global audiences.
Erica is informed by her background as a seasoned writer and performer. She is a founding member of the Dancing Diaspora Collective, a collective of POC artists and healers dedicated to honoring, sharing, and reimagining practices of the Latin & Africa
Weingart Foundation
Akonadi Foundation
Lateefah Simon is a 20-year veteran organizer for racial justice in Oakland and the Bay Area. She has been the President of the Akonadi Foundation since 2016. That same year—driven by the death of Oscar Grant—she ran and was elected to the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors—of which she now serves as President. Lateefah is also a member of California State University's Board of Trustees and frequently turned to by state officials for strategic advice on policy matters related to racial justice. Lateefah received the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Award in 2003—making her the youngest woman ever to receive the award.
Previously, Lateefah served as Program Director at the Rosenberg Foundation—where she launched the Leading Edge Fund to seed, incubate and accelerate bold ideas from the next generation of progressive movement leaders in California. She also held the position of Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area. Lateefah also spearheaded San Francisco's first reentry, a highly effective anti-recidivism youth services division under the leadership of then-District Attorney Kamala Harris.
Lateefah's numerous media publications and profiles include in Philanthropy News Digest, San Jose Mercury News, KQED, and SF Weekly's 2018 list. Lateefah lives in Oakland and is the single mother of two daughters.
@aqui_versoza
Aquilina Soriano Versoza is Executive Director of the Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California, a nonprofit serving and organizing Pilipino immigrant workers in Los Angeles. Aquilina is also serving as the current President of the Board of Directors of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and a general Board Member of Mission Assets. She was a recipient of the 2018 Frederick Douglass 200 Abolitionist award. She studied her BA in Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Sarah joined the Satterberg Foundation in 2013, after serving for over fourteen years in nonprofit management and fundraising leadership roles in the Seattle area. Prior to joining the Satterberg Foundation, Sarah worked at Science and Management of Addictions, Powerful Voices, YouthCare and the Seattle Art Museum.
Sarah holds a BA from the Evergreen State College.
Seeding Sovereignty
Communications & Digital Director
@erynwisewrites
Eryn currently lives on occupied Tiwa Territory as a guest from the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Laguna Pueblo people. They are Seeding Sovereignty's Communications and Digital Director; working to interweave its projects, people, and platform to amplify its collective's commitments to our communities, in addition to all its triumphs. Their own seed project, Storytellers, is a reclamation of Indigenous narrative.
They are currently co-directing Seeding Sovereignty's Indigenous Impact Community Care Initiative and mask drive in kinship with Pueblo Action Alliance.
Ensuring a future for generations to come is a duty and responsibility to them, and they center the traditional teachings of their predecessors in the work they do with youth and organizers they strive to build community with. They aim to do all their work in homage to their ancestors whose resistance ensured their existence. They are a human being, just like you.
Bad Robot Productions | Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Family Foundation
Head of Good Robot
@michelynny
Michelynn Woodard is the Head of Good Robot at Bad Robot Productions, and Senior Advisor of the Katie McGrath & J. J. Abrams Family Foundation.
Michelynn was a founding partner of The Artemis Agency, which developed and executed sustainable social impact strategies for influencers,corporations, and nonprofits.
Michelynn ran philanthropy for talk show host Dr. Phil, and his wife Robin McGraw successfully integrating their causes into the popular broadcast.
Michelynn also led Corporate Social Responsibility for JCPenney and launched The Kanye West Foundation with Dr. Donda West. Miki started her work in this field as an executive with the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) foundation
California Community Foundation
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This presentation will give psychotherapists concrete ways in which to apply Brene' Brown, PhD, LMSW's research on shame, vulnerability, and connection. The presentation will also address the role of shame in mental illness and practicing courage, compassion, and connection as helping professionals.
Allison Marek, LCSW, CDWF has worked as a psychotherapist for adolescents and adults with eating disorders in residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient settings. Allison has also served individuals with anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and histories of trauma and abuse. Additionally, Allison has implemented eating disorder prevention programs in nonprofit organizations and in school settings.
Allison earned her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Houston (UH). During her undergraduate studies, Allison also studied health psychology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Allison returned to UH to earn her Master of Social Work degree. At UH's Graduate College of Social Work, Allison concentrated on trauma-focused clinical practice and studied shame resilience with Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW.
Allison is certified in Dr. Brown's Daring Way™ method and has facilitated the Daring Way™ with adolescents, young adults, geriatrics, and adults with severe mental illness. Allison frequently utilizes Equine Assisted Psychotherapy in her work with clients and is trained in Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (TF-EAP™), Allison is also trained in Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). Regardless of the treatment approach, compassion is at the heart of Allison's work with clients and their families.


Your silverware organization can get out of hand, but not for long. This 5-compartment drawer organizer fits all your standard flatware neatly in its own place and snuggles up nicely in your silverware drawer. The mesh construction is easy to clean and its versatility is endless. Use it to for office storage, makeup storage, arts & crafts or even matchbox car storage.


Welcome to Ham Radio Australia!
Welcome to Ham Radio Australia. This site is owned by John, VK7XX and was created mainly to display some of the VK7 HF operators on line logs. To view any of the logs just click on one of the callsigns in the 'On Line Logs' menu. Of course, there is more than just logs. There is the occasional 'read more' link as well as other individual items. There is also information on the sliding tabs.. click on any of the 'dots' (below and centre) and leave your mouse there to hold that slide!.
Just how big is Australia ??
Interested in the Tassie Devil award?
The Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania (REAST) has an award for stations that qualify by contacting the required number of VK7 stations.
Australian Communications and Media Authority search.
Type a VK callsign in the left hand box and click the 'Search' button.
Search results will be displayed on a new page.!.
The map below shows the QTH for various VK7 stations known to operate on HF.
Click a red marker on the map to identify who's QTH the marker is for, then click the 'Magnify' button below the map for a closer look.
You can "spread out" the red markers by clicking the "+ " that is at the botton right hand side of the map below. Then simply click & hold on the map to drag it around to where you want it. Have fun!
By-the-way, when you click on one of the red markers, as well as the callsign for that station, you will notice a 10 character Grid Square locator.
If you would like to see these locations in a full screen size map, just click on that 10 character grid and a new page will open.


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Is New York City's Real Estate Market Really Tanking? I Asked Three Experts For The Brutal Truth
Peter Lane TaylorContributor
It was mid-April when it all began to sink in, instead of just being something real estate brokers, developers, and investors theorized about.
Within a week of America locking down as COVID-19 began sweeping the nation, tens of thousands of New Yorkers fled all five city boroughs in the fastest out-migration since September 11th. Many literally packed their bags and bolted overnight.
COVID's NYC exodus continued through Memorial Day as infections, hospitalizations, and deaths surged, merging into a kind of super-migration with the typical, annual wave of New Yorkers who flee the city for summer anyways. In their wake, one of the world's most vibrant metropolises eventually looked almost Apocalyptic: empty streets and parks rimmed by vacant restaurants, bars, museums, and businesses block after block.
For more than two decades, developers, investors, and brokers—as well as millions of home and business owners—had always assumed that New York City's real estate music could never stop. Now, thanks to the pandemic, the city's real estate market is facing a silent and uncertain reckoning that no one ever saw coming.
What if all those people who fled never come back? What then?
Empty streets along 42nd St. in Times Square amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 7, 2020
"This certainly doesn't look good," Victor Rodriguez tells me. Rodriguez is Director of Market Analysts for real estate intelligence firm CoStar Group, which also owns Apartments.com.
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"The problem for New York City's office and residential markets is that there's now tons of available space with much more set to arrive over the next five years with all the developments already under construction. To put that into perspective, it took two years after the Great Recession for the market to reach its highest vacancy rate. But because of the ongoing pandemic, it's only taken only six months this time around to hit maximum vacancy, and New York City hasn't even hit the bottom yet."
In many ways, COVID for NYC was an accelerator for a city that had already reached "peak real estate". Many businesses and homebuyers were already seeking more space, greater affordability, less density, and lower taxes and regulations long before coronavirus arrived.
"COVID for New York City has definitely been an accelerant rather than a 180-degree change agent," continues Rodriguez. "Many companies in New York City were already downsizing or flirting with remote work pre-pandemic, while on the residential side, if you were looking to move to the suburbs or relocate out of state then COVID turned your 1-year plan into a 1-month plan. And plenty of retailers and restaurants were already struggling in NYC's high-priced, competitive market. But months of slow business has turned out to be enough for many to throw in the towel."
Six months after COVID's first flight out of New York City began, this inevitable real estate "re-balancing" is finally starting to show up in the data.
New York City has seen the largest out-migration in recent memory since the COVID-19 pandemic began, ... [+] gutting what was once America's most vibrant and expensive real estate market
Across New York City's five boroughs, including Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn (Kings County), and Staten Island (Richmond County), the Big Apple is bleeding residents faster than at any time in recent memory, including the Great Recession and post-9/11. Vacancies, listings, and days on market are up. Rents and for-sale prices are down. And moving companies are putting sellers on waiting lists.
"Stemming from the coronavirus pandemic and its early and devastating impact upon the city, New York's housing market has experienced a noticeable slowdown in activity across the board," Realtor.com's senior economist George Ratiu tells me. "Our current sales and pricing data show a decline in all five boroughs for both condos and single-family homes. Rents are also sliding and vacancy rates are rising at an increasing rate as the pandemic seems to have no end in sight."
The most important question no one has the answer to yet is how—and when—does the hemorrhaging stop.
As more New Yorkers flee the city, residential and commercial vacancies are rising and rents are ... [+] plummeting
Year over year, Manhattan apartment rent rates are down -10.4% on average, according to Realtor.com. Studios are plummeting, at -15.4% year-over-year. On the sales side, the data are even more bruising. As of September 1, the average median sales price for condos and townhomes in Manhattan year-over-year has decreased -24.3%. Closed sales have dropped -37%, even accounting for the decline in prices.
Brooklyn's short-term outlook is even worse. The median sale price year-over-year for condos has fallen -17.9%. Closings are down -53%. Single-family homes have slipped similarly, -13.1% and -29%, respectively.
Behind NYC's dire numbers are two simple forces—out-migration and demand contraction—which combined have tipped what was once America's hottest international real estate epicenter to a buyer's market for the first time in decades.
Active for-sale listings across all five boroughs are up 53.2% year-over-year, tracking a similar trend in median days on market, which has nearly doubled in Manhattan to over 100 days and is up 46% in Brooklyn and 34% in Staten Island.
"In addition to what's going on with New York City's relative market pricing-wise, the main driver of these trends is an overall migration trend away from the high-density, high-cost city centers toward lower density suburbs, and more affordable towns within a one-to-two hour commute distance," Realtor.com's Ratiu says of the data. "While this shift was already in the works pre-COVID as many Millennials found themselves priced out of the market over the past decade, the pandemic has accelerated everything that was already happening."
Douglas Elliman co-founder and CEO, Dottie Herman, remains bullish on New York City's real estate ... [+] market despite the current downturn in prices and demand
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New York City's new real estate "normal" is already hitting real estate agents, brokers, investors, and developers where it hurts most—in their pockets—in addition to the millions of homeowners who for years had assumed that their property investments would comprise a large part of their retirement strategy or the means by which to send their kids to college or start a new business.
"People are leaving because of the pandemic and population density," admits Dottie Herman, co-founder, President, and CEO of Douglas Elliman, America's 6th largest brokerage and one of the few real estate executives willing to give me an honest perspective on the New York City market. "This is particularly true for older residents who are fleeing to the suburbs because of fear of the virus and other safety issues. New York City residents are also the most tax burdened in the nation so the current crisis is coming from both sides and forcing people to make decisions now that they may have only been thinking about for years."
As eviction moratoriums run out New York City's real estate market may be in for another crisis
Exacerbating New York City's real estate crisis is the broader reality that property flight by definition also inevitably works its way upstream—from renter and owner, to landlord and developer, and eventually to the banks that hold the loans. Thanks to COVID, the alarms bells in New York City are now reaching full pitch at the highest levels.
Despite eviction moratoriums for the city's renters that have been in place for months, concerns about an impeding housing crisis that will compound the already grim reality for many property owners are becoming more real every day as the clock on those temporary stopgap measures starts to run out.
According to a recent survey of New York City's Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP), more than one in seven of the city's landlords anticipates they'll default on their property tax, water, or sewage bills by January 2021 without additional state or federal aid.
So what happens next?
Is "Big Tech" New York City's anchor for the "new normal"?
Recovery, says Douglas Elliman's Herman, despite the less than optimistic current data.
"Tech will lead the way," she predicts, "They recognize the advantage of New York's high concentration of talented workers, being close to Wall Street, and are committed to New York City. Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft are all buying up office space right now. That's not going to stop. Facebook just leased the former main post office complex near Penn Station. Amazon just paid nearly $1B in March for the Lord & Taylor building on Fifth Avenue, and TikTok just signed a deal for 232,000 square feet in Times Square. The tech giants were already expanding and investing in New York City prior to the pandemic and they're seeing what's happening now as an opportunity to expand further."
Realtor.com's Ratiu is similarly confident that New York's global vortex of talent and vibrancy will eventually backbone the city's long-term recovery, particularly driven by Millennials and younger adults.
"With the pandemic's health impact continuing to hamper New York's vibrant energy—from restaurants and bars, to Broadway theaters and concert venues—the current shift will be a drag on real estate markets into 2021," predicts Ratiu. "Moreover, as remote work policies extend into the second half of 2021, more people will continue to look toward outlying areas. But New York City's allure is unlikely to diminish. Its attractiveness will just have to go through a re-pricing."
The Big Apple will always be the Big Apple—COVID-19 or not
"There's something very special about this city," agrees Herman, who was born and raised on Long Island. "There's a vibe. There's a beat. There's a pulse here that can't be replicated. New Yorkers are tough. This city will always come back."
The most important question right now for real estate brokers, investors, developers, and homeowners is how long that will take—and how many businesses will survive the recovery and "re-pricing".
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Toys "R" Us Comeback in Works as Bankruptcy Auction Canceled - ABI | Bonial & Associates, P.C.
There might be a second act for Toys "R" Us, which shut down hundreds of stores over the summer: A group of investors said in a bankruptcy court filing that it's scrapping an auction for Toys "R" Us assets, The Associated Press reported. The investors believe they'll do better by potentially reviving the toy chain, rather than selling it off for parts. The investors said they'll work with potential partners to develop new ideas for stores in the U.S. and other countries "that could bring back these iconic brands in a new and re-imagined way." Toys "R" Us suffocated under a staggering $5 billion debt load before liquidating its U.S. assets this year. A leveraged buyout hobbled the company, and hundreds of stores were shuttered in June to the dismay of children and numerous generations of one-time children. The seeming end of Toys "R" Us rippled through the toy industry and beyond. When the company closed the doors at some 800 stores, more than 30,000 people lost their jobs. Less than a month later, Mattel said it would cut more than 2,200 jobs partly because of lost sales to Toys "R" Us. Economists were caught off guard that month by the slow growth in jobs. In addition to the debt it was saddled with by its private-equity owners, Toys "R" Us found itself in a battle to its seeming death with Amazon.com and other big toy sellers.


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Hitchen's Flawed Vision of New Gaza
In general I am a big fan of Christopher Hitchens and I envy the elegance, force, and clarity of his arguments. I am always impressed, even when I disagree with him, with his uncompromising stands and vast erudition. Often he provides red meat on issues where my own certainty has wavered. But his recent piece on Gaza is off – way off. While unsparing in his criticism of Hamas, but he seems to think that Palestinian elections were a key factor.
…this month is the one where new elections for the Palestinian Authority have to be called by President Mahmoud Abbas, if not actually held. Before the new year, I talked to one or two knowledgeable Palestinians who argued that, under then-present conditions, Hamas had to hope that such elections would not soon take place. Life in Islamic Gaza was not such as to induce ecstatic happiness and prosperity among the populace… It seems improbable that we'll ever know what would have happened in a free vote, but I think it's safe to say that recent events have further postponed the emergence of a democratic and secular alternative among the Palestinians. I even think it's possible that some people in Israel and some other people in Gaza do not want to see the emergence of such a force, but let me not be cynical.
Hitchens was a friend of the late Edaward Said and also of Rashid Khalidi. (The redoubtable Martin Kramer takes on Hitchens overwrought sympathy for Khalidi's dispossession.)
Said, Khalidi, etc. have long championed the emergence of a secular, progressive Arab movement. But Khalidi has some limitations as a Middle East analyst. For example (see Kramer's Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle East Studies in America – download it here) he predicted the first Gulf War would be long and bloody (it wasn't) and, after being wrong on that front he nonetheless boldly predicted that Saddam's generals would remove him from power to save themselves. Here he demonstrated ignorance of both Iraq's military and political situation. Despite his experience with the PLO, his take on the worldview of Gaza's inhabitants seems similarly skewed.
Leaving aside the difficulties of conducting real elections in Gaza (without having to invade to ensure the elections fairness) or the dubious merits of Hamas' rival Fatah, the idea that the people of Gaza would be secular and progressive is not for real. Gaza is a clan-based society, not dissimilar to the rest of the greater Middle East. The lineage segmentation system that shapes these societies places a premium on personal honor and conflict. Consider this insightful essay (written in April 2000), by a (and possible the) Gaza-based psychiatrist Eyad el-Sirraj (no friend of Israel by any measure) on the role of anger in Palestinian society:
What brings a high-ranking official to beat his superior or even his minister to overrule a decision? Why does a student throw stones at his professors, or at students from another university? How can we explain an assault against a member of the Legislative Council? How can the murder of an oppressed woman be explained? And what about the popularity—[only] sometimes—of the death penalty? And, what is the common denominator between all these and the torture in the [PA] prisons?
….Searching for the reason, I do not ignore the depth of rage that was inflicted on our lives because of the [Israeli] occupation; but I do not want to hang everything on this peg, [a complaint] that is like a broken record in which Zionism, or the great imperialism, or even petty bourgeoisie, are blamed [for everything]. I want to be clear: one of the main reasons is within us, the result of the education in our homes. Aren't you, my dear reader, one of those fathers who are filled with happiness when your beloved two year old child pronounces the expression "… [damn] your father?!" Don't you dance with joy when he proves his virility by beating another child?
….Don't be surprised, my dear, if you see a student beating up his professor, an official beating up his minister, a soldier beating up his parliament member, a teenager beating his mother or killing his sister, or university students fighting with stones and clubs.
We teach our children that it is permitted to express anger with muscle; we even encourage them to do so in the belief that it is part of the meaning of courage and honor. By doing so, we forget the best part of our Arab heritage and Islamic religion, as well as all that is in Christianity: forgiveness, self-control, overcoming feelings of rage, patience, restraint, and using the mind….
Of course, on this front Hitchens has an idée fixe that religion is the root of all evil. But the clan-based social structures have proven tremendously resistant to all forms of modernity (see this article by Stanley Kurtz). Islam is the product of Middle Eastern society, and while Islam may "seal in" the clan values that dominate the region, Islam is not necessarily the origin of these values.
Many analysts, academics, pundits, and policy-makers have bet on a the emergence of a "new" Middle East. While I support this, and remain hopeful, one should carefully consider what the barriers to this reform are and how deeply they are entrenched.
I like most of his work, but like you I find his politically based arguments regarding the U.S. role in the middle east crisis rather illogical and rather shallow. He seems to have a smaller grasp of the relegious infulance in the region, he often blames critical events on faith forgetting real world policy and its effects.
He compliantly disregards the overwhelming control the United states and Israel have on the situation, just as he forgets how governments themselves have vast influence over the population, almost forgetting what political agendas even are.
He might just be trying to insure the US/Israeli media likes him. I cant see how he could be this thick otherwise.
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You. Me. Ride This Crazy Train - Adventures and Observations on The GO: Does the airport train really need to continue as a separate service? Now that it's less than $5 to ride for Toronto folks?
Does the airport train really need to continue as a separate service? Now that it's less than $5 to ride for Toronto folks?
Isn't it now just a fancy GO train? For Toronto commuters.
A one-way ride using Presto from Bloor Station in Toronto's west end to Union Station costs only $4.71. A TTC subway ride is $3.25.
But you get so much more from the UP Express. Luggage racks. Charging stations. Roomy seats. Speed. And an added bonus, it's hardly ever crowded.
With the release of the president from her contract and talks of rolling the UP Express into GO Transit's portfolio, can we expect the same frills on all the other GO trains as those who ride the UP Express (kindly subsidized by the fares of those who of us who ride the furthest)?
Do we get lounges? A gift shop?
Here's hoping what is now a high-end GO train service that currently only services none of GO Transit's customers actually gets extended to Georgetown, so a part of GO's customer base can enjoy its perks.
Change its name. Disband the UP Express division. Get rid of the website. Call it what it is - GO Transit. If you want to market it as GO Transit's airport service, go ahead, but all the money that was spent to design this as a premium service, despite all the studies that pointed out it didn't have to be one, should have never been spent in the first place. And it most certainly did not need its own president.
The fancy ticket collectors can stay. Just make sure the rest of us eventually get all the same toys.
It's mildly insulting that Toronto passengers paying almost the same fare as those who board from Exhibition and Mimico don't get the same luxury. I'm sure John Tory will fix that.


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Been hacking away at the control dialogs for Cent and nearly have them done. It's a pretty slick system, you can configure each control to have up to three different controls, and you can bind them to an axis to save time in creating controls. All I have left to do is finish off the control velocities and allow a one-way axis (like a foot pedal) to be entered.
The thing is, these procedures are becoming huge because of this. Two classes related to this are nearly 8,000 lines of code, most of it dedicated to the custom controls. It's worth it though, this section of the code is going to be pretty sweet.
I figure at this pace, I'll be out of the controls section by the end of the month and into working on something really cool - the game itself.


'Substitution of common dips and spreads with hummus helps to increase diet quality. Finally, emerging evidence suggests that chickpea and hummus consumption has benefits beyond providing basic nutrition. Consuming chickpeas and/or hummus may help prevent or offset the development and progression of several chronic diseases (CVD, type-2 diabetes, etc.) and promote healthier functional outcomes (e.g., weight management) [1 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5188421/]'.
This is a good in between meal snack. I use celery sticks to dip it with. I buy organic celery because it's one of those notoriously dirty vegetables sprayed with pesticide and grown in chemical fertilizers.
You don't always have to go organic, because some fruits and vegetables are known to be very clean. For example, you never need to buy organic bananas unless they are cheaper than regular bananas. But, you want to buy your spinach organic just like apples and imported grapes.
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GHOST BRIGADE – IV – One With The Storm – September 25, 2014
More information about IV - One With The Storm
Acclaimed Finnish melancholic metal band GHOST BRIGADE have released a second teaser video in advance of their highly anticipated new full-length 'IV – One with the Storm', which has been scheduled for release on November 7th. The tongue in cheek clip, featuring music taken from the new album and a quite witchy touch, can be viewed here.
The first video of this series can still be viewed here.
Additionally, GHOST BRIGADE are streaming their previous album 'Until Fear No Longer Defines Us' (2011) in its entirety online.
Wretched Blues
Disembodied Voices
Stones And Pillars
The Knife
Long Way To The Graves
Elämä On Tulta
'IV – One with the Storm' will be released as a Digipak CD with bonus tracks, deluxe clamshell box with double LP and bonus 7″, various coloured LP formats, regular CD, and merchandising. The bonus tracks on the limited Digipak and the bonus 7″ are remixes of "Long Way To The Graves" and "Disembodied Voices" by Jonny Wanha, who previously remixed "In the Woods" (from previous album 'Until Fear No Longer Defines Us') in 2012. All formats are now available for pre-order!.
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Ghost Brigade announce new Box Set
Melodic dark metal outfit GHOST BRIGADE will be releasing 'MMV – MMXX,' a specially priced box set that will feature CD versions of the band's four Season of Mist full-length releases. The limited collection will be released on December 4 and can be pre-ordered HERE
GHOST BRIGADE – IV – One With The Storm – February 6, 2015
GHOST BRIGADE are embarking on a string of European concerts today. The Finnish masters of melancholic heaviness are joined by AGRIMONIA from Sweden and Estonia's TALBOT. The tour, presented by Metal Hammer, Germany and Metal.de, is kicking off in Germany at the Magnet, Berlin tonight and runs through seven more countries until a final show in Hamburg on the 17th of February. You can find a full list of confirmed dates below.
GHOST BRIGADE – IV – One With The Storm – October 30, 2014
Finnish melancholic metallers GHOST BRIGADE are exclusively streaming their highly acclaimed new album 'IV – One with the Storm' via these official media partners:
Critically acclaimed Finnish melancholic metal band GHOST BRIGADE have released the new track "Aurora" taken from their highly anticipated new album, 'IV: One with the Storm' exclusively via American webzine Metalsucks.
Critically acclaimed Finnish melancholic metal band GHOST BRIGADE are currently premiering two new songs from their highly anticipated new full-length 'IV – One with the Storm', which has been scheduled for release on November 7th (November 11th in North America). On further news, the band has announced a string European shows in February 2015. Streaming links and all dates can be viewed below.


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