This isn’t NYC today. This was 1973, just after the EPA was created and before it transformed air and water quality. In those early years the agency enlisted photographers to catalogue environmental disasters before they were cleaned up. The climate crisis is reversing history.

In Boston, the median net worth of a white family is $247,500, while the median net worth of a Black American family (descendants of enslaved in U.S.) is just $8. Jaylen Brown’s plan is noble, but it’s impossible to achieve without significant government action. #ReparationsNow

Hey hive mind, what are your favorite books published on #facilitation? Ideally 2015 or newer...

Many of the worlds most dynamic and courageous #peacemakers live in cities. Join us this Friday for a discussion about ways we can help build more holistic systems to supplement those peacemakers. #InternationalDayOfPeace eventbrite.com/e/urban-peaceb…

I’m all for #dialogue & #negotiation but you need to get the #power balance right One of MlK’s favorite quotes, “Power is the ability of a labor union like UAW to make the most powerful corporation in the world…say yes when it wants to say no.” #strike #unions #conflict

Beautiful to see people and performers from around the world on the #nationalmall for the WorldCultureFestival. #peacethrougharts

URGENT: Stop what you are doing and call Congress now. Tell them to immediately deescalate to prevent the further loss of life, not fuel violence by sending more weapons to Israel. Call them again in an hour. We must prevent mass atrocities and end this. jvpaction.org/noweapons/

You might be hearing analysts compare the Israel assault on Gaza to the US-led coalition assault on Mosul to clear ISIS in 2016-2017 or Falluja in 2004. I’ve been in both those battles for extended periods of time & I’ve covered their aftermath.

South Africa, the nation of Nelson Mandela, one of our greatest allies, has invoked the genocide convention and brought forth proceedings against Israel at the International Court of Justice. No one knows apartheid like those who fought it before. May Palestine too soon be free.

Yhay! - so pleased to speak w/William McInerney, Kamaya Truitt, @KerryAMcInerney, Arthur Romano & Vernice Heard on Tues Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution - what a cracking panel to be speaking alongside. Join us at 4 UK online for 'Podcasting, Digital Storytelling, & Urban Peacebuilding' ⬇️

Hey podcast friends, join us at noon today for this panel on the role of digital media and podcasts in building peace in the city. gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

10 years ago, 18-year-old Mike Brown was killed by a Ferguson police officer. He should still be here today. In his name, we will never stop fighting for justice, accountability, and an end to police brutality. Rest in power, MB2.

Israel's War on Gaza: Day 329 (8/28/24) x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

From 1619 to 1865, the US benefited from over 222 million hours of unpaid, dehumanizing, forced labor by enslaved black people per scholars. This labor- primarily the production of tobacco, rice, sugar, and cotton- would be valued at over $97 trillion today. Built off the backs.

The US Should Not Take Over Gaza