#BasicNeeds in #HigherEd in today's NYT. We need many more programs like this, especially in the #SFBayArea with our high cost of living and lack of affordable housing.

A New Lifeline for the Unseen: Homeless College Students https://nyti.ms/3W8UnQP

Coffee drinkers! Listen! Starbucks workers nationwide are starting a 3-day strike today (Friday 12/16) as part of their effort to unionize.

How can you help? Don't cross the picket line. Get your coffee elsewhere. (Preferably at independent coffee shops. Long live small biz).

And spread the word! Make this message viral. Let's hold billionaire corps accountable because worker's rights are human rights. Let's go.

"Despite all the lies and omissions about Black people and our history, Black people have never bought the hype; we never stopped believing in our collective brilliance."

A marvelous essay on the beauty and blessing of Blackness by Allison Wiltz:

https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/why-our-blackness-is-a-blessing-not-a-curse-or-a-cage-a5fc748306dc

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackIsBeautiful #BlackHistory #BlackJoy

Maybe we can use some of that empty space for vibrant, affordable, multigenerational, cooperative housing with access to a wide array of supports and services to help everyone thrive - e.g. childcare, respite care, personal care, etc.
#SFBay #SF #Housing
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/business/economy/california-san-francisco-empty-downtown.html?smid=url-share

If we can only imagine a zero carbon society as the current society running on a different energy source we (a) will miss out on so many opportunities for health, beauty, wellbeing, and justice, and (b) not be able to accomplish it.

Welcome to sfba.social!

If you are #new, here are some things you can do to get going:

1) write a bio for your profile, using #Hashtags

2) write post as an #introduction post, with your current interests.  Lots of #Hashtags there too!

3) Explore to find folks (you guessed it, #HashTags again!)

Be sure to read all three feeds:
-Local (sfba only, chronological)
-Home (people you follow) and
-Federated (people others in sfba follow)

Be nice and have fun!

My #introduction

Hi! I work in #HigherEducation and am interested in all things related to #FacultyDevelopment, #HigherEd, #education, #teaching, #learning, #OnlineTeaching, #OnlineLearning, #oer, #accessibility, and #edtech.

My better #introduction -

he/him/his #Bluish (#Black / #Jewish) #NeutralGood #blerd in #Minneapolis

- Support: #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #HBCU
- Job: #OccEnvMed #PublicHealth doc

- Clinical: #EnvironmentalToxicology, #ChemicalSensitivity, #LifestyleMedicine, #FirefighterHealth

- Research: occupational #HealthDisparities, #VaccineHesitancy

- Technical: #informatics, #sysadmin, #programmer, #linux (but OS agnostic!), #perl
- Interests: #turntablism, #outdoors, #MinnesotaApples, 学习中文

Proposal to stop referring to covid in the past tense and climate change in the future tense.

Love this - transformation of now empty downtowns into "central social districts" characterized by "robust social connectivity" where "nearly all daily necessities are within walking or cycling distance of where people live."

#SWFutures
#SFBayArea
@lauranissen
https://www.businessinsider.com/remote-work-gutted-city-downtowns-office-real-estate-apocalypse-2022-12

Dear #sfba Friends!

@Ingurido @cd24 @Moritz and I have been working hard the last couple of weeks/months to allow this community to grow into what it is today.

To give you ALL an idea about what happens behind the curtain, we have written our first Transparency Report and posted it on our new Community Hub.

We are humbled by your grace.

https://hub.sfba.social/2022/12/02/transparency-report-november-2022/

@disabilityjustice

@actuallyautistic
@autisticadvocacy
@disabilityjustice
Hi folks, I really recommend following @GeorgeJulian a journalist who posts about the treatment of #autistic people and people with #LearningDisabilities in the U.K.

This is a #HumanRights issue. It’s really important we recognise how our #neurokin are being cared for.

Go find out more and boost some of their posts.

#Disability #Disabled #Autism #Humanity

For #GivingTuesday2022 please consider making a donation in any amount to support CDJR using this link https://givesecure.csueastbay.edu/site/Donation2?df_id=2005&mfc_pref=T&2005.donation=form1

CDJR promotes equity through radically inclusive teaching, scholarship, and advocacy and aim to increase access to optimal health, quality healthcare, and inclusive higher education for all disabled persons.

I am honored to serve as a founding Co-Director of CDJR along with fellow founding Co-Director Shubha Kashinath and a multidisciplinary team of colleagues from across our university.

In honor of #GivingTuesday2022 I am thrilled to be sharing the website for the newly launched Center for Disability Justice Research (CDJR): Health Equity, Education, and Creativity! https://www.csueastbay.edu/cdjr

CDJR is a multi-disciplinary hub for faculty, staff, students, & community members working to advance disability justice at Cal State East Bay & in the broader community.

Image of the Wandering Ensemble performing at the CDJR Launch Party on 10/21/22

#DisabilityJustice #HigherEducation

Thought our paper title would show up in a preview! Here it is: Beyond Ramps, Curb Cuts, and Captions: A Call for Disability Justice in Social Work

Honored to have had an opportunity to co-author this piece on #DisabilityJustice in #SocialWork with Elspeth M Slayter, Shanna K Kattari, Laura Yakas, Rose C B Singh, Ami Goulden, Laura J Wernick, Lamont D Simmons, & Dana Prince.
https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swac045

Got to see this gorgeous piece, "Museoexclusion Exorcism," by artist Tanya Aguiñiga in the Hella Feminist exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California. The whole exhibit was fantastic, but this piece stood out to me with its large scale, weaving of rope, clothing, and objects, and circular base of stones. I didn't get to spend as much time as I would have liked in the gallery and hope to return soon.
http://www.tanyaaguiniga.com/exhibitions#/hella-feminist/

#Art #Feminism #Gender #OMCA #SFBay

Scientists! Many of my fellow reporters at @sciencemagazine are here now:

Ace pandemic reporters @kakape and @joncohen;

@rpocisv, covering diversity in science;

@boron110, our delightful podcast host;

@martinenserink, international editor and public health guru;

@klangin, covering the scientific workforce;

@DanClery, covering astronomy;

@lguterman, editing chem and bio;

@cathleenogrady, writing about science and society;

@meredithwadman, covering medicine and bad behavior.