星期日, 5月 20, 2018
星期六, 5月 19, 2018
MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GAINS IN INCREASING ECONOMIC MOBILITY WITHIN CITY
MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GAINS IN INCREASING ECONOMIC MOBILITY WITHIN CITY
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Workforce development, financial empowerment initiatives boost Boston's residents and grow middle class
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BOSTON - Friday, May 18, 2018 - As a result of his priority to strengthen Boston's middle class, Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced significant gains in workforce development and economic mobility including that over $14 million has been directed to more than 90 community-based organizations that have provided job training, adult education, youth programs, apprenticeship opportunities and financial education to Boston residents from July 2016 to June 2017.
Four years ago, Mayor Walsh committed to working towards eliminating the opportunity gap throughout the city of Boston. When he came into office, Mayor Walsh created the Office of Workforce Development, with Career Centers serving more than 380 employers and 15,000 job seekers annually with resume-writing, networking, interviewing and job searching skills. A year later, Mayor Walsh established The Office of Financial Empowerment which works to equip residents with the knowledge, tools, and resources to be financially secure and create wealth.
"The Office of Workforce Development's achievements show how much we can accomplish as a city when we commit to advancing opportunity for all," said Mayor Walsh. "Our hardwork and dedication is paying off. With the help of an English language class or a job training program, many more residents are able to increase their earnings, gain financial security, and provide for their families. We will continue to prioritize the needs of our workforce and do everything we can to lift our middle class up to new heights."
"We are proud to enact the Mayor's vision of a Boston where economic advancement is within the reach of every resident," said Trinh Nguyen, OWD director. "Over the past year, OWD has tackled this goal from many angles: collaborating with workforce development partners, researching best practices, funding community-based organizations, and innovating new programs, such as the Tuition-Free Community College Plan and Boston Saves, the City's children's savings account program."
Margarette Jacob, a graduate of YMCA Training Inc., is an example of a resident who benefited from OWD-funded job training. After losing her job and falling on hard times, Jacob, 49, came to YMCA Training Inc. to learn new computer skills and modern job interviewing methods. "There was a whole new language out there and I wasn't speaking it," she said.
After training, Jacob secured a new job at BMC HealthNet Plan, where she now earns full benefits, a wage well above Boston's living wage, and tuition reimbursement. In just one year, Jacob has been promoted, earned three raises, and been chosen for a selective company mentorship program.
"I want to grow at the company and build a career with them," she said. "I'm very happy."
A student adviser at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, Taneka DeGrace is a tenacious advocate for young people's college aspirations. She guides students through the college application process, helps them take advantage of dual enrollments, and follows up every step of the way. This past year, DeGrace took on an even larger role for Boston's college aspirants, helping to shape the Tuition-Free Community College (TFCC) Plan as part of the TFCC planning committee. DeGrace advocated for the inclusion of students who had lower than a 2.5 GPA and required developmental classes because these were the students coming into her office, she said, who most needed the support.
"Because of the plan, I think we're going to have more kids staying in and graduating college," DeGrace said. "They're getting help they wouldn't have had before."
Thanks to her energetic recruiting, over 30 percent of TFCC's first-year cohort hails from Madison Park.
Many of OWD's programs are funded by the Neighborhood Jobs Trust, a public charitable trust created through linkage fees generated by large-scale development projects in the City.
To learn more about these initiatives and programs, please read the Fiscal Year 2017 Mayor's Office of Workforce Development (OWD) annual report.
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Saffron Circle now accepting grant applications!
Saffron Circle now accepting grant applications!
Saffron Circle 2018 Grant Cycle
The funding foci this year are Civic Engagement, Health & Environment, and Placemaking.
Saffron Circle grants target collaborative models, organizations/projects that directly engage members of Asian communities to create change in their community, and new and emerging agencies.
Proposals are due on Friday, June 8, and grant recipients will be announced in July 2017. Grants will generally range from $5,000 to $10,000.
A complete application includes the Application Form and an Application Budget. For 2017 Saffron Circle grantees that wish to reapply for funding, please also submit a short report via the Common Report Form. All application materials can be found here.
The application and all attachments should be submitted by Friday, June 8 via email to: saffroncircle@gmail.com.
Questions about Saffron Circle?
The Grantmaking Committee will be hosting office hours via phone call in early May to answer questions about this year's grant process and application. If you are interested in office hours, please sign up here by Friday, May 25: http://bit.ly/2018callsaffron
Justice Department Fails to Alleviate Serious Concerns about Census Citizenship Question
Justice Department Fails to Alleviate Serious Concerns about Census Citizenship Question
WASHINGTON –John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, today appeared before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, where he failed to demonstrate that the inclusion of a citizenship question in the 2020 Census was necessary to enforce the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and would not discourage participation. In response, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, said that the citizenship question will compromise preparations for the 2020 Census and jeopardize the accuracy of the count in all communities.
“The untimely and unnecessary addition of the citizenship question to the 2020 Census is extremely counterproductive, untimely, and superfluous, said Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. “The census is a sacred trust and the goal is to produce a fair and accurate count. Using census questions as a fear tactic not only shatters the trust in democracy but destroys vulnerable communities who are already at greater risk of being undercounted—which completely sabotages the accuracy of the 2020 count."
Arturo Vargas, executive director of National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund said, “Adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census at the 11th hour will undermine the integrity of one of the most preeminent scientific agencies in the world, further jeopardizing the accuracy of the 2020 Census and wasting millions of taxpayer dollars in the process. Using enforcement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as a justification for the addition of a citizenship question is only a smoke screen for the political motivations behind this costly and unwise decision. Data on citizenship are already readily available through the American Community Survey and used widely in litigation in court. The stakes are too high for a failed 2020 Census, and we will not sit idly by as those with malicious intentions seek to thwart a fair and accurate count of immigrants, Latinos and all Americans. The fight has just begun, and we will not stop until we have exhausted all avenues to provide the Census Bureau with the fix and certainty it needs to tackle its most ambitious task yet, counting the largest American population in history.”
John C. Yang, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC said, “It’s in the Constitution: Every person counts, and every person must be counted. The addition of a citizenship question puts this mandate in jeopardy as evidence mounts that minority and immigrant communities are concerned about responding to it. Assistant Attorney General Gore and the U.S. Department of Commerce have yet to prove this question will not adversely affect the 2020 Census count – a burden of proof that is the sole responsibility of the Commerce Department.”
The groups noted that Gore failed to:
- explain why the citizenship question was not requested by the Justice Department in 2010;
- explain which cases in the last 53 years of VRA enforcement the Justice Department lost because it did not have this info;
- explain which cases the Justice Department would bring now if only it had this information;
- cite any support from career staff in the Voting Section or civil rights organizations who actually bring these cases.
Gore also provided an incomplete and misleading response with respect to the Benavidez case. Gore cited Benavidez v. Irving Ind. Sch. Dist. as a case dismissed because citizenship estimates from the ACS were deemed not sufficient. Here are the facts: The case used the 2007 ACS 1-year estimate, which was not a sufficient sample size; but in 2007, there was no 5-year estimate because the ACS did not begin until 2005. Today, there are now 5-year estimates that can be used that provide reliable data for smaller geographies. The bottom line is that, as voting rights expert Justin Levitt has noted, “this case would not have been remedied by a more precise decennial enumeration of citizenship: at the start of the decade, existing data was sufficiently precise to show that the plaintiffs had not yet reached the appropriate threshold. Nothing in Secretary Ross’s proposal would have given these plaintiffs any comfort.”
網協企業家俱樂部談人工智能與行銷 (圖片)
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| 網協企業家俱樂部成員和講者，Dataxu聯合創始人Sandro Catanzaro(中)合影。(周菊子攝) |
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| 網協企業家俱樂部負責人高弘(左)，張曉凡(右)送紀念品謝謝講者，Dataxu聯合創始人Sandro Catanzaro(中)。(周菊子攝) |
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| 網協會長李震宇(右起)和吳凡，倪繼紅都出席聽講。(周菊子攝) |
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"My Lessons learned in Entrepreneurship & Digital Marketing"
- Dataxu co-founder Sandro share lessons learned in his 25-year entrepreneurship and his insight on digital marketing
Overview:
In our May monthly meeting, NECINA E Club has the honor of having entrepreneur Mr. Sandro Catanzaro, Co-Founder, Chief Innovation Officer, and head of the Media Segment Division at Dataxu give a presentation on the following topics.
After over 25 years of playing to be an entrepreneur, 6 companies, and good outcomes, Mr. Sandro Catanzaro learned (via scars) lessons on what it takes to make it work, from the idea, to the risks, to the team, to when to pull the plug, with a few anecdotes. He didn't take the shortest path to where he is today, but Sandro will share the formula to make sure moving ahead in Entrepreneurship.
Sandro will also talk about the latest trends and share his insight on digital marketing and how new way of marketing will help grow business, not just for startup, but also for companies of any size.
After the talk, we will have a round table introduction and discussion by E Club members.
Date/Time:
May 18th, 2018 (Friday), 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
Cambridge Network Group in Constant Contact Building,
1601 Trapelo Rd, Suite 264, Waltham, MA
Fee:
Free to NECINA E Club members, and VIP guests, $10 other NECINA members, $25 non NECINA members. Online Registration required
Agenda:
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
*Registration & Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
"Lessons learnt by breaking Entrepreneurship and my take on digital marketing" Mr. Sandro Catanzaro
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Round Table discussion, E-Club member introductions
*Registration will be closed and conference room will be closed at 12:30PM sharp, no late arrival please.
About the Speaker
Sandro Catanzaro is Co-Founder, Chief Innovation Officer, and head of the Media Segment Division at dataxu. He has been at the company since 2007 and resides in Boston, Massachusetts.
dataxu is a leading Digital Marketing Platform, helping its clients acquire TV, video and display advertising through TV sets, Mobile devices, and Desktops, leveraging machine learning and big data.
The dataxu Media Segment Division, develops and sells TotalTV, a unique solution that enables sellers of TV content to target advanced audiences within and outside their own inventory, with frequency control. Additionally, the team also develops the dataxu offering on Advanced TV, enabling advertisers, to access Connected TV, Addressable TV and Programmatic linear TV.
Prior to founding dataxu, Sandro held positions at Bain & Company and NASA, where he straddled the worlds of business strategy and science strategy. Earlier he performed research on decision science at MIT, research that is the foundation for his co-invention of the real-time optimization algorithm that lies at the core of the DataXu technology platform.
Sandro is a respected industry thought leader and is a frequent speaker at events such as Cannes Lions, dmexco and the NAB Show. His perspective on the future of marketing, ranging from Advanced TV to Advanced Analytics, has been influencing the industry for more than a decade.
Sandro holds a MS from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a MS from MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Buenos Aires. Prior to attending MIT, he launched five businesses in South America, including a CPG company that was acquired by Unilever. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Directions inside Constant Contact building:
After entering the build from the main entrance (under the big clock), go straight until you are facing Dynatrace front door, turn right and keep going straight until you see two elevators, take them to the second floor, the E Club meeting entrance is at end of the only corridor you can go.
Contact Us:
If you have any questions, please e-mail to eclub@necina.org with your full contact info and business web address.
NECINA thanks Cambridge Network Group for providing event venue and facility.
About NECINA Entrepreneur Club
NECINA Entrepreneur Club (E Club) is a community of technology company founders and Executives. Through its partnership with other businesses or organizations, E Club organizes regular meetings/network events, and provides a resourceful platform for E Club members to get training, conduct network, and promote their businesses.
Missions:
The missions of the club are:
* To leverage NECINA resources to connect the club members to more senior and successful entrepreneurs, VCs and service firms as well as business counterparts in Asia to seek mentors, advices and business opportunities.
* To provide a social network platform for the entrepreneurs to share their successful stories and lessons learned, and help each other.
Membership Qualification:
To join E Club, you need to be (1) a NECINA member, and (2) a founder/co-founder or an executive of a technology company
About NECINA
NECINA (New England Chinese Information and Networking Association) is a premier hi-tech professional association founded in 1996 by some of New England's most successful IT industry entrepreneurs such as founders of Cascade Communications, Sycamore Networks, and ArrowPoint Communications. Its mission is to provide a platform to foster entrepreneurship and leadership by combining the leading edge technologies with best business practices. In the past 21 years, NECINA has delivered high quality conference programs and networking events to its increasingly diversified members in an effort to maximize their awareness and involvement in new technologies and emerging business opportunities.
星期五, 5月 18, 2018
HELP WANTED: Build A Life that Works for You!
Did You Know: Women in Construction Enjoy Great Pay, Full Benefits and Paid Training
WHAT: Are you a woman interested in pursuing a career with great pay, full benefits and paid training? Here is your opportunity to learn more about what it takes to pursue a career in the union building trades. With a career in the building trades, you can take pride in building our cities and towns, while building a better life for yourself!
Tradeswomen Tuesdayis a monthly recruiting event designed to educate women about the benefits of pursuing a career with the union building trades. This forum provides an opportunity for interested applicants to meet with other women who are currently working in various construction trades. Tradeswomen share their stories about their pursuit for a career in construction and offer helpful tips and information to those seeking to follow a similar path.
WHO: Members of the Northeast Center for Tradeswomen’s Equity(NCTE), Tradeswomen, and women considering a career in the construction trades.
WHEN: Tuesday June 5, 2018
5:00pm – 6:30pm
WHERE: Building Pathways, 2201 Washington St., Roxbury, (Dudley Square)
WHY: Tradeswomen Tuesdays, hosted by NCTE, is part of an innovative, statewide recruitment strategy designed to encourage more women to pursue a career in the union building trades. The Build A Life That Works campaign seeks to address an ongoing challenge in an innovative and impactful way by inspiring women to pursue a career in the union building trades as a viable path to equal pay for equal work, excellent benefits, and a better future. Currently, in Massachusetts tradeswomen comprise 5% of the workforce. This statewide effort aims to increase tradeswomen in the building trades to 20% by 2020.
The Build A Life That Works campaign taps into the insight that women could enjoy a rewarding career in the construction trades, if they would only consider the opportunity. To break down the barriers of awareness and consideration, Build A Life That Worksillustrates not just the benefits of a career with promising growth but also shares the great pride in building a legacy of Massachusetts developments. The campaign features real women in the building trades, now enjoying home ownership, quality time with their families, world travel and many more life moments and experiences, made possible with a career in construction.
波士頓生物科技大熱 話題圍繞基因和張鋒
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| Xconomy創辦人Bob Buderi (左起)請WGBH的Kara Miller在 會議中訪談今年獲選為兩個國家及院士的張鋒。(周菊子攝) |
美國食品藥品監督管理局(FDA)2017年末批准CAR-T細胞免疫療法可用於人體實驗，Alnylam公司的核糖核酸干擾藥物(RNAi)第三期臨床實驗成功，2018 BIO國際會議將於6月4到7日在波士頓舉行，以及張鋒等人又推出一家基因療法公司等消息，都讓波士頓生物科技界人士的情緒持續興奮。
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| 博德(Broad)研究院創辦人兼董事長Eric Lander。(周菊子攝) |
XConomy這家會議期刊公司，16日特地舉辦了一場“波士頓的生物科技流行什麼(What’s Hot in Boston Biotech)”?會議，不但請來博德研究院(Broad Institute)創辦人兼董事長，曾任奧巴馬政府科技顧問委員會共同主席的Eric
Lander做開場主講，也邀得張鋒談”基因剪輯的下一個疆土:人體實驗”。
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| 出席嘉賓談美國基因療法如何定價，價值何在。(周菊子攝) |
現年僅36歲，在中國河北石家莊出生，11歲隨父母移居美國，在俄亥俄州長大的張鋒，1999年參加過MIT的科學夏令營(RSI)，2000年贏得英代爾科學人才獎第三名，2004年畢業於哈佛大學取得化學及物理系，受業於莊小威等老師，2009年取得史丹福大學化學及生物工程博士學位。
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| 出席嘉賓談如何為年輕的生科企業家打開創業大門。(周菊子攝) |
回哈佛大學做博士後之後，從2010年他領導研發的光學基因療法(optogenetics)獲得”年度方法獎”開始，張鋒陸續發現CRISPR/Cas9可用於剪輯基因，成功申請專利，得獎無數，包括2012年獲得美國國家衛生研究院(NIH)先驅獎，獲選為Searle學者，2013年獲選為麻省理學院TR35的35歲以下青年人才，2014年獲得美國國家科學基金會最高榮譽的Alan
T. Waterman獎，Gabbay獎，神經科學協會青年研究者獎，2015年獲得名古屋大學首屆岡崎恒子＆令治獎(Tsuneko 及 Reiji
Okazaki)獎，2016年和Jennifer Doudna，Emmanuelle Charpentier同得Gairdner基金會國際獎，以及唐獎生技醫藥獎，2017年獲得阿爾巴尼醫療中心獎，以及獎金50萬元的Lemelson-MIT獎。
這些林林總總的獎項，獎金，加起來恐怕超過150萬美元，比諾貝爾獎得主的獎金還多。不過WBUR今年4月底的一份報導指出，Lemelson-MIT獎在頒獎給張鋒時表示，這獎不只是表揚張鋒的科研成就，更因為他為人慷愾。他經由本地的一個非牟利組織Addgene，把研究CRISPR需要的脫氧核醣核酸(DNA)送給60多個國家的2000多個實驗室使用。
2018年，張鋒陸續獲選為美國人文與科學院院士。美國科學院院士。
張鋒迄今成立了至少三家公司，最出名的，也是第一個成立的，是和George
Church等人合作成立的Editas，今年3月15日，他的兩名學生，David Scott，以及Winston Yan，發現了稱為Cas13d，遠較同系列更小，更好的酶，可做針對性精準治療，在1560萬元資金支持下，和他一起成立了Arbor
Biotechnologies公司。然後5月14日，張鋒和劉和謙(David Liu)，以及J. Keith Joung組建的Beam療法公司，宣佈獲得資金8700萬元，正式成立，將以單細胞基本(base)編輯技術，做更安全，更精準的疾病醫治。
張鋒在會中表示，人類社會的已知疾病超過6萬多種，基因剪輯可以有很廣泛的應用，希望不同領域的所有科學家們能夠合作，從深入了解致病原因著手，再攜手研究治療方法，相信推動醫療科技的進步，有效性，是人類共同的願望。
MAYOR WALSH AND ELDERLY COMMISSION ANNOUNCE THE FIRST SENIOR CIVIC ACADEMY GRADUATING CLASS
MAYOR WALSH AND ELDERLY COMMISSION ANNOUNCE THE FIRST SENIOR CIVIC ACADEMY GRADUATING CLASS
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| BOSTON - Friday, May 18, 2018 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the City of Boston's Commission on Affairs of the Elderly today announced that the first Senior Civic Academy cohort graduated. The graduating class was comprised of 25 engaged, diverse and enthusiastic students over the age of 50 from across Boston's neighborhoods. The 28-hour curriculum included aging policy, advocacy training and meetings with local, state, and federal administrators and elected officials.
"Older adults are the foundation of our city, and it's important that we empower all residents to become effective advocates for themselves and their communities," said Mayor Martin J. Walsh. "This Senior Civic Academy gives older Bostonians the tools, contacts, and resources to make their voices heard."
With support from AARP, Tufts Health Plan Foundation, and UMass Boston, the Senior Civic Academy was formed in response to community feedback and included in the City's Age-Friendly Action Plan. Students heard from over 40 speakers over the course of four days, through presentations, panel discussions, and workshops.
"I am on fire from these discussions," said Joyce Durst, 72, from Mattapan, who asked questions about solar energy and the tiny home movement. "This Senior Civic Academy is a good idea; we needed this opportunity. I'm proud of our city--we have it going on in Boston! We may all live in different neighborhoods, but we all just want to feel comfortable and good about where we live. Listening to us and helping us now benefits everyone."
ABOUT THE COMMISSION ON AFFAIRS OF THE ELDERLY
The Commission on Affairs of the Elderly facilitates full and equal participation in all aspects of life by older adults in Boston. The commission is dedicated to improving the lives of Boston's older adults by connecting them with resources and information, and it is focused on setting the City's direction for successful aging in Boston. Read the newly launched Age-Friendly Action Plan, or visit www.boston.gov for more information. |
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