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Important Items

Tennessee moves to protect gunmakers from mass shooting lawsuits

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tennessee-mass-shooting-gun-manufacturer-lawsuits/

COVID-19 and the Increased Risk of Cancers

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jmv.28722

Study: Parts of COVID-19 may stay in brain long after infection

https://news.yahoo.com/study-parts-covid-19-may-212827698.html

Memory loss in patients with long COVID can be due to reduced hippocampal neurogenesis

Memory loss in #LongCovid may be due to reduced hippocampal neurogenesis (the ability to make new neurons in the brain).

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00406-023-01610-0

COVID could increase risk of developing diabetes by up to 22%, Canadian study shows

The study collected the health records of more than 620,000 people tested for COVID-19 from January 2020 to December 2021. People infected with COVID-19 were 17 to 22 per cent at higher risk of developing diabetes within one year compared with those who were unexposed to the virus, the study stated.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9638284/covid-diabetes-risk-canada-study/

COVID-19 induced liver injury

SARS-CoV-2 can damage mitochondria directly or through systemic inflammation.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567724923000338

Italian study shows ventilation can cut school COVID cases by 82%

Seems like this should be done everywhere! An experiment overseen by the Hume foundation think-tank compared coronavirus contagion in 10,441 classrooms in Italy’s central Marche region. COVID infections were steeply lower in the 316 classrooms that had mechanical ventilation systems, with the reduction in cases more marked according to the strength of the systems.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italian-study-shows-ventilation-can-cut-school-covid-cases-by-82-2022-03-22/

Covid is still a leading cause of death

But many Americans dispute the data and the risks — much as they have throughout the pandemic

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/04/16/covid-deaths-per-day/

F.D.A. Authorizes Another Covid Booster Shot for People Over 65

Please get your shot, if you’re eligible! The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized an additional round of bivalent booster shots for adults who are 65 and over as well as people with compromised immune systems. The effort is to ensure ongoing protection against Covid, which is still claiming more than 1,300 lives each week.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/health/covid-booster-shots-seniors.html

Biden Administration Will Fund Program to Keep Covid Vaccines Free for the Uninsured

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/us/politics/covid-vaccines-uninsured.html

In a Nation Armed to the Teeth, These Tiny Missteps Led to Tragedy

A workman knocking on the wrong door. A cheerleader mistaking another car for her own. Small errors can have large consequences in a nation bristling with guns. The U.S. has nearly 49,000 gun deaths in a year. Nearly 20 percent of American households bought a gun from March 2020 to March 2022, and about 5 percent of Americans bought a gun for the first time. At the same time, Republican states including Florida and Texas passed new laws allowing people to carry guns openly, or carry concealed weapons without a permit. More than 30 states also have “stand your ground” laws. Some have recently strengthened their “castle doctrine” laws, making it more difficult to prosecute homeowners who claim self-defense in a shooting. According to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, shootings in which white people shot Black people were nearly three times as likely to be found “justified” compared with cases where white people shot other white people. There are no reliable local or national statistics for the use of firearms in self-defense, and the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, which studies crime data, found that weapons were actually more likely to be used in suicides, discharged accidentally, stolen or brandished in domestic disputes, than used to fend off an external attack.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/us/wrong-house-shootings-guns.html

Show Your Support for Stronger Gun Laws

RT @davidhogg111 You might not have a checkmark anymore but you can put a 🟧 next to your name to show you support stronger gun laws for a total cost of $0.00 a month

https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1649446187257446400

Mass Poisoning of Schoolgirls and Nationwide Protests Continue in Iran

Up to 7,000 Iranian schoolgirls have been poisoned in organized campus attacks in at least 28 of 31 of the country’s provinces, as reported by the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

https://womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/mass-poisoning-of-schoolgirls-and-nationwide-protests-continue-in-iran

Florida GOP Bill Would Let Doctors Deny Health Care to Anyone if They Just Felt Like It

The bill is expected to target women, people of color, and LGBTQ people in the state.

https://newrepublic.com/post/172124/florida-gop-bill-doctors-insurance-deny-health-care

Florida expands ‘Don’t Say Gay’; House OKs anti-LGBTQ bills

Florida expands its #DontSayGay law banning lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity to grades 4-12.

https://apnews.com/article/desantis-florida-dont-say-gay-ban-684ed25a303f83208a89c556543183cb

Florida Republicans Pass Bill Allowing Trans Kids to Be Removed From Their Families

https://newrepublic.com/post/172063/florida-house-bill-allowing-trans-kids-removed-families

Many States Are Trying to Restrict Gender Treatments for Adults, Too

Missouri has imposed sweeping rules to limit health care for trans adults. Other states have banned Medicaid coverage or introduced bills outlawing care for young adults.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/health/transgender-adults-treatment-bans.html

Alabama governor ousts a top education official over a book’s ‘woke concepts’ on race

RT @PENamerica Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has forced out the head of @AL_DECE over the use of a @NAEYC guide for early childhood educators. Ivey objected to “woke concepts” in 2 sections which, @AP reports, focused on combating bias & making sure all children feel welcome.

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/22/1171474014/alabama-governor-education-director-woke-book

GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell decries ease of ‘campus voting

A top Republican legal strategist gave a presentation at the GOP donor retreat urging them to limit voting on college campuses, same-day voter registration, and mail-in ballots in order for Republicans “to have a chance to WIN in 2024.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/20/cleta-mitchell-voting-college-students/

Texas Senate passes bill requiring public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments

Also Thursday, the Senate passed another bill relating to religion, one which would require schools to allow time for students and employees to pray and read the Bible on each school day.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/22/us/texas-senate-passes-bill-ten-commandments/index.html

Tracking the States Where Abortion Is Now Banned

Most abortions are now banned in 13 states, and about half of states are expected to try to enact bans or limits on the procedure. The New York Times has been tracking abortion laws in each state after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/us/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html

Americans mostly believe news they hear on podcasts

The vast majority (87%) of Americans who listen to news on podcasts say they expect the information they hear to be mostly accurate, according to a new Pew Research Survey.

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/18/podcasts-news-trust-pew-study

Iowa Senate passes child labor bill in pre-dawn session

The bill allows 14-year-olds to work six-hour night shifts, allows 15-year-olds to work in plants on assembly lines moving items up to 50 pounds, and allows 16 and 17-year-olds to serve alcohol.

https://who13.com/news/politics/iowa-politics/iowa-senate-passes-child-labor-bill-in-pre-dawn-session/amp/

Innovation

Surprising things happen when you put 25 AI agents together in an RPG town

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/04/surprising-things-happen-when-you-put-25-ai-agents-together-in-an-rpg-town/

ChatGPT just invented its own language

https://bgr.com/tech/chatgpt-just-invented-its-own-language/

Technology

Excerpts About AI from HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray’s Interview at the London Book Fair

“One of the things that’s fascinating about book publishing is that we’ve been in this intersection of culture and technology and law.” At the same time, “We’re entering the space now where it looks like machines can create content. And that’s going to challenge our copyright framework because our business is fundamentally founded on copyright and copyright is derived only from human creations, not from machine creations. So we’re entering this territory now where the foundation of our business and intellectual property and copyright needs to evolve to address what could be hybrid content.”

One type of hybrid content already being deployed within HarperCollins on a test basis is AI-assisted translation, including a project in which some Harlequin content is adapted into manga for the Japanese market, with AI-generated art based on photographs. “You can much more quickly create translation or images to help get your books to market more efficiently,” Murray said. Other use cases they have seen and/or are testing include “a lot in terms of text to speech” and “a lot in terms of creating first drafts of marketing copy.” They have also “seen good uses in summarizing manuscripts, and in using information to help us get the best metadata for our online retailers.”

Worth reading the whole interview for tidbits on the strike, the S&S sale (still possible HC may buy, he says), sustainability (a change in font saved 300M page of bibles), the publishing biz (incl. the need to raise book prices), and edits for classic works. #AI

https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2023/04/tower-cranes-loom-over-traditional-london-book-fair/

Photographer admits prize-winning image was AI-generated

German artist Boris Eldagsen says entry to Sony world photography awards was designed to provoke debate. In a statement on his website, Eldagsen said he “applied as a cheeky monkey” to find out if competitions would be prepared for AI images to enter. “They are not,” he added. #AI

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/17/photographer-admits-prize-winning-image-was-ai-generated

Fake Drake & The Weeknd Song — Made With AI — Pulled From Streaming After Going Viral

As an allegedly AI-generated song racks up millions of listens, UMG warns that industry players need to choose “which side of history” they want to be on. #AI

https://www.billboard.com/pro/fake-ai-drake-the-weeknd-song-pulled-streaming/

Hype grows over “autonomous” AI agents that loop GPT-4 outputs

Autonomous AI agents are applications that chain together LLM ‘thoughts’ to autonomously achieve goals. They take output from GPT-4 & feed it back into itself w/ an improvised external memory so it can further iterate on a task, fix mistakes, or suggest improvements. #AI

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/04/hype-grows-over-autonomous-ai-agents-that-loop-gpt-4-outputs/

The Secret History of AI, and a Hint at What’s Next

HT @justinhendrix If you’re worried that artificial intelligence will transform your job, insinuate itself into your daily routines, or lead to wars fought with lethal autonomous systems, you’re a little late—all of those things have already come to pass. #AI

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-history-of-ai-and-a-hint-at-whats-next-428905de

AI-Generated Content is the New Floor

Via @randfish Anyone can make it. Most of it is at least OK. Some of it’s pretty good. A few folks are already sharpening their skills at prompting AIs to generate increasingly high-quality material. But, the core problem with content created by large language model (LLM) outputs is that it’s so cheap, so accessible, so ubiquitous—it’s not merely table stakes; AI content is the new floor.

https://sparktoro.com/blog/ai-generated-content-is-the-new-floor/

What marketers should (and should NOT) use AI chatbots for

HT @creativemorning Marketing is changing ‍Does this mean I should fire my copywriter and have ChatGPT write my copy? No. Relying on copy generated by AI for your business without heavy editing and fact-checking is a bad idea.

https://www.growclass.co/post/ai-for-marketers

ChatGPT is Consuming a Staggering Amount of Water

When looking into how much water is needed to cool the data processing centers employed by companies like OpenAI and Google, the researchers found that just in training GPT-3 alone, Microsoft, which is partnered with OpenAI, consumed a whopping 185,000 gallons of water — which is, per their calculations, equivalent to the amount of water needed to cool a nuclear reactor. #AI

https://futurism.com/the-byte/chatgpt-ai-water-consumption

Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back A.I. Rivals

The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and plans for an all-new one. The new features for the existing Google product are under the project name Magi. The new search engine would offer users a far more personalized experience than the company’s current service, attempting to anticipate users’ needs. #AI

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/technology/google-search-engine-ai.html

Generative AI coming soon to Google Ads

The AI will generate ads by remixing creative content (images, videos, text) to target specific audiences and meet campaign objectives.

https://searchengineland.com/google-integrates-generative-ai-into-ad-campaigns-395835#.ZEJ5XSkd8Cw.twitter

Snapchat making AI chatbot similar to ChatGPT available to every user

‘MyAI’ service that users can converse and collaborate creatively with had initially only been available to subscribers. #AI

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/19/snapchat-making-ai-chatbot-similar-to-chatgpt-available-to-every-user

Reddit Wants to Get Paid for Helping to Teach Big A.I. Systems

The internet site has long been a forum for discussion on a huge variety of topics, and companies like Google and OpenAI have been using it in their A.I. projects. #AI

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/technology/reddit-ai-openai-google.html

Martin Shkreli’s ‘Bizarre’ AI Chatbot Is a Medical and Legal Nightmare

HT @edyson Curious to see whether a chatbot is a good tool to diagnose your illness? Think again.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/martin-shkrelis-dr-gupta-ai-chatbot-is-a-medical-and-legal-nightmare

Twitter removes hateful conduct protections for transgender users

Who is safe on Musk’s Twitter?

https://mashable.com/article/glaad-twitter-lgbtq-hate-speech-policy

Elon Musk says news organizations should only tweet 10 stories a day, after he tweeted more than 100 times over the weekend

HT @publishingtrend

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-nyt-tweet-less-after-100-weekend-tweets-2023-4

Metallica is the first-ever rock band to create ASL visuals for an entire album

RT @LauraB7

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/metallica-american-sign-language-videos-72-seasons-1234715949/

A compilation of startup failure post-mortems by founders and investors

You can learn a lot from failure!

https://www.cbinsights.com/research/startup-failure-post-mortem/

Publishing & Media

Got Values? Then Live Them. It’s time for publishers to operationalize their ideals

Via @sljournal It’s some visual. The literal erasure of the word “racism” and by extension the lived experience of more than 100,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry and their descendants. Among them: Maggie Tokuda-Hall, author of Love in the Library—who received those amendments to her picture book by a Scholastic editor—and myself.

https://www.slj.com/story/Got-Values-Then-Live-Them-Its-time-for-publishers-to-operationalize-their-ideals-editorial-racism-Scholastic

Publishing’s Supply Chain Needs an Upgrade

HT @charabbott Via @brianoleary The supply chain we use for book publishing is a lot like an old house. Though the book industry has evolved with such innovations as online retailing, digital books, and new business models, our plumbing is largely the same as it was 15 years ago. It limits the ability of publishers, retailers, and other partners in the supply chain to improve discovery, sell more books, and reduce costs. To get the ball rolling, we will discuss these issues in detail at the @bisg annual meeting on April 28. Anyone from the industry is welcome to attend.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/91990-publishing-s-supply-chain-needs-an-upgrade.html

Survey Finds Self-Published Authors Making Gains

A survey commissioned by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) found that income from self-published authors increased substantially in 2022 compared to 2021, and that independent authors earn on average more than authors published by traditional houses. The survey found that the average income for self-published authors rose 53% last year over 2021, reaching a median of $12,749. However, still not enough to be over the poverty line!

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/92003-survey-finds-self-published-authors-making-gains.html

What Will The Bookstore of the Future Look Like?

HT @publishingtrend

https://bookriot.com/bookstore-of-the-future/

Inside the revolutionary Free Black Women’s Library in Brooklyn

Olaronke Akinmowo is the creator of The Free Black Women’s Library, a new free library in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood, which also serves as a social art project, a reading room, a co-working space and a community gathering center. The library “celebrates the brilliance, diversity and imagination of Black women and Black non-binary authors.” All 5,000 books in the library’s collection are written by Black women and non-binary authors.

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/inside-the-revolutionary-free-black-womens-library-in-brooklyn-033023

8 Surprising Stories to Celebrate World Book Day

The pleasures of reading about reading. Read on for tales of bookmakers, booksellers, book collectors, book thieves, and more.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/world-book-day-2023

HarperCollins Tests OverDrive’s Bulk Loan Bundles for “High-Demand Titles”

Overdrive had a six-month pilot program with HarperCollins for over 150 “high-demand titles” in their OverDrive Max program that lets libraries “purchase bundles of up to 100 loans for specific titles for lending with flexibility for concurrent use based on patron demand with no expiration date.” Also, Abrams put their entire catalog (including children’s books) into the program this year.

https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2023/04/harpercollins-tests-overdrives-bulk-loan-bundles-for-high-demand-titles/

Citizen Jay: How An Eccentric Racing Heir Became King of Hollywood Media

Jay Penske now controls ”Variety,” ”The Hollywood Reporter,” ”Rolling Stone” and some of the most esteemed cultural brands in publishing. And he’s just getting started

https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/citizen-jay-how-eccentric-racing-heir-hollywood-media/

TN House approves bill targeting publishers for sending schools sexually explicit books

MT @jonfreadom ICYMI In the flurry of other outrageous news… On top of being first to unconstitutionally censor drag shows, now TN is moving to pass a law introducing felony charges and $100K fines for publishers if they sell obscene materials to public schools.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/18/tennessee-schools-publishers-to-face-prosecution-over-explicit-books/70123980007/

BookLooks, Framed as “Objective” Book Rating Resource, is really from Right-Wing Group Moms for Liberty

Via @veronikellymars What appears to be an objective measure of a book’s content, mirrored after movie ratings, is anything but. It is a tool developed by Moms For Liberty being used to push their agendas even further under the guise of protecting children. BookLooks has been the model for other book rating sites, including RatedBooks, which is aligned with the Utah-based book challenge group LaVerna in the Library. LaVerna in the Library–also known as Mary in the Library–has groups scattered throughout the country at the state level. Several books included in the still-tiny BookLooks database are titles that would never be purchased or included in a school library collection, such as The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Tantric Sex. It makes no sense for anyone with familiarity of how librarians read professional reviews and purchase materials to serve their school communities. What does make sense, though, is how creating such a database under the guise of objectivity could evoke knee-jerk reactions from parents

https://bookriot.com/moms-for-liberty-booklooks/

37 States & Millions of Students Impacted by 2022-23 School Year Book Bans So Far

https://bookriot.com/pen-america-book-ban-report-2023/

Lee’s Summit district spent $19k reviewing 52 challenged books. That’s only half of them.

RT @FReadomFighters Every day parents should be infuriated at the waste of money happening in so many districts w/book banning run amuck. This district in KS has spent $19,000 with 28 book review committees so far this year because of SIX people’s challenges.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/education/article274318430.html

Right to Read Day 4/24/23: Protect Your Freedom to Read

Suggested Right to Read Day actions include:

Borrow a library book at risk of being banned.
Write a letter to the editor or to an elected leader.
Attend a meeting of local officials or library or school board.
Stage a public event or peaceful protest in support of libraries.
Report censorship.
Join Unite Against Book Bans.

https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-read-day/

Addressing Book Challenges

Via @diversebooks Librarians, Teachers, Parents, & Allies: Here are some basic steps and resources to help you make a strong case—and help keep books available to everyone in libraries and classrooms.

https://diversebooks.org/resources/addressing-book-challenges/

Get Ready, Stay Ready Community Action Toolkit

Are you a librarian working to bring your community together? Are you a parent/ caregiver who wants to make sure your child’s curiosity, intellectual freedom, and reading life is as rich, and as powerful as possible? Are you tired of efforts by small and loud voices who want to take over your parental voice and your child’s rights? Then we are here to help! Welcome! The Get Ready, Stay Ready: Community Action Toolkit is an effort by a group of parents and librarians who believe that the power is in community, in togetherness, in a collective outcry and a collective pushback against those who want to erase our stories, our history, our existence. Here you will find curated resources including scripts for public speaking and writing, fantastic video presentations, training materials equipping you to learn more about (and fight back) censorship’s impact on education and society, tools for civic engagement, and a network of organizations across the country that are determined to preserve your child’s right to a high-quality education through intellectual freedom.

https://www.getreadystayready.info

Download the Parent Playbook

RT @RedWineBlueUSA Calling all moms! Extremism has no place in our kids’ schools. If you want to stand up against extremism in your school but you aren’t sure where to start, check out our Parent Playbook

https://secure.everyaction.com/E1T1y4AtjE-l9hxUQezNUA2

Illinois State-wide Book Access Bill

https://twitter.com/ILSecOfState/status/1648805257776971779

Missouri Senate puts library money back in budget

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-senate-puts-library-money-back-in-budget/article_d4362b54-ded4-11ed-8afb-bb1f38073d95.html

Dolly Parton Awarded Honorary Membership in the American Library Association

https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2023/04/dolly-parton-awarded-honorary-membership-american-library-association

Resources & Opportunities

Podcast Roulette

Learn from leading podcast professionals at WMG’s first-ever podcast roulette! At this event, you get to ask the questions. Structured as a series of small group rotations with industry experts, you’ll have the opportunity to ask for feedback on your own podcasting projects. Registration will be limited so that all attendees will have time to consult with podcasting pros who specialize in production, strategy and operations, monetization, marketing, partnerships, and more. Whether you are just beginning to think of producing a podcast or you have questions about any aspect of a podcast you already manage or host, this is a unique chance to consult experts. Tuesday, May 16, 6:00-7:15 p.m. ET Free for WMG members, $15 for non-members

https://www.womensmediagroup.org/event-5255553

The Changemaker Authors Cohort & Conference

HT @jbakernyc The inaugural Changemaker Authors Conference is a free, two-day virtual event 4/29-4/30 orienting movement organizers and social justice writers to the process of writing and publishing books.

https://www.unicornauthors.club/changemakers

‘Judy Blume Forever’: UABB Honors A Lifetime Of Free Expression Through Story

On Monday, April 24 – the start of National Library Week and inaugural Right to Read Day, join Unite Against Book Bans partners for a special virtual discussion of the forthcoming Prime Video documentary Judy Blume Forever. Leaders from the American Library Association, National Coalition Against Censorship, and PEN America will sit down with the documentary’s co-directors to discuss Judy Blume’s trailblazing work and the unprecedented surge of censorship sweeping across the country today.

https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/judy-blume-panel/

Podcasting conferences, webinars, virtual events and social audio

MT @arithisandthat ✅Podcast resource reminder: If you have an audio-related event coming up, you can submit it to @Podnews‘ Pod Events. It’ll appear there and may even run in the newsletter.

https://pod.events

Free Best of Breed Marketing Summit

https://martechday.registration.goldcast.io/events/e53fdd45-d82b-4353-832a-0f896bc8cfad

The Jenny Brown Associates Over 50 Award for Debut Authors in the UK

http://jennybrownassociates.com/news

Black Creatives Mentorship

MT @diversebooks LESS THAN ONE WEEK left to apply for a 2023 WNDB Black Creatives Fund Mentorship! Collaborate with one of these experienced creators in children’s & adult fiction + receive individual support to turn a mostly completed work-in-progress into a fully completed draft.

https://diversebooks.org/programs/black-creatives-mentorship/

We Need Diverse Books Fundraiser

RT @diversebooks What do we do with donation money? Here’s just a few ways it breaks down! With your generous support, WNDB will be able to fund more book giveaways, author visits, and support for librarians and teachers. Can you retweet or donate? Every bit helps

https://diversebooks.networkforgood.com/projects/190988-spring-2023-fundraiser

WNDB Internship Grant Program

In 2023 We Need Diverse Books will award a minimum of 24 grants of $3,000, expanding WNDB’s efforts to diversify the publishing industry—12 grants for a children’s publishing focus and 12 grants for an adult publishing focus. Deadline 4/30.

https://diversebooks.org/internship-grants-application-process/

The Nation Student Journalism Conference

MT @thenation Our FREE, virtual student journalism conference is on 6/3. All high school and college students welcome! Meet Nation writers and editors and exceptional student journalists. Apply right here.

https://thenationfund.org/what-we-do/student-journalism-conference/

Woman, Life, Freedom: The Role of Art in the Struggle for Human Rights

Free event in Los Angeles May 10th @ 7 PM: A discussion of the ramifications of feminist artwork, part of Pen America’s World Voices Festival.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/woman-life-freedom-the-role-of-art-in-the-struggle-for-human-rights-registration-602948845227

Online Harassment Field Manual

Via @PENamerica Online abuse poses an urgent and growing threat to free expression, equity, and inclusion. Whether you’re experiencing or witnessing online abuse, this Field Manual offers concrete strategies for how to defend yourself and others. We wrote this guidance with and for those disproportionately impacted by online abuse: writers, journalists, artists, and activists who identify as women, BIPOC, and/or LGBTQIA+. Whatever your identity or vocation, anyone active online will find useful tools and resources here for navigating online abuse and tightening digital safety.

https://onlineharassmentfieldmanual.pen.org/

Free virtual event w Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi 5/10 7pm ET, 4pm PT

https://secure.ngpvan.com/l1Qz_5ppFU-XgmhYtqkN7Q2

Free 2023 NYPL Annual Career Resources Fair for Teens

RT @nypl It’s not too late to register for NYPL’s first annual Career Resources Fair for Teens on Apr 28. We’ll help you write a great resume or cover letter, practice interview skills, get your working papers, and more.

https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2023/03/03/2023-nypl-annual-career-resources-fair-teens

What in the Florida is going on?

https://www.mobilize.us/aclufl/event/559483/

NYC Abortion Care Hotline

RT @MarkLevineNYC Important moment to remind that NYC has a one-of-a-kind hotline for accessing abortion care, whether you are local—or coming here from another state. Call 877-NYC-AHUB to find a licensed abortion provider in the five boroughs, and for help on financial assistance, lodging, etc.

https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1647684243751940097

Applications for NYC’s free summer camps are open. Here’s how to register.

Registration for New York City’s free summer programming for school-aged kids opened, providing families a summer child care option that can otherwise cost thousands of dollars. Unlike previous years where the first-come, first-serve registration created a mad dash for parents to secure one of the coveted spots, this year the city is promising a more equitable system for allocating the 110,000 available seats in the Summer Rising program. Children who attend school in the five boroughs are eligible for the program, including those who attend private and charter schools or are homeschooled.