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Rick Brooks finds inspiration in a crowd-sourced poem by Rebecca Faulkner.

Stanford Law's Daniel Ho and computer science/law student Mirac Suzgun discuss the enduring impact of racially restrictive covenants in real estate with host Rich Ford. Though unenforceable since 1948, these clauses are a lingering reminder of housing segregation and racism in the United States, as Professor Ho's own experience of discovering a covenant barring Asians from purchasing his home highlights. The conversation also looks at legislative efforts to remove the covenants and an innovative AI tool developed by Stanford's RegLab that helps counties identify and redact these covenants, streamlining the process while preserving the historical record.Connect:Episode Transcripts >>> Stanford Legal Podcast WebsiteStanford Legal Podcast >>> LinkedIn PageRich Ford >>>  Twitter/XPam Karlan >>> Stanford Law School PageStanford Law School >>> Twitter/XStanford Lawyer Magazine >>> Twitter/XLinks:Dan Ho  >>> Stanford Law School PageStanford's RegLab >>> Stanford Page(00:00:00) Chapter 1: Introduction to Racial Covenants and AB 1466Host Rich Ford introduces the episode, guests Professor Dan Ho and SLS student Mirac Suzgun, and the topic of racial covenants in real estate. They discuss the persistence of racially restrictive covenants, despite being declared unenforceable by the Supreme Court in Shelley v. Kramer (1948), and highlight California's AB 1466 law, which aims to address the issue.(00:04:00) Chapter 2: The Role of AI in Redacting Racial CovenantsDan Ho explains how Santa Clara County faced the challenge of identifying and redacting racial covenants from millions of historical deed records. The conversation shifts to the AI tool developed by Stanford's RegLab, which automates the identification of racially discriminatory language in property documents. Mirac Suzgun elaborates on the stages of the AI tool, including OCR and machine learning, to help counties meet their legal obligations.(00:10:01) Chapter 3: Historical Context and Persistence of Racial CovenantsRich Ford and Dan Ho delve into the history of racial covenants, explaining their rise after the Buchanan decision (1917) and their persistence even after the Shelley v. Kramer ruling. They discuss how these covenants, though unenforceable, served as a community signaling function, reinforcing housing segregation for decades.(00:16:13) Chapter 4: The Legacy of Racial CovenantsRich Ford and Mirac Suzgun discuss the evolution of state-sponsored race segregation and the role of private covenants in perpetuating housing discrimination. They emphasize how these covenants, often embedded in property deeds, remain binding on homeowners, illustrating the historical entrenchment of racial segregation in real estate.(00:18:48) Chapter 5: Uncovering Historical Data and ResponsibilityDan Ho shares findings from a study revealing the prevalence of racial covenants in Santa Clara County. The discussion highlights the significant responsibility of a small number of developers in enforcing these covenants, contrasting this with the example of Joseph Eichler, who resisted such practices and promoted housing reform.(00:23:11) Chapter 6: Utilizing Technology for Social JusticeThe conversation shifts to the innovative tools developed to identify and address racial covenants in property records. The hosts explore the implications of these discoveries for understanding historical injustices and the importance of retaining historical records while advocating for modern social justice initiatives, plus closing remarks.

Rick Brooks urges people to attend a community event at Illinois Valley Community College about housing the unhoused.

Rick Brooks revisits a long-overlooked tribute to soldiers

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Handwriting on the Wall Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 8/21/2024 Bible: Daniel 5 Length: 41 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Handwriting on the Wall Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 8/21/2024 Bible: Daniel 5 Length: 41 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Humbling Hand of God Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 8/14/2024 Bible: Daniel 4:18-25 Length: 50 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Humbling Hand of God Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 8/14/2024 Bible: Daniel 4:18-25 Length: 50 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Humbling Hand of God Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 8/14/2024 Bible: Daniel 4:18-25 Length: 50 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Humbling Hand of God Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 8/14/2024 Bible: Daniel 4:18-25 Length: 50 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Returning To Your Reststops Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 8/11/2024 Bible: John 18:1-2 Length: 42 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Returning To Your Reststops Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 8/11/2024 Bible: John 18:1-2 Length: 42 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Faith Under Fire Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 8/7/2024 Bible: Daniel 3:8-30 Length: 48 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Faith Under Fire Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 8/7/2024 Bible: Daniel 3:8-30 Length: 48 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Faith Under Fire Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 8/7/2024 Bible: Daniel 3:8-30 Length: 48 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Faith Under Fire Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 8/7/2024 Bible: Daniel 3:8-30 Length: 48 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Faith Under Fire Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 8/7/2024 Bible: Daniel 3:8-30 Length: 48 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Encouragement of Enthusiasm Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 8/4/2024 Bible: Colossians 3:23; Romans 12:11 Length: 40 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Great Image of Gold Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/31/2024 Bible: Daniel 3:1-7 Length: 40 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Great Image of Gold Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/31/2024 Bible: Daniel 3:1-7 Length: 40 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Great Image of Gold Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/31/2024 Bible: Daniel 3:1-7 Length: 40 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Great Image of Gold Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/31/2024 Bible: Daniel 3:1-7 Length: 40 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Great Image of Gold Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/31/2024 Bible: Daniel 3:1-7 Length: 40 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Great Image of Gold Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/31/2024 Bible: Daniel 3:1-7 Length: 40 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Embracing the Call to Teach Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 7/28/2024 Bible: James 3:1 Length: 66 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The God of Dreams and Destinies Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/24/2024 Bible: Daniel 2 Length: 59 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The God of Dreams and Destinies Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/24/2024 Bible: Daniel 2 Length: 59 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The God of Dreams and Destinies Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/24/2024 Bible: Daniel 2 Length: 59 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Making Your Family a Strong One Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 7/21/2024 Bible: Joshua 24:15 Length: 49 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Lessons From Daniel's Resolve Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/17/2024 Bible: Daniel 1:8-21 Length: 47 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Reacting to Your Rivals Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 7/14/2024 Bible: 1 Samuel 24 Length: 33 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Reacting to Your Rivals Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 7/14/2024 Bible: 1 Samuel 24 Length: 33 min.

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A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: When Dreams are Denied Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 7/7/2024 Bible: 2 Samuel 7:1-13 Length: 31 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: When Dreams are Denied Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 7/7/2024 Bible: 2 Samuel 7:1-13 Length: 31 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Meet the Captives Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/3/2024 Bible: Daniel 1:1-7 Length: 46 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Meet the Captives Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/3/2024 Bible: Daniel 1:1-7 Length: 46 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Meet the Captives Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/3/2024 Bible: Daniel 1:1-7 Length: 46 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Meet the Captives Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/3/2024 Bible: Daniel 1:1-7 Length: 46 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Meet Daniel: The Book Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 6/26/2024 Bible: Daniel 1:1 Length: 50 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Meet Daniel: The Book Subtitle: Vision & Valor Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 6/26/2024 Bible: Daniel 1:1 Length: 50 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Refreshment From the Lord Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 6/23/2024 Bible: 1 Peter 5:5-11 Length: 36 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Refreshment From the Lord Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 6/23/2024 Bible: 1 Peter 5:5-11 Length: 36 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Refreshment From the Lord Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 6/23/2024 Bible: 1 Peter 5:5-11 Length: 36 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Enoch Story Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 6/19/2024 Bible: Genesis 5:18-24 Length: 44 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Under His Control Subtitle: Foundations of the Faith Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - AM Date: 6/9/2024 Bible: Acts 1 Length: 49 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: God's GPS Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday School Date: 6/9/2024 Bible: Matthew 5:8 Length: 46 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Bumps That Boost Maturity Subtitle: 2 Thessalonians Speaker: Rick Brooks Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 5/22/2024 Bible: 2 Thessalonians 3 Length: 45 min.

"As a Westerner, my heart was lifted in the 1980s when I heard about Sarvodaya. It answered my longing for a way to transform our very individualistic and materialistic culture. Thus began my own 40-year journey to translate Dr. Ari's principles into American cities." - Richard Flyer A disciple of the late, recently deceased Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, who was informally revered as the Gandhi of Sri Lanka, Richard Flyer has dedicated his life to integrating embodied spirituality and the building of community-based ecosystem networks. Author of Birthing the Symbiotic Age: An Ancient Blueprint for a New Creation (2023), he synthesizes his learnings from five decades of experiments and explorations across different nations, wisdom traditions, and organizational structures, seeking a shift from a culture of separation to a culture of connection. The book provides his autobiographical and historical roadmap outlining "how we can emerge from our fragmented and conflicted social networks/silos and create sustainable, interconnected ecosystem networks consisting of local leaders, organizations, businesses, and local government -- in parallel to our already established systems." He concludes that a new culture of connection can only be created from the bottom up by connecting and amplifying the positive work of local communities. Realizing that every crisis in the world is at its root a spiritual crisis, he writes that we must first cultivate "spiritual climate change" within ourselves and practice it daily "in the context of a down-to-earth, face-to-face, local community" rather than "trying to reform, fix, or tear down the systems by which society operates." Birthing the Symbiotic Age is partly based upon Richard's first-hand experiences with Sarvodaya Shramadana, an ongoing grassroots movement in Sri Lanka, founded in 1958 by the late Dr. Ariyaratne. The movement has mobilized millions of poor across 15,000 villages in Sri Lanka to build tens of thousands of small businesses, preschools, health centers, village banks, etc., without any government support -- restoring to the poorest people "control over their own lives and destinies." "Meanwhile, I've gotten to experience Sarvodaya's wise theme and motto time and time again: We build the road, and the road builds us," says Richard. In addition to his decades-long involvement in various regenerative projects in Sri Lanka, Richard has been engaged with a syntropic food forest project in Big Island, Hawaii, and a Local Food System Network in Oahu. He is also the visionary behind Symbiotic Culture Lab, which aims to activate 50,000 micro-bioregional villages, towns, and cities as community networks by 2033. In reflecting on Dr. Ariyaratne's unique impact flowing from the blend of personal spirituality with community-based practice --which inspired Richard's own desire to develop and embody spirit in his community-building work in the West -- Richard writes, "Dr. Ari is an example of living a spiritual life wherein one does not have to make the ego smaller by beating it into submission. Rather, by living a daily, engaged Spiritual AND community life -- being of service to others, with all its challenges and egos involved, and by seeing everyone as sisters and brothers -- our ego identification with everyone keeps growing until it disappears!" Born into a middle-class Jewish family in the 1960s, Flyer enjoyed a typical American childhood until he had his first spiritual experience at the age of twelve. "I connected to a 'Luminous Web' that I recognized as the Ultimate Reality beyond that which we see and feel with our senses. The experience was truly 'trance-ending' -- ending the trance of separation. I was left awestruck and feeling connected to something larger than myself -- in fact, connected to everything." Rather than retreating from the material world after such an "other-worldly" experience, he writes that he "ran TOWARD the world. I was fueled by the desire to embody the Love I had received from those transcendent experiences and be that Love in the world -- to bring the two worlds I have been experiencing together as one." Richard's experiments in "connecting the Transcendent with the Immanent" or "bringing Heaven to Earth" extend well beyond Sri Lanka's villages -- including when he found himself stuck in a confrontation of drug dealers armed with baseball bats, knives, and guns. He also founded Vecinos Unidos (Neighbors United), a non-profit initiative in a high-poverty and high-crime community of 50,000 people in San Diego, and subsequently led San Diego Food Bank, one of the county's largest nonprofit social service agencies. Overcoming his own prejudice and negative feelings about "the business world", he even started his family business in the medical industry in Reno, Nevada, where he parallelly engages in creating in local symbiotic networks by customizing his learnings from Sri Lanka -- a developing country, for an "overdeveloped" western city context. In addition to Dr. Ari, many teachers have graced his journey, including a Vietnam war Veteran in San Diego who taught him about Christianity and service; an Aztec medicine woman in Mexico who taught him what Love and Service in action are; a Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoche who taught him meditation; his wife Marta, who he says "has shown me what unconditional love is." Richard's list of teachers would be incomplete without including nature. After high school, he worked as a Hellitack firefighter at Challis National Forest in Idaho, sometimes rappelling down from a helicopter to fight a blaze and then hiking forty miles back to the station. Years later, he would spend hours in solitude in nature, often with insights bursting forth spontaneously in the form of his poetry. Inspired by Jane Goodall, he spent several years researching pilot whales, often literally immersing himself in their society around Catalina Island. He also pursued a master's degree in biology, seeking to unravel the mystery of whale and dolphin communication. The call will be moderated by Rick Brooks and Preeta Bansal. Rick is the co-founder of the Little Free Library project, a movement that has spawned 60,000 registered Little Free Libraries in all U.S. states and over 80 other countries. Preeta is an Awakin Calls anchor and has  served for more than 25 years in some of the most senior posts in the public and private sectors including the White House and the U.S. Supreme Court.     Join us for a conversation with this visionary leader, community weaver, and student of nature.

During their latest earnings call, Zumiez delivered an informative discussion. CEO Rick Brooks started the conversation leveraging the sustained momentum in their private label business, even amid a general sales decline. As CEO Rick Brooks noted, "Our private label business is dead on ... It's a gain in absolute dollars in our business in private label... we've been leading the trend cycles that we're seeing out in the market." Zumiez accentuated signs of resilience amid the struggles experienced in the past year. The company noted a noteworthy trend towards improvement highlighted in the final quarter, with total sales incrementally improving month-by-month. In the absence of explicit financial figures, Brooks' optimism about reversing the trend to a positive direction could indicate a certain confidence in future business performance. The company's strategic priorities seemingly revolve around introducing new brands, reinvigorating product assortments, and nurturing the growth of their private label brand. These premeditated efforts have reportedly expanded Zumiez's customer base and boosted sales. Investments in training initiatives and technology have also been made to improve the customer experience in stores and digitally according to the company's statement on the earnings call. A focus on consumer trends pointed toward possible opportunities, particularly in Europe. Judging by the sales growth in specific European countries mentioned on the earning call, there seems to be potential for growth in these regions. Customers' positive reception to newly introduced private label products and brands offers affirmation of Zumiez's comprehension of their consumer base. Brooks provided insights into evolving strategies saying, "We have some brands ... working well in women's... there's also a unisex aspect to how our customer buys products... we see that throughout our business with women buying boy shoes as an example." Looking ahead, Zumiez expressed plans to concentrate on Europe to heighten their existing business productivity. In contrast, in North America, the strategy centers on closing unprofitable stores and optimizing labor. These investments aim to revitalize the assortment mix, cultivate the growth of private label brands and open new stores, as revealed on the earnings call. In conclusion, Zumiez seems to adapt and evolve in response to market trends and demands. However, the lack of specific details regarding store openings leaves room for speculation about the company's expansion strategies. It appears Zumiez is formulating a balanced strategy targeting growth and customer engagement. Nonetheless, as with any investment or business strategy, confident rhetoric should not substitute for robust analysis. Ultimately, only time will tell how these strategies and insights from the earnings call will manifest in Zumiez's performance and growth. ZUMZ Company info: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ZUMZ/profile For more PSFK research : www.psfk.com  This email has been published and shared for the purpose of business research and is not intended as investment advice.