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In this CME podcast episode, Dr. Andrew Cutler interviews Dr. Phillip Coffin, Director of the Center on Substance Use and Health in San Francisco, CA, about the management of stimulant use disorders. They explore the challenges of treatment and highlight the importance of harm reduction strategies to enhance patients' quality of life.  CME credit is available to NEI Members only.   Target Audience: This activity has been developed for the healthcare team or individual prescriber specializing in mental health. All other healthcare team members interested in psychopharmacology are welcome for advanced study. Learning Objectives: After completing this educational activity, you should be better able to: Summarize pharmacologic and behavioral treatment strategies for stimulant use disorders, particularly methamphetamine and cocaine Evaluate the evidence base for current and investigational medications used in clinical trials and real-world settings Apply harm reduction principles and integrated care models to improve outcomes for patients with stimulant use disorders in diverse clinical settings Accreditation: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by HMP Education and Neuroscience Education Institute (NEI). HMP Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.   Activity Overview: This activity is available with synchronized audio and is best supported via a computer or device with current versions of the following browsers: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Safari. A PDF reader is required for print publications. A post-test score of 70% or higher is required to receive CME/CE credit.   Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour Released: June 18, 2025*   Expiration: June 17, 2028 *NEI and HMP Education maintain a record of participation for six (6) years. CME/CE Credits and Certificate Instructions: After listening to the podcast, to take the optional posttest and receive CME/CE credit, click: https://nei.global/POD25-02.  Credit Designations: The following are being offered for this activity: Physician: ACCME AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ HMP Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nurse: ANCC contact hours This continuing nursing education activity awards 1.00 contact hour. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #18006 for 1.00 contact hour. Nurse Practitioner: ACCME AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Certification Program accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. The content in this activity pertaining to pharmacology is worth 1.00 continuing education hour of pharmacotherapeutics. Pharmacy: ACPE application-based contact hours This internet enduring, knowledge-based activity has been approved for a maximum of 1.00 contact hour (.10 CEU). The official record of credit will be in the CPE Monitor system. Following ACPE Policy, NEI and HMP Education must transmit your claim to CPE Monitor within 60 days from the date you complete this CPE activity and are unable to report your claimed credit after this 60-day period. Ensure your profile includes your DOB and NABP ID. Physician Associate/Assistant: AAPA Category 1 CME credits HMP Education has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credits for activities planned in accordance with the AAPA CME Criteria. This internet enduring activity is designated for 1.00 AAPA Category 1 credit. Approval is valid until June 17, 2028. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. Psychology: APA CE credits Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. This activity awards 1.00 CE Credit. Social Work: ASWB-ACE CE credits As a Jointly Accredited Organization, HMP Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this internet enduring course receive 1.00 general continuing education credit. Non-Physician Member of the Healthcare Team: Certificate of Participation HMP Education awards hours of participation (consistent with the designated number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™) to a participant who successfully completes this educational activity. Peer Review: The content was peer-reviewed by an MD, LFAPA specializing in psychiatry, forensic, addiction to ensure the scientific accuracy and medical relevance of information presented and its independence from commercial bias. NEI and HMP Education takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME/CE activity. Disclosures: All individuals in a position to influence or control content are required to disclose any relevant financial relationships. Any relevant financial relationships were mitigated prior to the activity being planned, developed, or presented. Disclosures are from the original live presentation, unless otherwise noted. Faculty Author / Presenter Andrew J. Cutler, MD Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Norton College of Medicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY Chief Medical Officer, Neuroscience Education Institute, Malvern, PA Consultant/Advisor: AbbVie, Acadia, Alfasigma, Alkermes, Axsome, Biogen, BioXcel, Boehringer Ingelheim, Brii Biosciences, Cerevel, Corium, Delpor, Evolution Research, Idorsia, Intra-Cellular, Ironshore, Janssen, Jazz, Karuna, Lundbeck, LivaNova, Luye, MapLight Therapeutics, Neumora, Neurocrine, NeuroSigma, Noven, Otsuka, Relmada, Reviva, Sage Therapeutics, Sumitomo (Sunovion), Supernus, Takeda, Teva, Tris Pharma, VistaGen Therapeutics Speakers Bureau: AbbVie, Acadia, Alfasigma, Alkermes, Axsome, BioXcel, Corium, Idorsia, Intra-Cellular, Ironshore, Janssen, Lundbeck, Neurocrine, Noven, Otsuka, Sumitomot (Sunovion), Supernus, Takeda, Teva, Tris Pharma, Vanda Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB): COMPASS Pathways, Freedom Biosciences Faculty Author / Presenter Phillip Coffin, MD, MIA Director of Center on Substance Use and Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA No financial relationships to disclose. 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Welcome to this bonus episode about Homeless Children's Network (HCN). Malik Parker is the director of the Jabali Substance Use Disorder (SUD) program at HCN. He is originally from Fayetteville, North Carolina, but his mom is from Oakland. He left NC for The Bay the day after he graduated high school in 2011. Cameron Smith is HCN's director of Afrocentric programs. He is from Columbus, Ohio, but has been in SF for more than 10 years now. Cameron came here on a whim; he had a friend who needed a roommate. His first job in The Bay was in San Jose at the YMCA as a basketball ref. He knew then that he wanted to serve, to give back. Cameron shares the origin story of Homeless Children's Network. HCN was founded in 1992 with the intent to serve as a connection between six different shelters in The City. Their CEO today, Dr. April Silas, has been with HCN since the beginning. The idea was that folks experiencing homelessness were transitory, and it would be best if services they received in one shelter followed them. Nowadays, they serve more than 2,500 clients per year. They have around 60 partnerships with other service organizations in The City. Please visit the HCN website for more info. They are currently in the middle of their Jabali awareness campaign, a partnership with the San Francisco Department of Public Health that provides services around the fentanyl crisis. Cameron points to the Black population in The City being about 4–5 percent of the total, while Black folks experiencing fentanyl overdose deaths range from 30 to 40 percent of the overall number in SF. The Jabali campaign aims to bring awareness to treatment as well as warning folks of the dangers of the deadly drug. HCN runs ads on social media and YouTube as well as billboards around town. They aim through these ad campaigns to be as ubiquitous as, say, a Sweet James or Ann Phuong. The goal is to make folks aware of HCN and its services before they might realize they need it. A big part of Malik's job also involves meeting people where they are, bringing those same messages as HCN's ads. He says that this aspect of his role with HCN is perhaps the most rewarding for him. Malik has learned a lot in his time with HCN, including in their work with SFDPH. He's uncovered his own biases, which is part of what he works so hard to help others see. He emphasizes for folks the “us” aspect of it all. He says he relishes the give-and-take of seminars, the things he hears people say to one another. When I mention the United Playaz motto, “It takes the hood to save the hood,” we go on a bit of a sidebar about communities looking internally to solve their own issues. HCN has workforce development programs, and I ask whether anyone who's been through their programs has come back to work with them. That has indeed happened. Then our conversation shifts to ways that The City has adopted a “tough on crime” approach in the last couple of years to several areas that HCN deals with (see the recall of Chesa Boudin and shift rightward of our Board of Supervisors, among other signs). No one in the room the day we recorded agrees with that approach. We end this bonus episode with ways that you can get involved with HCN, whether it's donating, volunteering, attending a seminar, or something else. Please visit HCN's website to learn more. Follow them on social media @hcnkidssf. We recorded this episode at Homeless Children's Network offices in The Fillmore in March 2025. Photography by Jeff Hunt

Whether it's the civil rights movement, marriage equality or even seatbelt laws, community organizing is how change happens in America. In this encore episode, Dr. Tony Iton shares a masterclass in how social, political and economic power shape health outcomes and how to meaningfully shift those dynamics when it matters most. Tony argues that reinvigorating democracy at the community and local level is where we should be doubling down. This episode was impactful when it was first released but is even more relevant and timely now.We discuss:The ABC's of health for all: agency, belonging and social contractsHow California communities applied this framework to dramatically change school climate and reduce suspensionsThe role of narrative in shaping policy choices towards belonging or exclusionTony digs into why power matters in health:“We're talking about essentially community-level power, what we refer to as community agency, and we basically theorized that if we could build social, political and economic power in a critical mass of people in 14 low-income communities that have documented health disparities, that we could improve the health status of those populations over a 10-year period… We weren't thinking that there was something that we needed to do to people. In other words, it wasn't like increasing access to healthcare or, you know, enhancing the quality of public health education. This was fundamentally about unleashing the power of communities to [determine how resources are distributed].“Relevant LinksRead about our UC Berkeley School of Public Health Social Impact Fellows (Tony included)Learn more about the California EndowmentVisit Dr. Tony Iton's websiteRead Dr. Tony Iton's “Understanding How Health Happens – Your Zip Code is More Important Than Your Genetic Code” by Dr. Tony Iton, MD, JD, MPH and Robert K. Ross, MD.Order “Advocacy for Public Health Policy Change: An Urgent Imperative” which is co-authored by Dr. Tony ItonAbout Our GuestDr. Tony Iton is a Social Impact Fellow and lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Public Health. He was the Senior Vice President of Programs & Partnerships at The California Endowment from October 2009 to June 2024.Prior to his appointment at The Endowment, Iton served from 2003 as both the director and County Health Officer for the Alameda County Public Health Department. In that role, he oversaw the creation of an innovative public health practice designed to eliminate health disparities by tackling the root causes of poor health that limit quality of life and lifespan in many of California's low-income communities.Iton also served for three years as director of Health and Human Services and School Medical Advisor for the City of Stamford, Connecticut. Concurrent to that, he also served as a physician in internal medicine for Stamford Hospital's HIV Clinic. In addition, Iton served for five years as a primary care physician for the San Francisco Department of Public Health.Iton's varied career also includes past service as a staff attorney...

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the essential role of educators in sustaining our society and economy. As families navigated the challenges of work and caregiving, teachers emerged as critical support systems, ensuring students continued learning amid unprecedented disruptions. From maintaining safe classrooms to addressing academic and emotional needs, educators have been at the forefront of our collective recovery. Join us for an engaging panel discussion at Commonwealth Club World Affairs, featuring education and policy experts who will examine the urgent need for universal access to quality education and its broader economic and democratic implications. The conversation will explore key lessons from the pandemic and outline a path toward a more equitable and resilient education system. About the Panelists Jenny Lam: Former San Francisco Board of Education commissioner and director of policy, communications, and strategic partnerships at the San Francisco Department of Early Childhood. Lam has led citywide education initiatives, including expanding childcare, mental health services in schools, and Free City College, ensuring equitable access to education resources. Tracey Mitchell: Educator, author, and former executive director of education for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Mitchell has developed culturally relevant curricula and after-school programs, emphasizing student success and equity in education policy. Dr. Vanessa Marrero: Executive director of Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco and a leader in education equity and policy. Marrero has extensive experience in K–12 education, community engagement, and strategic enrollment, ensuring families have access to quality public schools. Christina Jenq, Ph.D.: Labor economist specializing in education's economic impact. Jenq's research focuses on gender inequality, political economy, and workforce development, offering critical insights into how education shapes economic mobility. The discussion will be moderated by Virginia Cheung, former school board candidate and former director at Wu Yee Children's Services, who brings deep expertise in early childhood education and policy. This thought-provoking session will provide valuable perspectives on transforming education to strengthen our economy and democracy. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from leading voices shaping the future of education policy. Organizer: Virginia Cheung   A Social Impact Member-led Forum program. Forums at the Club are organized and run by volunteer programmers who are members of The Commonwealth Club, and they cover a diverse range of topics. Learn more about our Forums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Lessons learned from former community-oriented department heads, a civil rights attorney and a former controller who has ideas about making the city more flexible and responsive. About the Speakers Margaret Brodkin is one of the nation's leading children's advocates. She was the executive director of Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth for 26 years, leading systems change work in juvenile justice and social welfare, budget advocacy, and parent and youth organizing. In 2004, she was appointed by Mayor Newsom as the director of the San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (DCYF), where she developed innovative models for coordination, partnerships, service delivery, policy and civic engagement.  Sheryl Davis is a passionate advocate for equity, and educational opportunity. Davis is the creator of Everybody Reads, a summer learning, family literacy and reading development initiative centering BIPOC youth. Throughout her career and many roles, she has continued to design programs and curriculum centered around social justice, racial equity, student wellness and achievement. Davis is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco and senior advisor at the Institute for Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School.  Ed Harrington was controller for the City and County of San Francisco from 1991 to 2008 and the general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission from 2008 to 2012. During that time he was also chair of the Water Utility Climate Alliance, president of the Government Finance Officers Association and a member of the Financial Accounting Foundation Board. Since his retirement Harrington has worked extensively with governmental and nonprofit organizations. He is on the boards of SPUR and the Children's Funding Project and is an adviser to California's Funding the Next Generation. Saidah Leatutufu-Burch, Ed.D. (“Dr. Sai”) is a Black and Indigenous Samoan organizer, cultural orator, and a dedicated disruptor of anti-Black racism and systems rooted in white supremacist ideology. A daughter of San Francisco, Dr. Sai values racial equity, justice, and the power of the people. Most recently, Dr. Sai served as the director of the Dream Keeper Initiative at the San Francisco Human Rights Commission—a $60 million-annual effort aimed at advancing prosperity, equity and community well-being across San Francisco's diverse Black communities. Passionate, outspoken and insightful, Areva Martin is an award-winning civil rights attorney, national bestselling author and one of the country's leading influencers shaping public discourse on issues of race, politics and the law. She is the founder and managing partner of Martin & Martin, LLP, one of Los Angeles' premier Black, female-owned law firms. She is one of the nation's leading attorneys on reparations and restorative justice. Areva is an on-air legal commentator and host of the daily news and opinion streaming and radio talk show "Areva Martin in Real Time" on KBLA.  Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California is a nonprofit public forum; we welcome donations made during registration to support the production of our online programming. This program contains EXPLICIT language.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this first new episode of the 2025, Dr. Quartey is joined by San Francisco Department of Police Accountability Executive Director & Veteran Prosecutor Paul Henderson, and #OscarSoWhite Creator & Spill App Senior Advisor April Reign offering their hot take on today's trending news.

Dana Gould returns to the show and they open by talking about his love of Charlton Heston, the insane Christmas story in “Gremlins”, how Adam convinced Mark Geragos to take the Menendez Brothers case, how Dana's mom ended up in a lunchbox and her use of “the board.” Next, Jason “Mayhem” Miller reads the news including stories about the San Francisco Department of Public Health hiring a 'body positivity consultant', Jim Carrey saying he took a break from Hollywood to get “out of people's faces”, and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson receiving mixed reviews after making a surprise cameo in a Broadway musical. Then, Grant Cardone joins the show to talk about having to leave California personally and taking his businesses with him, why he thinks Trump's first 90 days back in office are going to be phenomenal, why he's sure the government is lying to us about not knowing what's going on with the drones over New Jersey, and his launching of the first-ever Bitcoin real estate fund. For more with Dana Gould: ● PODCAST: The Dana Gould Hour - Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. ● INSTAGRAM: @danagould ● WEBSITE: danagould.com ● STREAM: Christmas with Doctor Z at tinyurl.com/DoctorZXmas ● LIVE DATES: ○ High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI: January 10th ○ The Sylvee - Madison, WI: January 11th ○ Cobb's Comedy Club - San Francisco, CA: January 26th For more with Grant Cardone: ● BITCOIN REAL-ESTATE FUND: cardonecapital.com/new-offering ● SCHOOL: CardoneUniversity.com ● INSTAGRAM & X: @grantcardone ● WEBSITE: grantcardone.com Thank you for supporting our sponsors: ● Hims.com/ADAM ● https://allfamilypharma.com/adam ● https://AuraFrames.com, use promo code: CAROLLA ● http://OReillyAuto.com/Adam

The national results of the recent general election caused a wave of shock through many progressive organizations in the country and here in the Bay Area. Join us for a live town hall with speakers from leading LGBTQ organizations, including SF AIDS Foundation, LYRIC, NCLR, SF Pride, El/La Para Translatina, SF HRC, EQCA, SF Office Transgender Initiative and more to come. They'll discuss the election results, its impact on various LGBTQ communities, and plans to respond. Fireside Chats: Immigration Nicole Santamaria, executive director, El/La Para Translatina—Moderator Jennicet Gutierrez, co-founder and co-executive director, Familia TQLM Okan Sengun, co-founder, Center for Immigrant Protection Yuan Wang, executive director, Lavender Phoenix State of LGBTQIA+ Honey Mahogany–Moderator Imani Rupert-Gordon, NCLR Tyler TerMeer, SF AIDS Foundation Suzanne Ford, SF Pride Lance Toma, executive director, San Francisco Community Health Center TGNC Youth, Families, and Gender Affirming Care Gael Lala-Chavez, executive director, LYRIC—Moderator Dr. Alexis Petra, founder, Transclinique  Lizette Trujillo, proud mother to a transgender son, volunteer for the Southern Arizona Gender Alliance/Fluxx Shay Franco-Clausen, political director EQCA Indigo Jensen, youth speaker, advocate Special Guests: Dr. Marcy Adelman Roma Guy Ani Rivera, commissioner, San Francisco Department on the Status of Women See more  Michelle Meow Show programs at Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California. Thanks to our sponsors: SF Pride Alaska Airlines SF Human Rights Commission Robert Holgate Partners: NCLR SF AIDS Foundation LYRIC SF Community Health Center El/La Para Translatina CIP- Center for Immigration Protection LGBT Asylum Office of Transgender Initiatives  Parivar Bay Area Lavender Phoenix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug Sovern is away today. This atmospheric river is dumping intense rain across Northern California and more wet weather is expected in the coming days. The National Weather Service issued multiple flash flood warnings for San Francisco and other parts of the Bay Area. This storm marks the first major rainmaker of the season and it's bringing life threatening conditions with it. To talk more about it, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising spoke with Jackson Yip, meteorologist at San Jose State University, and Mary Ellen Carroll, the Executive Director at San Francisco Department of Emergency Management.

History of the Bay Podcast Ep. 84 - recorded at History of the Bay Day: Moderated by KQED Arts & Culture's Nastia Vonynovskya, this discussion panel features three women with successful careers in hip-hop: radio personality Shay Diddy of 106 KMEL, DJ Shellheart, and recording engineer Xarina of Studio X. These powerful ladies share their stories of success, hardships, and paving the way for other women to enter the music industry. -- Sponsored by San Francisco Department of Public Health https://www.sf.gov/departments/department-public-health/behavioral-health -- For promo opportunities on the podcast, e-mail: info@historyofthebay.com -- Produced by DEO @deo415, videography by @mvp_kingced --- Hat and shirt available at Dying Breed SF @dyingbreedsf -- History of the Bay Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZUM4rCv6xfNbvB4r8TVWU?si=9218659b5f4b43aa Online Store: https://dregsone.myshopify.com Follow Dregs One: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1UNuCcJlRb8ImMc5haZHXF?si=poJT0BYUS-qCfpEzAX7mlA Instagram: https://instagram.com/dregs_one TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@dregs_one Twitter: https://twitter.com/dregs_one Facebook: https://facebook.com/dregsone415 00:00 Mental health services in SF 03:23 Panelists' introduction to hip-hop 07:24 Career beginnings 12:59 Challenges for women 17:45 Mentors 20:20 Shay's most memorable interviews 26:00 How does KMEL decide what songs to play? 29:19 How Xarina started her own studio 32:14 Shellheart throwing her own parties 35:08 Shellheart touring with Rexx Life Raj 36:48 What's the most rewarding part of their careers? 40:09 Imposter syndrome 43:27 Being objectified 46:44 Hip-Hop being more inclusive to women --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historyofthebay/support

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Prosecutors laid out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes.' UN Security Council held an emergency meeting as Israeli troops clashed with Hezbollah and Israel responded to an Iranian missile attack. Ukraine's military said its forces are withdrawing from strategically important front-line town of Vuhledar after two-year battle. Rising sea levels pushing underground water into dangerous chemicals, experts tell California Assembly committee. San Francisco transportation board approved new plan to tow oversized RVs parked overnight in restricted areas. Homeless advocates and supporters of a Venezuelan immigrant who said she contracted meningitis in a San Francisco homeless shelter earlier this year rallied outside the San Francisco Department of Housing, urging the city to provide her permanent shelter and draw attention to the ongoing housing crisis. The post Prosecutors lay out new evidence of crimes in Trump election case – October 2, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Episode 024 | Dr. Nicholas D. Brownstone received a BA degree in Psychology from Cornell University and attended medical school at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson. He trained for over 3 years as a resident in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery before switching to a career in Dermatology. Dr. Brownstone completed a fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco Department of Dermatology in Psoriasis, Phototherapy and Clinical Research and a fellowship in melanoma at the National Society for Cutaneous Medicine/Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine. He is currently a Dermatology resident at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and, among other collaborations with dermsquared, hosts Cutaneous Miscellaneous, a fantastic podcast geared towards dermatology residents.In this episode:

June 18th is “Maya Petersen” day in San Francisco, in honor of her work building disease models that guided the region through the early days of COVID and saved countless lives. With projects spanning from developing HIV prevention strategies in East Africa to shaping new Medicaid models in California, the UC Berkeley epidemiologist is building a future where local public health leaders have the tools and data to ask and answer complex policy decisions in real time. Now that's a world I want to live in.We discuss:How much better our pandemic response would have been if Public Health had access to integrated and linked dataHer work to bring sophisticated data tools to the point of decision in East AfricaHow California is building population management infrastructureSan Francisco's Director of Health, Grant Colfax, taught her an important lesson about showing up and helping:“I remember… saying, ‘You know what? You really need to find somebody who's an expert in this, I'm not an expert in this.' And he said, ‘Okay, Maya, but if you're gonna find me someone it needs to be in the next 24 hours, because I need help.' And it was just a reminder that, you know, you're not always going to be an expert, sometimes you just need to show up, do your best… be clear about your uncertainty and communicate well, and that can be… a big service”Relevant LinksLocal Epidemic Modeling for the San Francisco Department of Public HealthSan Francisco's COVID strategyMulti-sectorial Approach to HIV in East AfricaMaya Petersen Day in San FranciscoMaya's UC Berkeley pageAbout Our GuestDr. Maya L. Petersen is Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Petersen's methodological research focuses on the development and application of novel causal inference methods to problems in health, with an emphasis on longitudinal data and adaptive treatment strategies (dynamic regimes), machine learning methods, adaptive designs, and study design and analytic strategies for cluster randomized trials. She is a Founding Editor of the Journal of Causal Inference and serves on the editorial board of Epidemiology. Her applied work focuses on developing and evaluating improved HIV prevention and care strategies. She currently serves as co-PI (with Dr. Diane Havlir and Dr. Moses Kamya) for the Sustainable East Africa Research in Community Health consortium, and as co-PI (with Dr. Elvin Geng) for the ADAPT-R study (a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial of behavioral interventions to optimize retention in HIV care).Source: https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/people/maya-petersenConnect With UsFor more information on The Other 80 please visit our website - www.theother80.com. To connect with our team, please email

In late-March 2014, San Francisco adopted Vision Zero, the road safety policy to eliminate traffic deaths and reduce severe injuries in the city. This episode of Taken with Transportation looks at the impact of that policy and what has changed over the last decade. We discuss the origins of Vision Zero, as well as the work the SFMTA is doing today and will do into the future to make San Francisco streets safe and joyful. Appearing in the episode are SFMTA Director of Transportation Jeff Tumlin, Board of Directors Chair Amanda Eaken, City Traffic Engineer Ricardo Olea, former Streets Director Tom Maguire and former Director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health's Heath, Equity and Sustainability Program Megan Weir.

Politics have turned COVID into a dirty word, but Jillian Crochet, a Senior and Disability Action member, is working to get the San Francisco Department of Public Health to keep masking requirements in medical facilities and jails beyond April 30, when they're set to expire. Letter to SFDPH to keep masks in healthcare April 16 Action (IndyBay) Senior and Disability Action (Instagram | Twitter) Disability Visibility Project #N95s4UCSF

Our Robot Overlord is the special guest star copywriter this week!  The following is an AI generated recap and it makes us sound much smarter than we are! Welcome to another riveting episode of Apologies Accepted, as your hosts Theo and Juliette explore the complexities of gender and sex. Discover how these elemental aspects of identity are more than binary concepts, through an enlightening discussion on chromosomal variables, sex changes in nature, and the potential future of the Y chromosome. Shift gears with us as we shed light on a recent event involving Virginia Democratic State Senator, Danica Roem, a transgender woman misgendered in a public assembly by Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earl Sears. Roem's response and Sears's reluctant apology serves as an apt backdrop for examining the issue of insensitivity and bigotry in public offices. We offer a detailed breakdown of Sears's apology, analyzing its shortcomings and appraising it according to our stringent apology assessment criteria. Explore the concept of public remorse with us as we critique the absence of sincere regret, proper explanation, accountability acceptance, authentic repentance, the omission of a repair offer, and a request for forgiveness in Sears's apology. Lastly, tune in as we anticipate upcoming public apologies from the Department of Education, the state of Tennessee, and the San Francisco Department of Public Health. This episode presents a critical discourse on vital societal concerns ranging from gender diversity to political accountability.

James Slattery is a Construction and Demolition Debris Recovery Specialist at the San Francisco Department of the Environment. James joins the Think.Future podcast on 6 March to share his strategies on leading resource conservation, debris reduction,  material recovery and taking environmental action in solid waste management. He has worked for the Department of the Environment for the past 12 years and is proud to share his story about his contribution to San Franciscos's journey to Zero Waste.

Breanna Morello is a former Fox Corp, Newsmax, local news, MLB producer. She has also spent several years reporting on the issues that matter most. After Fox Corp threatened to put Breanna on unpaid leave for not getting the Covid jab, she left the corporate media world and made her way into independent journalism. Breanna's goal is simple. She aims to be a truth seeker and amplify her findings through her new podcast.Breanna MorelloWEBSITE: www.breannamorello.comRUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/TheBreannaMorelloShow TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BreannaMorelloSUBSTACK: https://breannamorello.substack.com/ SUPPORT BREANNA and the fight for true journalism: http://SupportBre.com WATCH BREANNA'S WEEKLY SEGMENT ON FLYOVER CONSERVATIVES: https://flyover.live/media/series/m56x6p6/through-a-producer-s-eyes-with-breanna-morelloCitizen Free PressWEBSITE: https://citizenfreepress.com/ Monica CrowleyTWITTER: https://twitter.com/MonicaCrowley PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-monica-crowley-podcast/id1614718499 Jason NelsonLearn More About: https://flyovermeat.comUse PROMO CODE to Save 20%: FLYOVERSPONSORS FOR TODAY'S VIDEO► Kirk Elliott PHD - www.breannagold.com ► Patriot Mobile - https://www.patriotmobile.com/breanna/ ► GiveADerm - promo code: BREANNA for 10% off - https://shop.giveaderm.com/?sca_ref=4615243.GpUkz9JsjE ► My Pillow - promo code: BREANNA for up to 80% off - www.mypillow.com/breanna► Prepare Beef - promo code: BREANNA to save 20% off- www.flyovermeat.com-------------------------------------------Follow me on Social Media so we can be best friends

This is the 3rd episode of our six-part SF Healing Roots Collaborative Series. It features a discussion on economic justice and some of the major financial obstacles that stand in the way of ending domestic violence. This episode features Destini Davis of Young Community Developers and Rachel West of In Defense of Prostitute Women's Safety Project, and Kali Shebi of San Francisco Department on the Status of Women. Destini Davis Destini Davis, AMFT is the Clinical Coordinator at Young Community Developers. She has been engaged in mental health work in the community for almost 10 years. Destini currently works with groups and individuals engaged in job readiness training. In addition, Destini created and facilitates a healthy relationships group for YCD participants. Kalkidan (Kali) Shebi is the Economic Security Program Manager for the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women. Kali also has over 7 years of experience working in the international development space advocating for girls' and women's rights, particularly advancing women's economic empowerment. Kali currently serves on the YWCA's (Berkeley/Oakland chapter) Board of Directors supporting the Policy & Programs committee and the Y's mission of empowering marginalized women and ending racism in the community. Kali's lifelong advocacy for gender equity and economic justice is rooted in her vision to one day have a world where all girls and women, especially those often left behind, can live a life of freedom and prosperity. 

Every day, first responders in the Bay Area are straining to help people struggling with addiction. Firefighters and paramedics respond to emergency calls for people acting erratically or overdosing on drugs. Nurses administer care when they arrive at hospitals. Then, a network of social workers and counselors try to intervene with services. Many of those workers see their jobs as crucial, but also psychologically draining and frustrating as the crisis becomes even more dire. San Francisco officials are already predicting that 2023 will set a record for the highest number of drug overdose deaths. We'll talk with frontline workers about their experiences and how they see the region's addiction crisis. Guests: Audrey Fisher, registered nurse, psychiatric emergency services, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Brittany Banis Buckley, stabilization supervisor for the Opiate Treatment Outpatient Program, San Francisco General Hospital Sam Gebler, firefighter and paramedic. He serves as vice president of San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798. Claudia Mendez, behavioral health clinician, San Francisco Department of Public Health

Mental health and gun ownership are issues being brought up in the aftermath of the Maine mass shootings. Plus, three of Trump's family members are set to testify in their father's New York civil fraud trial. Paul Anderson is a legal expert, former prosecutor and director of the award-winning San Francisco Department of Police Accountability. He joins Tavis to explain the latest.

This is the 2nd episode of our six-part SF Healing Roots Collaborative Series. It features a discussion on some of the major obstacles that stand in the way of ending domestic violence. This episode features Laura Jiménez of California Latinas for Reproductive Justice, Destini Davis of Young Community Developers, Rachel West of In Defense of Prostitute Women's Safety Project, and Cameron Lucas of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women. Laura Jiménez has served as the Executive Director at CLRJ since 2011 and brings to this work the passion and commitment of close to 30 years of activism in the Reproductive Justice movement. She was raised in Santa Barbara, California, and since then, has made her way across the country and back. Along the way, she worked with the National Latina Health Organization in Oakland, California where she led a girls' mentorship program and initiated a collaboration between the organization and UC Berkeley to offer a class entitled, “Redefining Latina Health: Body, Mind and Spirit”, as well as the serving as the Development Officer with the Dominican Women's Development Center in Washington Heights, New York. Laura was a part of the birth and growth of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective from 1998 to 2011, becoming the Deputy Coordinator in 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. During her time with SisterSong, she co-coordinated two national conferences and established the Latina Encuentro – a gathering of Latina leaders in the Southeastern Region which had as a goal relationship building and leadership development of Latinas across the South. The birth of her two daughters brought home the issue of reproductive justice, encouraged her interest in the area of birthing work, and recommitted her to the healing of women of color. Laura is an innate healer, mother, and seer. She is a daughter of the ocean and a holder of hands and hearts. Rachel West is the Program Director of the In Defense of Prostitute Women's Safety Project (IDPWS) in San Francisco, which raises awareness and educates the public about violence against sex workers. IDPWS campaigns for city and state policies, which prioritizes protection over criminalization of sex workers, and for all women's safety. She is also with the US PROStitutes Collective (US PROS), one of the collaborating groups in IDPWS. US PROS advocates for decriminalization and resources so no one is forced into prostitution through poverty. Destini Davis Destini Davis, AMFT is the Clinical Coordinator at Young Community Developers. She has been engaged in mental health work in the community for almost 10 years. Destini currently works with groups and individuals engaged in job readiness training. In addition, Destini created and facilitates a healthy relationships group for YCD participants. Cameron Lucas is the Executive Management Assistant for the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women. Cameron is passionate about the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality in the provision of governmental services and ensuring that government truly works inclusively and equitably for everyone.

(Airdate 9/19) “A More Perfect Union" Hour 1 with Nii-Quartelai Quartey | @drniiquartelai| Podcast Hosted by changemaker, journalist, educator, and KBLA Talk 1580 Chief National Political Analyst Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey, “A More Perfect Union” promises to deliver national news of consequence, informed opinion, and analysis beyond the headlines. Even though the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act has stalled in Congress, the work to hold police officers accountable continues across the country. Listen to San Francisco Department of Police Accountability Executive Director Paul Henderson talk about how he's working to achieve both public safety and police accountability. Plus listen to this former San Francisco Deputy District Attorney's take on some of the unwise and unfair critiques of his former boss turned U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. We've got a lot to talk about!

Dr. Ehrlich is the Chief Executive Officer of the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and a Professor of Medicine with the University of California, San Francisco. ZSFG is a 397-bed acute care hospital and a key part of the San Francisco Health Network and the San Francisco Department of Public Health. ZSFG is owned and operated by the City and County of San Francisco, and through its long-standing affiliation with the University of California, San Francisco, serves as a major academic teaching site, the City's only Level 1 Trauma Center, and its only 24/7 psychiatric emergency department. With its almost 6,000 DPH and UCSF staff and providers, annually ZSFG serves more than 100,000 patients, provides more than 20% of the City's inpatient care, psychiatric emergency and inpatient services, and almost 365,000 full-scope ambulatory primary and specialty care visits. ZSFG serves all San Franciscans and is focused on its most vulnerable citizens, with the vast majority of its patients on Medicaid, Medicare or uninsured. Prior to her appointment at ZSFG, Dr. Ehrlich served as the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Medical Officer, Vice President of Ambulatory Care Services, founding Medical Director of the Ron Robinson Senior Care Center and Assistant Health Officer for the San Mateo County Health System. Dr. Ehrlich also has extensive background and knowledge of public health policy and finance at all levels of government, having served as Budget and Planning Director for the San Francisco Department of Public Health and a health care analyst within the California State Legislative Analyst's Office. She is a Lean-certified physician executive with extensive expertise leading and transforming public health care organizations serving diverse and vulnerable populations. During 2019 she led ZSFG's Epic go-live and beginning in early 2020 its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Ehrlich received her BA in Public Policy Studies from Duke University, her Master's in Public Policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and her MD from the University of California, San Francisco. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and completed her primary care internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Harvard University-affiliated training hospital. She previously served as the Chair of the Board for the California Association of Public Hospitals, and Chair of the Board for America's Essential Hospitals. She currently is a Trustee for the California Hospital Association. She continues to practice primary care internal medicine at the Richard Fine People's Clinic on the ZSFG campus.Link to claim CME credit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3DXCFW3CME credit is available for up to 3 years after the stated release dateContact CEOD@bmhcc.org if you have any questions about claiming credit.

To watch the video of this episode, please go to: https://youtu.be/BN8UTUG_3fA   What is integrative medicine? What factors can influence the healing of long illnesses? How can we change how we think about ability, disability, and illness?   In this profound and prophetic episode of Kaleidoscope of Possibilities: Alternative Perspectives on Mental Health, Dr. Adriana Popescu is joined by scientist, physician, and author Dr. Meghan Jobson to discuss the possibilities beyond medication and surgery for dealing with long illness, treatment, trauma, and to embrace of future of compassionate care.    In this episode: Meghan's journey Medical communication Integrative Medicine Being open-minded Epigenetics Coping skills and stress load Inflammation Long illness book Trauma The pandemic Identity The power of community Navigating changes A vision for the future   Resources mentioned in this episode: Website: https://www.longillness.com/ Book: Long Illness: A Practical Guide to Surviving, Healing, and Thriving: Hachette Instagram: @longillness The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté: https://drgabormate.com/book/the-myth-of-normal/ The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel A. van der Kolk: https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score My Grandmother's Hands: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34146782 What Happened to You: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/53238858   About Dr. Jobson: Dr. Meghan Jobson is an internist with specialized training in integrative and palliative medicine. She cares for people with long illness as a physician with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Dr. Jobson earned her BA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, her PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Utah, and her medical degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She completed her medical residency and fellowships at the University of California San Francisco.    “We are entering into an era of compassionate care.” – Dr. Jobson   Would you like to continue this conversation and connect with other people who are interested in exploring these topics? Please join us on our Facebook group! (https://www.facebook.com/groups/kaleidoscopeofpossibilitiespodcast/)   About your host: Dr. Adriana Popescu is a clinical psychologist, addiction and trauma specialist, author, speaker and empowerment coach who is based in San Francisco, California and practices worldwide. She is the author of the new book, What If You're Not As F***d Up As You Think You Are? For more information on Dr. Adriana, her sessions and classes, please visit: https://adrianapopescu.org/ To find her new book please visit: https://whatifyourenot.com/ To learn about her new trauma treatment center Firebird Healing, please visit the website: https://www.firebird-healing.com/   You can also follow her on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAdrianaPopescu/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dradrianapopescu/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrAdrianaP Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriana-popescu-ph-d-03793 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dradrianapopescu Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCflL0zScRAZI3mEnzb6viVA TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dradrianapopescu?   Disclaimer: This podcast represents the opinions of Dr. Adriana Popescu and her guests. The content expressed therein should not be taken as psychological or medical advice. The content here is for informational or entertainment purposes only. Please consult your healthcare professional for any medical or treatment questions. This website or podcast is not to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever, including but not limited to establishing “standard of care” in any legal sense or as a basis for legal proceedings or expert witness testimony. Listening, reading, emailing, or interacting on social media with our content in no way establishes a client-therapist relationship.  

Paul Henderson - legal expert, former prosecutor, and director of the award-winning San Francisco Department of Police Accountability - joins Tavis to discuss the potential implications of the indictment of former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny and to shed light on the legal aspects surrounding the case.

Only two Black women have ever been elected to the U.S. Senate. The most recent, Kamala Harris, left to become Vice President and the Senate now has no Black women again. Oakland's Barbara Lee, who is running for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat, could be the third in American history. But she faces the same obstacles as the other Black female candidates before her, including fundraising and being taken seriously by political insiders and the media. This hour we'll explore the barriers they face, and the quandary surrounding Gov. Gavin Newsom's pledge to name a Black woman to the Senate should Feinstein leave before her term ends. Guests: Shira Stein, Washington DC correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle Aimee Allison, founder and president, She the People - a national organization dedicated to building the political power of women of color Kimberly Ellis, director of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women - former executive director of Emerge California.

From COVID-19 and autoimmune disease to chronic pain and inflammation, this new integrative approach and practical guide from two UCSF doctors is an essential guide to living with long illnesses.   Dr. Meghan Jobson is an internist with specialized training in integrative and palliative medicine. She cares for people with long illness as a physician with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Dr. Jobson earned her BA in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, her PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Utah, and her medical degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She completed her medical residency and fellowships at the University of California San Francisco.   Dr. Morgan is a psychiatrist and neuropsychiatrist based in the CalPsychiatry San Francisco office. She specializes in the integrative treatment of patients with mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD, neuropsychiatric illness, and healing from trauma. Dr. Morgan is a board certified neurologist, and understands the complex interplay between the structural "hardware" and emotional "software" in the brain. Dr. Morgan has been featured in several media outlets including KQED and CBS for her work with COVID-19 patients.   Long Illness: A Practical Guide to Surviving Healing & Thriving Long Illness on Instagram Find Dr. Jobson on LinkedIn Find Dr. Morgan on LinkedIn  

You probably remember Pamela Tate, Co-Executive Director at Black Women Revolt Against Domestic Violence and Destini Davis, AMFT, Clinical Coordinator at Youth Community Developers from past podcast episodes. In THIS episode, they are joined by Cameron Lucas, Grants and Policy Associate at the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women and Jill Zawisza, Co-Director at W.O.M.A.N., Inc. to discuss the Healing Roots collaborative. Though this particular project is sunsetting, the group takes a moment to reflect on the past few years, and what the future holds for DV prevention, intervention and the group. Learn more about DOSW and our organizations via the links below: San Francisco Department on the Status of Women Black Women Revolt Against Domestic Violence Youth Community Developers W.O.M.A.N., Inc. (Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent)

“A More Perfect Union" Hour 1 with Nii-Quartelai Quartey | @drniiquartelai| Podcast Hosted by changemaker, journalist, educator, and KBLA Talk 1580 Chief National Political Analyst Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey, “A More Perfect Union” promises to deliver national news of consequence, informed opinion, and analysis beyond the headlines. Join us in reflecting on the life & legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his contributions to narrative, policy, and culture change in the fight for civil & human rights. In striking contrast to King's fight for Black humanity and dignity, the body camera footage of Los Angeles Police Department officers repeatedly tasing the cousin of a Black Lives Matter co-founder in a busy intersection, while begging police not to hurt him, demonstrates the work of King is far from over. We'll get reaction to this and more from Paul Henderson, Former San Francisco Deputy District Attorney and current Executive Director of the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability.

In what we hope is the late phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, we'll take a look at other long-running issues relating to health care, healthy living, and access to care for the LGBTQ+ community. Our expert panelists for this discussion are leaders in the efforts to reach LGBTQ+ people, informing them and connecting them to appropriate health care services. About the Speakers Dr. Monica Ghandi, M.D., M.P.H., was a recipient of The Commonwealth Club's Distinguished Citizens Award in 2021. She is an infectious diseases doctor, professor of medicine and associate chief in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is also the director of the UCSF Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and the medical director of the HIV Clinic ("Ward 86") at San Francisco General Hospital.  Craig Rouskey is the co-founder and CEO of Renegade.bio. Rouskey was also a co-founder and CSO at Pando Nutrition, an animal nutrition company. At Avant Immunotherapeutics, he worked on vaccine projects against avian influenza (H5N1) and anthrax. He co-founded the Gonorrhea Eradication Team (GET) and served as principal scientist for the Immunity Project, creating an open source vaccine against HIV. Rouskey has also served as a scientist in the Antibody Therapy Group at Novartis and in product development with the Next Generation Sequencing group at Thermofisher. Antwan Matthews, BS, serves as director of youth programs at Code Tenderloin and is a consultant. A leader in the community, he previously served as a LINCS Navigator with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. He has been an advocate on many issues connected to the National AIDS Memorial, having served on its board of directors and being a recipient of the Pedro Zamora Youth Scholarship. His work includes being a sexual and reproductive health advocate who cares deeply about the physical, emotional, and psychological health of individuals globally, especially the Black community. His career includes working at Glide and Peer HEALTH Educators. His work today continues around supporting, educating, advising, teaching, and healing people receiving health care impacted by the history of medical abuse inflicted on communities of color. Antwan uses his voice to raise issues about health and social justice. You can read some of his work here.  Dr. Alexis Petra, M.D. is the founder and CEO of TransClinique. Petra was a practicing emergency medicine physician for more than 10 years prior to founding TransClinique. In 2019, she was named one of Phoenix magazine's Top Doctors in the Valley. Dr. Petra is board-certified in emergency medicine and licensed in more than 30 states. She is a member in good standing with WPATH. Petra has been personally and professionally involved in the transgender and non-binary community for more than 20 years. She founded TransClinique in April 2020 to give back to and create a safe space for members of the community to receive care. She provides hormone replacement therapy (HRT), letters of referral, and trans life coaching across the country through telemedicine. As a trans woman herself, Alexis understands the unique needs that members of this community have and knows firsthand both the hardships and rewards of the journey. Learn more at her website.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily Newsbrief for Friday, December 16th, 2022. Happy Friday everyone! I hope you’ve had a good week and are heading into the weekend strong… before we get to the news: Club Membership Plug: Its Christmas, join our club. During December, the first 75 people to upgrade or join our Gold or Platinum club membership will get our 32OZ Kodiak Christmas water bottle and a free subscription to our Fight Laugh Feast Magazine. By joining the Fight Laugh Feast Army, not only will you be aiding in our fight to take down secular & legacy media; but you’ll also get access to content placed in our Club Portal, such as past shows, all of our conference talks, and EXCLUSIVE content for club members that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. Lastly, you’ll also get discounts for our conferences… We don’t have the big money of woke media, and so our club members are crucial in this fight. So, join the movement, join our army, and you can sign up now at fightlaughfeast.com. https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-sues-arizona-gov-doug-ducey-over-shipping-container-border-wall Biden Admin Sues Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Over Shipping Container Border Wall The Justice Department (DOJ) is suing Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey and his administration over the use of shipping containers to build a wall along the state’s southern border with Mexico. The DOJ filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on Wednesday, claiming that the project trespasses on federal property. “Arizona has unlawfully and without authority failed to remove the shipping containers from lands owned by the United States or over which the United States holds easements, thereby damaging the United States,” the lawsuit argues. The legal move comes after Ducey issued an executive order in August directing the state’s Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to begin a Yuma County project. The 3,820 feet of the previously open border was closed with 130 shipping containers in just 11 days. The project then expanded to other parts of the border, with 6,680 feet of containers stacked two-high throughout Cochise County by early November. That section is estimated to take more than 2,700 shipping containers to fill the 10-mile gap along the southern border. In October, the state filed its own lawsuit to affirm its right to continue using the shipping containers to help curb unlawful crossings. “Our border communities are overwhelmed by illegal activity as a result of the Biden administration’s failure to secure the southern border,” Ducey said in a statement. “Arizona is taking action to protest on behalf of our citizens. With this lawsuit, we’re pushing back against efforts by federal bureaucrats to reverse the progress we’ve made. The safety and security of Arizona and its citizens must not be ignored. Arizona is going to do the job that Joe Biden refuses to do — secure the border in any way we can. We’re not backing down,” he added. The lawsuit came after Ducey refused to comply with a demand by the Biden administration to remove containers in the Yuma County area. Arizona officials told the Biden administration that the state would not remove the containers until a permanent barrier is constructed. The Biden administration has warned that Ducey’s containers have interfered with land near both the Morelos Dam and land belonging to the Cocopah Indian Tribe’s West Reservation. It has also argued the barriers interfere with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s future project to fill holes in the existing wall. In addition, environmental activists have recently targeted Ducey’s shipping container project. The Washington Post reported efforts by climate activists to halt the container border wall, including using their bodies to stand in the way of machinery and sitting on containers in protest. Ducey leaves office in January, with Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs set to take over. She is expected to stop any further container wall work along the border. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/sam-brinton-biden-nonbinary-official-hide-student-sex-changes Nonbinary ex-Biden official Sam Brinton helped craft policy to hide student sex changes from parents Sam Brinton, the nonbinary ex- Energy Department nuclear waste official facing major prison time, once helped a nonprofit group craft a model school policy adopted in several states that tells schools to hide alleged gender identity or sexual orientation changes from "unaffirming" parents. Between 2017 and 2020, Brinton was head of advocacy and government affairs at the Trevor Project, an LGBT group focused on youth suicide prevention, according to Brinton's LinkedIn. In 2019, Brinton played a role in developing a 37-page booklet titled "Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention," which puts restrictions on how much teachers can talk to parents or guardians if their LGBT child is suicidal. "While parents and guardians need to be informed and actively involved in decisions regarding the student’s welfare, the school mental health professional should ensure that the parents’ actions are in the best interest of the student (e.g., when a student is LGBTQ and living in an unaffirming household)," read the model, which was also published by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the American School Counselor Association, and the National Association of School Psychologists. Brinton, 35, was appointed in January as deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition at the Energy Department's Office of Nuclear Energy. The former official was charged with allegedly stealing a suitcase in September worth an estimated $2,325 and, in July, another suitcase in Las Vegas valued at $3,670, according to the DOJ . Brinton, a biological male who identifies as nonbinary and was the first purported nonbinary person to work as a top Energy Department official, faces up to 15 years in prison. The former official oversaw a $45 million budget and 100 federal government staff members in his short time at the Energy Department. State education departments in Arizona , Idaho, and Virginia have adopted the Trevor Project's model policy in full or partially. In addition, so have school districts in places such as Oregon, California, and New Hampshire. In one section of the model, which is titled "Special Considerations," schools are instructed to conceal a child's sexual orientation or alleged gender identity from their parent or guardian unless the student gives consent. "When a parent is notified of perceived suicide risk or an attempt, it is essential that the school maintain student confidentiality related to personal information such as sexual orientation or gender identity, especially when the student has not already disclosed to the parent or guardian and does not want it shared," read the model. "Information shared should be restricted to the perceived risk of suicide or facts of the attempt." https://justthenews.com/government/congress/california-democrat-says-term-pedophile-brands-someone-criminal-because-their California Democrat Rep. Porter says calling person a 'pedophile' brands them a criminal California Democrat Rep. Katie Porter says calling a person a "pedophile" or "groomer" is alleging that they are a criminal because of their "identity." "This allegation of groomer and pedophile, it is alleging that a person is criminal somehow, and engaged in criminal acts merely because of their identity, their sexual orientation and their gender identity," Porter said at Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday titled, "The Rise of Anti-LGBTQI+ Extremism and Violence in the United States." Porter also said the "groomer narrative is an age-old lie to position LGBTQ+ people as a threat to kids." Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson said at the hearing: "When we use words and phrases like groomers and pedophiles to describe people ... it is dangerous and it's got one purpose. It is to dehumanize us and make it feel like we are not a part of this American society." Porter's comments were criticized after the hearing. https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/universal-basic-income-hits-the-bay-area-if-youre-black/ Universal Basic Income Hits the Bay Area—If You’re Black At least three guaranteed income initiatives in the San Francisco Bay Area openly discriminate against white residents, limiting or entirely preventing their participation in programs that dole out no-strings-attached cash. The programs—all of which are publicly funded—violate both the United States and the California state constitution, lawyers say, as well as civil rights laws that ban race discrimination in contracting and by the recipients of government funds. The initiatives include the Black Economic Equity Movement, which provides $500 a month exclusively to "Black young adults," the Abundant Birth Project, which provides $1,000 a month to "Black and Pacific Islander mothers," and the Guaranteed Income for Transgender People program, which will dole out $1,200 a month and "prioritize enrollment" of transgender "Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC)." They are financed by the National Institutes of Health, the California Department of Social Services, and the city of San Francisco, respectively. These programs offer a preview of what could soon be the norm in the Golden State. In July 2021, California lawmakers set aside $35 million dollars in grant funding for guaranteed income pilots across the state. Though the law did not include any racial or ethnic qualifiers, in keeping with the California constitution, the state’s social services department said that it would only give out the grants to pilots that "center equity." Grant applicants were encouraged to "embed an equity-focused approach throughout each dimension" of their programs, including their "eligibility." All three initiatives appear to violate the 14th Amendment, which bans states from discriminating based on race, said Dan Morenoff, the executive director of the American Civil Rights Project, as well as the California constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which ban racial discrimination in contracting. In addition, the Black Economic Equity Movement appears to violate Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bans racial discrimination by the recipients of federal funds. The National Institutes of Health, whose "health equity" initiative funded the program, did not respond to a request for comment. The blueprint for these programs comes from private philanthropic ventures, which have experimented with supplemental income schemes in Jackson, Miss., and Atlanta that are only available to black women. Though both the Mississippi program, underwritten by the W.K. Kellogg foundation, and the Atlanta program, funded by the Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund, discriminate based on race, they probably don’t violate any laws, said David Bernstein, a professor of constitutional law at George Mason Law School. But their California counterparts are another ball game. "The publicly funded programs are clearly unconstitutional," Bernstein said. "It’s not a close call." In an implicit admission of the legal stakes, every agency involved in the Abundant Birth Project denied using the racial criteria listed on the program’s website. The San Francisco Department of Public Health, which oversees the program, told the Washington Free Beacon that it is "open to all San Franciscans," albeit "with focused efforts" to reach black and Pacific Islander "pregnant and parenting people." Jason Montiel, a spokesman for the California Department of Social Services, which in November wrote a $5 million grant to the Abundant Birth Project so it could expand to other parts of the state, said the expansion "will not use race as a basis for eligibility." That might come as news to Grant Colfax, the director of the San Francisco health department: In a December 6 press release trumpeting the grant, he said it would "help hundreds more Black birthing parents in California." San Francisco mayor London Breed likewise implied that the expansion was racially targeted, calling the Abundant Birth Project "a model to address racial birth disparities." The Black Economic Equity Movement and the Guaranteed Income for Transgender People program did not respond to requests for comment. Gravity Jack: Gravity Jack is a full service digital agency specializing in the development of Virtual & Augmented Reality experiences, mobile apps, blockchain and Web3 projects. Founded in 2009 as the first American agency to offer augmented reality, they even patented it; Gravity Jack's digital experiences have been a source of innovation for small business, Fortune 500 Companies, and the US Military. Get your vision in motion at gravityjack.com https://www.boundingintosports.com/2022/12/virginia-tech-soccer-player-who-was-benched-for-refusing-to-kneel-during-national-anthem-sees-lawsuit-move-forward/ Virginia Tech Soccer Player Who Was Benched For Refusing To Kneel During National Anthem Sees Lawsuit Move Forward Former Virginia Tech Hokies soccer player Kiersten Hening now has her opportunity to sue the university after she was allegedly benched for refusing to take a knee as other woke athletes were during the playing of the National Anthem. U.S. District Judge Thomas T. Cullen gave the approval for the lawsuit to go forward since Hening claimed that her freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment was violated after her coach, Charles Adair, allegedly benched Hening since she refused to join in the team’s “unity statement” of kneeling during the National Anthem during a game in 2020. Hening filed a lawsuit against Virginia Tech and Coach Adair in 2021 but Virginia Tech immediately attempted to file a motion to have the suit tossed. The athlete stated that when she refused to take part in the kneeling, which at the time was a virtue signal statement indicating public support for the Black Lives Matter movement, Adair began to insult and demean her as well as limiting her time to play during matches. The judge also stated that the facts in this particular case firmly show that the coach singled out Hening specifically because of her political views, not because of her ability as an athlete. He then declared, “For these reasons, the court will deny Adair’s motion for summary judgment, and this matter will proceed to trial.”

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily Newsbrief for Friday, December 16th, 2022. Happy Friday everyone! I hope you’ve had a good week and are heading into the weekend strong… before we get to the news: Club Membership Plug: Its Christmas, join our club. During December, the first 75 people to upgrade or join our Gold or Platinum club membership will get our 32OZ Kodiak Christmas water bottle and a free subscription to our Fight Laugh Feast Magazine. By joining the Fight Laugh Feast Army, not only will you be aiding in our fight to take down secular & legacy media; but you’ll also get access to content placed in our Club Portal, such as past shows, all of our conference talks, and EXCLUSIVE content for club members that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. Lastly, you’ll also get discounts for our conferences… We don’t have the big money of woke media, and so our club members are crucial in this fight. So, join the movement, join our army, and you can sign up now at fightlaughfeast.com. https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-sues-arizona-gov-doug-ducey-over-shipping-container-border-wall Biden Admin Sues Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Over Shipping Container Border Wall The Justice Department (DOJ) is suing Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey and his administration over the use of shipping containers to build a wall along the state’s southern border with Mexico. The DOJ filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on Wednesday, claiming that the project trespasses on federal property. “Arizona has unlawfully and without authority failed to remove the shipping containers from lands owned by the United States or over which the United States holds easements, thereby damaging the United States,” the lawsuit argues. The legal move comes after Ducey issued an executive order in August directing the state’s Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to begin a Yuma County project. The 3,820 feet of the previously open border was closed with 130 shipping containers in just 11 days. The project then expanded to other parts of the border, with 6,680 feet of containers stacked two-high throughout Cochise County by early November. That section is estimated to take more than 2,700 shipping containers to fill the 10-mile gap along the southern border. In October, the state filed its own lawsuit to affirm its right to continue using the shipping containers to help curb unlawful crossings. “Our border communities are overwhelmed by illegal activity as a result of the Biden administration’s failure to secure the southern border,” Ducey said in a statement. “Arizona is taking action to protest on behalf of our citizens. With this lawsuit, we’re pushing back against efforts by federal bureaucrats to reverse the progress we’ve made. The safety and security of Arizona and its citizens must not be ignored. Arizona is going to do the job that Joe Biden refuses to do — secure the border in any way we can. We’re not backing down,” he added. The lawsuit came after Ducey refused to comply with a demand by the Biden administration to remove containers in the Yuma County area. Arizona officials told the Biden administration that the state would not remove the containers until a permanent barrier is constructed. The Biden administration has warned that Ducey’s containers have interfered with land near both the Morelos Dam and land belonging to the Cocopah Indian Tribe’s West Reservation. It has also argued the barriers interfere with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s future project to fill holes in the existing wall. In addition, environmental activists have recently targeted Ducey’s shipping container project. The Washington Post reported efforts by climate activists to halt the container border wall, including using their bodies to stand in the way of machinery and sitting on containers in protest. Ducey leaves office in January, with Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs set to take over. She is expected to stop any further container wall work along the border. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/sam-brinton-biden-nonbinary-official-hide-student-sex-changes Nonbinary ex-Biden official Sam Brinton helped craft policy to hide student sex changes from parents Sam Brinton, the nonbinary ex- Energy Department nuclear waste official facing major prison time, once helped a nonprofit group craft a model school policy adopted in several states that tells schools to hide alleged gender identity or sexual orientation changes from "unaffirming" parents. Between 2017 and 2020, Brinton was head of advocacy and government affairs at the Trevor Project, an LGBT group focused on youth suicide prevention, according to Brinton's LinkedIn. In 2019, Brinton played a role in developing a 37-page booklet titled "Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention," which puts restrictions on how much teachers can talk to parents or guardians if their LGBT child is suicidal. "While parents and guardians need to be informed and actively involved in decisions regarding the student’s welfare, the school mental health professional should ensure that the parents’ actions are in the best interest of the student (e.g., when a student is LGBTQ and living in an unaffirming household)," read the model, which was also published by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the American School Counselor Association, and the National Association of School Psychologists. Brinton, 35, was appointed in January as deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition at the Energy Department's Office of Nuclear Energy. The former official was charged with allegedly stealing a suitcase in September worth an estimated $2,325 and, in July, another suitcase in Las Vegas valued at $3,670, according to the DOJ . Brinton, a biological male who identifies as nonbinary and was the first purported nonbinary person to work as a top Energy Department official, faces up to 15 years in prison. The former official oversaw a $45 million budget and 100 federal government staff members in his short time at the Energy Department. State education departments in Arizona , Idaho, and Virginia have adopted the Trevor Project's model policy in full or partially. In addition, so have school districts in places such as Oregon, California, and New Hampshire. In one section of the model, which is titled "Special Considerations," schools are instructed to conceal a child's sexual orientation or alleged gender identity from their parent or guardian unless the student gives consent. "When a parent is notified of perceived suicide risk or an attempt, it is essential that the school maintain student confidentiality related to personal information such as sexual orientation or gender identity, especially when the student has not already disclosed to the parent or guardian and does not want it shared," read the model. "Information shared should be restricted to the perceived risk of suicide or facts of the attempt." https://justthenews.com/government/congress/california-democrat-says-term-pedophile-brands-someone-criminal-because-their California Democrat Rep. Porter says calling person a 'pedophile' brands them a criminal California Democrat Rep. Katie Porter says calling a person a "pedophile" or "groomer" is alleging that they are a criminal because of their "identity." "This allegation of groomer and pedophile, it is alleging that a person is criminal somehow, and engaged in criminal acts merely because of their identity, their sexual orientation and their gender identity," Porter said at Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday titled, "The Rise of Anti-LGBTQI+ Extremism and Violence in the United States." Porter also said the "groomer narrative is an age-old lie to position LGBTQ+ people as a threat to kids." Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson said at the hearing: "When we use words and phrases like groomers and pedophiles to describe people ... it is dangerous and it's got one purpose. It is to dehumanize us and make it feel like we are not a part of this American society." Porter's comments were criticized after the hearing. https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/universal-basic-income-hits-the-bay-area-if-youre-black/ Universal Basic Income Hits the Bay Area—If You’re Black At least three guaranteed income initiatives in the San Francisco Bay Area openly discriminate against white residents, limiting or entirely preventing their participation in programs that dole out no-strings-attached cash. The programs—all of which are publicly funded—violate both the United States and the California state constitution, lawyers say, as well as civil rights laws that ban race discrimination in contracting and by the recipients of government funds. The initiatives include the Black Economic Equity Movement, which provides $500 a month exclusively to "Black young adults," the Abundant Birth Project, which provides $1,000 a month to "Black and Pacific Islander mothers," and the Guaranteed Income for Transgender People program, which will dole out $1,200 a month and "prioritize enrollment" of transgender "Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC)." They are financed by the National Institutes of Health, the California Department of Social Services, and the city of San Francisco, respectively. These programs offer a preview of what could soon be the norm in the Golden State. In July 2021, California lawmakers set aside $35 million dollars in grant funding for guaranteed income pilots across the state. Though the law did not include any racial or ethnic qualifiers, in keeping with the California constitution, the state’s social services department said that it would only give out the grants to pilots that "center equity." Grant applicants were encouraged to "embed an equity-focused approach throughout each dimension" of their programs, including their "eligibility." All three initiatives appear to violate the 14th Amendment, which bans states from discriminating based on race, said Dan Morenoff, the executive director of the American Civil Rights Project, as well as the California constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which ban racial discrimination in contracting. In addition, the Black Economic Equity Movement appears to violate Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bans racial discrimination by the recipients of federal funds. The National Institutes of Health, whose "health equity" initiative funded the program, did not respond to a request for comment. The blueprint for these programs comes from private philanthropic ventures, which have experimented with supplemental income schemes in Jackson, Miss., and Atlanta that are only available to black women. Though both the Mississippi program, underwritten by the W.K. Kellogg foundation, and the Atlanta program, funded by the Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund, discriminate based on race, they probably don’t violate any laws, said David Bernstein, a professor of constitutional law at George Mason Law School. But their California counterparts are another ball game. "The publicly funded programs are clearly unconstitutional," Bernstein said. "It’s not a close call." In an implicit admission of the legal stakes, every agency involved in the Abundant Birth Project denied using the racial criteria listed on the program’s website. The San Francisco Department of Public Health, which oversees the program, told the Washington Free Beacon that it is "open to all San Franciscans," albeit "with focused efforts" to reach black and Pacific Islander "pregnant and parenting people." Jason Montiel, a spokesman for the California Department of Social Services, which in November wrote a $5 million grant to the Abundant Birth Project so it could expand to other parts of the state, said the expansion "will not use race as a basis for eligibility." That might come as news to Grant Colfax, the director of the San Francisco health department: In a December 6 press release trumpeting the grant, he said it would "help hundreds more Black birthing parents in California." San Francisco mayor London Breed likewise implied that the expansion was racially targeted, calling the Abundant Birth Project "a model to address racial birth disparities." The Black Economic Equity Movement and the Guaranteed Income for Transgender People program did not respond to requests for comment. Gravity Jack: Gravity Jack is a full service digital agency specializing in the development of Virtual & Augmented Reality experiences, mobile apps, blockchain and Web3 projects. Founded in 2009 as the first American agency to offer augmented reality, they even patented it; Gravity Jack's digital experiences have been a source of innovation for small business, Fortune 500 Companies, and the US Military. Get your vision in motion at gravityjack.com https://www.boundingintosports.com/2022/12/virginia-tech-soccer-player-who-was-benched-for-refusing-to-kneel-during-national-anthem-sees-lawsuit-move-forward/ Virginia Tech Soccer Player Who Was Benched For Refusing To Kneel During National Anthem Sees Lawsuit Move Forward Former Virginia Tech Hokies soccer player Kiersten Hening now has her opportunity to sue the university after she was allegedly benched for refusing to take a knee as other woke athletes were during the playing of the National Anthem. U.S. District Judge Thomas T. Cullen gave the approval for the lawsuit to go forward since Hening claimed that her freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment was violated after her coach, Charles Adair, allegedly benched Hening since she refused to join in the team’s “unity statement” of kneeling during the National Anthem during a game in 2020. Hening filed a lawsuit against Virginia Tech and Coach Adair in 2021 but Virginia Tech immediately attempted to file a motion to have the suit tossed. The athlete stated that when she refused to take part in the kneeling, which at the time was a virtue signal statement indicating public support for the Black Lives Matter movement, Adair began to insult and demean her as well as limiting her time to play during matches. The judge also stated that the facts in this particular case firmly show that the coach singled out Hening specifically because of her political views, not because of her ability as an athlete. He then declared, “For these reasons, the court will deny Adair’s motion for summary judgment, and this matter will proceed to trial.”

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily Newsbrief for Friday, December 16th, 2022. Happy Friday everyone! I hope you’ve had a good week and are heading into the weekend strong… before we get to the news: Club Membership Plug: Its Christmas, join our club. During December, the first 75 people to upgrade or join our Gold or Platinum club membership will get our 32OZ Kodiak Christmas water bottle and a free subscription to our Fight Laugh Feast Magazine. By joining the Fight Laugh Feast Army, not only will you be aiding in our fight to take down secular & legacy media; but you’ll also get access to content placed in our Club Portal, such as past shows, all of our conference talks, and EXCLUSIVE content for club members that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. Lastly, you’ll also get discounts for our conferences… We don’t have the big money of woke media, and so our club members are crucial in this fight. So, join the movement, join our army, and you can sign up now at fightlaughfeast.com. https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-sues-arizona-gov-doug-ducey-over-shipping-container-border-wall Biden Admin Sues Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Over Shipping Container Border Wall The Justice Department (DOJ) is suing Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey and his administration over the use of shipping containers to build a wall along the state’s southern border with Mexico. The DOJ filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on Wednesday, claiming that the project trespasses on federal property. “Arizona has unlawfully and without authority failed to remove the shipping containers from lands owned by the United States or over which the United States holds easements, thereby damaging the United States,” the lawsuit argues. The legal move comes after Ducey issued an executive order in August directing the state’s Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to begin a Yuma County project. The 3,820 feet of the previously open border was closed with 130 shipping containers in just 11 days. The project then expanded to other parts of the border, with 6,680 feet of containers stacked two-high throughout Cochise County by early November. That section is estimated to take more than 2,700 shipping containers to fill the 10-mile gap along the southern border. In October, the state filed its own lawsuit to affirm its right to continue using the shipping containers to help curb unlawful crossings. “Our border communities are overwhelmed by illegal activity as a result of the Biden administration’s failure to secure the southern border,” Ducey said in a statement. “Arizona is taking action to protest on behalf of our citizens. With this lawsuit, we’re pushing back against efforts by federal bureaucrats to reverse the progress we’ve made. The safety and security of Arizona and its citizens must not be ignored. Arizona is going to do the job that Joe Biden refuses to do — secure the border in any way we can. We’re not backing down,” he added. The lawsuit came after Ducey refused to comply with a demand by the Biden administration to remove containers in the Yuma County area. Arizona officials told the Biden administration that the state would not remove the containers until a permanent barrier is constructed. The Biden administration has warned that Ducey’s containers have interfered with land near both the Morelos Dam and land belonging to the Cocopah Indian Tribe’s West Reservation. It has also argued the barriers interfere with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s future project to fill holes in the existing wall. In addition, environmental activists have recently targeted Ducey’s shipping container project. The Washington Post reported efforts by climate activists to halt the container border wall, including using their bodies to stand in the way of machinery and sitting on containers in protest. Ducey leaves office in January, with Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs set to take over. She is expected to stop any further container wall work along the border. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/sam-brinton-biden-nonbinary-official-hide-student-sex-changes Nonbinary ex-Biden official Sam Brinton helped craft policy to hide student sex changes from parents Sam Brinton, the nonbinary ex- Energy Department nuclear waste official facing major prison time, once helped a nonprofit group craft a model school policy adopted in several states that tells schools to hide alleged gender identity or sexual orientation changes from "unaffirming" parents. Between 2017 and 2020, Brinton was head of advocacy and government affairs at the Trevor Project, an LGBT group focused on youth suicide prevention, according to Brinton's LinkedIn. In 2019, Brinton played a role in developing a 37-page booklet titled "Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention," which puts restrictions on how much teachers can talk to parents or guardians if their LGBT child is suicidal. "While parents and guardians need to be informed and actively involved in decisions regarding the student’s welfare, the school mental health professional should ensure that the parents’ actions are in the best interest of the student (e.g., when a student is LGBTQ and living in an unaffirming household)," read the model, which was also published by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the American School Counselor Association, and the National Association of School Psychologists. Brinton, 35, was appointed in January as deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition at the Energy Department's Office of Nuclear Energy. The former official was charged with allegedly stealing a suitcase in September worth an estimated $2,325 and, in July, another suitcase in Las Vegas valued at $3,670, according to the DOJ . Brinton, a biological male who identifies as nonbinary and was the first purported nonbinary person to work as a top Energy Department official, faces up to 15 years in prison. The former official oversaw a $45 million budget and 100 federal government staff members in his short time at the Energy Department. State education departments in Arizona , Idaho, and Virginia have adopted the Trevor Project's model policy in full or partially. In addition, so have school districts in places such as Oregon, California, and New Hampshire. In one section of the model, which is titled "Special Considerations," schools are instructed to conceal a child's sexual orientation or alleged gender identity from their parent or guardian unless the student gives consent. "When a parent is notified of perceived suicide risk or an attempt, it is essential that the school maintain student confidentiality related to personal information such as sexual orientation or gender identity, especially when the student has not already disclosed to the parent or guardian and does not want it shared," read the model. "Information shared should be restricted to the perceived risk of suicide or facts of the attempt." https://justthenews.com/government/congress/california-democrat-says-term-pedophile-brands-someone-criminal-because-their California Democrat Rep. Porter says calling person a 'pedophile' brands them a criminal California Democrat Rep. Katie Porter says calling a person a "pedophile" or "groomer" is alleging that they are a criminal because of their "identity." "This allegation of groomer and pedophile, it is alleging that a person is criminal somehow, and engaged in criminal acts merely because of their identity, their sexual orientation and their gender identity," Porter said at Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday titled, "The Rise of Anti-LGBTQI+ Extremism and Violence in the United States." Porter also said the "groomer narrative is an age-old lie to position LGBTQ+ people as a threat to kids." Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson said at the hearing: "When we use words and phrases like groomers and pedophiles to describe people ... it is dangerous and it's got one purpose. It is to dehumanize us and make it feel like we are not a part of this American society." Porter's comments were criticized after the hearing. https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/universal-basic-income-hits-the-bay-area-if-youre-black/ Universal Basic Income Hits the Bay Area—If You’re Black At least three guaranteed income initiatives in the San Francisco Bay Area openly discriminate against white residents, limiting or entirely preventing their participation in programs that dole out no-strings-attached cash. The programs—all of which are publicly funded—violate both the United States and the California state constitution, lawyers say, as well as civil rights laws that ban race discrimination in contracting and by the recipients of government funds. The initiatives include the Black Economic Equity Movement, which provides $500 a month exclusively to "Black young adults," the Abundant Birth Project, which provides $1,000 a month to "Black and Pacific Islander mothers," and the Guaranteed Income for Transgender People program, which will dole out $1,200 a month and "prioritize enrollment" of transgender "Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC)." They are financed by the National Institutes of Health, the California Department of Social Services, and the city of San Francisco, respectively. These programs offer a preview of what could soon be the norm in the Golden State. In July 2021, California lawmakers set aside $35 million dollars in grant funding for guaranteed income pilots across the state. Though the law did not include any racial or ethnic qualifiers, in keeping with the California constitution, the state’s social services department said that it would only give out the grants to pilots that "center equity." Grant applicants were encouraged to "embed an equity-focused approach throughout each dimension" of their programs, including their "eligibility." All three initiatives appear to violate the 14th Amendment, which bans states from discriminating based on race, said Dan Morenoff, the executive director of the American Civil Rights Project, as well as the California constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which ban racial discrimination in contracting. In addition, the Black Economic Equity Movement appears to violate Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bans racial discrimination by the recipients of federal funds. The National Institutes of Health, whose "health equity" initiative funded the program, did not respond to a request for comment. The blueprint for these programs comes from private philanthropic ventures, which have experimented with supplemental income schemes in Jackson, Miss., and Atlanta that are only available to black women. Though both the Mississippi program, underwritten by the W.K. Kellogg foundation, and the Atlanta program, funded by the Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund, discriminate based on race, they probably don’t violate any laws, said David Bernstein, a professor of constitutional law at George Mason Law School. But their California counterparts are another ball game. "The publicly funded programs are clearly unconstitutional," Bernstein said. "It’s not a close call." In an implicit admission of the legal stakes, every agency involved in the Abundant Birth Project denied using the racial criteria listed on the program’s website. The San Francisco Department of Public Health, which oversees the program, told the Washington Free Beacon that it is "open to all San Franciscans," albeit "with focused efforts" to reach black and Pacific Islander "pregnant and parenting people." Jason Montiel, a spokesman for the California Department of Social Services, which in November wrote a $5 million grant to the Abundant Birth Project so it could expand to other parts of the state, said the expansion "will not use race as a basis for eligibility." That might come as news to Grant Colfax, the director of the San Francisco health department: In a December 6 press release trumpeting the grant, he said it would "help hundreds more Black birthing parents in California." San Francisco mayor London Breed likewise implied that the expansion was racially targeted, calling the Abundant Birth Project "a model to address racial birth disparities." The Black Economic Equity Movement and the Guaranteed Income for Transgender People program did not respond to requests for comment. Gravity Jack: Gravity Jack is a full service digital agency specializing in the development of Virtual & Augmented Reality experiences, mobile apps, blockchain and Web3 projects. Founded in 2009 as the first American agency to offer augmented reality, they even patented it; Gravity Jack's digital experiences have been a source of innovation for small business, Fortune 500 Companies, and the US Military. Get your vision in motion at gravityjack.com https://www.boundingintosports.com/2022/12/virginia-tech-soccer-player-who-was-benched-for-refusing-to-kneel-during-national-anthem-sees-lawsuit-move-forward/ Virginia Tech Soccer Player Who Was Benched For Refusing To Kneel During National Anthem Sees Lawsuit Move Forward Former Virginia Tech Hokies soccer player Kiersten Hening now has her opportunity to sue the university after she was allegedly benched for refusing to take a knee as other woke athletes were during the playing of the National Anthem. U.S. District Judge Thomas T. Cullen gave the approval for the lawsuit to go forward since Hening claimed that her freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment was violated after her coach, Charles Adair, allegedly benched Hening since she refused to join in the team’s “unity statement” of kneeling during the National Anthem during a game in 2020. Hening filed a lawsuit against Virginia Tech and Coach Adair in 2021 but Virginia Tech immediately attempted to file a motion to have the suit tossed. The athlete stated that when she refused to take part in the kneeling, which at the time was a virtue signal statement indicating public support for the Black Lives Matter movement, Adair began to insult and demean her as well as limiting her time to play during matches. The judge also stated that the facts in this particular case firmly show that the coach singled out Hening specifically because of her political views, not because of her ability as an athlete. He then declared, “For these reasons, the court will deny Adair’s motion for summary judgment, and this matter will proceed to trial.”

Paul David Henderson - Legal expert, leading social critic and Director of the award-winning San Francisco Department of Police Accountability. He joins Tavis to unpack the latest news concerning the Supreme Court including: A revealing New York Times piece released over the weekend that suggested that a major Supreme Court decision in 2014 on contraception and religious rights, authored by Justice Samuel Alito or his wife before it was released; The Supreme Court delivering a blow to Black and Latino Voters in Texas by declining to hear an appeal by Black and Hispanic Texas voters who were accusing the Republican-led legislators of redrawing state Senate districts to intentionally diminish their voting power; And Biden asking the Supreme Court to intervene on the student loan forgiveness program.

Uwe Blesching, Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at CannaKeys360°, an App and online platform designed to demystify the science of the endocannabinoid system, is a medical writer in the areas of cannabinoid health sciences and mind-body medicine. In this episode, Uwe talks about the complexity of how healing happens and rapidly accumulating research which is revealing exciting trends in therapeutic cannabinoid and terpene use that can inform clinicians, patients, and students looking for the best outcomes.He is the author of multiple books including The Cannabis Health Index (now in its 3rd edition), Breaking the Cycle of Opioid Addiction, and Your Cannabis CBD:THC Ratio. Before committing to research and writing he worked for about 20 years as a paramedic in the emergency medical services (EMS) for the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH). He holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Social Change from the Western Institute for Social Research. His most recent work has been as Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at CannaKeys360° an App and online platform designed to demystify the science of the endocannabinoid system. Useful Linkshttps://www.uweblesching.com/https://cannakeys.com/The Cannabis Health Index: Combining the Science of Medical Marijuana with Mindfulness Techniques to Treat Over 200 Chronic DiseasesBreaking the Cycle of Opioid Addiction: Supplement Your Pain Management with Cannabis Your Cannabis CBD:THC Ratio: A guide to precision dosing for health and wellness To learn more about plants & your health from Colleen at LabAroma check out this informative PDF https://www.labaroma-education.com/pl/2147628476 Disclaimer: The information presented in this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace professional medical advice. Please consult your doctor if you are in need of medical care, and before making any changes to your health routine.

“A More Perfect Union" Hour 2 with Nii-Quartelai Quartey | @drniiquartelai| Podcast Hosted by changemaker, journalist, educator, and KBLA Talk 1580 Chief National Political Analyst Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey, “A More Perfect Union” promises to deliver national news of consequence, informed opinion, and analysis beyond the headlines. This hour highlights a conversation covering policing, public safety, public health and more from our KBLA Talk 1580 “AGENDA FOR CALIFORNIA: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE” Special featuring Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Holly J. Mitchell and San Francisco Department of Police Accountability Executive Director Paul Henderson. During our Changemakers Roundtable, listen to my interview from Fox Soul's Black Report with Speech writers of Color Co-Founder Michael Franklin about President Biden's speech on the peril of our democracy in light of reported acts of political violence and voter intimidation. Franklin offers his take on whether or not the speech hit the mark with Black voters.

“A More Perfect Union" Hour 1 with Nii-Quartelai Quartey | @drniiquartelai| Podcast Hosted by changemaker, journalist, educator, and KBLA Talk 1580 Chief National Political Analyst Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey, “A More Perfect Union” promises to deliver national news of consequence, informed opinion, and analysis beyond the headlines. This episode we are joined by San Francisco Department of Police Accountability Executive Director Paul Henderson about the policy and politics of the crime prevention bill currently being debated on Capitol Hill. Then CEO & Co-Founder of The Gathering Spot Ryan Wilson joins us for our Changemaker Roundtable to talk about his visionary effort to create a safe and affirming private membership experience for Black creatives, entrepreneurs, and professionals to gather in community during these turbulent times.

Many Bay Area residents are scrambling and traveling long distances to get a monkeypox vaccine. Public health officials are warning of the serious shortage of vaccines needed to combat the growing outbreaks of monkeypox across the country. Since it was detected in the U.S. in May, the CDC has reported over 1,800 cases of the painful, but very rarely fatal, viral disease. About a quarter of the cases are in California, which expected to receive 15,000 doses of the vaccine this week but logistical, bureaucratic and technical errors on a federal level have slowed the distribution of nearly 7 million doses nationwide. Although anyone can get the disease, U.S. monkeypox cases have disproportionately affected men who have sex with men. LGBTQ activists protested federal offices in San Francisco this week out of concern we're seeing a repeat of the public health failures of the early days of the HIV epidemic. We'll discuss concerns about monkeypox and what local public health officials are doing to respond. Guests: Anne Rimoin , professor, Center for Global and Immigrant Health, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Susan Philip, director of Director of Population Health Division, San Francisco Department of Public Health Tyler TerMeer, CEO, San Francisco AIDS Foundation Fernando Gomez-Benitez , deputy director, Mission Neighborhood Health Center

Nearly 700 live-in patients at Laguna Honda Hospital are in limbo after the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services announced it would pull federal funding following multiple damning inspection reports. San Francisco Department of Public Health officials are scrambling to regain the certification needed for funding. Meanwhile, two former hospital physicians say they warned city officials about a potential crisis nearly 20 years ago.

San Francisco residents voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin, one of the nation's most progressive top prosecutors.Partial results from the San Francisco Department of Elections on Tuesday night showed the recall measure — also known as Proposition H — had the support of nearly 60% of voters, with 40% voting against it. Boudin sought to reform the criminal justice system, ending the use of cash bail, stopping the prosecution of minors as adults, and focused on lowering jail populations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Boudin also became the first San Francisco DA to file homicide charges against city police officers. LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday. https://bit.ly/3KBUDSKEvery TownEvery Town has a dark side and in this podcast we show them all to you. In every...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Senate Bill 57, authored by Senator Scott Wiener, was advanced on Wednesday by the Assembly Public Safety Committee, and will now proceed to the California Assembly floor. This means that safe consumption sites for people using drugs, also known as harm reduction sites, can operate without federal interference in cities like Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. While San Francisco's Tenderloin Linkage Center has successfully reversed at least 85 overdoses in the last six months, the Bay Area is far behind other cities. In this episode of "Bay Current", we hear from Allison Heller, co-creator of Fentcheck, a non-profit that began in 2019 to distribute fentanyl testing strips to venues throughout the Bay Area to mitigate overdose deaths, and Dr. Phillip Coffin, the Director of Substance Use Research at the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Subscribe to "Bay Current" on the Audacy app, or wherever you get your podcasts. Bay Current is also on YouTube, on the KCBS Radio YouTube page.

This week's episode is fantastic and NOT family-friendly! We dive into "Private Eyes" with the inimitable MarQ'uis Reid, Naomi's colleague from the San Francisco Department of Public Health. MarQ'uis takes us on a wild ride from his Philly days listening to Hall and Oates on the radio pre-MTV then deep into his past work as a "private eye" public health syphilis tracker. Listen and learn! 

Guest Bio: Destini Davis, AMFT is the Clinical Coordinator at Young Community Developers for the past 3 years but has been doing mental health work for over 8 years now. Currently, working with groups and individuals a long side there job readiness training to helping them maintain their employment. Destini Davis, Clinical Coordinator and Healthy Relationship group facilitator at Youth Community Developers and Jill Zawisza, Co-Director and support group facilitator at WOMAN Inc discuss their work with the Healing Roots Collaborative, specifically, Healthy Relationship groups. Additional links: San Francisco Department on the Status of Women, Black Women Revolt Against DV, WOMAN Inc.

Years after legalization, where are we now? The New Director of the Office of Cannabis along with local dispenser Malcom Mirage discuss... About the Speakers: About Nikesh Patel: Born in San Francisco, and raised in a single-room occupancy hotel in the Tenderloin, Nikesh Patel's first experience with serving the City and County of San Francisco began nearly twenty years ago as a high school intern with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Followed by a summer internship with the San Francisco Ethics Commission, and multiple clerkships and permanent positions with the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and, most recently, the Office of Cannabis, his career path has long aligned with his love of, and gratitude for, the city that has raised him. Nikesh Patel currently serves as the Director of the Office of Cannabis (“OOC”). Prior to being elevated to the position, he served as the Associate Director of Oversight for the OOC. In this role, he steered a public advisory body (the San Francisco Cannabis Oversight Committee) of sixteen (16) members that issues recommendations to the Office of the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors. He also led external communications and media relations for the OOC, and contributed to setting policy and legislative priorities, analyzing applications and guiding applicants through the permit process. He has been an active member of the State Bar of California and an attorney since 2017. Prior to joining the Office of Cannabis, Nikesh worked as an Assistant District Attorney and member of former San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón's Communication and Policy team. In these roles, he supported a variety of criminal justice reform initiatives, including the DA's vision to proactively expunge more than 9,000 cannabis-related convictions eligible for dismissal under Proposition 64. He also bolstered processes within the office to enhance transparency and access to public records and data, and played integral roles in developing innovative educational and public safety campaigns. With the San Francisco District Attorney's (“SFDA”) Office, Nikesh also served as one of the first prosecutors assigned to a novel crime reduction program. Known as LEAD SF, the pilot program conjoined the SFDA's Office, Department of Public Health, law enforcement agencies, the Public Defender's Office, and community-based organizations to manage a caseload of 200+ participants in a City-wide effort to reduce recidivism. Nikesh believes in the power of government to be introspective, flexible, and ultimately, a partner in ushering a more equitable society. As the next Director of the Office of Cannabis, he is energized to elevate the momentum of the office and continue to champion a model equity program and premier cannabis industry. Nikesh holds a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from Stanford University, a Masters of Science in Migration Policy from Oxford University (UK), and a Juris Doctor degree from the Berkeley School of Law. About Malcolm Mirage: In 2013, on one of Malcolm's monthly drives from San Francisco to New York City, he saw a vision in the distance, a mirage in his mind's eye: Prohibition wouldn't last forever and California would be legalized soon enough. With over a hundred pounds of Northern California cannabis as cargo, Malcolm spent the rest of the drive laying out plans to start his own legal cannabis dispensary in San Francisco. He shared his epiphany with his father, and with Jerome's support, established Mirage Medicinal as a registered California cannabis co-operative, started his website, and worked on plans to officially launch in 2015. Malcolm worked painstaking hours to raise capital and execute his vision, but the dream went up in smoke the day he was arrested in Texas with over 120 pounds of top shelf Cali weed. After making bail, he flew to New York City, hustling tirelessly to recoup his losses by doubling down. In late 2014, Malcolm was arrested again and sentenced to a year in New York City's notorious Rikers Island Prison for felony transportation of marijuana with intent to sell. Everything came to a halt for Malcolm as he served time at Rikers Island. It was at this juncture that Mirage became a true family business, as Jerome picked up where Malcolm left off. Jerome was even better at growing the business than his son, but was arrested while doing so in New York City. With Jerome now convicted of conspiracy to distribute cannabis, Malcolm's sister Nina stepped in to maintain momentum for Mirage while her brother and father were incarcerated. When Malcolm was released in 2016, he joined Nina in advocating for the San Francisco Cannabis Equity Program. The program was to ensure people of color and cannabis criminals would not be shut out of the opportunity of the emerging legalization movement in California, as they had been in other legal cannabis states. They were successful in their grass roots lobbying effort, playing a major role in crafting the language of what would become the San Francisco Social Equity Program, and Malcolm became one of the earliest applicants to qualify for approval by San Francisco's Cannabis Equity Program.

Jenée Johnson, Program Innovation Leader, Mindfulness, Trauma and Racial Healing, pioneered and leads the unique effort to bring mindfulness into public health practices and programs though the Trauma Informed Systems of Care Initiative in the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Her goal is to improve the organization's ability to manage change, stay resilient, inspire growth, and become a mindful culture that leads and serves with compassion.Her work has been featured in various publications, including Mindful Magazine as the cover story in the October 2019, in the Fall 2020 issue as a leader in the mindfulness movement, and in 2021 Mindful Special Edition - The Gratitude Journal.Jenée is the Founder and Curator of The Right Within Experience, a mindfulness immersion program that reclaims humanity, joy, and wellbeing for people of African ancestry through mindfulness practices. These are the human rights and exalted emotions that are eroded in Black lives through the consistent exposure to the trauma of racism. The Right Within Experience expands the scope of mindful practice to acknowledge its ancient African lineage and increase access and relevance to people of African ancestry. The program promotes healing and sovereignty for Black people and is curated for those on the front line of community service, social justice missions, and Black business leaders. For 15 years, Jenée served as the Director of the San Francisco Black Infant Health Program, a program which provides direct service to Black pregnant women and new mothers to address the health disparities in infant and maternal mortality. Jenée is a professional co-active coach and certified trainer and practitioner in mindfulness and emotional intelligence based on the latest neuroscience. She is a HeartMath certified trainer, Emotional Emancipation Circles Facilitator (Association of Black Psychologists) and certified to teach Femme! A meditative movement and wellness modality for women. She is a keynote speaker, work shop curator, coach, and consultant with Sankofa Holistic Counseling Services in Oakland, and on the advisory board of Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. Jenée is a native New Yorker with Caribbean and Southern roots. She resides in Oakland with her husband and young adult son.In this interview we discuss:LiberationFlourishingJoy as a BirthrightBlacknessBlack cultureThe Myth of RaceMindfulnessEmotional IntelligenceAncestorsThe Human ExperienceFinding RefugeGriefResilienceA Stake in LoveLoveConnect with Jenée on her website or on Instagram @jeneegjohnsonPodcast music by Charles Kurtz+ Read transcript

First, what's new? Former Supervisor Jane Kim is being investigated for ethics violations after failing to register as a lobbyist while on the payroll of a man campaigning to block a new apartment complex. Teachers hold a sit-in to force an agreement on proper payment procedures. A new poll shows DA Chesa Boudin may be on thin ice over his recall campaign. What's next? Supervisors consider a new law to regulate how police store victim DNA. The public gets to weigh in on progress over San Francisco Department police reform. City and county union workers will march to demand increased staffing.

Our guests: Megan Bourne de Young Chief of Staff & Secretary to the Board of Trustees Richard M. Skaff is the Founder and Executive Director of Designing Accessible Communities – a 501C3 Non-profit Organization. He is the former Deputy Director of the San Francisco Mayor's Office on Disability. Prior to that, Richard served in many other roles, including Program Manager/Chief Building Inspector (ADA and Disability Access Coordinator) for San Francisco Department of Public Works and Executive Director of the Fisherman's Wharf Port Tenants Association. He is a longtime advocate for persons with disabilities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The COVID pandemic has shone a light on the disproportionate impact of chronic disease on minority communities. But this is a decades long story for black American's in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Dr. Hyman Scott from the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF joins Matt Pitman to discuss the ongoing challenges as well as promising signs of progress. Subscribe to Bay Current on the Audacy app, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, and Stitcher. Bay Current is on YouTube, on the KCBS Radio YouTube page.