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Co-volunteer Kirsten giving a run down on #Seattle 's design review process. #SDF2015 #SDF_LendURVoice #DesignForEquity

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Change the philosophy and definition of “qualification”: Qualification should be based on whether a person will do a good job or not in the position. Since we can’t know for sure if they will, we use proxy characteristics, such as formal education, as a predictor of performance. But formal education, as mentioned above, leaves behind a lot of people. Set it in the “Preferred” section if you have to use it. This opens up doors for people who have equivalent working experience.

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This whole article is worth reading. Also wanted to note Lauren Chief Elk’s definition of the non-profit industrial complex as “corporate interests funding social movements as a way to control dissent.”

Robin Grearson once again looks at the gentrification of Bushwick, Brooklyn and how TED is assisting a corporate takeover of the neighborhood. It’s important to remember to examine who provides visible platforms for "discussion" and who actually participates and benefits from them:"Anytime you are “elevating conversations to empower the community,” but selecting and filtering those conversations privately, you are inhibiting and disempowering the conversations you do not want to have and communities whose problems you don’t want to talk about."

In the past couple of years we have seen the meteoric rise in the consumption of coconut water. Cold, refreshing coconut water. Drinking some is like being punched in the mouth by a tropical breeze...