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Elizabeth Merritt

Harvard says it will issue reparations after report details its ties to slavery : NPR - 0 views

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harvard slavery reparations

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  • Harvard outlined several next steps it said it would take in an attempt to atone for its involvement in the slave trade, including monetary reparations for Black and Indigenous students who are descendants of enslaved persons in the U.S.
  • The Ivy League school also plans to further partner with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through initiatives, such as appointing visiting HBCU professors to Harvard for one year and subsidizing summer, semester or yearlong studies at Harvard for HBCU students.
Elizabeth Merritt

How teens are experiencing their version of the 'Great Resignation' - MindShift - 0 views

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teens mental health pandemic

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  • students also want to see this emphasis on mental health occurring school-wide, even education system-wide, in the midst of a pandemic.
  • her class has been more “bold” in asking for less of that busy work, as well as in asking for extended time for work or test preparation, compared with pre-pandemic school.
  • The pandemic made even more visible systemic inequities that made safety and school most challenging for the families who needed the most help — the conditions that often worsen mental health in the first place. Students are pushing both for interesting classes and a feeling of safety at school in the ways they can.
Elizabeth Merritt

Natural disasters can take a real toll on mental health - Futurity - 0 views

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disaster mental health

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  • individuals who have been repeatedly exposed to major disasters show a reduction in mental health scores
  • many communities that reside along the Gulf Coast are at the nexus of exposures from natural and anthropogenic, or human-caused, hazards,
  • a composite score for both mental (MCS) and physical (PCS) health
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  • when individuals experienced two or more events over the past five years, their MCS averages fell below the expected national levels.
Elizabeth Merritt

Why your local library might be hiring a social worker - MindShift - 0 views

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libraries

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  • Elizabeth Merritt on 04 Jan 22
     
    For years, libraries have been a place people turn to for information to help them solve problems. But the challenges patrons are dealing with are increasingly beyond the scope of what most librarians are trained to handle - and that's where social workers can fill in the gaps.
Elizabeth Merritt

The Met Will Pay Museum Guards More Amid Covid-Related Shortages - The New York Times - 0 views

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labor wages museum security guards coronavirus museum response unions

shared by Elizabeth Merritt on 12 Jan 22 - No Cached
  • The wage increase comes as several museum employees said the morale of some guards had sunk because they felt worn out and undervalued while working in often difficult circumstances.
  • The Met’s main building on Fifth Avenue is now served by a staff of some 300 full-time guards versus the 404 that had been assigned there before the pandemic
  • Under the new wage agreement, existing guards who were being paid $15.51 an hour were given raises and are now being paid $17 an hour. District Council 37 said that average pay among guards at the museum was around $20 an hour.
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  • Nazzaro said he wished that the museum had used its website to list gallery closings in real time.
Elizabeth Merritt

The race to save the Internet from quantum hackers - 0 views

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quantum computing hacking cybersecurity

shared by Elizabeth Merritt on 11 Apr 22 - No Cached
  • Even the most bullish proponents of quantum computing say we’ll have to wait a while until the machines are powerful enough to crack encryption keys, and many doubt it will happen this decade — if at all.
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