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Celebrating Black History Month and DEI (The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The host for this show is Sandra Simms. The guests are Vernellia Randall and TeKay Brown-Taylor. Wrapping up Black History Month with perspectives on DEI. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories at https://thinktechadvisories.blogspot.com. ThinkTech Hawaii […]

Equality v. Equity and DEI Fatigue (It’s Time for Responsible Change)

The Movement Continues. The host for this show is Rebekah Ratliff. The guests are Gail Wright Sirmans and Sandra Simms. The host and guests discuss 1) the difference between equality and equity as those concepts relate to efforts in amplifying diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across sectors and 2) the reality of what’s at stake […]

Diversity, Inclusion and Healing Divisions (It’s Time for Responsible Change)

Role and Value of Diversity and Inclusion. The host for this show is Chuck Crumpton. The guests are David Larson and Rebekah Ratliff. Issues and values of polarization and conflicts over diversity, inclusion and equity, especially for those most historically excluded, dishonored and underserved. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nwd_k1ZzTRKT9Ewmfw-_FS Please visit […]

Role and Value of Diversity in Learning (It’s Time for Responsible Change)

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Benefits. The host for this show is Chuck Crumpton. The guests are Tina Patterson, David Larson and Rebekah Ratliff. The role, value and impacts of diversity, equity and inclusion in the learning environment and in establishing their essential importance in all sectors of society. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show […]

Building Inclusive Work Environments (It’s Time for Responsible Change)

Challenges, Pathways and Values. The host for this show is Chuck Crumpton. The guests are Tina Patterson, Rebekah Ratliff, Louise Ing and Sandra Simms. Challenges, obstacles, pathways, tools and values in building, maintaining and expanding inclusive workplace environments. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nwd_k1ZzTRKT9Ewmfw-_FS Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and […]

Business Model Author David C. Williams (Beyond the Lines)

Beyond Adversity. The host for this show is Rusty Komori. The guest is David C. Williams. We talk with David about his past experiences in overcoming adversities, and how he inspires people to turn personal tragedies into positive purpose. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mTzxc4G7w47Jcr_G482jrb Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com […]

Scholastic Esports (The Wide World of Esports)

The Path to College and Career Readiness. The host for this show is Katharine Nohr. The guest is Danielle Johnson. We discuss how to design impactful scholastic esports programs that promote equity, inclusion and good citizenship and that offer a path to college and career readiness. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nlmJ4UgUkvYa2n7M4MRTZc […]

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More Than 200 Protesters Arrested at 4 U.S. Campuses

The police made arrests at Washington University in St. Louis, Northeastern, Arizona State and Indiana, as more schools move in on encampments. [...]

‘Decisions Under Fire’: Campuses Try a Mix of Tactics as Protests Grow

Some colleges that initiated police crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protests have since taken a different tack. Others have defended the move. Hundreds have been arrested. [...]

Why Gaza Protests on U.S. College Campuses Have Become So Contagious

Experts say the partisan political context in Washington is a driver behind the spread of protests at American universities even as overseas campuses have stayed relatively calm. [...]

After Israel Aid Vote, Pocan Seeks to Show Biden Liberal Dismay on Gaza

The progressive Democrat from a rural, mostly white Wisconsin district is highlighting that it is not just young people of color who are concerned about the war. [...]

How Trump’s Rhetoric at Rallies Has Escalated

No major American presidential candidate has talked like he now does at his rallies — not Richard Nixon, not George Wallace, not even Donald Trump himself. [...]

Conservative MP Dan Poulter defects to Labour

The doctor told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg he could no longer look NHS colleagues and patients in the eye and stay as a Conservative. [...]

Yousaf rules out pact with Alba party to win confidence vote

Alex Salmond is said to want a deal to maximise pro-independence MPs and MSPs in return for support in a no confidence vote. [...]

Have Iran-Israel missile strikes changed the Middle East?

Political and military leaders are still absorbing the extraordinary exchange of fire, writes James Landale. [...]

Daughter's world 'turned upside down' after pub cellar death

Olwen Collier died from head injuries after falling into the cellar of a pub in south Wales. [...]

Co-op Live: How UK’s biggest indoor arena became butt of jokes

What was supposed to be a triumphant opening week for Manchester's Co-op Live has become a debacle. [...]

Hamas' armed wing has released a video showing two hostages in Gaza urging Israel to strike a deal. A meeting of the World Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia is expected [...]

Its auction price for the watch worn by the richest man aboard the Titanic, is the highest amount ever paid for a single item from the doomed liner. [...]

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa had called for Lisbon to find ways to compensate its former colonies, including canceling debt. The government says it has not initiated any process [...]

Police say residential areas have been damaged in the US state of Nebraska, with several other states also impacted by tornadoes and cyclones. [...]

Four years ago, a coup plunged Myanmar into civil war, proliferating armed groups in a place already rife with ethnic divisions. With the country disintegrating, neighbors are alarmed. [...]

Gaza protestors picket White House correspondents dinner, as Biden ribs Trump

The war in Gaza spurred large protests outside a glitzy roast with President Joe Biden, journalists, politicians and celebrities Saturday but went all but unmentioned by participants inside. [...]

Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison

Harvey Weinstein's lawyer said that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape [...]

Trump VP contender Kristi Noem responds to backlash over story about killing her dog

The Republican South Dakota governor details what she says was a tough decision to shoot an "untrainable" family dog in a forthcoming memoir. Animal rights advocates and Democrats decried the [...]

Bernie Sanders says Netanyahu is attacking campus protests to deflect war criticism

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized ongoing campus protests across the U.S. as antisemitic. The Vermont senator said it was an attempt to "deflect attention" from Israel's actions. [...]

Hamas releases video of a second American being held hostage in Gaza

Hamas has released a video showing two captives, one of them an American, as part of an effort to prove that the two men are still alive. It was the [...]

With Russian forces advancing on the battlefield, Ukrainian citizens are aiding their country’s defense by building drones at home and sending them to the front. [...]

Three-time PGA Tour winner Brendan Steele held off a fast finishing Louis Oosthuizen to win LIV Tour’s Adelaide tournament at The Grange Golf Club by one stoke [...]

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit comes amid a push for a deal with Hamas, which released videos of three hostages, including of a dual U.S. citizen. [...]

Paul Reubens, who died Sunday, rose to fame with Pee-wee Herman, a delightfully deranged twist on Peter Pan, presaging our obsession with nostalgia and childhood fun. [...]

"Sound of Freedom," a low-budget film about child sex trafficking, almost topped the box office. But its star Jim Caviezel has linked it to the QAnon movement. [...]

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