Cross-STS

Due to coronavirus concerns, we are postponing the Cross-STS event that was planned for this Thursday.

We will meet in a week for Care, Maintenance, Innovation. In the meantime, you might want to read "Why I Am Not a Maker", a column by Debbie Chachra, one of our speakers:

Why I Am Not a Maker When tech culture only celebrates creation, it risks ignoring those who teach, criticize, and take care of others.

A huge thank you to our speakers last night - follow for updates & information about how to get involved in the struggle for water justice and decarceration!

Deeper Than Water is an abolitionist coalition working against incarceration and water injustice in MA (and across the world) while demanding the immediate provision of clean, safe, free, healthy water to prisoners affected by contaminated water.

Thanks to all who joined us last week! Here's some interesting praxis to read about:

Not-So-Fun Run: Joggers In 'Gerrymander 5K' Must Run Oddly Shaped Route The course highlights the zigzagging line separating North Carolina's 10th and 11th congressional districts. One expert says ugly districts are a symptom of a problem, not the problem itself.

Can't wait for October 26? Listen to this great episode of Radiolab, featuring an interview from Moon Duchin. Here, she talks about plans for a new app called gerrymandr and different ways of thinking about mapping. 👍

Who’s Gerry and Why Is He So Bad at Drawing Maps? The Supreme Court is about to make a decision that could turn the country's legislative maps upside down.

Read more about our October speakers:

Moon Duchin: http://www.chronicle.com/article/Meet-the-Math-Professor/239260

Rahsaan Hall: https://aclum.org/about/staff-advocates/rahsaan-hall/

Meet the Math Professor Who’s Fighting Gerrymandering With Geometry Moon Duchin has helped create a program to train mathematicians to be expert witnesses in court cases over redrawn electoral districts. She explains why it’s "the right moment" to pursue this new approach.