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For People of Color, Inc. (FPOC) is a nonprofit organization that empowers people of color to enter law school and to become attorneys. Since its founding in 2000, FPOC has provided free, high-quality law school admissions consulting services to thousands of prospective law school applicants, and through these efforts hundreds of people of color have applied for and been admitted to law school.

FPOC is widely recognized as a leader in its efforts to diversify the profession through supporting underrepresented college students to gain access to law school. The organizations workshops and publications are credited with assisting students gain admission to the countrys most selective law schools. The mission of FPOC is to employ its cultural perspectives and collective experiences to pave a path for people of color to higher education through personal empowerment and progressive education policies. This commitment stems from its personal stake in ensuring the academic, professional, and social success of its communities.

The organization has drafted a detailed guide to applying to law school that is invaluable to law school applicants. It lays out the entire process in a manner tailored to people of color, which, in all likelihood, have had no prior exposure to the process.

This mission is entirely DE&I-focused: to diversify the legal profession by lowering the barriers to entry for people of color applying for law school. Given that the overwhelming majority of people of color who apply to law school are first-generation college students, often with limited to no contacts in the legal profession, FPOC fills this gap to empower people of color to not only apply for and be admitted to law school, but also to excel both as law students and as attorneys in order to diversify, and bring more social justice to, the law profession.

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TransUnion releases global study that underscores the importance of financial inclusion

TORONTO, May 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) More than 9 million consumers are considered to be either credit unservedi or underservedii in Canada, according to a new global TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) study Empowering Credit Inclusion: A Deeper Perspective on Credit Underserved and Unserved Consumers. However, the study found that about 14% of consumers who started as credit underserved were found to have migrated to becoming more credit active in a two-year window prior to the pandemic. During the height of the pandemic, this percentage of consumers becoming more active decreased slightly, to 12%, with the profile of those consumers skewing younger than the pre-pandemic sample.

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In addition to Canada, the TransUnion global study observed consumer credit behavior in Colombia, Hong Kong, India, South Africa and the United States, to get a better sense of the market size of these unserved and underserved consumer segments.

Our study clearly points to hundreds of millions of consumers around the globe being credit unserved or underserved, said Matt Fabian, director of financial services research and consulting at TransUnion. These credit disadvantaged consumers are often unable to access financial products and services because they have no, or little, credit history. This study served to better understand how many people are truly under- or unserved from a credit perspective while also determining paths for them to gain opportunities for access to credit.

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The study explored the characteristics and behaviours of credit unserved and underserved consumers and their overall sentiments towards credit, while offering key insights into the credit journeys of these consumers. Unserved consumers are defined as any person who has never had an open traditional credit product (such as a credit card, personal loan or auto loan, to name a few) as reported on the TransUnion consumer credit database. The underserved population have minimal credit participation, limited to a single type of credit product and no more than two open accounts of that type, and have been active in the credit market for at least two years.

This study specifically excluded new-to-credit consumers those who have opened their first product within the past two years from the underserved population, as many of those new-to-credit consumers become more fully credit active soon after opening their first product. The study sought to understand those consumers who remain unserved or underserved over a longer time period.

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Two cohorts of consumers were studied, each over a two year time period the first during the pre-pandemic period beginning March 2018 through March 2020, and the second beginning in June 2019 and studied through the pandemic time period of June 2021, to determine if there were any pandemic-related shifts in consumer credit migration trends.

Global Market Sizing of the Credit Unserved and Underserved Populations

Canada

2.1M

7%

7.5M

24%

Colombia

16.3M

44%

7.1M

19%

Hong Kong

1.0M

16%

1.8M

28%

India

571M

63%

170M

19%

South Africa

20.6M

51%

5.96M

15%

United States

8.1M

3%

37M

14%

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While some unserved (also called credit inactive) consumers may have traditional credit scores when they open their first credit product, many do not. This lack of a credit score and any history of credit activity is certainly an impediment for these unserved consumers to get their first credit product, as many lenders are hesitant to extend credit to consumers without any credit history or score. For these traditionally unscoreable consumers, they face a chicken or egg conundrum of how to get that first credit product when they lack a credit history.

This reality underscores the importance of incorporating alternative and consumer contributed data into the financial ecosystem, so that fewer consumers find themselves as credit invisible. Broader views of a consumer allow lenders to determine where there might be new opportunities for growth and allow consumers to potentially qualify for more credit at lower rates, supporting credit inclusion, said Fabian.

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Once Canadian Underserved Consumers Become Credit Served, They are Likely to Apply for More Credit

Every year a portion of the underserved consumer population those with minimal credit activity become more fully credit active by opening additional credit products, while many remain in that underserved segment. To better understand how underserved consumers transitioned to becoming more fully credit active, the study looked at which credit products consumers opened within the two-year period. For the purpose of the study, underserved consumers transitioned to served if they opened additional product types over the two-year study period for example, when a previous credit card-only consumer also opens an auto loan. Alternatively, they could become credit active if they opened additional products of the same type for example, if they opened additional accounts of the same product type and reached three or more open accounts over the two-year study period.

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The most common first credit products held by underserved consumers in Canada were credit cards (84%), which held true in the United States as well, but was seen to a lesser degree (44%). This mirrors broader trends that TransUnion has observed in these regions, where credit cards are the most common first product for consumers entering the credit market. This varied by country; however, as the study found that in emerging markets like Colombia, India and South Africa, the product type most commonly held by underserved consumers were microcredit, agricultural loans and clothing loans, respectively. In Canada, over 90% of underserved consumers that migrated to credit served within the two year period did so by opening a second product type. The most commonly opened second product types were credit card (for consumers that did not already have a credit card) and personal loans.

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The study also found that consumers who migrated from underserved to served (opened at least one new product type, or opened additional products of the same type) over the two year period had more inquiries applications for new credit than consumers who remained underserved. While some of that higher inquiry activity was attributable to the fact that they opened new accounts, the overall higher level of inquiry activity by those consumers who migrated to the served segment implies that these consumers have significantly higher demand for new credit, and that this demand is not necessarily being met by lenders.

The number of new credit inquiries was materially higher for consumers that migrated to served compared to consumers who remained underserved. These consumers appear to be actively seeking additional credit, but they are not necessarily able to access the credit they want, potentially due to their limited credit history. This highlights an opportunity for lenders who are seeking to grow and add new customers. Many of these underserved consumers would likely be well-performing and profitable borrowers, but because of their limited credit history, lenders are reluctant to extend them credit. Expanding the use of alternative data on consumers into lending decisions could enable lenders to get a fuller picture of the financial capacity of underserved consumers and make credit available to more of them, added Fabian.

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Unserved or Underserved? Survey Confirms Varying Levels of Credit Satisfaction

TransUnion also commissioned an online global surveyiii of more than 11,100 adults (ages 18 years and older) to gather sentiment from unserved and underserved consumers on the topic of credit. The countries studied included Canada, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Philippines and the United States. The findings revealed consumer beliefs, attitudes and experiences with credit that may be influencing current and future behaviours.

Depending upon the country, respondents cited they are interested in applying for credit in 2022 to varying degrees. In Canada, for example, 33% of unserved consumers those without any credit products plan on applying for credit, compared to 36% of underserved consumers. The reason for the slightly higher level for underserved consumers may be due to the fact that it is typically easier for underserved consumers, who generally have at least one credit account, to secure credit than consumers who are completely credit inactive.

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When comparing the consumer sentiment of unserved consumers with underserved consumers, there tends to be a pronounced difference in the level of satisfaction with their current amount of credit. In Canada, 71% of underserved consumers were satisfied or extremely satisfied with their current amount of credit, while only 56% of unserved consumers, those with no credit currently, had the same level of satisfaction. Additionally, 12% of unserved consumers were not satisfied at all with their level of credit while only 6% of underserved consumers expressed dissatisfaction. This potentially speaks to differences in awareness of the potential uses and benefits of credit between those with some limited credit activity and those with no credit at all.

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Financial inclusion is important as it supports consumers in day-to-day living, and helps families and businesses plan for everything from long-term goals to unexpected emergencies. Promoting financial inclusion starts with gathering a better understanding of the different nuances between the unserved, underserved and served populations and what makes them tick. For example, what drives unserved consumers to apply for credit, and why underserved consumers may need a different type of credit product, may vary greatly. As lenders continue to be better able to meet the unique needs and educate these unserved and underserved segments on ways they can build and improve their credit profiles, a larger percentage of consumers that want to will become actively engaged in the credit system, concluded Fabian.

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For more information and insights on the global TransUnion study, Empowering Credit Inclusion: A Deeper Perspective on Credit Underserved and Unserved Consumers, please download the report.

About TransUnion (NYSE: TRU)

TransUnion is a global information and insights company that makes trust possible in the modern economy. We do this by providing an actionable picture of each person so they can be reliably represented in the marketplace. As a result, businesses and consumers can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good. TransUnion provides solutions that help create economic opportunity, great experiences and personal empowerment for hundreds of millions of people in more than 30 countries. Our customers in Canada comprise some of the nations largest banks and card issuers, and TransUnion is a major credit reporting, fraud, and analytics solutions provider across the finance, retail, telecommunications, utilities, government and insurance sectors.

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i Unserved: Consumers that have never had an open traditional credit product, based on reported accounts on the TransUnion consumer credit database. To size the unserved, we started with the total adult population as reported by the United Nations. We then subtracted the underserved, new to credit and served consumers. The remaining number is the unserved.

ii Underserved: Consumers with some, but limited, credit presence. Specifically, they have:

iii TransUnions online global survey included responses from 11,128 adults and was conducted between August 3 2021 January 5 2022 by TransUnion in partnership with third-party research provider Qualtrics Research-Services.

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In a 1981 sermon titled Choices where he talks about the importance of choosing to worship God despite our weaknesses, Billy Graham makes the apt observation that young people today want a challenge.

He says choosing to follow Christ provides a challenge that is engaging to people, both young and old. Today, as I look back at my Christian upbringing, I wonder why I and many of my friends from both inside and outside the Church did not make this choice.

I do not know if Graham meant to diagnose the lack of engagement that the Church provided the youth in its community back then, but today in Lebanon, forty years later, as we move towards an already tumultuous and violent parliamentary elections, these words seem as relevant as ever.

I say this because in retrospect, I see how many of my friends and I were looking for identity but could not find it in Christ. Rather, we found it in worldly pleasures and in corrupt politics.

In The Denial of Death, secular author Ernest Becker states that the modern individual edged himself into an impossible situation. He still needed to know that his life mattered in the scheme of things He still had to merge himself with some higher, self-absorbing meaning If he no longer had God, how was he to do this?

This statement says a lot about the mode of life of the post-modern individual and the power we give to ideology. One way to fill the unfillable void in the absence of a relationship with the ever-loving Christ is the pursuit of a romantic partner.

Fleeting pleasures, including alcohol, sex, and drugs also fit the bill. All of these allow us to subscribe to a man-made ideology that can dictate for us our values in life.

But for us Lebanese who have inherited the collective trauma of fifteen years of Civil War from our parents and then thirty years of internal cold war, sectarian political ideology is a stronger and more accessible metanarrative to subscribe to.

It also gives us a cause to fight for and a place to channel our aggressive energies. Living in a shame and honor society, political parties give Lebanese youths easy access to social acceptance and thus meaning and identity while the Church sits back, content in becoming a social club.

I spent most of my teenage years in the youth groups of evangelical churches, and I am saddened to say that it was my time with these youth groups that pushed me away from the evangelical community.

While Christs redemptive love brought me to a better place in faith, there are many mistakes that I could have avoided making had I had the proper Christian discipleship and engagement that the Bible calls us to.

But this was not available to me, and to many like me, because our talents were not engaged in our churches. Most of what we did in youth meetings was just getting through rituals so we could go out to eat!

Though fellowship is important, it falls flat if it is not a consequence of developing a strong and loving personal relationships with Christ. Speaking to my friends in the evangelical community, I see how this turned many youth groups into comfort zones where members live life cloistered away from the world that Christ repeatedly calls us to serve.

And so, over the course of years, as the default focus of many churches fell on adult populations, Christ became more of a scary warden to be rebelled against than a living, loving God that wants the best for us.

Furthermore, with the lack of engagement, it was difficult for us to deal with meaningful matters internally. We could not subscribe to whatever narrative our churches were attempting to create, but we still needed to find meaning for our lives.

But the situation is not hopeless. The 2019 October protest movement created an opportunity for the Lebanese Church to reconnect with the youths, and many churches had pop-up stations or outreach teams that were active in main gathering areas around Beirut.

During the pandemic, most churches transitioned to online ministries, and the change in medium allowed more Lebanese youths to be exposed to the Good News of the gospel.

The active role churches took in supporting those impacted by the August 4 Beirut port blast also helped youths learn about Christ. Furthermore, some churches have been holding fellowship meetings that they encourage their youth to bring friends and family from outside the Church to.

Online ministries like ShiBiFeed have responded to the emerging needs among Lebanese youths by creating Christ-centric content that meets these needs.

Even before the multiple crises Lebanon has seen over the past couple of years, ministries like Youth for Christ and the Baptist Children and Youth Ministry have been reaching out intentionally and repeatedly to youths and young adults in Lebanon indiscriminately and across all socio-economic statuses.

More and more, teens and young adults are looking for hope and are finding it in Jesus.

As we begin to see the movement of more young people to the Church, we have a responsibility before God to be faithful over the new souls He is bringing to the Body.

We cannot allow things to continue as they are, with Church youth sidelined until they are deemed ready. We cannot allow young talents to waste away in moldy church pews because we do not see them fit for ministry yet.

The most influential Christian history has ever known, Christ Himself, was a youth minister and began his ministry at the young age of thirty. His disciples, who He sent out in pairs, and who banished demons, healed the sick, and shared the gospel were all under the age of thirty.

John, who took care of Mary after Christ had fulfilled His mission, was around twenty when Christ was crucified. And Scripture abounds with the stories of youth fulfilling His calling and growing His Kingdom.

We need to take a page out of His book and empower our youth so that they can reach out to their friends who are lost in the vices of the world, in the narratives of othering and violence, and in the futile search for identity that is not Christ-centric, so that they can have the chance to come to know the redemptive love of Christ.

On April 16, my sister and I went to an Easter concert with a church youth group. During the concert, between sets of worship songs, the entire hall would erupt with chants of Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!.

Our slow hearts and addiction to the status quo have made us callous and towards this enthusiasm for Christ. But my sister cried that night. And I cried as well. We have spent too long outside of His worship halls. It is time for us to enter the Holy of Holies.

It is easy for us, because of our human nature, to find safety and pleasure in an undisturbed status quo. But that is not the way God works. God is not safe, and He constantly challenges us to push for change, because only He is everlasting.

So, my prayer for myself because we all must start with ourselves is that I am able to be a faithful steward over all the resources and responsibilities that He has honored me with. I pray that He teaches me to be generous, kind, and understanding in my ministry.

And I pray that He uses me to empower others, just like others have empowered me.

Jad Tabet is the youngest member of the Department of Partner Relations at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. He holds a Master of Arts in English Literature, has a passion for music, fellowship, and ministry.

This article was first published on the blog of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, and was re-published with permission.

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The talents of our youth: The importance of youth empowerment for an aging church - Evangelical Focus

Last seen in NYC in 2019, in the Off-Broadway revival of poet/playwright Ntozake Shanges groundbreaking genre-defying choreopoem at The Public Theater (where it was first presented in 1976, and was honored with a 1977 Obie Award for Distinguished Production), for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has returned to the Booth Theatre four decades after its pioneering Broadway premiere there the second play ever by a Black woman to reach the Broadway stage for a limited engagement through May 22.

The works radically inventive format and under-represented perspective fuses spoken word, poetry, music, dance, and song in a nonlinear sequence of short segments (30 here) featuring seven women of color symbolically identified not by their first and last names, but as the seven beautiful colors of the rainbow sharing their personal memories, attitudes, and experiences of racial and sexual oppression, while finding strength, self-empowerment, and sisterhood in the joyful celebration of their resilience, survival, camaraderie, and support of one another.

Fluidly directed and expressively choreographed by the masterful Camille A. Brown (who also choreographed the recent production at The Public), the stories presented as an array of direct-address monologues and free verse, narrations and re-enactments, dialogues and rounds are at once natural and colloquial, eloquent and poetic. The profoundly affecting language and perfectly attuned interpretive movements (that start off individualized then become increasingly synchronized as the women join together and acknowledge the commonality of their struggles) are filled with a range of emotions, from pleasure and pain to humor and outrage, and, above all, empathy, which resonates throughout the stage to the hearts, minds, and souls of the audience.

Each of the characters is portrayed with a unique personality, distinct likability, and unfailing humanity by a superb cast (which included three top-notch understudies on the date I attended) Kenita R. Miller as the Lady in Red, McKenzie Frye (filling in for Amara Granderson) as the Lady in Orange, D. Woods as the Lady in Yellow, Alexis Sims (a standby for Okwui Okpokwasili) as the Lady in Green, Stacey Sargeant as the Lady in Blue, Treshelle Edmond (in for Alexandria Wailes) as the Lady in Purple, and Tendayi Kuumba as the Lady in Brown.

As an ensemble, they transition seamlessly from scene to scene, openly and honestly revealing everything from childhood games and first sexual encounters to date rape, unwanted pregnancy and abortion, to male infidelity, abandonment, and domestic abuse. They also capture the raw emotions those events engendered, along with the triumph of moving on and the joy of being part of a vital uplifting community of women who understand and relate.

Among the highlights of the consistently riveting production is the seductive dancing of Woods, the alternating use of signing, speaking, and motion by Edmond (who is deaf), Sims hilarious and self-confident delivery of somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff (bringing laughs with the line stealin my shit from me/dont make it yrs/makes it stolen), and an intensely harrowing account by Miller of a woman desperately trying to save her two young children from the threat of their violent father, which elicited gasps and tears from the house.

The electrifying performances and physicality of Browns choreography presented on a bare stage with large projection screens at both sides (scenic design by Myung Hee Cho) are set to original music, orchestrations, and arrangements by Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby, drum arrangements by Jaylen Petinaud (with Deah Love Harriot serving as music director and Tia Allen as music coordinator), and sound Justin Ellington, all of which suit the stories and emotions. And the eponymous theme (inspired by Shanges life-affirming drive through a double rainbow after four suicide attempts) is referenced in the colorful lighting by Jiyoun Chang, projections by Aaron Rhyne, and costumes by Sarafina Bush in the seven different hues for which these glorious colored girls are named.

What was a revolutionary work of theater in the 1970s, remains a powerful expression of Shanges voice of feminism and Black power; its a momentous piece that, like her characters, should be seen and heard.

Running Time: Approximately 90 minutes, without intermission.

for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf plays through Sunday, May 22, 2022, at the Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street, NYC. For tickets (priced at $49-225), call (212) 239-6200, or go online. Everyone must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination and a photo ID to enter the building and must wear a mask at all times when inside.

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Oakland Universitys Healthology Symposium where science, practice and social interests meet will return next month to celebrate impactful research and collaborative approaches for addressing upstream social determinants of health, in achieving better downstream care.

Hosted annually by the School of Health Sciences, this years Symposium, Advancing, Restoring and Maintaining Physical Function, will focus on Human Movement Science the prescription of movement to impact health, movement as medicine to manage pain, and energizing community through movement science.

The 2022 Healthology Symposium is actually a two-day event May 12-13, said Kevin Ball, dean of the School of Health Sciences. We offer both our Public Forum, which is free of charge through the generous support of our sponsor, and then we engage further with health and medical professionals in our Professional Conference.

The free Public Forum, Advancing, Restoring and Maintaining Physical Function is being presented by Priority Health and will kick off at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 12 in the Oakland Center Banquet Rooms with networking, food and drink. This event includes remembrances and honors of OU health leaders, a keynote speaker, and discussions. Registration is requested.

With a welcome and introduction at 6 p.m. by Dean Ball and OU Provost Britt Rios-Ellis, the Symposium begins with a segment on the Health Achievement Leadership Legacy (HALL) Award. This award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to OUs School of Health Sciences through leadership, community service, research or teaching.

The first to be honored will be the inaugural recipient (in 2018) of the HALL Award, Dr. Moon Jae Pak, founding director of the Oakland University Center for Health Sciences (now the School of Health Sciences) and a prominent local physician. Pak passed away in January 2022 at the age of 88.

Dr. Pak was a truly kind and appreciative man, a gracious elder with wisdom, and also pragmatism to move forward, Ball said. His accomplishments at OU earned legendary status. He will be deeply missed.

In grand recognition of Dr. Paks contributions, the Moon J. Pak Classroom will be announced, a $100,000 sponsorship gift of Dr. Susan and Bob Klemmer. The Pak family will be joined by the Klemmer family at this announcement.

Next at 6:20 p.m. the Symposium will honor the late Teresa Stayer, P.T., who was a recipient of the HALL Award in 2020. A champion of OU and physical therapy, Stayer served on the OU Alumni Association Board and as a founding School of Health Sciences (SHS) Board member. Graciously, the Teresa Stayer Endowed Scholarship in Physical Therapy funded at over $25,000 through the generous giving of friends, colleagues, admirers and the family of Teresa Stayer will be announced.

At 6:30 p.m., Dr. Christine Stiller will be honored as the 2022 recipient of the HALL Award in recognition of her exceptional 39-year career as a physical therapy faculty member and leader in clinic, teaching, research, and service to the SHS, OU, and Athletics.

At 6:45 p.m., the Symposium will recognize the career of Dr. Thomas Simmer, who recently retired as the senior vice president and chief medical officer from Blue Cross Blue Shield. Dr. Simmer also served the Henry Ford Health System as a physician for 21 years. In recognition of his genuine commitment to maintaining a fair and equitable environment in support of patients and physicians alike, and through the generous contributions of donors, the SHS is pleased to announce the Thomas Simmer Endowed Research Fund in Health Sciences; with over $25,000 this fund will support faculty and students annually in research endeavors.

Then at 7 p.m., the Symposium will welcome Angela T. Moore trainer, counselor and advocate for personal responsibility as keynote speaker during the public forum. Moore, an OU alumna, is the founder and owner of The Body Principle, an integrated health studio that provides fitness programming, mental health and nutrition counseling, and empowerment coaching to individuals and small groups. She also created the Propel Youth Empowerment Program designed to improve the self-esteem, self-confidence and self-efficacy in youth.

Moores radio show Empowered on 910 AM Superstation explores mental and physical health education. Moore enjoys her role on the Board of Advocacy and Resource Development (BOARD) for the School of Health Sciences at Oakland University.

On Friday, May 13, the Professional Conference of the 2022 Healthology Symposium will continue from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. inside the Human Health Building on the OU campus. Registration is required.

Some highlights from the second day of the Symposium will include:

8:30 8:45 a.m. Welcome Dean Kevin Ball and OU President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz

8:45 - 9:45 a.m. Keynote Speaker Thomas L. Simmer, M.D., F.A.C.P. Transforming Health Care with Connected Teams.

10 11 a.m. Interactive Breakouts: Home-based Older Persons Upstreaming Prevention Physical Therapy (Sara Arena, P.T, D.S.C.; Chris Wilson, D.P.T., D.S.C.P.T., G.C.S.) OR Oncology Rehabilitation (Deborah Doherty, P.T., Ph.D.; Lori Boright, P.T., Ph.D.).

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Interactive Breakouts: Fall Prevention through portable technology (Daniel Goble, Ph.D.) OR Movement Science to Manage Pain: Pathology (Doug Creighton, P.T., D.P.T., O.C.S., F.A.A.O.M.P.T.).

12:15 1:30 p.m. Mid-day Meetups: Lunch, Research Posters, Networking.

1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Interactive Breakouts: Movement Science to Manage Pain: Treatment (John Krauss, P.T., Ph.D., O.C.S., F.A.A.O.M.P.T.) OR Innovative Movement Programs (Terry Dibble, M.S.; Melodie Kondratek, D.S.C., P.T., O.M.P.T.; Lindsay Brandt, D.P.T.; Sarah Fink Carlin; Jacqueline Scully, P.T., D.P.; Ali Woerner, M.F.A.).

2:45 - 3:30 p.m. Panel discussion and wrap up: Improving Social Determinants of Health through Human Movement (Sara Arena, P.T., D.S.C.; Chris Wilson, D.P.T., D.S.C.P.T., G.C.S.; Melodie Kondratek, D.S.C., P.T., O.M.P.T.; Deborah Doherty, P.T., Ph.D.; Daniel Goble, Ph.D.)

To register for events, or for more information and details of the symposium, visit http://www.oakland.edu/shs/community/healthology.

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Frankie Sheahan is probably still best known as an Irish rugby legend. However, the Munster and Ireland star is now conquering the business world.

After retiring in 2009, the rugby hooker transformed himself into the founder and CEO of Pendulum, the worlds leading business and self-empowerment summit.

Speaking to Dublin Live at the Pendulum Summit in Dublin's RDS, Frankie said: Im very lucky, Im 45 now but when I first started rugby, I was about 10 years of age and it was a game I adored.

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I was about 17/18 when rugby union became professional. It was a dream come true, I finally had the chance to follow that and see if I could make it as a professional player.

"The Heineken Cup then started and I got the opportunity to spend the next 14 years playing with Munster and Ireland.

"I went to the same school together as Ronan (OGara) and we wouldve played all the way up together.

There was a group of us, Brian O'Meara, Mick ODriscoll, Peter Stringer, Anthony Horgan, David Wallace and Tom Tierney, there was a great crew of us at the time.

When his career on the pitch ended, Frankie decided to continue with his passions and went into a career that focused on personal development, self-help and leadership.

He said: I always gravitated to those types of books when I was younger.

Id the opportunity to play with and against the best players in the world and then I found myself in a situation where I set up a business called Front Row Speakers which brought speakers into companies and organisations covering performance, leadership and wellbeing.

By doing that, I got the lightbulb moment that all these speakers work in different sectors but all their principles are the same."

Frankie decided to set up one event a year to cover the key pillars such as authentic relationships, business excellence and leadership and team performance.

He said: We came up with the Pendulum Summit. We started it in 2014 and its fantastic eight years later, even with the pandemic.

We were dealt a curved ball over the pandemic, things went against us but we reacted. We followed the advice and we had a virtual event at the end of 2020.

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Is it as good as an in-person event? For me, no but for some it was okay, it was a bit of a novelty for some.

It was a great learning experience and we now have a new revolutionary learning and lifestyle platform which is online. We made the time work for us.

What we have here is an amazing energy in a room of like minded individuals who are looking for that extra bit of wisdom to take themselves to the next level. Its amazing to be back after 27 months.

Its passion, if you follow your passion you will do that bit extra. In rugby I had passion and I wanted it, it made me go to a different level. I was hugely passionate about this too, I read the books, I follow these speakers so bringing them all in feels like more of a hobby.

I always remind myself to be grateful that I'm somewhere I enjoy. When you surround yourself with like minded people theres an osmosis.

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My Conversation with one of the most influential, inspirational and brilliant minds of our times. Sumaya Al Hajeris groundbreaking and practical vision for the future of AI may be exactly what this world needs.

Sumaya Al Hajeri- Head of Governance and Data at the UAE AI Office

Women always are inspired or motivated by not only challenges but also by consternation. I keep teaching this to my fellow women colleagues, my team, and my children. I teach how to stand up and walk again after a fall.

For my final interview with The 9 Inspirational Women Leaders In AI Shaping The 21st Century, I had the privilege of speaking with Sumaya Al Hajeri. She is an executive professional in the field of regulations for Technology, telecommunications, Outer Space, and the digital economy with 15 years of experience. She is heading the Governance and Data section at the Minister's Office of AI, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Application. She was assigned the responsibilities of implementing the AI National Strategy by rolling out several policies and initiatives; the most notable are: Federal Law No (44) on the Establishment of the UAE Data Office and the Federal Law No (45) regarding the Personal Data Protection Law and the UAE Digital Economy Strategy.

Her unique and layered perspective on AI is something all women and girls considering a future in AI and tech need to hear.

Sumaya AlHajeri as a speaker

I identify myself as a professional in technology policies and regulations - in telecommunication, outer space, and AI - with 14 years of experience. I am currently the Head of Governance and Data at the Minister of AI Office within the Prime Minister's Office and was able to head different policy functions across the different departments of the UAE government (AI, Outer Space, Telecommunication Competition, Radio Spectrum Planning, Defense). I was privileged to contribute to achieving several significant projects for the UAE government and guide leadership decisions through my interdisciplinary background. I influenced substantial national strategy and policy agenda, such as Federal Law on Personal Data Protection, Establishment of the UAE Data Office, Digital Economy Strategy, AI Strategy implementation, Outer-Space Policy, Federal Law Regulating Space Activities in the UAE and Digital Infrastructure.

I joined the UAE AI office in 2020 from the UAE Space Agency, where I headed the policy and data governance and was developing strategies and policies related to AI. Slowly the mandate of the Ministry of AI grew, and we started to handle more essential portfolios in the field of Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, which are all interconnected to AI.

At the same time, we were executing the UAE AI strategy, which is being implemented in three phases. The first phase was mainly making sure that the infrastructure was available: AI talent, Data, R&D activities, and the regulations. We ensured different initiatives for up-skilling and re-skilling talent, mainly in government. Then there's the availability of diverse and high-quality data, and that's the fuel of AI and R&D. All are governed by enabling regulation in the form of standards and incentives rather than enforcing constraining regulations, especially at the early stage of building a critical mass of AI businesses.

In the UAE, data governance was seen at an emirate level. In 2020, in the digital economy era and accelerated digital transformation, there was a need to harmonize federal data governance legislation. This is something that we've been working on for the past year. And we managed to finalize the project in only four months. It is the proudest achievement. I believe the success factor of such a project is the strategic conversation approach and consultation rounds with industry and concerned stakeholders. And being a woman is what we are good at; Women leaders lean towards a collaborative leadership style.

Now we're looking forward to starting and kicking off the implementation of phase two, that's, developing the business ecosystem, attracting more companies in AI, increasing the adoption rate in the government, and so on.

Sumaya Al Hajeri

I am a telecommunication engineer specializing in radio spectrum management who decided to do law at some point based on my line manager's advice back then at the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority. The attendees and experts also inspired me at the international telecommunication union radiocommunication sector(a UN body specializing in radio and telecommunication topics). I saw many representatives from member states who are doing radio, but at the same time, they are certified lawyers. They were like combining both fields and both bits of knowledge and that's important. This is why I decided to learn the law so that I understand my limitation as an engineer.

I was able even to facilitate the discussions whenever there were lawyers and engineers at the same table, and I was able to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical people, including economists.

I had space in mind from a very young age. Every kid dreams about space, and I was inspired by movies like Star Wars, science documentaries, and other TV shows like Bill Nye. I was also inspired by Arab astronauts like Prince Sultan bin Salman from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Arab scientists like Farouk Al Baze, one of the key scientists who helped NASA plan and identify the Moon landing location for Apollo 11.

Sumaya AlHajeri - UAE Embassy in Washington

I remember conducting this study as part of my academic role within the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government in Dubai. I studied for my second master's degree related to public policy in science, technology, and innovation. In terms of women's empowerment and women's equality, it's all about the culture, and leaders are the ones who drive culture. The UAE leadership recognizes the importance of women's equality here in the UAE. Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak has been the driver behind the woman empowerment agenda in the UAE since the very early beginning of the UAE establishment. Society enabled women, and today women are enabling society!

We can see it even by numbers, like 77% of the Emirati women are enrolled in higher education after secondary school, which makes up to 70% of all the university graduates in the UAE. Also, the studies found that almost 50% of engineering graduates are women. Those numbers resonate with whatever I have been experiencing as an engineering student. It's even exceeding the numbers in different other countries in Europe. Women occupy 66% of public sector jobs here in the UAE. So almost two-thirds of government jobs in the UAE are occupied by women. And 30% of the 66% are women handling leadership positions and decision-making roles. However, in the private sector, more efforts are needed to increase Emirati women's participation in the workforce.

One crucial success factor of the high women's participation in the public workforce is the women's role models. The UAE female ministers handle extensive portfolios such as space, culture, food security, and the youth. And every little girl in school or woman in universities and the workforce would look up to them and see them as role models. And that's what leadership is. And now, looking into the private sector, another study that I've been doing within my capacity as a researcher requires more effort to catch up with the public sector.

Now, what are the roadblocks? The only roadblock I see is not only in the UAE, but it's a global roadblock: the blue washing of the woman empowerment implementation in the organization. And what is known as selective disclosure. So they disclose a different culture than the authentic culture, the truth that is happening within the organization, revealing that is not the truth of the organizational culture. And culture, as I said, it's driven by leadership, so leaders are the ones who can eliminate all of this bluewashing and roadblocks.

They do give attention to enabling organizational woman networks as well. That's an essential practice that has been seen in different organizations to create a woman network that they back up together to establish a voice of women and build leadership skills and help networking. This is where leadership also can recognize that network, the woman network in organizations, instead of having it there without giving it that much weight, they should understand that women make better leaders, not only because of being empathetic or a good listener or nurturing by nature so that they can enable teamwork and so on. But also, women have a very collaborative leadership style which makes them even better significant public policymakers.

One is AI ethics. Different driving forces redefined our ethics and ethical principles and values in ethics. And one of them you can see is from the various industrial revolutions. Each industrial revolution was a driving force that made humans re-think Ethical principles and redefine new ones. With the invention of the computers, the third industrial revolution was another strong driving force that changed our ethical principles. Now, Artificial Intelligence and the fourth industrial revolution embrace another more potent driving force to redefine our ethics. In addition, I would consider the pandemic as another driving force that reshaped our understanding or meaning of privacy. It's mainly about balancing individualism and societal benefits in terms of privacy. How much I would like to share out of my privacy for the use of public societal benefit and security for my security. I believe the metaverse will bring a new driving force for a new set of ethics in the near future. And policymakers shall kick off the discussion on that aspect.

The second topic would be straightforward tasks and process routines. That's what AI usually does, and this is where it's best to work. I'll be curious to see how much AI would grow in its overall intelligence.

I believe this will only be enabled by standardization. Instead of countries doing more of the constrained type of regulation, I would like to see more international standards to facilitate interoperability and international operation in making AI happen worldwide and reducing the gaps between nations. We have countries behind, while others are far away from the top. International standardization would be a perfect approach to reduce that gap. And then we have another method which is incentives. Incentives as part of regulation and policies to enable AI. We need to get to a world of international standards incentives instead of constraints.

Sumaya Al Hajeris experience of the recent past and her vision for the future is a mighty pairing to move AI forward over the years to come. The idea of a global standard for AI to open the opportunity for innovation to all nations is groundbreaking and genuinely visionary. Imagine if all countries with brilliant minds work within the same standards. Then we would see the true potential of AI and AI for Good.

Sumaya Al Hajeri

Sumaya Al Hajeri is a leader in the field of Technology, telecommunications and Outer Space regulations. She is currently heading the Governance and Data section at the Minister's Office of AI, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Application. She was assigned the responsibilities of implementing the AI National Strategy by rolling out a number of policies, strategies and initiatives, the most notable are: the UAE Digital Economy Strategy, Federal Law No (44) on the Establishment of the UAE Data Office and the Federal Law No (45) regarding the Personal Data Protection Law. Moreover, she was the Head of Space Policies and Regulations at the UAE Space Agency. She contributed to achieving several projects, such as the UAE's participation in the UN Committee of the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) and the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs, the Federal law No (12) of 2019 regarding the regulation of the UAE Space Sector and other related strategies and policies. Sumaya has several professional and academic contributions in the field of Competition regulations, competitiveness, Industry and Technology Cluster Policies, Smart Specialization Policies, Microeconomic Cluster Mapping tool, women in ICT as part of the ITU agenda, Women in Space as part of the UNOOSA agenda, increasing Emirati women participation in the workforce, Space Policies and Strategies.

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Spring 2022 commencement student speakers, from left, Aiga Ale, Jesse Mikasobe-Kealiinohomoku and Michelle Zheng.

Share your stories with others. Make a difference in this world. Continue to persevere throughout life.

These are some of the uplifting messages three studentsAiga Ale, Jesse Mikasobe-Kealiinohomoku and Michelle Zhenghope to convey to their fellow graduates and all those in attendance at University of HawaiiWest Oahus Spring 2022 Commencement.

The three are among more than 400 students who are candidates for graduation, the highest number to date for UH West Oahu, which will be holding two in-person ceremonies on May 7. Ale will speak during the morning ceremony, and Mikasobe-Kealiinohomoku and Zheng will speak during the afternoon ceremony.

Everything I do is for my family, so its not just a big day for me, Ale said. This accomplishment is dedicated to my family, especially my mom, whos sacrificed so much to build a solid foundation for me to succeed.

Age: 23From: Ewa BeachDegree: Bachelor of Applied ScienceHealth Professions

Among Ales most notable accomplishments was becoming the first organic chemistry tutor at the Noeau Center.Before going into organic chemistry, I was absolutely terrified because I heard it was one of the hardest science classes in undergrad, Ale said. But it ended up being my favorite class, and I went on to tutor it because I absolutely love this subject.

Ale continued, Being the first for something like that, I feel like as a Smoan woman, it was a big accomplishment because Im hoping itll inspire more Pacific Islanders to go into STEM. I want people to say, If she can do it, so can I.

As a commencement student speaker, Ale hopes to emphasize to those in attendance the importance of people sharing their stories with one another.

One of my biggest role models at UH West Oahu, Joseph Mareko, reminded me that we Smoans come from a long line of storytellers and sharing our stories can help heal, inspire or build deeper connections with others, she said. By sharing my story, Im hoping to do the same.

Her family is a big part of Ales story. Her father passed away in 2011.

I know how much he wanted us to succeed in academia, and I can still picture that big smile he had when I graduated from 6th grade, Ale recalled. So graduating from college is kind of that I did it, dad. Were here. I made it moment.

Age: 24From: Lualualei, WaianaeDegrees: Bachelor of Applied ScienceSustainable Community Food Systems, Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences-Political Science

Mikasobe-Kealiinohomoku is the first in his family to choose the path of a college education.

Graduating with my undergraduate degree is a huge stepping stone to a healthy and happy life, he said.Part of pursuing a fulfilling life means helping others.

Intentions shouldnt be just about aspiring to make a livingaspire to make a difference, he said.

He got involved with NiU NOW!, a movement whose mission is to strengthen Oceanias knowledge, connection and aloha for cultural food sovereignty.

My most notable achievement at UH West Oahu is participating in carrying out the collective vision (of) NiU NOW! through the creation and implementation of Aloha ina Student Service Club, Mikasobe-Kealiinohomoku said.

Mikasobe-Kealiinohomoku is the current president of the club, which offers an opportunity for people to learn how to work the land with their hands and to get a better understanding of plants.

Its a personal passion for Mikasobe-Kealiinohomuku, a Native Hawaiian plant conservationist and farmer who in his free time enjoys the practice of growing a diversity of plant varieties.

Through these practices I want to emphasize that its very fun to share plant material as we try to advance a more equitable food system, he said. I also see the sharing of plants as empowerment of others in the growing of their own food and participating in systemic change.

He is exploring the possibility of graduate school, and aspires to continue this work long past his studies.

So far, I have my mind set on utilizing my degree in food systems on either the state or national level to assist my community in advancing a more sustainable and equitable food system, he said.

Age: 21From: KapoleiDegree: Bachelor of Arts in Creative MediaGeneral Creative Media

For Zheng, confidence is key.

Beyond the formal education of how to write papers, do research, and manage time, I think the biggest thing UH West Oahu has taught me is just to be confident and trust in my skills, Zheng said.

She became editor of The Hoot, UH West Oahus student-run newspaper. Then the pandemic hit.

Despite not having a formal advisor, I pulled together my team and we were still able to get two issues a semester out, Zheng said. Would I have volunteered for that role at first? No way. But duty called, and I was able to step up to the plate.

Other opportunities at UH West Oahu resulted in a great sense of pride for Zheng, including creating wall decals and sticker designs for the Noeau Center, and working on her senior project, an animation of Aunty Puanani Burgess Building a Beloved Community story, Boy with a Gift. The project inspired Zheng to explore how to contribute to her own community.

Looking ahead, I would like to continue to share stories through different mediums, whether that be on film, videos or animations, Zheng said. I hope to elevate smaller voices and share important stories with people, but most importantly, just make people laugh and feel supported.

She wants to tell her fellow graduates to be proud of what theyve accomplished and to continue persevering.

No matter how long their journey may have taken or if they are on a completely different road than when they first started, they made it to that metaphorical end of the road, Zheng said. And as they look forward into the future, I hope they never forget the feelings of warmth and support that got them there, and I hope they reciprocate it to make the world a better place.

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I. Where Weve Been

Melissa McKay

Melissa McKay is a developer advocate for JFrog. She is active in the developer community, chair of the Interoperability SIG under the Continuous Delivery Foundation, an international public speaker, author, Java Champion, Docker Captain, and a cheerleader for safe coding.

Ive had a variety of experiences in my career, wildly different expectations based on ability level from the lowly intern to a principal engineer, as well as differences between small company/small team versus large company/large team. I am grateful for the opportunity to have started out in a position where I learned how to wear a few different hats. I learned the benefits of CI fairly early almost 15 years ago! I was trained in Extreme Programming, which brought me into the world of sprint planning, pair programming, and retrospectives, seeing features and bug fixes all the way through from planning to release.

I thrived in this environment, but looking back, I can honestly say that our development pipelines were relatively simple compared to what I see today. At that time, I was never involved in anything that happened after release. And there was nothing security-related that I dealt with prior to that. I assumed this was in the hands of operations or security engineers at the tail end of the pipeline, perhaps even after deployment. If something were to be discovered, we would begin again with the planning stages of fitting an update into our development cycle. Seems a little late in the game, no?

Many developers have seen a lot of changes in the past several years as they move onto DevOps teams, and they should expect more to come. It feels like more and more responsibility is shifting our way. I dont look at this in the same way as simply more work and higher expectations, but rather more empowerment to make better decisions about the software we develop working smarter.

Developers are being pressed to break out of their silos. Gone are the days of throwing code changes over the wall and hoping for the best. Although the details of coding and software design will always be understood to be in the realm of our expertise, we also must acknowledge the details in the delivery and deployment process. This includes knowledge of our pipelines and of basic security concepts. Having a better understanding of the process our software endures as it hurdles toward deployment, we are better able to efficiently and effectively design the means to get there.

Several years ago, I participated in a security training program for developers. Much of this was rehashing responsible coding, taking charge of the code I wrote and ensuring I wasnt building any obvious welcome mats for attackers. The training included defensive coding techniques for common attack vectors such as cross-site scripting, SQL injection and leaking credentials. There was some mention of watching out for packages and libraries that included known vulnerabilities, but looking back, this was not emphasized nearly enough.

Then came the Equifax breach of 2017 and then various dependency injection attacks, such as the SolarWinds hack, log4shell, spring4shell and rogue developers (to name a few) corrupting their own open source packages!

Mass amounts of information have been collected on individuals with the intent of serving the public with more efficient and performant applications personal details abound on social media and logging into your bank account online to get an up-to-date balance is now the minimum expectation of good service.

The amount and detail of this type of information are attractive to the criminal element. As long as theres a possibility of getting to it, the attention of attackers will not dissipate. Breaches in software are now heavily publicized and an embarrassment to organizations if its discovered that preventable measures were not prioritized or were ignored. The consequences to consumers have steadily increased over the last several years. To put it simply, there is now a very personal cost to developers, as we also take advantage of todays technology and software to further enhance and enjoy our own daily lives.

Security breaches have become more and more common, or at least more frequently announced in the media. It has become apparent that much of our software is missing the bar when it comes to hardened security practices. And as pointed fingers fly around looking for who to blame, its expected that several are going to land in the direction of the developer.

What can we do? It is no longer enough to lounge in the satisfaction that the software weve developed works. We now need to make sure that it works responsibly.

First, lets understand a few of the reasons we are in this predicament today. Along with the existence of masses of personal information, the following are also contributing factors:

We have learned that paying attention to security defects earlier in our development process makes a huge difference. We might not be able to predict future vulnerabilities, but we can certainly use the knowledge gained from previous attacks to prevent repeated infiltrations due to the same issues. The adage fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me comes to mind. We have no excuse when the information is available to us.

This does NOT mean the onus is entirely on developers. We rely heavily on our security engineers and on our operations personnel to not only help put safeguards in the appropriate places, but to help collect and curate security information to begin with. DevSecOps, anyone?

My main concern, however, is that as developers become more involved in building cloud native applications and packaging their applications into containers, we are multiplying the possibility of unintentionally packaging existing vulnerabilities. Not only are we accustomed to pulling in the frameworks and related dependencies that we have become comfortable with, but also pulling in parent and base images from public sources as well!

Worse, some of this happens automatically behind the scenes via plugins that intentionally hide these details. The intention is good, mostly an attempt to ease the developers workflow, but we really need to be more aware and careful about what were doing. My thoughts wander to that random flash drive innocently lying on the sidewalk.

The security space has evolved and improved dramatically over the last several years. Vulnerability databases continue to grow and provide the information we need sources like the U.S. governments NVD and Risk-Based Securitys VulnDB, as well as other public security bug and CVE trackers, are invaluable.

Using the combination of these resources as well as increasing our awareness of how our software is built with regard to dependencies, open source and other third-party resources, will bring us a long way to improve our protections. A lot of this responsibility is finding its way directly in front of developers. We are in an excellent position to begin the vulnerability filtering and detection process right from our development environment!

Knowledge is power. This is undeniable. But it can also be pretty scary if you dont know what to do with it. The next step after collecting information is to analyze it, and this is when the decisions that matter are made. The amount of data available to us now is overwhelming. Now its time to focus on curating this data and then make reasonable recommendations based on analysis.

When it comes to reviewing a list of vulnerabilities, for example, it is naive to think that we will be able to eliminate them all. It would be an unhealthy exercise to block every check-in or fail every build based on a zero-vulnerability policy. Instead, we need to be able to keep moving forward and make reasonable decisions based on answers to the following questions:

I believe that some of these decisions are best made by security specialists rather than developers, and this is where the importance of solid security policies come into play. What Im looking forward to as a developer is more guidance on when it is appropriate to sound the alarm. CVSS scores to help us measure severity are a good start, but these are a work in progress (CVSS v2 versus CVSS v3?), and there is much more to be done.

All in all, we are heading in the right direction. I see more and more vulnerability scanning tools that are intended for the furthest left regions of our pipeline the developer. Ill be embracing these tools that help me to make wiser decisions when building my software, especially those I can incorporate directly into my existing development environment.

Detecting vulnerabilities transparently and easily is a great first step. But now that I see those red lines warning me of danger what should I do next?

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(Boston)Youth movements for social justice are growing across the U.S. and worldwide, tackling important issues from climate change, to racial justice, to education access and gun control. In the realm of health care, youth participation can lead to greater patient understanding, engagement in services and enhanced trust in services. It can also promote patient and community empowerment.

Recognizing the benefits of youth engagement and leadership, a novel study by researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Social Work, presents the perspectives and experiences of youth on the issue of individual and community health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The researchers used Photovoice, an established methodology that incorporates the use of cameras to capture images that are later reviewed and reflected upon. In this case the goal was to explore youths of color individual and community perceptions of health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The youth researchers were asked to take a series of photos over three weeks focused on what health or healthiness meant to them and their community. They then selected five photos and shared them with the group. Questions were asked to encourage deeper reflection on how social, cultural and contextual factors impact how youth of color conceptualize what health means to them.

The youth researchers then were asked to share their reactions to seeing the photos as a group, including what they found interesting and what stood out to them. Photos were captioned and five photos that reflected the larger story were selected. Using thematic analysis, the youth researchers then brainstormed themes from the individual photos and across the photos, considering how the photos connected with the research question. Through in-depth discussion and drawing from the identified themes, youth researchers reached consensus on the larger narrative represented in the photos.

The youth researchers identified four themes related to individual and community health through the digital images and discussions, including: 1) Taking health into our own hands; 2) Toxic productivity culture; 3) High cost of personal health resources; and 4) Inequitable health policies and services.

According to the researchers, these themes are a powerful demonstration of both the inequitable impact of COVID-19 on communities of color as well as the historic medical mistrust (of government, policy makers, and health care) in communities of color. Our findings show the need to change this narrative of distrust, said Gergen Barnett who also is Vice Chair of Primary Care Innovation and Transformation at Boston Medical Center.

First, we want to create a tangible change in the structure of health resources in Bostons communities of color. Secondly, we hope that the impact of our research demonstrates the resilience of communities of color during the quarantine period of the COVID-19 pandemic, said youth researcher and co-author Osasenaga Idahor.

The researchers believe this study shows the importance of creating spaces to elevate the voices and leadership of youth of color in health care decision making.Community engagement is critical to developing and implementing relevant and racially responsive health care practices, added corresponding author Astraea Augsberger, PhD, assistant professor at BU School of Social Work.

These findings appear online in the Journal of Community Psychology.

The youth researchers in this study were members of a pilot Youth Advisory Board for Boston Medical Center Family Medicine Department funded through National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through Boston University-Clinical & Transitional Science Institute, Pilot Grant 1UL1TR001430 (PIs Drs. Augsberger and Gergen Barnett).

Journal of Community Psychology

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COVID-19 shines a light on health inequities in communities of color: A youth-driven photovoice inquiry

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