THE INTERVIEW
ABE UCHITELLEof CANCODE.ORG!
Abe@CanCode.org
FREE POP-UP CLASSES | Classes for kids and adults. As part of our initial response to this year’s unprecedented crisis we offered free pop-up online coding classes to the general public. During the months of March and April 2020, K-12 students who were unable to attend school and adults who were unable to work during this challenging time were still able to enrich themselves and build new skills.
The pop-ups were streamed live on Facebook and are now available on-demand here. While these classes do not serve as a replacement for hands-on instruction, it’s a first step toward rebuilding and re-skilling our community so that we are all stronger on the other side. https://cancode.org/popup/
KINGSTON CANCODE
KINGSTON CANCODE | AlbanyCanCode is excited to announce its expansion into the Hudson Valley with the launch of KingstonCanCode.
Since 2016 AlbanyCanCode has been providing workforce training in software development for adults and k-12 classes for children in the Capital Region. The Hudson Valley shares many characteristics with the Capital Region, including tech businesses struggling to hire and residents who have aptitude but have yet to explore a career in technology.
Kingston Python for Data Analytics Course | In this 12-week Python for Data Analytics course, offered in partnership with SUNY Ulster, students will learn fundamental programming concepts using the programming language Python, specifically as a tool for collecting, analyzing, and visualizing data. Python is one of the world’s most popular programming languages, and more businesses are introducing Python into their work. The course will take students through the basics of programming (variables, data structures, loops, conditionals, etc.), and into Python Libraries for data analysis (Numpy, Matplotlib, etc).
Offered 100% virtually, this course will met Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:45pm-8:45pm beginning February 2nd, 2021. The cost of the course is $1,750 and tuition assistance is available to those who qualify. To ensure that all of our students have the means to complete our course, lender laptops are available.
A link to our application can be found below. If you’d like to learn more about the course, please feel free to reach out below for more information.
IMMIGRANTSCANCODE
We are excited to partner with The New York State Office for New Americans (ONA) on a new initiative, Immigrants Can Code, a Digital Literacy pilot, that will help newcomers to New York State gain digital literacy skills. The class will run 6-8pm on Mondays and Wednesdays for 10 weeks
Building off of our existing Virtual Digital Literacy program, offered remotely, this 10-week program will help bridge the skills gap for all people who now need to be proficient in digital tools for work and life. This course will allow students to become skilled in computer usage and common software programs, and some may continue to take one of our more advanced courses designed to help students begin a career as a software developer. This partnership will help ensure that New York’s immigrant community will have access to digital literacy education and training essential to building careers in the Empire State’s fast-growing innovation economy.
Anyone interested in taking advantage of this program, please submit the form below and mention “Office for New Americans” in your message.
VIRTUAL DIGITAL LITERACY
The unprecedented crisis facing the American workforce has two defining characteristics: a critical need for digital literacy as businesses struggle to continue operation virtually, and an overwhelming wave of newly unemployed people.
AlbanyCanCode’s Virtual Digital Literacy program was designed to create a bridge for underserved populations to take their first steps towards careers in technology. Now more than ever this program has the opportunity to change the lives of those who can participate.
Students in AlbanyCanCode’s Virtual Digital Literacy course will have a wide range of experiences and competencies, ranging from those who have used a computer frequently in a professional environment, to those who have rarely used a computer and feel very nervous about doing so. This class is intended to meet students wherever they are and help them meet their own personal goals, whether that is entry into our workforce computer programming courses or other employment opportunities.
The key to Digital Literacy is differentiated learning, ensuring that each student is getting the skills they need and that they are able to move at their own pace. The course will cover basic computer usage skills, a survey of software usage including word processing and spreadsheet use, use and management of email, and using the web to conduct productive internet searches to find reliable information and learning tools.
AlbanyCanCode is uniquely suited to provide this type of Digital Literacy training within this current environment of distance learning because our approach is hands-on and provides each student with 1:1 resources to solve problems as they arise at each student’s own pace.
Curriculum
While students in an AlbanyCanCode Virtual Digital Literacy course will move at their own pace and work towards individual goals, the following are the skills that we anticipate all students will master by the time they complete the course:
- Basic computer use, including
- Understanding Peripherals (ie. Using a keyboard, mouse, etc).
- Browsing files on the computer and understanding file pathing
- Identifying and using various web browsers
- Creating and saving documents
- Selecting, copying and pasting
- Typing skills
- Survey and usage of office productivity software tools, including
Microsoft Office, Google Suite of tools or similar sets of software they
may encounter in professional settings.
- Using and managing email, calendars
Survey of virtual meetings tools such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, GoToMeeting, and Google Hangouts Meet - Browsing the web, and how to conduct productive internet searches to find reliable information and learning tools.
- Understanding best practices for internet safety and security
- Understanding mobile device applications and mobile versions of software utilized in class
Students who have mastered these skills will be able to move on to the basics of computer programming in HTML and CSS.
ABOUTABE
Abe Uchitelle is the Director of Operations for AlbanyCanCode, a New York-based non-profit working to build a more inclusive and vibrant trach talent pipeline so that all people can benefit from a career with technology. Abe joined AlbanyCanCode at the beginning of 2020 to help lead the organization’s expansion into new regions including the Hudson Valley where he lives. Abe was previously the President of Dragon360, a digital marketing agency based in Kingston, New York. Abe graduated from SUNY New Paltz in 2010 with a degree in Political Science and was elected in 2019 to the Ulster County Legislature where he serves as Majority Whip.
FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links
COFFEE & GREEN TEA COMBO
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THE SPRUCE
- BOOK
COMMENTARY: "A Baptist Preacher's Buddhist Teacher" - How My Interfaith
Journey With Daisaku Ikeda Made Me a Better Christian, by Lawrence
Edward Carter SR.- Dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International
Chapel.
beetle's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links
(Re)Sources for “Meta on the Meta: Can I Get a Witness?” and “Black X-Files: Bearing Witness”
- "George Floyd's Girlfriend Testifies At Derek Chauvin's Murder Trial | Katy Tur | MSNBC." MSNBC, Youtube. [13:22] NBC News Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez, who is in Minneapolis, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Jami Hodge, and Civil Rights Attorney and former Prosecutor, David Henderson join Katy Tur to discuss what we saw from this morning's testimony. Aired on 04/1/2021. April 1, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8EEC6kdIjc
- "Analysis of police violence brings Don Lemon to tears on live TV." CNN, Youtube. [7:22] Searing analysis of the state of police violence against people of color in the US by Harvard Professor Cornel West moved CNN's Don Lemon to tears as they discuss the larger context of the Derek Chauvin trial and death of George Floyd. April 2, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWs-3sONh_Q
- "Witness, Off-Duty Firefighter Says She Would Have Given Floyd Medical Attention | MSNBC." MSNBC, Youtube. [4:32] Witness and off-duty firefighter Genevieve Hansen gets emotional during her testimony at the Derek Chauvin trial as she recalls wanting to give George Floyd medical attention but being denied access from officers at the scene. Aired on 03/30/2021. March 30, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPPRyHf4xm4
- "Eyewitness Explains Why He 'Called The Police On The Police' | MSNBC." MSNBC, Youtube. [4:07] On day 2 of former police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial, eyewitness on the scene Donald Williams says that he “called the police on the police,” because he believed he “witnessed a murder.” When asked why he didn’t speak to an officer on the scene he says he didn’t feel a connection of a “human being relationship.” Aired on 03/30/2021. March 30, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObeFjEPLeHQ
Bear Witness: IdiomDefinition of bear witness
1 : to show that something exists or is true —+ to His success bears witness to the value of hard work.Rising ticket sales bear witness to the band's popularity.
2 formal : to make a statement saying that one saw or knows something asked to bear witness to the facts She was accused of bearing false witness at the trial.
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- "The Power and Strength of Bearing Witness." Kristi Pikiewicz, PH.D., PSychologytoday.com. Bearing witness is a term that, used in psychology, refers to sharing our experiences with others, most notably in the communication to others of traumatic experiences. Bearing witness is a valuable way to process an experience, to obtain empathy and support, to lighten our emotional load via sharing it with the witness, and to obtain catharsis. Most people bear witness daily, and not only in reaction to traumatic events. We bear witness to one another through our writing, through art, and by verbally simply sharing with others. December 3, 2013. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/meaningful-you/201312/the-power-and-strength-bearing-witness
- "How to Practice Bearing Witness." Jules Shuzen Harris, Lionsroar.com. In times of doubt, disbelief, and insecurity, the practice of bearing witness can be an important aspect of our awareness and presence.Bearing witness can be defined as acknowledging that something exists or is true. From a Buddhist perspective, and specifically the Zen Peacemakers Order, to bear witness is to embrace both the joy and the suffering we encounter. Rather than simply observing the situation, we become the situation. We become intimate with whatever it is—hunger, poverty, discrimination, disease, or death. February 2, 2020. https://www.lionsroar.com/how-to-practice-bearing-witness/
- "Bear Witness." Verb 1. Provide evidence for; evidence, testify, prove, show. Accessed April 6, 2021. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/bear+witness
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_observation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief#Justified_true_belief
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_knowledge
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistency
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_research
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_concept
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_responsibility
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_rigor
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_virtue
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justification_(epistemology)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_truth
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaepistemology
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigour
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigour#Intellectual_rigour
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_ethics
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjectivity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Responsibility_of_Intellectuals
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_judgment
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom#Sapience
[Referenced / resourced, but not aired]
- "NBC Reporter Describes Chauvin Trial Testimony: ‘The Common Word That You Hear Is Hopeless’." MSNBC, Youtube. [11:24] NBC News Correspondent Shaquille Brewster, civil rights attorney David Henderson, and former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance react to the emotional testimony from witnesses today in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. Aired on 03/31/2021. About Deadline White House: Before getting into cable news, Nicolle Wallace worked in politics, including as President George W. Bush’s communications director during his administration and for his 2004 re-election campaign. Those experiences helped contribute to the knowledge and unique point of view she brings to this program. Wallace leads dynamic discussions on the political stories driving the news cycle with Washington insiders and well-sourced journalists. She also provides in-depth reporting while delivering up-to-the-minute breaking news to viewers. April 1, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrmxtWhVV0Q
- "911 dispatcher Jena Scurry describes watching video of George Floyd's fatal arrest." CBS News, Youtube. [17:48] Jena Scurry, a 911 dispatcher with the city of Minneapolis, testified in court Monday that she called police after watching footage of George Floyd's arrest because "something wasn't right." Scurry took the stand in the first day of testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer charged in Floyd's death. Scurry saw Chauvin on camera kneeling on Floyd's neck during the fatal May 2020 encounter. Watch part of her testimony here and read more: https://cbsn.ws/3rvfM6F. March 29, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQmL9eCYj50
[Referenced / resourced, but not read on-air]
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- "Cornel West Moves Don Lemon To Tears." The Rational National, Youtube. [10:05] Dr.
Cornel West brought CNN anchor Don Lemon to tears in a powerful
segment. April 2, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ9DjLNzMls
- "Tamara Lanier’s Fight to Reclaim Her History Could Be Any One of Ours." Vanessa
K. De Luca, Medium.com. Imagine if you learned that photographs of your
enslaved ancestors had been rediscovered in a museum at Harvard. Then
imagine how you would feel if someone told you that you have no right to
those photographs. Such is the plight of Tamara Lanier, who has taken
on the Ivy League behemoth to secure the rights to the photos, which
languished in a drawer out of sight and away from the public eye for
years. The daguerreotypes depict women and men, breasts and genitalia
exposed, their haunting stares a riveting testament to the degradation
our ancestors endured during slavery’s shameful reign. February 3, 2021.
https://zora.medium.com/tamara-laniers-fight-to-reclaim-her-history-could-be-any-one-of-us-9824dc49c365
- "The 10 Most Infuriating Things People Have Said to Me as a Black Woman." Sondra
Rose Marie, Medium.com. ‘Do you know how to read?’ In the time of
coronavirus, I spend a lot of time sitting around with the friends in my
quarantine circle trading stories about our lives before the pandemic.
Recently, our conversation turned to the worst dates we’d ever been on,
and as I relayed one of my dating failures, I shared a racially charged
comment one suiter made on a first date. January 24, 2021.
https://zora.medium.com/the-10-most-infuriating-things-people-have-said-to-me-as-a-black-woman-bd8355da546e
- "Woman fights Harvard over rights to nude SC images of her enslaved ancestors." Jennifer
Berry Hawes, Postandcourier.com. What on earth were these? Nothing in
the drawer explained what they’d discovered. Only small, handwritten
labels affixed to each offered clues: “Fassena (carpenter), Mandingo,
plantation of Col. Wade Hampton, near Columbia, S.C.” “Jack (driver),
Guinea, plantation of B.F. Taylor, Esq., Columbia, S.C.” “Jem, Gullah,
belonging to F.W. Green, Esq.” One of the researchers rushed downstairs
to summon their colleagues. The discovery sent Reichlin and others on a
quest to solve the disturbing mystery. It continues today, 45 years
later. But Harvard historians weren’t the only ones hunting for clues.
In 2019, a woman named Tamara Lanier sued the university for possession
of the daguerreotypes. Based on her own research, she claimed to be a
descendant of two people captured in them. February 1, 2021.
https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/woman-fights-harvard-over-rights-to-nude-sc-images-of-her-enslaved-ancestors/article_72ddeef0-45e8-11eb-a13a-6b9662e76945.html
- "GOP-Led States Still Mad About The 1619 Project, Considering Legislation to Dictate How Slavery Is Taught." Joe
Jurado, Theroot.com. It’s Thursday, so you know what that means:
Another round of Republicans being unwilling to face the fact that
slavery was the horrific, violent foundation upon which this country was
built. In several states with GOP leadership, legislation is being
considered to ensure that the brutal reality of slavery isn’t taught in
schools. February 4, 2021.
https://www.theroot.com/gop-led-states-still-mad-about-the-1619-project-consid-1846198928
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_observation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief#Justified_true_belief
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_knowledge
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_study
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito,_ergo_sum
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_model
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistency
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_research
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_concept
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_responsibility
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_rigor
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_virtue
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justification_(epistemology)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_consequence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_truth
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaepistemology
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalistic_observation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observational_study
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operationalization
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_mind
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative_research
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_research
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigour
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigour#Intellectual_rigour
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_ethics
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_terrorism
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjectivity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffering
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testable
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Responsibility_of_Intellectuals
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_judgment
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom#Sapience
Music Playlists
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- Tessanne: “Hideaway”
- Stone Temple Pilots: “Dancing Days”
- Alanis Morrissette & Elizabeth Stanley: “You Learn”
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