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This is a phenomenal #Family #Legacy story that the world needs to know about because this shows how you can create your own #Reparations by becoming your own business. #engineering #commercialrealestate #Cnbc #GenerationalWealth
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Aspiring Urbanist + Data Scientist | Experienced in Active Mobility + Urban Mobility | Solutioning | Digital Transformation | Singapore Management University Undergraduate
Something we can do better in Singapore?
“If it needs a sign, it’s bad design.” Streets and intersections can be engineered to reduce the number of conflicts, forgive inevitable mistakes, self-explain anticipated behaviour and self-enforce the desired speed; without the need for visual clutter. WATCH: https://lnkd.in/eaepKJMM
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It’s a silent service. And that’s a beautiful thing. You see, it’s easy to forget the positive impact having access to water, electricity, natural gas, and wastewater all have on our lives. Where would we be as a community without them? Would our homes still feel like homes without their warmth and light? Would our businesses be functionally run without proper water or natural gas? More importantly—how has access to these four key components of our lives changed over the past 100 years? Further, how will it continue to change over the next 100? In 1924, citizens of Colorado Springs voted to form their own four-service utility. They sought lower prices, higher reliability, a voice in decisions and service tailored to their needs. 2024 will mark 100 years that Colorado Springs Utilities has provided the people of Colorado Springs with safe, reliable, and competitively priced electric, natural gas, water, and wastewater services—with the intent of sustaining natural resources where feasible to provide for the next 100 years. Now that is something worth celebrating—with a fully integrated campaign. ACD: Zack Shockley Copywriter: Blair Krieger CD: Paul Kwong ECD: Jim Morrissey Production Artist: Zachary Bretz Senior Production Artist: José Trujillo Producer/Director: Robert Ortega Print Production: Rhonda Von Luhrte Insight: Cameron Walter, Jamie Webb Account Service: Analisa Pulido, Stella Howard, M.A. in Advertising, Noah Shade https://lnkd.in/gHPN-4Eu #casestudy #branding #utilitiesindustry #regulatedindustry #digitalmarketing #marketingcasestudy
Century of Service
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I was not born in MN, I arrived here 7 years ago for a job. As I worked to understand the conditions that created the need for the work that I was doing, I learned about projects like I-94, I-35, and the immense impact those projects had on black and indigenous communities spacially and economically. I learned about the application of mandates designed to help renters not face discrimination, only to lead to restricted options for where to live and creating a hostile dynamic between renters and tenants. The challenging reality that we all end up facing down is how big the Chasm is between our expressed beliefs and our actions. I have gone few places where people are more excited to verbally affirm a desire for a more equitable society, but actions like this project, that require such concentrated efforts, simply to not be an afterthought in such a major undertaking, are revelatory about the existing mindsets of people prepared to run roughshod over this community. This metro area has entirely too many “I love my (insert identity marker) neighbor” signs for these kinds of things to be happening and for these neighbors to be fighting this alone. In some ways, I come to these conversations with a bit of cynicism, I struggle to see the progress presented to me when I can so clearly see the old “I will do as I wish” mindset, and it always shows up when there is money to be made. Somehow we are not neighbors and our lives matter a little less, where there’s something to be gained. So, my urging here is to simply say: let’s not allow this to proceed without resistance, share and encourage the people you know to use their voices to amplify pressure. Thank you to the people on the ground, for the folks that have done the community engagement, to the people reporting on this, and to those willing to join voices with their neighbors.
I’ve never done this before. Having a piece published as an op-ed in a larger publication. Today I found out MinnPost published my piece about the Blue Line Extension. Although it’s not an op-ed because it’s based on facts I wanted this story published more widely because of the way it’s being covered by other outlets. In recent years we’ve seen a development of Black wealth along the Broadway corridor and while yes the North side can still be better it doesn’t mean a light rail is the answer. The voices of residents and business owners must truly be centered on this development. If they’re telling reporters like myself and officials that they think it will be harmful why is the project still moving forward? If they’re not serving the community they are building in than who are they serving? While the potential displacement would not be the same magnitude of Rondo there are some recurring issues that serve as through lines. Harry Colbert, president of Twin Cities Black Journalists and Managing Editor at MinnPost, saw the importance of this story and for that I am deeply grateful.
Blue Line plan derails Black businesses
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I have no idea where to even start with how utterly bizarre the system of Crown Prosecutors is. Sometimes it’s hard to imagine this country without monarchy just because the conferring of power and resource is so intermeshed with it. It’s taken me years to realise I don’t understand sufficiently what the role means and how it affected my own judicial outcome; alongside vintage sewing designs, I am having to start from scratch with what the associated orders actually mean in practice. Are these intended as deterrents, or clarifiers? A certificate of a negetive status? If they are pursued on the principles of “public interest”, how on earth can they actually represent meaningful change or reassurance for the harmed party? I don’t have a law degree, but it just doesn’t seem to look good on paper. If I am missing a trick, I would love your insights.
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We 💗this quote from Rochael Soper Adranly because it is so true. What we do affects our clients and the people around them. Human-centered design principles ensure we remember that and act accordingly. Even opposing counsels are human, after all. #legaldesignthinking #humancenteredlawfirm
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'𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯' is a v. smart concept. Not just for 🚲 paths but also for 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. Sometimes, of course, we do need signs. But all too often, signs — or improvised PostIt-style additional instructions — are indicative of poor design. If we're designing processes, systems, rules or architectures, then starting from the principle of '𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦?' is far more likely to deliver the desired outcome than having to explain it with instructions, a training course or a sign. #Compliance #BehaviouralScience
“If it needs a sign, it’s bad design.” Streets and intersections can be engineered to reduce the number of conflicts, forgive inevitable mistakes, self-explain anticipated behaviour and self-enforce the desired speed; without the need for visual clutter. WATCH: https://lnkd.in/eaepKJMM
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I really like this - effective design without all of the visual and physical clutter that we often see with excessive signage, paint, edging, fluorescent hit sticks etc - all needing ongoing maintenance and upkeep. I think the answer will be site specific and somewhere in the middle, but probably some good takeaways here from those that are doing it well. #streetscape
“If it needs a sign, it’s bad design.” Streets and intersections can be engineered to reduce the number of conflicts, forgive inevitable mistakes, self-explain anticipated behaviour and self-enforce the desired speed; without the need for visual clutter. WATCH: https://lnkd.in/eaepKJMM
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