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Two Views of Inequality Over the Life-Cycle
AbstractData on the life-cycle profiles of inequality in wages, earnings, hours worked and consumption contains precious information for answering questions about the ability of households to insure labor market risk and about the sources of this risk. This Paper demonstrates that the choice of whether to control for cohort effects or for time effects has a drastic impact on the estimated age profiles for inequality and, thus, on the answers to those questions. It also shows that time effects are required to account for the observed trends in inequality in thirty years of US data, whereas there is no evidence that cohort effects have been important.
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Should I Stain or Should I Go Now?
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Q: I have some furniture I purchased in 2005 that I now abhor! I am trying to decide whether to DIY-it and stain it to look like what I want or if I should just sell it. Not sure if it's able to even look like what I want (dark wood w/ silver handles). Does anyone have experience staining furniture like mine to look like what I'd like?
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Oh I just bought the same "I want" bureau on the right from Jysk. Timeless and classic: I love it!
Staining it might be obviously "I am trying too hard to pretend the dresser is something totally different". I would paint it the same color as your wall to make it disappear until you can save up for your new piece. New pulls can really effect the look. But good luck without however you handle it!
stain it
have fun with the knobs
Really look at the configuration of the pulls. You're going to have a vase-shape, not the sleek little rows of silver pulls the other one has. Unless you want to re-drill the pulls, just sell it & start over.
In this case, go ahead and sell it. Even with a dark paint/stain and new hardware, the base will never have the same sense of lightness and off-the-floor energy as your longed-for example
What you want has a distinctly different shape from what you own. Even if you stain your existing dresser, I don't think it'd be the same--it'd never have those long thin legs of your dream dresser.
I wish I lived in SoCal so I could take your old dresser and lime/lighten the wood, giving it a lighter, grayish finish. But that's just me--I'm really into that right now.
I think you should probably sell the old bureau and get the new one. Your current bureau lacks the refined quality the other bureau has - totally different bones that stain and new hardware will never change.
If finances are not a problem get what you adore. You'll always dislike the first.
I would price it out, before I went all out in refinishing a piece.
I recently painted and replaced all the hardware on an old buffet. It originally had a gold stain, very 60's looking. It wasn't a valuable antique, and I really wanted it black. I sanded it all down, primed and painted with a high quality paint. I replaced all the hardware with silver pulls and silver hinges. It is beautiful and I love it! However, the hardware alone cost me almost $100, then you have to add in the time, patience and paint. I would do it again, but only on a piece I loved the bones of.
Also, I believe your dresser has two holes for each of the drawer pulls. The one you want to model it after only uses one hole. It will take some extra effort to fill those holes so they don't stand out.
Are you good at DIY and do you enjoy it? If no, sell the existing dresser now, before you desecrate it with an uneven coat of stain.
What you want is a look that's been trendy for a while, so you should be able to find it at multiple price points, possibly even used on Craig's List.
I would remove the hardware, fill the holes, drill new ones for the fancy new hardware and paint it.
Clearly the base is different but, taking the above suggestions however will give a more sleek and uniformed appearance.
Hope this helps.
Good luck
"I would paint it the same color as your wall to make it disappear until you can save up for your new piece. "
I laughed hard at this.
Staining your "have" dresser chest it will not make it appear like the "want" drawer chest. Your "want" is modern, with it's liner elements, and your "have" is more traditional because of it's shapely apron and bulky mass. Staining it will only make it look like ... what it looks like now, but in a darker color. I suggest selling it and buying something you like.
If not you can always try photoshopping it to see what it would look like.
Actually, here you go, this is what it will resemble: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v519/JellyRage/?action=view¤t=apttherp.jpg
Ask yourself, "What is it about the 'I want' dresser that I adore?" We've already established that you like the darkness of the wood and silver handles. Is there anything else about the dresser that impresses you?
Its sleek simplicity? The single knob handles? Its uniform drawers? The graceful legs?
Even if you're able to achieve the desired stain, those elements are things you can't change on the dresser you own. If you're thinking of switching out the handles to single knobs, keep in mind that any filler you use to cover the extra holes will probably be visible against the stain.
Whatever you decide, make sure you've accessed all the Pros and Cons. Good luck!
... and by access, I mean assess.
Would you like the 2005 model if it were stained dark and had silver hardware? Because even if you do alter it as noted, it will look nothing like your "want" item.
Craigslist. And some advice from an old woman who's been there:
Try to define and develop your own personal sense of style. Learn what you like and don't like, and to recognize trends and fads. 5 years is nothing (especially when you're my age, uh hum). Yes, taste does change. But the more you understand your own preferences, the better you'll be able to acquire things that you will always love (or at least won't abhor). 5 years later, you might use them in a different room, for a different function, or style them differently. And when they no longer meet your needs, you can move on.
A few ways to think broadly about style:
Masculine vs feminine?
Ornate vs simple?
Rustic vs refined?
Abundant vs spare?
Historic vs modern?
Organic vs slick / man-made?
I apologize if this sounds like a sermon. It is not meant to.
arroyo, I have never thought of abundant vs spare...I think you turned on a light for me...thanks
IMO, if you can afford to do so, sell the old furniture and put the proceeds towards what you really want. If your old drawers are currently in good condition, then you run the risk of messing them up completely trying to change the finish. Sanding and staining a large piece of furniture is a really, really messy and time consuming project if you haven't done it before. The fumes can be bad and dangerous to you, your housemates and any pets. It takes a bit of skill, neatness and patience to do the job correctly (it isn't impossible for a newbie to do a good job, but it is often a bigger undertaking than many realize). It also isn't necessarily very cheap if you have to rent/buy a sander and buy enough good stain, sealer and new hardware for that many drawers on a piece of furniture that size. All things considered (your time, money, energy and convenience), it may actually be more economical to sell the old and then buy what you want.
I agree with the "sell it" people. Even if the staining goes well (which you don't sound particularly confident about), it's not going to be what you want. You may be satisfied with the improvement for a little while, but eventually you'll be just as unhappy with your poseur dresser.
that is awesome! I actually really like the darker dresser, and I see it in a more rustic/eclectic-type setting, but it still isn't very much like the wanted dresser.
Possibly stain it. But that's not the problem. It's those drawer pulls. Remove them and opt for something more sleek.
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I agree that staining and refinishing a piece of furniture is a big project. It takes a whole lot of effort, time, and patience. And buying drawer pulls, stain, etc. can be expensive. If you're up to it, then by all means go for it. But I do agree with some other posters that given the labor, time, and money you will be putting into renovating it, you may just want to go ahead and buy the new piece. That said, I would recommend making sure that the new piece is solid wood - that way refinishing is an option in the future if you change your mind about the piece after another 5 years.
Actually, this might be a good place to ask my question. How much can you change the color of a wooden dresser by adding a wax paste to it? Or will this just give it a shinier finish?
I'm getting an oak dresser that never got varnished well from the looks of it, so the whole thing is kind of a dull greyed out oak that has almost completely lost its shine. I might do nothing to it, but I have toyed with the idea of refinishing it.
I love the bones, but my bedroom already has several dressers and the only repeating wood color is the light reddish cherry wood of the head board and dresser that matches it. Is there anything I can do to it that would allow me to change it later when we finally figure out what furniture is going to go where when we get into a bigger place with a guest room?
I don't have pictures now but will by this weekend.
I'm with arroyo
Figure out why you like the piece you want first. Fashion or aesthetics...
using the guidelines provided by arroyo.. this is my selection for case goods (fabrics/ paint/ decorative accessories are different as they are cheaper/ easier to replace)
*Masculine vs feminine?
Ornate vs *simple?
Rustic vs *refined?
Abundant vs *spare?
Historic vs modern?- wash
*Organic vs slick / man-made?
I have mission/ arts & craft pieces, mixed with simple Art Deco pieces intermixed with some mid-century & modern. High quality woods and finishes for the stained pieces, solid wood for painted.
My fabrics tend to be lush and textural and somewhat more feminine - but few patterns. The few florals I use tend to be graphic or abstract.
(I may be a girl but I'm also an engineer - so function always wins..)
You can always change the linen or paint.. but Good Classic pieces will always survive fashion.
I'd keep what you have until you can afford/find the quality pieces that can transcend the changes in your tastes. Look through or create a wish list that will help you answer arroyo's questions. Look for other dressers that give you the same feeling and try to see what is similar between them.
And while your working on it, put some money in savings until you find the right stuff. By then you'll be ready to buy it.
as an aside... check whether you even want a dresser.
I don't even have a dresser or chest in my room - they do not function that well for me. I've two 3 drawer night stands and a large armoire - the shelves of the armoire are much more functional for me. There's a chest in the guest room that I pretty much never open but its there. (It was mom's and surprisingly still fits in with the rest some how.)
your current dresser has a finish that needs to be removed before any stain will take. removing that finish to ensure even coverage is tough if not toxic -- you really need to get to bare wood.
additionally, even if you were to get to a workable surface, it's very, very difficult to get a consistent stain in a dark color even with expensive wipe-on stains (behlen, etc.). near impossible, in fact. most of these modern finishes are sprayed and the finish sits on top of the wood.
plus, as others have mentioned: the legs, the pulls, etc...
it all depends on the wood, if it is good wood i would paint it black then go over with a stain you will not believe the finish, beautifull, change the pulls to modern silver and if you want you can cover the bottom with a solid piece of wood instead of legs. but it all depends if the wood is worth your expense.
Well, regardless of whether or not your finished dresser will look like what you want - the way to get the stain color you want is:
1. strip/sand off all the old finish
2. buy and apply an oil based dark stain, but instead of wiping off the stain as per the instructions on the can, leave the stain to dry completely on the wood. (make sure to stir the stain before applying!). It might take two or even three coats to get the complete dark brown look you are after.
3. I would rec'd finishing with a rub on poly in a satin finish.
It will be a lot of work, but this is how to get the "not quite paint but not a see through wood grainy" stained look.
Painting it and changing the hardware as advised in various comments will go a long way to getting the effect you want, but the difference in the legs may continue to bother you.
Staining it now could make it LESS appealing to buyers later. They might not like your DIY job and will want to pay less.
I think arroyo is right to assess your tastes. There were a few shows on TLC that helped people decide how to decorate. Pick your favorite two pieces, then assess why you like them and the style of things you already own.
I know that I like to look at rooms with refined pieces, but I love to live with more basic antique pieces. Little square chest of drawers, my old kitchen table,but with lighter chairs. Kind of a Swedish/country look.
I love Khatam's photoshop for this purpose!
hunt for something like what you want on craigslist. you will find/score it at a price that suits you within 5 months, max. Then sell what you have on craigslist. I bet it'll even out decently.
Frankly, I'd keep the current one because it looks like it holds more than the WANT one. (Unless, of course, your dresser is not completely full or you have been meaning to weed things out anyway)
Plus, while I know this style is touted as timeless, I actually think it's quite trendy and it's likely you'll tire of it in 5 years and be back in the same place but with less storage space.
All that said, I would definitely get new hardware. Something chunky and strong, but still the handle-type, not the knob type.
Let go of the old pieces, even if they are solid wood, it's not worth refinishing, just sell them as it is. You should buy the ones that you like in the finish you want or if you really want to try refinishing, find vintage solid birch/maple pieces like the Planner Group by Paul Mccobb for Winchendon (see link)http://www.treadwaygallery.com/ONLINECATALOGS/Sept2004/modern/1081.jpg
Believe it or not, they still show up at second hand stores sometimes if you are lucky with the original finish and reasonably priced and you don't have to do anything but wax it but most of the time someone had painted over it and because the style is so simple and it is made of solid wood (unlike veneers), if you have the time and give it some effort, stripping, sanding and staining is very easy. Good luck!
I don't know about you, but I know if it were me, I would always keep lusting after the one I wanted and the DIY version would never really satisfy me - so I would skip the time and effort of trying to make a silk purse from a sow's ear and just sell it!
Great headline.
Joe Strummer, rest his soul, would say sell it. Even after a huge amount of work it will only approximate what you really want.
Sell. No matter what you do to it, every time you look at it you'll think "but I still really want the other one".
STAIN it. My husband and I actually have the same exact furniture set, and were ready for something new.
We don't want new furniture, but a different look. We recently sanded ours down and have just started the staining process.
Before staining though, we removed the piece of trim on the front at the bottom, and had the sides cut even as well, and sanded nice and smooth, then attached a solid piece of board on the bottom, and put four tear drop shaped legs on it. We've done that to this very chest, as well as the dresser, and night stand. We are getting rid of the mirror though. We recently bought a new circle shaped mirror and a frame. I'm currently wrapping the frame in a fake leather, to match the new headed which we built and covered.
Unless you just really want something completely different, then I would just stain it. It's much cheaper.
We paid almost 2500 bucks for the entire bedroom set, I'm not about to just give it away.
OH, as for the hardware, it's doable. My husband and I are actually going to look into a stain type substance to stain the current hardware a nice nickle.
It there isn't such thing out there though then we are simply going to use some corks and fill in the current holes, and just drill new holes.
I'm always redoing current furniture though, so I love it, you may not though, and if not I would say just buy new and sell old.
I say DIY and stain, at least the darker piece, I would sand down parts of the dark dresser enough so that it looks imperfect. Then I would white wash the dresser to give it a really vintage look. As far as the light piece that's gonna be tough, I'm redoing a light wood piece myself right now and its pine and I'm stamping a song into the wood with a hammer and a letter set then I'm going to stain it dark and antique it. You can check it out in a couple days on http://www.compartmentlife.com
wow I just reread the post and realized that you were giving what you want and what you already have. Still though you should try to DIY. But maybe jazz it up after you stain it with some really cool pulls from anthropologie.
I would collage it with stained-walnut-old newspapers, avoiding the stripping of it. Then put great hardware on it. Sometimes we don't look at the myriad of choices we have before disposing of furniture. My gallery of revamped furniture recycled over 6000 pieces doing everything from copper counters, to studded drawer faces, to sandblasting and candy apple car finishes and let me tell you one thing.....everything has a chance for a new life. Just use your imagination and save one more tree from falling. Do it, and you'll be happy you did....most of my customers were. And they never thought they could be in the beginning.


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Poetry and the Earth with Robert Francis "Mudman" Johnson / June 23rd, 2012
Many traditional peoples believe memory is contained in the Earth.{as I do} Their myths and stories are nature based. Our culture has by and large lost this connection. In a playful collaborative atmosphere we will play in the earth and explore our creativity with the earth included in our process. I have a special idea which includes play and paradox to solve problems in our world, and hopefully inspire your writing, prose or poetry or journaling.
"In the earth there is a soul and you are that" Rumi
When: June 23rd, 2012
Where: 208 1/2 Polaco Street Santa Fe, NM 87501
Time: 10am to 3pm
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The Proton Therapy Center at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
MD Anderson Backgrounder 03/14/06
Inside a tunnel of enormous magnets about the length of a football field in Houston, Texas, a beam of protons rockets towards its objective. Within fractions of seconds, these supercharged sub-atomic particles, stripped from the nucleus of hydrogen atoms and accelerated to the energy of upwards to 250 million volts, strike their target with lethal precision. The damage is done but with a healing effect. We are inside the Proton Therapy Center at The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center and the target of the proton beam is a malignant human tumor.
For more than half a century, the idea of using accelerated protons to treat cancer has been gestating in the minds of visionaries and evolving in the laboratories of physicists and medical scientists around the world. Now, within The Institute for the Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer at MD Anderson, the idea is becoming a reality. With the advent of the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center, advanced technology takes hospital-based proton therapy to the next level, giving an unprecedented number of cancer patients access to a therapy more precise in destroying cancer cells without the debilitating side effects of previous radiation treatments.
The story of how the Proton Therapy Center grew from vision to reality is complex and multi-faceted, comprising chapters on medicine, physics, engineering, computer science, philanthropy and finance, as well as hydrology, geology, precision machining, industrial design and construction management. (See below for more on some of these disciplines). And the story is populated by an inspiring cast of characters, from children and manufacturing experts in Japan, to doctors and scientists and even firefighters and police officers in Houston.
But above all, this is a story of how MD Anderson continues to fulfill its mission to eliminate cancer in Texas, the nation and the world, and how it brings new hope for patients by "Making Cancer History."
Proton Therapy: A Critical Tool for Clinicians; Profound Benefits for Patients
The $125 million Proton Therapy Center at MD Anderson will be the largest and most sophisticated of its kind in the world. From the synchrotron for accelerating protons at one end of the facility to the 35-ft.-diameter, 190-ton gantries each capable of directing proton beams with sub-millimeter precision at the other, the facility comprises more than 94,000 square feet of space.
Proton therapy derives its advantage over traditional forms of radiation treatment from its ability to deliver radiation doses to a targeted tumor with remarkable precision within one millimeter that avoids the surrounding tissue, generates fewer side effects and improves tumor control. The twin goals of controlling disease and minimizing side effects are the classic aims of radiation treatment; protons enhance the opportunity for both.
Traditional X-Ray radiation treatment, although effective, is often constrained by the radiation tolerance of the normal tissue surrounding a tumor it is difficult to destroy tumor cells without destroying healthy cells nearby.
With proton therapy, however, the beam enters the body with a low dose of radiation, which increases when the beam, directed by a radiation oncologist, nears its target tumor. The radiation oncologist can precisely target where the protons stop and deposit their radiation dose. The combined effect is greater precision in targeting the tumor with a more potent dose of radiation. This means that doses can now be prescribed on the basis of how much radiation is needed to destroy a tumor, rather than a calculation of tolerance to radiation in the normal surrounding tissue.
For the oncologist, proton therapy provides other advantages. Twenty minutes after a proton treatment, the patient can undergo a PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scan, which will note the precise track of the proton beam through the body to the targeted tumor and enable the clinician to actually watch the cancer cells die.
From the treatment of its very first patient, every patient treated at the Proton Therapy Center will be placed on one of more than 30 new protocols related to tissue toxicity and optimal tumor dose to answer critical cancer questions and advance the science of proton therapy. This presents a unique opportunity to confirm the effectiveness of proton therapy as an adjunct to conventional therapy or in place of current treatments.
The benefits for patients are equally remarkable. Overall clinical benefits of proton therapy include a more targeted, higher volume dose, shorter treatment times, reduced side effects and increased treatment options for many different types of cancer. The Center will be able to provide proton therapy for more patients and more distinct disease sites. A few of the many patient groups who will benefit from proton therapy include:
Children: In general children are more sensitive than adults to the adverse effects of radiation. Proton therapy, when used to treat tumors, can minimize the amount of healthy tissues exposed to radiation, and is therefore very suitable for children. At MD Anderson, the majority of children requiring radiation therapy for their tumors will be treated with proton therapy.
Lung Cancer Patients: When treating lung cancer, radiation oncologists face a significant challenge in avoiding damage to normal, healthy tissue. Some patients have very little lung function, so saving as much normal tissue as possible is crucial. By pinpointing the radiation, there likely is an improved chance of sparing healthy tissue.
Patients with Cancer of the Head and Neck: Surgical treatment of head and neck tumors almost always involves radiation therapy to help ensure all cancer cells are killed. Yet radiation therapy has undesirable side effects, so organ preservation is a primary goal in these cases. Using proton therapy, radiation oncologists can provide heavy doses without increasing toxicity outside the immediate tumor area. For example, patients with salivary gland tumors who receive conventional radiation therapy almost always have lasting side effects, but proton therapy may help avoid them. Similarly, for brain stem tumors, a pencil-beam scanning nozzle will deliver a single proton beam of the narrowest possible dimension, sparing any of the delicate surrounding brain stem tissue.
Prostate Cancer Patients: 65 percent of all prostate cancer patients can be treated precision-targeted, high-dose proton beam therapy, sparing the rectum and bladder, and leaving both urological and sexual functions intact.
Cancers of the Eye: Proton therapy's efficacy in cancer treatment was first demonstrated in ocular melanoma. The control of the proton beam enables physicians to successfully treat cancers of the eye, while preserving the patient's eye and vision. Specially designed patient chairs, or "couches," will position the patient in front of a fixed proton beam during treatment for ocular melanomas.
Bringing a Vision to Life
Although the precision and therapeutic potential of the proton beam has been known for decades, applications were initially limited to a few disease sites. Earlier accelerators were not designed to treat patients due to limited range of energies and reliability; further, many tumors could not be visualized with sufficient precision for effective treatment and safety. It was not until 1961 that the first proton beams were directed at cancerous tumors. Then, beginning in the late 1970s, imaging modalities, including computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography, greatly advanced the diagnosis and visualization of cancerous tumors, thus giving physicians the ability to precisely map the location of tumors. This made proton therapy more practical.
MD Anderson was the vanguard of radiation oncology more than half a century ago, when its scientists developed the first machine to use the radioactive material cobalt-60 and paved the way for more effective radiation therapy around the world. The institution continues to drive advances in radiation science and its team includes two of the world¡¦s leading practitioners.
James Cox, M.D., professors and head of the Division of Radiation Oncology and his wife Ritsuko Komaki, M.D., professor of radiation oncology at MD Anderson had been monitoring the advances in proton beam technology and recognized the enormous potential for patients. The two were to play key roles in the creation of the Proton Therapy Center, which would be the Department of Radiation¡¦s latest contribution to MD Anderson's legacy of innovation.
Transforming the Power of Radiation
Born and raised in Japan, Dr. Komaki had witnessed firsthand the destructive power of radiation after the bombing of Hiroshima. Although her family had left Hiroshima before the bombing, they returned shortly after to care for Komaki's grandmother, who had survived the blast. When a close childhood friend of Dr. Komaki died of leukemia brought on by exposure to radiation, Komaki committed to become a doctor and help to save the lives of others. She went on to do so using the very technology that had devastated her country.
Fast-forward more than forty years.
As head of the Division of Radiation Oncology, Dr. Cox would be responsible for overseeing the entire effort from setting in motion Dr. Komaki's vision to equipping the Center with leading-edge technology and in the near future, treating its first patient. Dr. Cox's expertise was pivotal in applying the most-advanced concepts in radiation oncology to MD Anderson's Proton Therapy Center, including the introduction of intensity modulated proton therapy (also known as "pencil beam"), image-guided proton therapy and the concurrent use of molecular therapies with proton therapy.
Working with Drs. Cox and Komaki as administrator for the Division of Radiation Oncology was Mitch Latinkic, who had helped establish the first hospital-based proton therapy center in the United States at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California in 1990. While the technology involved in MD Anderson's would ultimately be far advanced beyond that at Loma Linda, Latinkic's experience provided deep insight and inspiration.
This team embarked on an exploration of all companies with the capability to apply this technology and it soon became clear that the best candidate was Hitachi, which had built high-energy proton accelerators in Japan. In 1998, the team had a breakthrough: As chance would have it, the Hitachi executive in charge of the accelerator project was a former high school classmate of Dr. Komaki. Their relationship would help to overcome the many obstacles involved in constructing the compact particle accelerator and transporting it halfway around the world.
Bringing Together the Right Partners
Before work on the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center could begin, the matter of financing had to be addressed. Echoing the uniqueness of the center itself, a novel public-private partnership was formed to develop, own and operate the facility, with each partner playing a highly specialized role.
Each of the financial partners has a local connection but global vision, beginning with The Styles Company, a developer of specialized health care facilities, and Sanders Morris Harris, the largest investment-banking firm based in Texas. Following a competitive selection process involving multiple bidders, these two firms had the responsibility to bring together a team that could most effectively finance, build, equip and manage the Proton Therapy Center. The two will also manage non-clinical operations of the facility after it is opened. MD Anderson, which provided a lease on land valued at $2.5 million for the facility, will have full clinical, research and staffing responsibilities. No public tax money was involved in development of the Center.
Among the lead investors in the project are the Houston Police Officers' Pension System and the Houston Firefighters' Relief & Retirement Fund, among the largest municipal pension funds in Texas. That both funds - which have a responsibility to manage assets in the best interests of members and survivors - have provided significant real-estate debt financing and equity investment for the Center is a tremendous vote of confidence in MD Anderson, the technology and the promise it holds for patients fighting cancer.
With major funding in place, the partners turned to finding precisely the right mix of companies that possessed sophisticated technology and knowledge and could work seamlessly with other industry leaders to create a proton therapy center like no other.
In Hitachi, Ltd., and General Electric Company, they found both world leaders in proton therapy systems and medical imaging, respectively, and financial investors. Varian Medical Systems is the world¡¦s leading producer of fully integrated systems of hardware and software products for treating cancer with radiation. IMPAC Medical Systems provides healthcare IT solutions to more than 1,500 institutions worldwide. All of these prestigious companies were eager to lend their expertise to creating this state-of-the-art, fully computer-integrated Center.
Rounding out all of this was a $1.6 million grant to MD Anderson from Houston's Brown Foundation, designated to educate physicians and other clinicians, patients and the public about the uses and benefits of proton therapy, and to subsidize housing and transportation costs for patients who could not otherwise travel to Houston.
Construction on the Proton Therapy Center began in 2003 and, thanks in part to the deep commitment and involvement of its partners, is on schedule to treat its first patient in early 2006. It is expected that this limited partnership will serve as a blueprint for other public universities and private investors to create mutually beneficial entities to further education, research and medical care.
A Best-In-Class Facility
When it opens, the Proton Therapy Center - the first fully computer-integrated one in the world - will stand as an international center of excellence for proton therapy, research and education. Within its 94,000 feet of space the Center will have distinct areas.
The first section or floor of the Center will house eight examination rooms; clinical space; faculty and staff offices; financial and business offices; and a library and conference and education center.
The second area or floor, for patient treatment, will include a simulation suite for CT; PET/CT and MRI imaging capability; exam rooms and additional clinical space. In addition there are anesthesiology work areas, holding and recovery areas; medical dosimetry areas for treatment planning; medical physics work areas; and, physician work areas.
The treatment rooms themselves are perhaps the most impressive aspect of the facility. Three of the rooms will be quipped with giant gantries - three stories tall, 35 feet in diameter, weighing 190 tons and resembling giant ferris wheels - each capable of maneuvering the proton beam to precisely target the patient's tumor. A fourth room will utilize a stationary beam with two treatment areas for irradiating eye tumors and for larger tumors in the body, including tumors of the central nervous system. A fifth room will contain an experimental station; among its expected uses includes NASA's exploration into what effects the impact protons - the most abundant particles in space - and the release of neutrons might have on space shuttle equipment as well as the health, safety and performance of its astronauts.
Advanced Technology to Generate the Proton Beams
The technology used in Proton Beam Therapy system - including a particle accelerator, beam transport and delivery systems and treatment room gantries - has been evolving for more than half a century.
The protons for the beam originate in an injector. They are stripped out of the nucleus of hydrogen atoms and sent to the synchrotron or particle accelerator.
The synchrotron resembles a brightly colored larger-than-life Lego(r) structure, but is actually a ring of magnets about 20 feet in diameter through which protons circulate in a vacuum tube. As the magnetic field in the ring is increased, the energy of the protons is also increased. When the magnetic field reaches the energy value corresponding to a prescribed beam energy, the field is held constant while the protons are slowly extracted from the ring. In one-half second the protons are accelerated to a maximum energy of 250 million electron volts.
From the synchrotron, the proton beam is accelerated at nearly light speed into the beam transport system where bending and focusing magnets guide the beam around corners and focus it to the desired size and as it travels to a specified location within a controlled environment, or vacuum tubes. The computer control system monitors the size, position and intensity of the beam at main points. Variations from the prescribed parameters send messages through the computer network to adjust the beam or trip interlocks that automatically shut it off. Patient safety always comes first.
The beams are delivered into three of the treatment rooms via the [rotating] gantries, or can also be delivered through a stationary port with two branches - one for irradiating eye tumors and the other tumors in the body including tumors of the central nervous system.
Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) or "pencil beam" scanning for proton therapy patients will be used, making it one of a few centers using this technique in the world. IMPT can change the energy of a proton beam at any time to penetrate a tumor at varying depths, offering the most precise form of delivering radiation therapy. Intricate treatment planning systems will program a pencil-beam scanning nozzle, designed especially for the MD Anderson facility, to deliver a single, narrow proton beam (about a centimeter in diameter) that is magnetically swept across the tumor, layer by layer, depositing the radiation dose like a painter's brush strokes, without the need to build beam shaping devices.
The novel application of sophisticated milling machinery and computer technology will enable physicians to precisely replicate the irregular 3-D shape of tumors through customized beam shaping devices used for each patient during the course of their treatment. These devices will be used in the passive scattering nozzles in the Center.
Engineering, Construction and Safety
Faced with enormous engineering, construction and safety challenges, the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center team enlisted the far-ranging expertise of specialists including geotechnical engineers, hydrologists, architects and computer scientists.
For example, prior to excavation, 85 million gallons of water had to be removed from the ground beneath the building site in order to temporarily remove hydrostatic pressure. Without this removal, the high water table below Houston could potentially cause the building to settle, thus interfering with the precise calibration required for the proton therapy system. The effort effectively lowered the water table by 25 feet, which will be maintained by a system of two large groundwater lift stations that will perpetually remove groundwater from underneath the building and lower the hydrostatic water pressure to protect from the periodic flooding experienced in the Texas Gulf Coast area.
Safety required other special construction approaches and building features. Radiation containment, for example, demanded that two-thirds of the facility be built below ground level with eight-foot concrete walls and 12-foot thick ceilings - much like a submerged iceberg. Had the center been built above ground level, 15-foot walls would have been required. Electrical contractors faced an added challenge in installing fives miles of electrical conduit embedded in the 28,000 cubic yards of concrete that make up those eight-foot thick walls. Multi-tiered, highly computerized, monitoring, safety, and fire-suppression systems (including a 5,400 gallons-per-minute firewater flow capacity) have been designed and installed to ensure the highest level of safety.
Looking to the Future: Research to Benefit Tomorrow's Patients
Every aspect of the new Proton Therapy Center reflects the values and strategies that make
MD Anderson the world's most respected cancer center. Notably, the center will underscore and strengthen MD Anderson's multidisciplinary approach to patient care and its commitment to translational research.
With the advent of the Proton Therapy Center on MD Anderson's campus, a powerful new tool will be integrated into MD Anderson's holistic approach to patient care. MD Anderson has pioneered the design and management of a multidisciplinary approach covering all stages of patient care, from evaluation and diagnosis through treatment and post-care. Pathologists, radiologists, medical oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, nurses and social workers all work as a team to coordinate care and treat the whole patient. Together, they provide patients with carefully timed and monitored treatment, developed from multiple expert perspectives. Proton therapy will be an important part of this process.
Equally important is the value the center adds to MD Anderson's comprehensive translational research program, for which it has received more grants from the National Cancer Institute than any other medical institution in the U.S. And it has successfully transferred breakthrough knowledge from the laboratory to the clinic, extending the lives of thousands of patients.


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- Overview
- BCom major requirements
- BA major requirements
- Postgraduate information
- How to find out more
- Related subjects and careers
- Course information
This subject is taught by the School of Economics and Finance.
Students live in a complex and culturally diverse world. Their lives are affected by the economic decision-making of individuals, local communities and businesses, local and central government, and overseas businesses and governments.
By studying economics, students come to understand and learn how to use:
- the ideas, concepts, and approaches needed to inform the decision-making involved in allocating scarce resources, producing goods and services, and deciding how to distribute these goods and services amongst individuals and communities;
- models (both macro and micro) to simplify and/or explain the real world and make predictions about it;
- tools that enable them to evaluate economic decisions made by others (in individual, business, governmental and global contexts) and to make informed, efficient, equitable decisions for the future.
Successful economic analysis is both an art, acquired gradually through practice, and a science, demanding quantitative skills. It is also an excellent complement to the study of various other disciplines including Law and social sciences. The emphasis on mathematical skills varies with programmes of study: those studying law and economics, for example, have a very low mathematical requirement whereas advanced microeconomics requires some mathematical skill.
Victoria University offers economics as a major for a Bachelor of Arts (BA), and for a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom). It can be earned as a conjoint BCom/Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree that has a lower credit requirement than the two degrees taken separately. Similary, Law can be studied in conjunction with a major in economics under a conjoint BCom/Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree. This is a natural combination often chosen by students.
An attractive option is to take Economics as a second major in a BSc which provides the opportunity to combine subjects that complement each other in nature and understanding, and in employment prospects. There are many alternatives: for example, a BSc degree majoring in mathematics, or geography or even Physics with a second major in economics would have subject complementarities that would enhance learning and employment prospects. Other natural examples include:
- Economics and Psychology: these come together in areas that include Behavioural and Experimental economics;
- Economics, Biology and Environmental Science; and
- Economics and Development Studies.
Such combinations give an education in rational thinking which is attractive to businesses and public sector organisations looking for graduates with a broad perspective.
BCom major requirements
- ECON 130, 140, QUAN 102 (or MATH 177 or STAT 131/193), QUAN 111 (or MATH 141/142, 151)
- ECON 201, 202; one of (ECON 211, 212, FINA 201, MATH 277, QUAN 201, 203, STAT 231, 233)
- Any three courses from (ECON 301-399; FINA 304, 306; PUBL 303)
*The ECON 130 requirement will be waived for a student who has passed ECON 140
**FCOM 111 can be replaced by COML 203 and PUBL 113/201/202
***QUAN 102 can be replace with STAT 131/193
The BCom core consists of seven courses: ACCY 111 (or 130), ECON 130, FCOM 111, INFO 101, MARK 101, MGMT 101 and QUAN 102.
Economics majors must take ECON 130 and ECON 140 in their first year. They are also very strongly encouraged to take both QUAN 102 and QUAN 111 (or Statistics and Mathematics equivalents). BCom students are required to take FCOM 111 in their first year for referencing and writing skills, as well as a general introduction to business in New Zealand. This means that three courses can be chosen from ACCY 111 (or 130), INFO 101, MARK 101 and MGMT 101, to take in their first year, with the remaining core course left till later years.
Previous NCEA study
ECON 130 is the first course introducing students to economic principles and is the prerequisite for ECON 140. However, any student who has attained Achievement with Excellence in NCEA Level 3 AS 90629, 90630 and 90632, may be exempt from ECON 130, and advance directly to ECON 140.
BA major requirements
- ECON 130, 140, QUAN 102 (or MATH 177 or STAT 131/193), QUAN 111 (or MATH 141/142, 151)
- ECON 201, 202; one of (ECON 211, 212, FINA 201, MATH 277, QUAN 201, 203, STAT 231, 233)
- Any three courses from (ECON 301-399, FINA 304, 306, PUBL 303)
Economics majors should take ECON 130 and ECON 140 in their first year. They are also very strongly encouraged to take both QUAN 102 and QUAN 111 (or Statistics and Mathematics equivalents).
Previous NCEA study
ECON 130 is the first course introducing students to economic principles and is the prerequisite for ECON 140. However, any student who has attained Achievement with Excellence in NCEA Level 3 AS 90629, 90630, 90631 and 90632, may be exempt from ECON 130, and advance directly to ECON 140.
Transitional arrangements for enrolled students prior to 2009
Students who started their BA before 2009 are able to complete the BA degree in accordance to the 2009 degree statute as long as they do so by the end of 2014.
The requirements for the Economics major, under the 2009 BA statute, were:
- ECON 130, ECON 140, QUAN 102 (or STAT 131 or 193) and QUAN 111 (or MATH 113 and 114)
- Three of ECON 201, 202, MOFI 202, QUAN 201 (or 203 or STAT 231)
- Two courses* from (ECON / MOFI / QUAN 300-399, PUBL 303 or approved 300-level ECHI courses)
* That means two 24-point courses; three 15-point courses would also be accepted.
These are the attributes that we expect our ECON majors to have by the time they graduate. They will be able to:
- Use logical reasoning
- Comprehend and apply theories and practices of economics and finance
- Comprehend the basis and interpret the role of the key assumptions of micro-, macro-, and monetary economic theories
- Interpret and appraise the construction of economic data
- Instigate, describe and explain comparisons of economic theories with observed and measured relationships
- Describe, analyse and explain the reasons for key economic and monetary institutions
- Use theory and data to assess economic policies
- Structure for analysis unstructured issues in economics
Postgraduate information
Postgraduate qualifications in Economics
- Graduate Certificate in Commerce
- Graduate Diploma in Commerce
- Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)
- Master of Commerce
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
- Master of Arts
- PhD in Economics
How to find out more
You can order more information on this subject using our Request for Study Material form. The form enables you to join Victoria University's database.
Victoria's Student Recruitment and Course Advise Office offers a range of advice on courses and help with planning your degree.
Contact the Commerce Faculty Student Administration Office for information on Admission, qualifications and courses, course advice and selection criteria, exemptions and prerequisites and your Application to Study.
Economics courses are taught within the School of Economics and Finance, Rutherford House.
For further assistance you can contact the School.
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ECON 130 – Economic Principles and Issues
ECON 140 – Economics and Strategic Behaviour
|200 Level Courses
ECON 201 – Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON 202 – Open-economy Macroeconomics
ECON 211 – Industrial Organisation
ECON 212 – Macroeconomics: Growth, Stability and Crises
|300 Level Courses
ECON 301 – Econometrics
ECON 303 – Applied Econometrics
ECON 305 – Advanced Macroeconomics
ECON 307 – Public Sector Economics
ECON 309 – International Trade
ECON 314 – Game Theory
ECON 330 – Law and Economics
ECON 333 – Labour Economics
ECON 337 – The World Economy and New Zealand in the Twentieth Century
ECON 338 – Monetary Economics
ECON 339 – Information Economics
ECON 340 – Environmental and Resource Economics
ECON 341 – Public Choice and Social Welfare
ECON 350 – Special Topic: Topics in Health Economics
ECON 351 – Special Topic: Disasters and Economic Policy
ECON 352 – Special Topic: Banking


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Kate Middleton's Pregnancy Plans Are Made Public -- Finally!
There may be a new heir to the British throne soon. I know, I know. There has been speculation about the upcoming pregnancy since they wed in April 2011. But this time it's almost definitely, maybe true. According to Us Weekly sources, Kate Middleton and Prince William have a definite baby plan in the works and here are all the details!
According to the magazine, the pair are just as eager as us rabid royal watchers to become parents. "They have been on such a high since getting married," a source close to Kate said. "It's time for the next step -- Kate is hoping she and William can become parents in 2013." William even told Katie Couric in May, "I'm just very keen to have a family. Catherine and I are looking forward to it."
Reportedly they held off on trying since returning from a royal tour of Asia in September because they are waiting for the malaria medication to wear off. Chimed in another confidante of the couple, "They are working on it. In a dream situation, they'd love to be a step closer at Christmas."
However, there is speculation that the Duchess of Cambridge is already with child. Examiner.com noted that Kate has been carrying herself differently and has been photographed repeatedly in recent days with her hand covering her tummy. "They'll make fantastic parents," another insider told Us. Of course we won't be 100 percent sure she's preggers until the palace releases a statement confirming the news. But until then, we'll remain on the royal maybe baby bump watch.
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CassNovember 28, 2012 at 5:58 PMSo a more apropos title would be "Yet another source supposedly close to Kate Middleton says nothing new about what the duke and duchess might be planning when it comes to trying for a baby, which may or may not work"? Brilliant journalism, as always.
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PRIMA487November 28, 2012 at 6:23 PMShe always has her hands in front of stomach.Carrying herself differently? Eh! Go figure.
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PRIMA487November 28, 2012 at 7:26 PMMore importantly;is Jessica Simpson pregnant again?
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carole76November 28, 2012 at 9:47 PM
I hope so
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alwayscuriousNovember 29, 2012 at 1:47 AM@Cass~ exactly my thoughts!


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Food Crisis
From Food Rebellions to Food Sovereignty: Urgent call to fix a broken food system
By Eric Holt-Giménez, Ph.D., Social Scientist and Executive Director of Food
First/Institute for Food and Development Policy. The real causes of the 2008 and 2011 food price crises were numerous, but the fact that our global agricultural system is dominated by corporations, free trade, and speculation was neglected by most media outlets.
Harvesting Money – The Global Land Grab
By Eric Holt-Giménez, Ph.D., Social Scientist and Executive Director of Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy.The food and financial crises of 2008 ignited a massive round of "land grabbing" in the Global South, with foreign agribusinesses leasing and buying large tracts of land to produce both food and fuel crops for export.
The World Food Crisis: What's behind it and What we can do about it
By Eric Holt-Giménez, Ph.D., Social Scientist and Executive Director of Food
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Can Sustainable Agriculture Feed the World?
Sustainable Agriculture CAN feed the world, and it can protect the planet and end hunger and poverty.
Agroecology and the Right to Food
"The report therefore calls States for a fundamental shift towards agro-ecology as a way for countries to feed themselves while addressing climate and poverty challenges."
Food Sovereignty
"We, more than 500 representatives from more than 80 countries, of organizations of peasants/family farmers, artisanal fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, landless peoples, rural workers, migrants, pastoralists, forest communities, women, youth, consumers and environmental and urban movements have gathered together in the village of Nyéléni in Sélingué, Mali to strengthen a global movement for food sovereignty…"
An accessible description of what food sovereignty is, who is affected, and why it is more important than ever. From the National Family Farm Coalition and Grassroots International.
Food for Thought and Action: A Food Sovereignty Curriculum
Our global food system is terribly broken. Together, we can fix it! In the Curriculum you will find modules, factsheets, and other materials to learn about food sovereignty from the perspectives of consumers, anti-hunger organizations, environmentalists, and Small Farmers and farmworkers.
Short reflection on food sovereignty by Werner Fuchs, Lutheran pastor and translator, member of the CONSEA (National Council for Food Security of Brazil).
Turning the Tables: People First
One-page reflection on food sovereignty by Roberto Malvezzi, Pastoral Land Commission (Brazil).
Corporate Control
Watch the trailer to Foodopoly, the film and book from Wenonah Hauter of Food and Water Watch.
The Urban and Northern Face of Global Land Grabs
Taken from a presentation at the International Conference on Global Land Grabbing, Eric Holt-Gimenez of Food First and Annie Shattuck and Yi Wang explain how land grabs are affecting urban areas in the Global North, in addition to the rural land grabs in the Global South. This shared, universal threat requires immediate action and global solidarity
Grabbing the Food Deserts: Large-scale land acquisitions and the expansion of retail monopolies
Eric Holt-Gimenez, Annie Shattuck, and Yi Wang explain how food retail corporations are behind the urban and northern land grab in this Food First backgrounder.
From The Applied Research Center, "The Color of Food" reveals that racism and exploitation that exist in our food system and suggests ways to transform our food system into a vehicle of justice.
Youth and Food Justice: Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement
"Youth and Food Justice: Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement," by Anim Steel Food First Backgrounder, 2010.Tags: Defense of Mother Earth, Food Sovereignty, Land/Resource Grabs, Local Food & Farming
USFSA Actions
Posted: October 23, 2012 at 9:10 pm
1. With Farmworkers! Stand in solidarity with farm workers and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and send a supermarket postcard or manager's letter
2. With Family Farmers! Push for transparency in the Trans-Pacific Partnership to make sure family farmers and people who eat are not hurt by this secretly negotiated international trade agreement.
3. With Food Workers! Become an ally of employees behind the kitchen door. Request a raise to the tipped minimum wage of $2.13 an hour for restaurant workers.
4. With Hungry People and the Environment! We're burning our crops as fuel rather than using land to grow food. Tell the Obama Administration to waive the mandate for corn ethanol.
Other Actions
A. The Alliance's Mother Earth Rights/Defense of the Commons Team is working to take action for seed sovereignty. Find out more about the Pesticide Action Network North America's efforts to fight against USDA approval of genetically modified corn and soy seeds. We also want to invite groups to connect their local actions on World Food Day to seed sovereignty, whether it's challenging corporate control of seeds or doing seed sharing in your community!
B. The Land and Resource Grabs Team is monitoring land struggles. In Honduras, over 40 peasants in the Lower Aguan region have been killed in the past year because they are refusing to give up their land to giant plantations growing African palm oil to produce agro-fuel. Stand with these Honduran peasants. And in Vallecito, Honduras, the Garifunas are struggling to recover their ancestral land, so raise your voice in solidarity with them.
C. Tell Land O Fakes (Lakes) to pay a fair price to its own member dairy farmers and to stop pushing GM. Download the postcard.Tags: Food Sovereignty, Labor & Trade, Land/Resource Grabs
Call to Action
Posted: October 23, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Call to Action
The following Call to Action is adapted from the Call to Action to End the Food Crisis issued by the US Working Group on the Food Crisis in 2008 and endorsed by several thousand organizations and individuals. It is included here as a springboard for future action of the Alliance, with the understanding that it will evolve to reflect new ideas, voices, and perspectives as the Alliance develops.
We call on people across the United States to use our political power and actions to fight poverty by rebuilding local food economies, and specifically for food system changes that:
1) Stabilize prices for farmers and consumers locally, nationally and globally by:
- Ending rampant financial speculation in food;
- Establishing and strengthening publicly-owned domestic, regional, and international strategic food reserves;
- Suspending international trade and investments in industrial-scale biofuels (a.k.a. agrofuels);
- Transforming corporate-oriented food aid;
- Ensuring fair prices to farmers, fishers, pastoralists and other food providers;
- Establishing equitable regional and global trade arrangements that enable countries, communities, and all farmers, fishers, pastoralists and other food providers to meet food and livelihood needs.
2) Balance power in the food system by:
- Reducing the political influence of agrifood corporations on public policy, e.g., by strengthening antitrust enforcement on those corporations and reducing their unregulated market power;
- Convening multi-stakeholder, representative food policy councils at state and local levels.
3) Make agriculture environmentally sustainable by:
- Supporting family farms' transition to agroecological practices through incentives, purchasing and procurement;
- Halting expansion of government-supported agrofuels (biofuels) and transgenic seeds programs, mandates, and tax incentives and other subsidies
- Directing state and national farm policy, R&D, education and investment toward agroecological farming and sustainable food businesses.
4) Guarantee the right to healthy food by building local and regional food systems and fostering social, ecological and economic justice by:
- Calling on the US to join the community of nations to support the human right to food;
- Supporting domestic food production and independent, community-based food cooperatives and businesses in the United States and around the world;
- Establishing living wages, so that everyone can afford healthy food;
- Implementing full workers' rights for farm workers and other food system workers;
- Implementing agrarian reform that takes land out of the hands of large corporations and puts it in the hands of communities for local food production.
- Strengthening the social safety net for low-income people across the US;
- Creating a solidarity economy that puts people before corporate profit in the US and around the world.
Through food sovereignty, the Earth can feed all living things.Tags: Corporations & Policies, Defense of Mother Earth, Food Sovereignty, Immigrants, Indigenous Sovereignty, Labor & Trade, Land/Resource Grabs, Local Food & Farming, Popular Education
Alliance Teams
Posted: October 16, 2012 at 6:05 pm
Fighting Against Land and Resource Grabs for Comprehensive Land Reform
Immigrant Rights and Trade
Read the USFSA's Immigration Policy Principles for Food Sovereignty
Immigration Policy Principles for Food Sovereignty
Principios de la Politica Inmigratoria y la Soberania Alimentaria
Resources on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
On April 10 at 1 pm ET, the USFSA will host a learning call about the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is being called NAFTA for the Pacific, and its implications for farmers and immigration. If you want to join the call, email email@example.com for the call information.
by John Kinsman, March 12, 2012
See updates, resources & actions on the Defense of Mother Earth page
Addressing Racism and Creating Leadership Structures that Reflect Frontline Communities
As we all know, the food system in the U.S. is dysfunctional and unjust. Our own movement reflects many of these contradictions and divides – this is why the Assembly was so important and why members of the USFSA recommitted to work together to ensure that as social justice advocates, we are conscious of issues of privilege and oppression in our work together. We will learn more together about issues of race and racism, and will work together to create a leadership structure that reflects the grassroots base-building, frontline communities that are most impacted by injustices in the food system.
Throughout the Assembly, participants reaffirmed the value of a US Food Sovereignty Alliance as a space for grassroots and national groups to build their power together in the food system and to provide solidarity to each other's struggles, particularly in the face of corporate domination. We will continue to look for opportunities to take action in solidarity with each other.


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