92Y Video: Jeffrey Sachs on Obama, #OccupyWallStreet and Money in Politics
Jeffrey Sachs, director of Earth Institute, professor of health policy and management at Columbia University and special advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, was here on October 16 for The Glantz Lecture: The Values That Unite Us.
In the wake of the worst recession in almost a century, Sachs turned his focus to his home country, arguing that America has reached a crucial moment in its history. He spoke at length about the failures of Obama, money in politics, and of course, Occupy Wall Street. “We’re just at the beginning of this,” he told the audience. “It’s not simple, but something is starting here.” Watch video excerpts above.
Former US Secretary of the Treasury Paul O’Neill, Kenneth G. Langone, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, NYU Langone Medical Center, Robert I. Grossman, The Saul J. Farber Dean and Chief Executive Officer, NYU Langone Medical Center, Donald Berwick, chief administrator of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services and 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl are coming to 92nd Street Y on October 23. Questions they will address include: What are the most pressing issues to be solved? What are the risks? The costs? How can we respect the patient? What needs to be in place and what should the priorities be?
What questions do you have for the panelists? How do you think health care in America can be approved? Let us know on our Facebook page, and we will submit your questions during the Q&A. If your question is used on stage, you’ll receive two free tickets to an upcoming lecture of your choice, pending availability. So get questioning!
Do you have questions about Alzheimer’s disease? Now’s your chance to ask the experts.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, and the sixth leading cause of death across all ages in the United States. The Alzheimer’s Association reports that one out of eight Americans over the age of 65 has Alzheimer’s disease, and the total number of dementia-related illnesses are expected to double by 2050, being driven primarily by the aging Baby Boomer population and longer life expectancy rates [PDF].
Dr. Mary Sano, Director of Alzheimer’s Disease Research at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Dr. Linda Levine Madori, professor at St. Thomas Aquinas College and creator of the Therapeutic Thematic Arts Programming for the Older Population (TTAP Method™), will visit 92Ynd Street Y on November 1 to discuss new ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s, including the TTAP Method™ (Therapeutic Thematic Arts Programming for the Older Population).
If you have questions for either speaker, please submit them in the comments below, and we will forward them for consideration during the Q&A. And don’t forget to share this post with any interested friends on Twitter and Facebook!
Diana Balmori is a noted landscape scholar, author and design principal of the landscape and urban design firm Balmori Associates, NYC. Her latest book, A Landscape Manifesto, includes discussions of urban ecology, environmental conservation, and environmentally beneficial building techniques. So it probably isn’t much of a surprise to learn some of her favorite websites include Architizer, BLDGBlog and Urban Omnibus.
Those websites are only part of Diana’s media and culture diet. Learn more below, in the 92Y Culture Klatsch Q&A with Diana Balmori, and stop by 92nd Street Y on November 15 when she’s here with MoMA’s Peter Reed.
Social Good Summit: Behind The Scenes Video with Mandy Moore
In this behind the scenes video at the Social Good Summit, actress/activist Mandy Moore talks about how students and youth can use social media to help the prevention of Malaria and her trip to Cameroon where it is the #1 cause of death. You can watch all of the videos - including clips with Richard Gere, Jeffrey Sachs and Christy Turlington among others - and read recaps of this inspiring week-long event here.
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As if you didn’t know, the “poetry scene” in New York City is legendary. And the establishments fostering this scene stretch from the Lower East Side to the Upper East Side, and beyond. From The New York Times today:
When you imagine a poetry reading, the scene that comes to mind probably doesn’t involve battalions of underwear-slinging admirers. Poetry is supposed to be dusty stuff, the reading of which can inspire even a hyperactive 4-year-old to go gentle into that good nap. And yet here is Dylan Thomas’s wife, Caitlin, describing her husband’s famous 1953 performances at the Poetry Center in New York, now part of the 92nd Street Y, “I used to come in late and hear, through the mikes, the breath-strained panting ... booming blue thunder into the teenagers’ delighted bras and briefs.”
As signs of performative triumph go, happy underwear surely beats a standing ovation.
Not that Thomas’s success should be surprising. Poetry has a long tradition of being not only read but also performed vigorously and well, and 50 years after Thomas, New York is still one of the best places in America to hear poetry out loud, whether it’s being declaimed from a stage, whispered in an auditorium or shouted in a bar. All of which is in keeping with the history of poetry as an oral art.
As The Times noted in the article, Seamus Heaney was here on September 26, to kick-off the 92Y Poetry Main Reading Series. We’ll share a video clip from that evening soon, here on the 92Y Blog. Check back next week!
Next in the Main Reading Series: Chinese/US Poetry Exchange with Xi Chuan, Zhou Zan, Marilyn Chin and Li-Young Lee on October 10.
We were honored to welcome to him in March, part of our 92Y Arts & Entertainments Talks. Above are video highlights from that evening. Care to share your own favorite Mellencamp moment or song? Leave a comment below!
Coming up in 92Y Arts & Entertainment Talks: Paula Deen with Dr. Gail Saltz (Oct 11); Caroline Kennedy (Oct 13); Fashion Icons With Fern Mallis: Calvin Klein (Oct 17); Andy Borowitz Presents: The Funniest American Writers (Oct 19).
Julianne Moore With Leonard Lopate At 92Y Last Night
Our colleague took this great Instagram photo of Julianna Moore and Leonard Lopate at 92nd Street Y last night that we wanted to share with our 92Y Blog readers.
Maybe we should start a photo album online of 92Y guests snapped in an Instagram photo? Next in the series could be Hugh Jackman and special guest Shawn Levy, here tonight as part of Annette Insdorf’s Reel Pieces series.
Does your grandmother use Social Media? She’s nearly as likely to as teenagers are.
A 2009 study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found those aged 70 years or older were the fastest growing age group of internet users. At the same time, Neilsen Wire reported that “8.2% of all social network and blog visitors are over 65, just 0.1 percentage points less than the number of teenagers who frequent these sites.”
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work? Alaska.
We’ve read that 4.3% of Alaskans walk to work, compared to the national average of 1.3%.
Do you walk to work? If you live in Manhattan, you surely do a lot of walking, to work or otherwise! If you’d like to walk more, check out 92Y City Walks. Learn about historic neighborhoods and structures, while getting your walk on! And if the treadmill is more your thing, we have those, too!
Questionable Facts: More Money Printed For Monopoly Than U.S. Treasury
It’s been alleged that more money is printed everyday for Monopoly than the United States Treasury Department. Learn better than questionable facts at 92Y Business & Finance Talks.
Social Good Summit Behind The Scenes Video with Madam Tobeka S. Zuma
In this behind-the-scenes- video, The United Nations Foundation’s Aaron Sherinian interviews Her Excellency Madam Tobeka S. Zuma, First lady of the Republic of South Africa, at the 2011 Social Good Summit that wrapped up yesterday at 92Ynd Street Y.
Madam Zuma spoke about the her first ever tweet, sent from the stage of 92Y, and the power of technology to make connections around the world.
Watch more Social Good Summit Behind The Scenes Video on the 92Y YouTube Channel.
The fourth and final day of the 2011 Social Good Summit was designed to focus on the Start Ups for Good Challenge, a special event where startups that are building or using technology to make a positive impact on the world competed for a chance to present at the Social Good Summit and win a $10,000 cash prize for their company. But first, there was an impressive line-up of speakers:
Barbara Bush, CEO/Co-founder of Global Health Corps and Pete Cashmore, Founder/CEO of Mashable discussed The Power of Youth: Mobilizing Communities through New Media. Bush talked about four architects who are Global Health fellows and their efforts to design the first hospital in Rwandan village of 300,000 people. They are focusing on solutions so airborne illnesses specific to the region do not spread through the hospital. Watch here.
Yossi Vardi, one of Israel’s top entrepreneurs, talked about the difference between social entrepreneurship and for-profit entrepreneurship, highlighting the importance of helping people to create happiness, the greatest return on investment. Watch here.
Shahinaz Ahmed, CEO of Education for Employment Foundation and 2010 92Y Ford Motor Company International Fellow, was Skyped in from Cairo to give an Egypt Update on Tahrir Square. She witnessed the revolution first hand and connected with people online using social media to find and connect with people offline. Watch here.
Andrea Koppel, VP of Global Engagement & Policy of Mercy Corps, Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO of Mercy Corps, Ronan Farrow, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Special Adviser for Global Youth Issues and Salman Shaikh, Director of Brookings Doha Center had a conversation on The Arab Awakening: Apps & Aspirations. They stressed the priority of connecting youth with opportunities and the need for corporations to get involved to provide seed capital to start businesses. Watch here.
The First Lady of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Margarita Cedeño de Fernandez, made a surprise appearance and was awarded a Social Good Award. She has embraced social media, has close to 40,000 followers on Twitter, and made a big impression on everyone when she said, “You will always be in my heart and in my iPad.” Watch here.
Former US Secretary of the Treasury Paul O’Neill, Kenneth G. Langone, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, NYU Langone Medical Center, Robert I. Grossman, The Saul J. Farber Dean and Chief Executive Officer, NYU Langone Medical Center, Donald Berwick, chief administrator of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services and 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl 
What Would You Ask Michael Moore?
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work? Alaska.
