Young Education Professionals-DC & DCAB-L

oung Education Professionals is a DC-based non-profit created by and for young professionals that connects tomorrow’s education leaders through relationship-building, knowledge development, career and professional development, and community engagement .DCAB-L supports the Washington DC/Baltimore area bluegrass community by providing a forum for its denizens.Disruptive, potentially illegal, or commercial non-bluegrass posts, are not tolerated and consitute grounds for expulsion

Sunday, 16 February 2020

[dcab-l] 2020 Hazel Dickens Song Contest Winners Announced

For Immediate Release

Hazel Dickens Song Contest Winners Announced

February 16, 2020 – The winners of the 2020 Hazel Dickens Song Contest have been selected:

1^st place: God Leaves the Light On by David Morris of Gaithersburg, MD (Co-writers: Donna Ulisse and Dawn Kenney)

2^nd place: Dancing in the Rain by Carly Arrowood of Union Mills, NC

3^rd place: Give me Grace by Jane Fallon of Dunedin, FL

Honorable mentions:

Harvester by John Bolten, Catonsville MD
Allegheny Town by Missy Raines, Nashville TN
You Come Around by Kris Grainger, Salem OR

The contest was judged by Milan Miller, Rick Lang and Mary Doub.

Listen to the winning songs here.

The Hazel Dickens Song Contest wishes to thank all the contestants and judges for making the competition a success.

For more information contact Randy Barrett at 703-405-6230

The Hazel Dickens Song Contest honors the life and muse of one of bluegrass music's most beloved songwriters. All proceeds help fund the nonprofit DC Bluegrass Union in its mission to promote bluegrass music in the greater Washington area through performance and education.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DCAB-L" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dcab-l+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dcab-l/2138165262.5433984.1581874721947%40mail.yahoo.com.

[dcab-l] DCBU/VFW Bluegrass Jam in Takoma Park

The next DC Bluegrass Union VFW Bluegrass Jam will be Presidents' Day, Monday, February 17, from 7:00-10:00 PM, at:

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 350
Address: 6420 Orchard Ave., Takoma Park, MD

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VFW-POST-350-Hells-Bottom-114813825219281/

Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/VFWmap

Contact: VFW Post 350: 301-270-8008
or Barb Diederich <barb@barbdiederich.com>

The VFW Post is at the corner of Orchard Ave. and 4th Ave., just a few blocks from the intersection of New Hampshire Ave. and Eastern Ave.

The jams are on the first and third Monday of each month. As always, the jams are free. If you know anyone who might like to come, please pass this message along to them. Thanx!

For more information, see the FAQ at http://www.barbdiederich.com/vfwjam/ .

We do not endorse spam. To get off this mailing list, send an email to barb@barbdiederich.com .

—Barb ~ 301-633-2504

Check out the FAQ at http://www.barbdiederich.com/vfwjam/

/~~\\ , , ,
|#===||=========#***>
\__// ' '

Thursday, 13 February 2020

Brave Browser the Best privacy-focused Browser of 2020

Out of all the privacy-focused products and apps available on the market, Brave has been voted the best. Other winners of Product Hunt's Golden Kitty awards showed that there was a huge interest in privacy-enhancing products and apps such as chats, maps, and other collaboration tools.

An extremely productive year for Brave

Last year has been a pivotal one for the crypto industry, but few companies managed to see the kind of success Brave did. Almost every day of the year has been packed witch action, as the company managed to officially launch its browser, get its Basic Attention Token out, and onboard hundreds of thousands of verified publishers on its rewards platform.

Luckily, the effort Brave has been putting into its product hasn't gone unnoticed.

The company's revolutionary browser has been voted the best privacy-focused product of 2019, for which it received a Golden Kitty award. The awards, hosted by Product Hunt, were given to the most popular products across 23 different product categories.

Ryan Hoover, the founder of Product Hunt said:

"Our annual Golden Kitty awards celebrate all the great products that makers have launched throughout the year"

Brave's win is important for the company—with this year seeing the most user votes ever, it's a clear indicator of the browser's rapidly rising popularity.

Privacy and blockchain are the strongest forces in tech right now

If reaching 10 million monthly active users in December was Brave's crown achievement, then the Product Hunt award was the cherry on top.

The recognition Brave got from Product Hunt users shows that a market for privacy-focused apps is thriving. All of the apps and products that got a Golden Kitty award from Product Hunt users focused heavily on data protection. Everything from automatic investment apps and remote collaboration tools to smart home products emphasized their privacy.

AI and machine learning rose as another note-worthy trend, but blockchain seemed to be the most dominating force in app development. Blockchain-based messaging apps and maps were hugely popular with Product Hunt users, who seem to value innovation and security.

For those users, Brave is a perfect platform. The company's research and development team has recently debuted its privacy-preserving distributed VPN, which could potentially bring even more security to the user than its already existing Tor extension.

Brave's effort to revolutionize the advertising industry has also been recognized by some of the biggest names in publishing—major publications such as The Washington Post, The Guardian, NDTV, NPR, and Qz have all joined the platform. Some of the highest-ranking websites in the world, including Wikipedia, WikiHow, Vimeo, Internet Archive, and DuckDuckGo, are also among Brave's 390,000 verified publishers.

Earn Basic Attention Token (BAT) with Brave Web Browser

Try Brave Browser

[dcab-l] Looking For Volunteers for DC Bluegrass Festival is on Saturday, March 28th.

Volunteer Opportunities at the Festival

Support DCBU and this year's festival as a volunteer! There are numerous roles that volunteers can fill on the day of the festival, and we depend on your help to make it a success. If you are accepted as a volunteer, you will not need to purchase a festival ticket. Please email dcbuvol@gmail.com - thank you!

The all-day event features performances on stage and open jamming throughout. The location is The Falls Church Episcopal, 115 E. Fairfax Street, Falls Church VA 22046. It's a great venue for music and fully accessible.

NOON - Mid-Atlantic Bluegrass Band Contest. Winning band will start the festival

FESTIVAL - Claire Lynch; IBMA Momentum Award winner Man About a Horse; and The Gina Furtado Project. Each band will perform an afternoon set and an evening set.

$30 in advance or $35 at the door.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dc-bluegrass-festival-and-2020-mid-atlantic-bluegrass-band-competition-tickets-83166175269

Mike Marceau
CELL: 301-542-9867
"Veterans For Peace is a global organization of Military Veterans and allies whose collective efforts are to build a culture of peace by using our experiences and lifting our voices. We inform the public of the true causes of war and the enormous costs of wars, with an obligation to heal the wounds of wars."
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

Monday, 10 February 2020

[YEP-DC] YEPDC Winter Book Club

This winter's book title will be "The Knowledge Gap: The hidden cause of America's broken education system--and how to fix it" by Natalie Wexler

We'll meet to discuss the book on Tuesday, March 3 at 6:30pm. Save the date for it.

If you are interested in joining the book club and discuss this book, send us a message at dc@youngedprofessionals.org.

--
--
You received this message because you are a part of Young Education Professionals-DC (YEP-DC). YEP-DC is a nonpartisan group that allows its members to post education-related messages regardless of affiliation.

To submit a post to YEP-DC, send an email to dc@youngedprofessionals.org.
To learn more about YEP-DC's job posting guidelines, please visit: http://www.youngedprofessionals.org/yep-dc-posting-guidelines.html.

To unsubscribe from the group, send an email to YoungEdProfessionals+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/YoungEdProfessionals?hl=en

More information about YEP-DC is available at www.youngedprofessionals.org/yep-dc
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Young Education Professionals-DC" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to youngedprofessionals+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/youngedprofessionals/22c3baea-0122-499d-b0e0-5a3cbbece5a9%40googlegroups.com.

[YEP-DC] Call for Nominations for 2020 YEPDC Awards

Our nomination period for the 2020 YEPDC Awards is now open. It is meant to recognize amazing young education professionals in the DC area. They do not have to be YEPDC members. These awards are meant to recognize young professionals in the education community for their achievements in 2019.

The awards in which professionals can be nominated are:

Educator of the Year
Researcher of the Year
Leader of the Year
Volunteer of the Year

Nominators can submit their nominations here. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, March 6, 2020.

--
--
You received this message because you are a part of Young Education Professionals-DC (YEP-DC). YEP-DC is a nonpartisan group that allows its members to post education-related messages regardless of affiliation.

To submit a post to YEP-DC, send an email to dc@youngedprofessionals.org.
To learn more about YEP-DC's job posting guidelines, please visit: http://www.youngedprofessionals.org/yep-dc-posting-guidelines.html.

To unsubscribe from the group, send an email to YoungEdProfessionals+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/YoungEdProfessionals?hl=en

More information about YEP-DC is available at www.youngedprofessionals.org/yep-dc
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Young Education Professionals-DC" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to youngedprofessionals+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/youngedprofessionals/65e10d80-8f3c-4125-a90b-0d4d54f58b81%40googlegroups.com.

[YEP-DC] YEPDC February Happy Hour, Tuesday, February 18

Come join us at our February Happy Hour on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, from 6pm to 7:30pm at Franklin Hall, 1348 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yep-dc-february-happy-hour-tickets-92856715937

--
--
You received this message because you are a part of Young Education Professionals-DC (YEP-DC). YEP-DC is a nonpartisan group that allows its members to post education-related messages regardless of affiliation.

To submit a post to YEP-DC, send an email to dc@youngedprofessionals.org.
To learn more about YEP-DC's job posting guidelines, please visit: http://www.youngedprofessionals.org/yep-dc-posting-guidelines.html.

To unsubscribe from the group, send an email to YoungEdProfessionals+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/YoungEdProfessionals?hl=en

More information about YEP-DC is available at www.youngedprofessionals.org/yep-dc
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Young Education Professionals-DC" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to youngedprofessionals+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/youngedprofessionals/d88a9298-a799-4010-b5c7-06fe09f7b6fd%40googlegroups.com.