Monday July 21, 2014 – 12pm
Posted Jul 21, 2014 02:28:02 PM.
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12:00- Pat Johnson, Writer from Vancouver with a long history of covering faith and multiculturalism
After years of attending “pro-Palestinian” events in Canada and covering them for the media (admittedly including unapologetically pro-Israel media), I am convinced that most of those who self-define as pro-Palestinian are not making things better for Palestinians. They are making things worse. For all their chanting and occasional terrorizing of Jews, “pro-Palestinians” rarely do anything that helps actual Palestinians. They don’t raise much money for aid. (In fairness, they don’t need to; Palestinians receive, by most accounts, more foreign aid per capita than any people on the planet, yet still the dystopic mess.) They do not volunteer for or fund organizations that might create the infrastructures of a civil society in an eventually independent Palestine. They have done nothing to encourage democratic development there. They do not advocate for academic freedom, promote economic growth or demand equality for women and minorities in Palestine. They are slacktivists who serve only as apologists for tyrants and killers who lead Fatah and Hamas.
@Pat604Johnson
12:30- Anne Kingston, Senior Writer at Maclean’s Magazine
Get ready for Generation Z. They’re smarter than Boomers, and way more ambitious than the Millennials. While dispute rages over parameters, Gen Z are loosely defined as those born after 1995 and who are now 18 and under. It’s a big group: two billion worldwide, and one-quarter of the North American population. Much of the current chatter surrounding Gen Z has been generated by the 56-slide presentation “Meet Generation Z: Forget everything you learned about Millennials,” produced by New York City advertising agency Sparks & Honey. It found that 60% of Gen Zers want jobs that had a social impact, compared with 31% of Gen Ys. It deemed them “entrepreneurial” (72% want to start their own businesses), community-oriented (26% already volunteer) and prudent (56% said they were savers, not spenders).
@anne_kingston w/ @macleansmag
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