Jessica [Jessie] Standifer

5 fitness lessons I learned 1 It's OK to want to change your body 2 No secrets, shortcuts, or gimmicks. Just patience, great teachers, & consistency 3 Monitor your self talk 4 If you can afford it, pay for help 5 OK to start for vanity. Later, you might fall in love w/the craft

Today marks the 77th anniversary of the @UN!🇺🇳 On this #UNDay, we stand with UN partners to reaffirm the principles of UN Charter and reiterate this year’s message of Sec. Gen. of the UN. In ´22, through @USAIDSavesLives and @StandbyPartner, we deployed 123 people to UN agencies

Disaster early warning systems save lives! Representatives from @BngrcMada @PamMadagascar and @DisasterDept visited the @dccmsM to learn about weather forecasting services and early warning activities in Malawi. Sharing knowledge 📃and working together to build preparedness 👏👏

Loving long (almost) summer days

Retweet cuz I’m guilty— aren’t we all?

@scottreinhard @nytimes Congrats — the map looks great!

In August I traveled into the Zamfara forests for a rare interview with an army of bandits For @newlinesmag I wrote about my bizarre day w/ these insurgents, who are waging a brutal war in which I'm not sure even they know what they ultimately hope to win newlinesmag.com/reportage/my-t…

@oren_sa @OSGeo @foss4g Did this ever take off? Looking to connect with geog folks in Dakar!

Any Dakar geo geeks interested in starting a Senegal chapter of @OSGeo? Peer support to people using Open-source GIS or looking to get started+connect with the wider @foss4g community. Keen to start with a meetup? osgeo.org

@JMilesColeman Basically a population map

"Water knows no political boundaries" - Dr. Cedric David, @NASAJPL @SERVIRGlobal is taking a transboundary approach to hydrology, using mapping & satellite data to predict & prepare for floods & disasters. Chk out the tools: resiliencelinks.org/building-resil… @USAID @NASA #climate

#Leafmap just added 200+ basemaps, thanks to #geopandas xyzservices. Try it out: gishub.org/leafmap-demo Notebook: leafmap.org/notebooks/02_u… GitHub: github.com/giswqs/leafmap xyzservices: github.com/geopandas/xyzs… #GeoPython #dataviz #gis #mapping #jupyter #ipyleaflet #opensource

The first episode dropped today-- so excited for you to hear the stories of our fellowship!

@AyresAlyssa @AIFoundation Thank you for speaking today! The entire fellowship class looks forward.

One thing I take away from this animation: we should do way more about malaria and malnutrition, which cause this many deaths *all the time* but receive much less attention and funding.

@arvinalaigh no way

This is a free event in support of #AIFCOVID19Response we have a suggested donation of $10 / 700INR - go to aif.org to donate! @AIFoundation @nishant_AIF

Excited to announce the second webinar of our Navigating COVID-19 Series, join us on Saturday, May 16 11am EST/8:30pm IST! Listen and engage with our speakers Esmeralda Herrera, Sriya Srikrishnan, and Rachel Varghese! Register here: lnkd.in/eqJf3BF #AIFCOVID19Response

Teachers often go without adequate funding, paying out of pocket to support students. This crisis is no different as teachers work to lessen the inequities of distance learning. In honor of #TeacherAppreciationDay, we must give teachers more equitable schools to return to.

What can we learn from past crises? #education youtube.com/watch?v=3eUU1B…

Find ways to help on: Indiagainstcorona.com

#lockdown in #India has devastated the poor. Millions of daily wage earners are out of work - and running low on supplies. TYCIA's initiative #IAC2020 is addressing this by providing emergency ration and hygiene products for families across 4 states -- #COVID19 #COVID