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Kath Burton | Radically Hopeful
@radical-reach.bsky.social
🫂 Project research, design & publication planning
🫂 Publishing mentorship & coaching
🫂 Developmental editing & editorial development

All things community gardening, publishing and engagement.

https://www.radicallyhopeful.org/
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Radically Hopeful isn't just a company name - it's an approach to publishing that puts possibility at its heart, combining community engagement with practical publishing support.

If you have an idea you'd like to discuss, let's find a time to chat. 👇
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Proposals for the 10th NYC Open Data Week & NYC School of Data in March 2026 are accepted through 12/15/25. This is an excellent example of public scholarship & civic data literacy. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cunygcdi.bsky.social @cunygcps2.bsky.social @cunypitlab.bsky.social

opendataweek.nyc
December 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Radically Hopeful isn't just a company name - it's an approach to publishing that puts possibility at its heart, combining community engagement with practical publishing support.

If you have an idea you'd like to discuss, let's find a time to chat. 👇
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December 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health is currently accepting submissions! They're looking for topics that discuss ongoing exploitation of Indigenous lands and knowledge impacts on Indigenous Peoples worldwide. Submissions close January 9th.

networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

#edusky #academia
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Looking to after next week's holiday, we've a public talk on designing a digital archive of Caribbean speculative storytelling cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15359711; workshop for coders on LLMs to classify texts cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15249593; 3 textile makerspace workshops & an origami workshop:
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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There's a research guide for Anthropology! This guide provides you with access to anthropology and related resources. For example, the Encyclopedia of Human Relationships.
Learn more at:
libguides.gc.cuny.edu/anthropology

#academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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There's a research guide for Africana Studies!

For example, umbrasearch.org brings together items from more than 1,000 U.S. archives, libraries, and museums of African American history and culture.

Learn more at:
libguides.gc.cuny.edu/africana

#academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Immigrants make our communities stronger every day.
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Now a more in-depth look at the @openbookcollective.bsky.social and the amazing things they are making possible, including the OBC's Collective Development Fund, which is providing support to build capacity for #DiamondOA publishing activities of #OAbooks
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Small gardens can boost biodiversity just as much as large ones – and when little green spaces join together with others, it creates a network of wildlife-friendly areas that benefits many different species.
Ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/sma...
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happening now (and until 1pm EST on Tuesday 29 April). Columbia 25 Hour speakout 🔉
Live streamed here: www.youtube.com/live/6kXvnC6...
Strength and solidarity to all #CUIMCStandsUP for this bold and effective stance in support of #academicfreedom #humanities #values

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kXv...
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April 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government Censorship community is now nearly 4,300 strong ✊🏻✨😎 - help reach the 10,000 signatories target by end April 👇🏼

docs.google.com/forms/d/1hTI...
Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship
This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. We ca...
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April 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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New York City has its very own #zine shop called Quimby's! Find it in Brooklyn, across the street from the Metropolitan Avenue subway.

Visit! ✨
Buy zines! 📚
Support zinesters! ✂️

Please spread the word!

📍 Quimby's Bookstore NYC
536 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn
New York,
NY 11211
United States
April 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
📣 Incoming w/ a new post on CHC’s newly minted HumComm Talk - ease into the weekend with a little bit of Amplifying Humanities Communication Together 👇🏼
New on our Center for Humanities Communication’s blog: 3-part interview series by Cheryl Sadowski on high-impact leaders & professionals who started with humanities degrees. 1st post: on Kirsten Dueck, CEO of social-enterprise investing org NESsT. center-humanities-communication.org/humcomm-talk...
A Tale of Two Envelopes: Social Impact CEO Celebrates Humanities Education – Center for Humanities Communication (CHC)
center-humanities-communication.org
March 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
📜 CALLING all #publishing nerds and #community champions!

An opportunity to share joy and imagine a brighter tomorrow for an imperfect publishing system - how might we craft radically hopeful open publishing models in community?
JOIN the CPG! ▶️💚🌱
bsky.app/profile/comm...
How might your publishing experiences help our publishing garden grow?

The Community Publishing Garden (CPG) is now open!
Share your expression of interest with us: buff.ly/4bsZm7G

And join us in creating opportunities for new ways of publishing in community to flourish.
Community Publishing Garden — Radish Press
Existing open book publishing models, rooted in academic systems, struggle to support the diverse knowledge emerging from grassroots communities. The Community Publishing Garden asks how we might…
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March 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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February 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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It's early days, but we're hard at work growing our reach, and setting up things like DOIs to make your work count in the ways you want it to. It all comes back to people and stories. You're our people, let's tell your stories.
February 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
⬇️ for more #misfit mayhem and all the fun(ghi) you need today #OTL ✨💚
February 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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We're back from our winter hiatus, and to start 2025, we just published Karen Copp's review of 'The Design of Books: An Explainer for Authors, Editors, Agenda, and Other Curious Readers' by Debbie Berne!
➡️ networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Book Review: Debbie Berne’s 'The Design of Books: An Explainer for Authors, Editors, Agents, and Other Curious Readers' | H-Net
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January 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Honoured to be included in this essential @jepub.bsky.social special issue, On Gathering: Exploring Collective and Embodied Modes of Scholarly Communication and Publishing (editor: @katinalynn.bsky.social) that has published today: journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/! [1/6]
The Journal of Electronic Publishing
journals.publishing.umich.edu
January 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Love the idea of generous exclusion! Why the More is Not Always the Merrier — Priya Parker
Why the More is Not Always the Merrier — Priya Parker
Generous exclusion is the intentional drawing of a temporary line for the good of the guests and to help activate and fulfill a gathering's purpose. By closing the door, you create the room. Here are…
buff.ly
January 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
A huge thrill to be a part of this incredible group of #scholcomm champions. Thank you to all who have made this issue possible. 🎉
Join us on 31 Jan to celebrate the joy of publishing in community and keep the conversation going. ✨
Join us Friday 1/31 at 12pm EST for a roundtable on collective & embodied scholarly communication! Contributors to the JEP special issue On Gathering will talk about process, unexpected outcomes, & challenges. Hosted by @jepub.bsky.social & @ach.bsky.social RSVP: members.ach.org/civicrm/even...
January 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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To all those interest in applying to the second round of our Collective Development Fund (CDF) to build capacity for open access book publishing: we will be opening the CDF call earlier this year, and are looking to open the applications for funding later this month (TBC).
January 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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@outsidethelinespub.bsky.social (launching soon) is a new Radish Press publication of, for, and by the open publishing community (i.e. anyone invested in how we make knowledge exchange more open & equitable). And you can be one of our first contributors! More info & hot to pitch at: tiny.cc/pitchotl
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January 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Hey you! Yea, you! Resolutions are optional and productivity is a scam, but if you want write/create more this year because it's a thing that ✨️brings you joy✨️ here's your first opportunity:
January 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM