Merge pull request #1781 from mertbagt/goals-and-mission-update

goals and mission updates

Author: mertbagt

components/GoalsAndMissionCardContent/GoalsAndMissionCardContent.tsx

@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ const OurGoalsCardContent = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation("goalsandmission")
   return (
     <>
-      <h5 className="pb-4 tracking-tight lh-sm">{t("goals.overview")}</h5>
+      <h5 className="text-center fw-bold fs-sm-2 tracking-tight pb-3 pb-sm-4">
+        {t("goals.overview")}
+      </h5>
       <Row className="mb-4">
         <Col md={6}>
           <figure className="text-center mb-3">
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ const OurMissionCardContent = () => {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <h5 className="text-center fw-bold fs-sm-2 tracking-tight pb-3 pb-sm-4 text-info">
+      <h5 className="text-center fw-bold fs-sm-2 tracking-tight pb-3 pb-sm-4">
         {t("mission.overview")}
       </h5>
       <Row className="mb-4">

components/OurTeam/AdvisoryBoard.tsx

@@ -26,11 +26,16 @@ export const AdvisoryBoard = () => {
       <Row>
         <Col className="my-3">
           <SectionContainer className="py-1">
+            <MemberItem name="David Fields" descr={t("advisory.DFields")} />
+            <Divider />
             <MemberItem name="John Griffin" descr={t("advisory.JGriffin")} />
             <Divider />
             <MemberItem name="Marci Harris" descr={t("advisory.MHarris")} />
             <Divider />
-            <MemberItem name="David Fields" descr={t("advisory.DFields")} />
+            <MemberItem
+              name="Jake Hirsh-Allen"
+              descr={t("advisory.JakeHirshAllen")}
+            />
             <Divider />
             <MemberItem name="Matt Prewitt" descr={t("advisory.MPrewitt")} />
             <Divider />

public/locales/en/goalsandmission.json

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     "connect": "MAPLE seeks to better connect its constituents to one another, and to our legislators. We hope to create a space for you to meaningfully engage in state government, learn about proposed legislation that impacts our lives in the Commonwealth, and share your expertise and stories. MAPLE aims to meaningfully channel and focus your civic energy towards productive actions for our state and local communities.",
     "disclosure": "Today, there is no legal obligation for the MA legislature (formally known as “The General Court”) to disclose what written testimony they receive and, in practice, such disclosure very rarely happens. As a result, it can be difficult to understand what communications and perspectives are informing our legislators' decisions. Often, even members of the legislature cannot easily access the public testimony given on a bill.",
     "callout": "MAPLE seeks to fill this void.",
-    "publish1": "When you submit testimony via the MAPLE platform, you can publish it in a freely accessible online database (this website) so that all other stakeholders can read your perspective. We also help you find the right recipients in the legislature for your testimony, and prepare the email for you to send.",
-    "publish2": "We hope this will help foster a greater capacity and means for self-governance  and lead to better policy outcomes, with greater alignment to the needs, values, and objectives of the population of Massachusetts. While you certainly do not have to submit testimony via this website, we hope you will. Every piece of testimony published , and allows more people to gain from your knowledge and experience.",
+    "publish1": "When you submit testimony through the MAPLE platform, it will be published in our freely accessible online database (this website), allowing legislators and other stakeholders to read and benefit from your perspective. MAPLE also assists in identifying the appropriate legislative recipients for your testimony and prepares a ready-to-send email on your behalf.",
+    "publish2": "By facilitating the submission and sharing of testimony, we aim to enhance self-governance and contribute to better policy outcomes that reflect the needs, values, and objectives of Massachusetts residents. While using MAPLE is not required to submit testimony, each contribution enriches our collective understanding and empowers more individuals to engage effectively in the legislative process.",
     "submit_now": "Submit your testimony now!"
   }
 }

public/locales/en/our-team.json

@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
   "advisory": {
     "title" : "Advisory Board",
     "desc": "The Advisory Board provides strategic advice and domain expertise to the MAPLE project. We are grateful to have the support of:",
+    "DFields": "David Fields, Ph.D., is Professor of the Practice within the Graduate School of Education at Northeastern University and Senior Fellow with The Burnes Center for Social Change. He brings over 20 years of higher education experience building, launching, and scaling industry aligned programs. At the Burnes Center, his work includes supporting AI for Impact, and its InnovateMA co-op program in partnership with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.",
     "JGriffin": "John Griffin is the Managing Partner for Strategy at Partners in Democracy. He has spent a decade working in Massachusetts policy and politics, including as Massachusetts Policy Director at Democrats for Education Reform. John holds a Master in Public Policy degree from the Harvard Kennedy School.",
     "MHarris": "As founder and CEO of POPVOX.com and the Executive Director of the nonprofit POPVOX Foundation, Marci is passionate about the responsible use of technology to improve government and benefit humanity. She is a lawyer and former congressional staffer, who worked on the House Ways and Means committee's Affordable Care Act team. She has held fellowships with Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center for Democracy and the New America Foundation, and is currently an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco and a political science lecturer at San Jose State University.",
-    "DFields": "David Fields, Ph.D., is Professor of the Practice within the Graduate School of Education at Northeastern University and Senior Fellow with The Burnes Center for Social Change. He brings over 20 years of higher education experience building, launching, and scaling industry aligned programs. At the Burnes Center, his work includes supporting AI for Impact, and its InnovateMA co-op program in partnership with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.",
+    "JakeHirshAllen": "Jake advises impact investors, public sector leaders and start-ups, including on responsible tech and ethical AI. He is a director on the boards of Ontario Tech Talent and the Canadian Club and founded Lighthouse Labs. A former intellectual property and international criminal lawyer, Jake also built public-private partnerships in workforce development and higher education for LinkedIn, taught Global Health at McMaster University and clerked at the Supreme Court of Israel.",
     "MPrewitt": "Matt Prewitt is President of RadicalxChange Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the basic institutions of democracy and markets. He is also a former federal law clerk and antitrust litigator, and a writer and advisor on emerging technologies.",
     "JTurk": "James has spent his career working in Civic Tech. While at the Sunlight Foundation, he launched the Open States project, which curates a freely available repository of state legislative information across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. James served as the lead of the Open States project for 13 years. James has also worked at PBS as a Director of Technology, as Principal Engineer of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, and as Director of Public Data at Civic Eagle. James is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Chicago, teaching in the Computational Analysis & Public Policy Program.",
     "HWeber": "Harlan is the founder of Code for Boston, a civic technology volunteer group and the incubator of MAPLE. He is an experienced UX design leader, having spent 10 years in the government technology space. Harlan is currently a Principal Designer at Nava Public Benefit Corporation where he focuses on leading projects for Federal government clients. He has also served the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as an Innovation Fellow, as a founding member and design director of the Massachusetts Digital Service, and as the director of design for the Customer Technology Department at the MBTA."