TheBridge
Community connecting tech, policy and politics
0
Screen Shot 2019-01-29 at 12.28.40 AM.png

TheBridge Events

TheBridge has partnered with leading tech, policy and political organizations including Microsoft, Google, Twitter, WeWork, Postmates, The US Chamber's Technology Engagement Center (C_TEC), National Journal's Policy Makers Network, Verizon, Dell, Lyft, Quorum, Airbnb, 1776, DCode, The United States Digital Service (USDS), The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Vrge Strategies, The Bank Policy Institute, Women's High-Tech Coalition, and more. 

Our events have included policy discussions, career networking events, Women in Tech series, resume and career workshops. How do you want to partner? Email us!  

We announce our events in TheBridge Update (sent on Tues & Thurs) Click below to sign up to receive the Update and stay up to date!

TheBridge events are unique. They drive a conversation between the public and private sector, promote understanding and collaboration while catalyzing meaningful and lasting connections. Our events range from intimate discussions among industry leaders, working groups and roundtables, to larger events broadcast live on C-SPAN-TV and have attracted all major outlets including PBS Newshour, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Recode, Politico, among others.

Want to attend an event? The best way to stay up to date with TheBridge events is through our bi-weekly community updates.

Building Anti-Racist Technology & Culture

Join TheBridge and All Tech is Human for a discussion about building anti-racist technology. How can we ensure that our technological systems do not reproduce existing inequalities?

Watch the conversation LIVE below and ask your questions during the discussion with Mutale Nkonde, CEO of AI for the People & fellow at the Digital Society Lab at Stanford, and Charlton McIlwain, the author of Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, From the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter & Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development at NYU. This conversation is being moderated by All Tech Is Human's David Ryan Polgar. 

This event was Thursday, July 9, at 9am PT/12pm ET. Watch the recording here:

Jul 9 Buliding Anti Racist Tech .jpg

You can also find it on the All Tech Is Human YouTube page, website, Periscope, and embedded on their Twitter account.

Follow along on twitter:

  • @AllTechIsHuman

  • @TheBridgeWork

  • @TechEthicist (moderator, David Ryan Polgar)

  • @cmcilwain

  • @mutalenkonde

Mutale Nkonde
Mutale Nkonde is the founding CEO of AI For the People (AFP) a non profit communications agency.

AFP’s mission is to eliminate the under-representation of black professionals in the American technology sector by 2030. We do this in three ways:

*Identifying, recruiting and developing technologists from traditionally under represented groups.

*Commissioning research on how technical systems impact Black people.*We then collaborate with journalists, television producers, film makers and artists to develop content designed to change tech neutrality narratives, and empower communities to advocate for the development of anti-racist policies to govern the design and deployment of AI systems.

Prior to this Nkonde worked in AI Governance. During that time she was part of the team that introduced the Algorithmic and Deep Fakes Algorithmic Acts, as well as the No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act to the US House of Representatives.

She started her career as a broadcast journalist and produced documentaries for the BBC, CNN & ABC. She now also writes widely on race and tech, as well speaking at conferences across the world and currently a fellowships at the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford and member of the Tik Tok's US Advisory Council.

Charlton McIlwain
Charlton McIlwain is Vice Provost of Faculty Engagement & Development at New York University, and Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU's Steinhardt School. He is also the Founder of the Center for Critical Race & Digital Studies, and the co-author of Race Appeal: How Candidates Invoke Race in U.S. Political Campaigns, winner of the 2012 APSA Ralph Bunche Award. His latest book is Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, From the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter, by Oxford University Press.

From the 1960s to present, the book examines how computing technology has been used to neutralize the threat that black people pose to the existing racial order, but also how black people seized these new computing tools to build community, wealth, and wage a war for racial justice.Through archival sources and the voices of many of those who lived and made this history, Black Software centralizes African Americans’ role in the Internet’s creation and evolution, illuminating both the limits and possibilities for using digital technology to push for racial justice in the United States and across the globe.

ALL TECH IS HUMAN

All Tech Is Human is an accelerator for tech consideration and hub for the Responsible Tech movement. By promoting knowledge-sharing & collaboration among a broad range of stakeholders, we aim to lessen the gap between how quickly we develop and deploy emerging technology and how slowly we consider its use, misuse, and unintended consequences. By leveraging the collective intelligence of the community, we can build a more thoughtful tech future. Sign-up for the All Tech Is Human newsletter.

THEBRIDGE

TheBridge is a non-partisan organization breaking down silos and connecting professionals across technology, policy and politics — building stronger, more collaborative relationships. Join the community and learn more about TheBridge resources: searchable leaders directory, job board, events. Sign up for our bi-weekly updates to stay in touch.

 
All Tech Is Human logo.png
 
TheBridge Logo PNG.png
 

If you would like to partner with TheBridge on an event, email us at hello@thebridgework.com.

All Tech Is HumanTheBridge