Apple’s 2020 Vision for Racial Justice
By Leniece Flowers | | Founders
Over 9.5 million viewers tuned in over the past week eagerly awaiting the release of iOS 14 during the annual World Wide Developer Conference. With backdrops of protestors marching across the Brooklyn Bridge, Cook spoke to the ways in which Apple is investing in solutions to tackle long-standing institutional inequalities and social injustices externally and internally.
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Black LGBTQ Owned Businesses Need Support During The Pandemic, Even If There Isn’t Exact Data On How Many There Are
By Vanessa Taylor
The coronavirus pandemic’s economic impacts are still unfolding, but things are already far ...
Real Policy Outcomes for a Renewed Interest in Workplace Diversity
By Dria Roland
It’s projected that people of color will become the majority of the U.S. ...
The Next Frontier of the Tech Worker Movement: Black Employees Organizing Against Racism in the Workplace
By Sherrell Dorsey
Ifeoma Ozoma is bracing herself for what might be a long road to ...
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How Kiva Boosts Black Entrepreneurs, One Loan At a Time
By Julian Wyllie | | Trends
The nonprofit crowdfunding platform has high rates of African American borrowers in the East and Midwest, including Baltimore, New York City, and Detroit.
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Can New Patent Policies Reduce Barriers for Black Innovators?
What we know about the number of Black inventors in the US patent system hasn’t been formally documented since 1913. This month, the US House of Representatives Small Business Committee held a hearing in Washington, D.C. calling on researchers and business leaders to testify in support of legislative options that would increase access for diverse populations to participate in the patent process.
Possip Places EdTech Value on Feedback Parents Give to Schools and Districts
As education technology expands in the classroom aimed to reduce the chasm between students who need additional instruction, and teachers who have too many pupils to warrant individual support, edtech to foster deeper relationships between parents and schools is on the rise. New tools now offer the ability for educators and administrators to directly connect with parents about everything from classroom grades and upcoming holidays to school emergencies and parent-teacher conferences.