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THREAD: #Data4BlackLives Movement Pulse Check and #COVID19 Roundtable
First of all, welcome! We are so glad you joined us today.
Please use our hashtags (#Data4BlackLives and #d4bl) to join the conversation!
First of all, welcome! We are so glad you joined us today.
Please use our hashtags (#Data4BlackLives and #d4bl) to join the conversation!
Before we dive into our discussion on structural racism and epidemiology and organizing around public health, @YESHICAN, executive director and co-founder of #Data4BlackLives, encourages us to take a moment of silence to honor the lives lost due to #COVID19.
@YESHICAN: We've lost so many people but we have to remember that everyone that we've lost has joined the realm of ancestors. They are with us here and now, guiding us forward.
At the teach-in, "A.I. can't fix this: MIT, imperialism, and the future of A.I." #helloworld 
Sally haslanger: we have to push back against plutocracy in the University. Who gets to decide the research agenda? Why should billionaires decide?
Elena sobrino: MIT never divested from apartheid South Africa, despite students organizing shantytowns and protests.
