Immigrants, refugees and technology
Jessica Lynn Medrano, LA Tech4Good volunteer and Data Science for All Fellow, speaks to technology and immigration.
LA storytelling+data from Jimbo Times
Jimbo Times, a voice of East Hollywood, weaves data and storytelling together as he speaks for people of color, immigrants and other working class folks in the area.
Our Meetup
It’s hard to believe that what is now the LA Tech4Good Meetup group has its roots back in 2008! Time moves on.
Data: Vital to Your Sustainability Goals
“Data can be a force equalizer to empower residents & community leaders to protect their livelihoods & fight for equality” says Ray Cheung of SmartAirLA. Watch the video from our June event on data and sustainability.
Sign this letter urging full funding for broadband for all!
We signed the Letter of Support for Federal Broadband Infrastructure Program and encourage your organization to do so as well.
Surveillance Tech 101
Meghan Wenzel writes a guest article on the dangers of surveillance tech and what you should do about it.
Dear Data Community: Your Data is Not Color Blind
Data is often thought of as an unbiased representation of facts, but the reality is that data and algorithms built atop of it are subject to bias and can amplify underlying disparities in our society. Maria T. Khan and Eva Pereira speak to the data community…
Case Study: Piloting Data Equity at HopSkipDrive
“Data practitioners interested in the intersection of data and social issues will get a lot out of LA Tech4Good’s Equity and Ethics in Data Workshop. I had the opportunity to participate last winter and strongly believed my coworkers needed to learn what I learned: that if we are not thoughtful about how we use data, we could amplify existing issues of inequity, exclusion and discrimination.“
SmartAirLA: Tech addressing asthma in Long Beach “asthma alley”
A new data initiative, Fight Asthma Long Beach - Los Angeles Harbor, from South Bay nonprofit SmartAirLA and a public-private partnership of technology companies and community health organizations, addresses the health consequences of low air quality in the most impacted LA neighborhoods.
Host a Coded Bias watch party
Make plans with friends, families, coworkers and neighbors to host a Coded Bias watch party.
Stop Asian Hate
We grieve the loss of life in Atlanta and encourage our friends and community to speak out and take action.
Coded Bias screening and LA Tech4Good facilitated discussion
If the success of a party can be measured by how late people stay, our February 25 conversation that accompanied our screening of Coded Bias was a hit!
Digital equity: the first digital spool of educational justice
The first and most necessary process spool of Educational Justice is Digital Equity. Mary Lang outlines three nuanced dimensions of connection that make up Digital Equity: technological, human, and learning.
Fostering equity + ethics across data projects
Lessons from our December data workshop series on Equity + Ethics in Data during the first three weeks of December.
UX Successes of Socially Conscious Organizations
We are increasingly understanding the powerful benefits of good user experience (UX). The field of UX focuses on creating meaningful, relevant, and intuitive products and services.
We condemn the storming of the Capitol
LA Tech4Good condemns the January 6 assault on the US Capitol building.
Reject LAPD Facial Recognition
In January, the Los Angeles Police Commission will vote on whether to approve a LAPD policy on face recognition surveillance, and over fifty organizations have signed an open letter to reject this.
SmartAirLA Launches Asthma Alert Text
SmartAirLA, in partnership with Esperanza Community Housing Corporation and St. John's Well Child & Family Center, has launched their Asthma Attack Text for South LA.
In Support of Dr. Timnit Gebru
Dr. Timnit Gebru, a widely respected leader in AI ethics research, was fired from her position as technical co-lead of Google's Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team on December 2. Dr. Gebru helped pioneer research into facial recognition software’s bias against people of color and spearheaded research in assessing AI fairness and risks at Google.
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Reframing Intimate Partner Violence as a Systemic Economic Issue Using Data [Data Con LA]
By now, you've probably seen the headlines about rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) rising during COVID-19. Many survivors are trapped at home with harm-doers whose abuses are escalating, without access to crisis interventions like shelters and restraining orders.