Rachel Décoste, Ethical #AI Audits, #DEI Talks

Ethical #AI Audits, #DEI Expert for hire. | Former Director @ NFB & Congressional App Challenge. #GWU & #UoGuelph alumni. Comp. Sci., Data Analytics.

[Rachel Décoste, Ethical #AI Audits, #DEI Talks @Rachel_Decoste]

@CallinIt @RizGod__ He might be a good returnee in 10 or 15 years.

[Rachel Décoste, Ethical #AI Audits, #DEI Talks @Rachel_Decoste]

I’m sorry but @RizGod__ isn’t a GOAT if he had to get a coach to make fire at the last minute. #survivor

And why was Tiff “a threat” u vote out, but Rizzo is a threat you save??? #survivor50

[Rachel Décoste, Ethical #AI Audits, #DEI Talks @Rachel_Decoste]

Threat of Deportations Leads to Risky Childbirth for Haitian Mothers https://t.co/NfwlTgjFOW via @nytimes #migration #immigration #refugees

[Rachel Décoste, Ethical #AI Audits, #DEI Talks @Rachel_Decoste]

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[People @people]

Barnes & Noble CEO Says He Has 'No Problem' Selling AI-Written Books: 'We Will Stock Them' https://t.co/b0GESFPkWJ

[Africa First @AfricaFirsts]

Only 5 Africans have won the Nobel Prize in Literature:

Professor Wole Soyinka (Nigeria 🇳🇬, 1986)

Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt 🇪🇬, 1988)

Nadine Gordimer (South Africa 🇿🇦, 1991)

John Maxwell Coetzee (South Africa 🇿🇦, 2003).

Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzania 🇹🇿, 2021)

[ESSENCE @Essence]

What began as a love letter to Chicago’s South Side became one of the most important Black stories ever told on television.

For years, The Chi gave us community, conversation, heartbreak, healing, joy, and characters that felt like family. It made Chicago feel like home while spotlighting the beauty, complexity, and humanity of life with care and intention.

Now, as the longest-running Black drama series in premium cable and streaming history, ESSENCE honors the legacy of a cultural institution that changed the landscape of storytelling forever.

This is their final curtain call, and serves as a standing ovation to the stories, performances, and cultural impact that made The Chi a defining force in television.

Featuring Lena Waithe, Luke James, Hannaha Hall, Birgundi Baker, Jacob Latimore, and Jason Weaver, this moment is both a celebration and a thank you. To the cast. To the city. To the culture.

Some stories entertain us.
The Chi became a part of us.

Read more of our digital cover story at https://t.co/HJqw0uhsKU

[Educator @DrAnnLopez]

Happy Birthday Lorraine Hansberry. 1st Black female author to have play performed on Broadway(A Raisin in the Sun).”The future of the planet rests on whether or not the little children of the ghetto get a chance to live,& the children of the Congo & the children of Mississippi.”

[Black Screen Office | Bureau de l'écran des Noirs @BLKScreenOffice]

.@netflix Canada adds CBC’s @leamarin3 to content team!
The experienced producer and development executive has been appointed as manager, content - Canada.

Read more: https://t.co/3nAJaYpi5Y

[ABC News @ABC]

Elon Musk’s DOGE “blatantly used” race, gender and other protected characteristics to execute the largest mass termination of federal grants in the history of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. https://t.co/hwzwfkkLBS

[David *Objection* Ngong @ProfDNgong]

What were you doing when you were 26 years old? Aimé Césaire was writing a masterpiece.

[Wendell Pierce @WendellPierce]

Lisa Davis is one of the most inspiring and insightful American minds in our culture. This details the history and intersection of Black excellence with action. May 20 it launches.

[LaDarrion Williams @ItsLaDarrion]

Bridging the Gap

Logline: After a high-achieving valedictorian suffers a public panic attack at graduation, he defers his Ivy League future and embarks on a gap year that forces him and his closest friends to confront identity, pressure, and what success truly means before life pulls them apart.

We’re pitching Black Ya and coming of age stories. They’re not buying.

[Rachel Décoste, Ethical #AI Audits, #DEI Talks @Rachel_Decoste]

I used this photo in a recent "lunch & learn" workshop for corporate client. Talking about the way Africa was portrayed in the West, and how that informed/informs how we look at Africa today. #africa #DEI #discussions #publicspeaking

[Black @LilithBlack25]

There were two vultures on that day. One had a camera

[Rachel Décoste, Ethical #AI Audits, #DEI Talks @Rachel_Decoste]

Gentrification in NYT. #harlem #NYC #blacktwitter

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

For decades, Sleeping Car Porters were a fixture of Canada's railways.
They often dealt with racism, low pay and long hours
This led to the formation of the Order of the Sleeping Car Porters in Winnipeg, the first Black labour union in North America.
This is the story.

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[Rachel Décoste, Ethical #AI Audits, #DEI Talks @Rachel_Decoste]

BHM on The Bridge: Black arts traditions in Quebec https://t.co/pVlVWY9AV9 #blackhistorymonth #montreal via @CBCMontreal

[RT @RT_com]

If there was GOLD medal for Olympics uniform — HAITI would take it

Designed by Stella Jean, feature HAND-PAINTED artwork inspired by Edouard Duval-Carrie

Olympic neutrality rules forced last-minute changes, on top of that rain would have ruined everything

[Andrea Dekeseredy @AndieWinnipeg]

In light of today's news story by CBC on the University of Alberta's steps to end EDI in hiring policy, Professor Amir Attaran of the University of Ottawa has sent an email to the president warning of legal action.

This email has been posted publicly.

[CityNews Toronto @CityNewsTO]

A Brampton doctor has gone viral after sharing her journey on social media while opening up her new practice, striking a chord with thousands across the GTA who have never had a Black physician. 
https://t.co/2Eu7uWuJTe

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

For 150 years, Africville, sitting right next to Halifax, was a thriving Black Canadian community.
Halifax refused to provide city services, and eventually forced residents to move as they bulldozed their homes.
This is the story of that community.

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