Roshen Sethna

⛵️ Currently: on sabbatical. Formerly: Partner @Exygy focused on our civic practice. Perpetually: USWNT supporter, dog lover, Durham repping.

[Code for America @codeforamerica]

.@USTreasury shared today that @CodeforAmerica is developing a portal, GetCTC, that will make it easy for families with low or no incomes to get the flexible cash they deserve—including the #ChildTaxCredit and any of the three rounds of stimulus payments.
https://t.co/1UAIbgAvOe

[Lucy Chen (Threads @imlucyc Bluesky @lucychen.com) @lucyintech]

IT'S FINALLY OUT! Delightful Products #9: Using surprise as a design tool to make your products more memorable.

Give it a read 👇 https://t.co/MddnqY4P8n

[Exygy @exygy]

Don't forget to sign up for Exygy's #affordablehousing webinar, tomorrow, July 20th at 11am PT with @timthomas, @DomPAnderson, @Vanishing206, and @Vu_Bang_Nguyen to discuss combatting #displacement. See you there!

https://t.co/1TeQ0m6Efj

[Portable @Portable]

Register for your place in our upcoming webinar where you will hear leaders from the global design sector discuss #socialimpact, #purposeleddesign, and the inherent complexities: https://t.co/udPpVOq08Z

@exygy @greatergood_ @BCorpANZ @BCorporation @portableandrew

[Exygy @exygy]

Have you signed up for our housing displacement event on 7/20 yet? Space is limited, so be sure to register today! @timthomas @Vanishing206

https://t.co/6ErWOjuXhO

#HousingForAll #affordablehousing #housingjustice

[Exygy @exygy]

We are excited to share the stage with Nia Richardson of @KCMO, @GovTechThao of @ProcureNow , & @ChrisOffensend of @Qwally_Inc in the State of #GovTech 2021 to discuss #housing & economic development. Join us! @GovTechNews #SmartCities #StateAndLocal
https://t.co/9CWl7oWH52

[Exygy @exygy]

Missed our conversation on #affordablehousing at #GoodTechFest? No problem! Check out the recording here with Ivy Teng Lei, @Justice_Collect, and @RoshenSethna. Let us know what you found most interesting!

https://t.co/uUB702gA5a

PW: @fAW805w

[Exygy @exygy]

TOMORROW at 4PM PT at #GoodTechFest: Learn how we might equitably scale affordable housing solutions with Exygy's @RoshenSethna & @Justice_Collect's Danielle DeRuiter-Williams! Register here: https://t.co/ibO5ECArnu

[M @mariseca]

The @CodingItForward members are smart and wonderful—and they’re looking for mentors! Please share with friends and colleagues—an amazing way to support the next generation of mission-driven technologists.

[Exygy @exygy]

How do we equitably scale affordable housing solutions? Come to a discussion moderated by Exygy's Ivy Teng Liu, with @RoshenSethna and Danielle DeRuiter-Williams of @Justice_Collect about their thoughts at #goodtechfest Tues May 18th 4pm PT.

Register at: https://t.co/zzdGiIcNXW

[Roshen Sethna @RoshenSethna]

We've had to shift from doing the work to facilitating the work. Sharing the canvas. This helps us design together. @ARJWright at @codeforamerica #CfASummit

[Roshen Sethna @RoshenSethna]

Lessons from #NJ #bailreform: Jail population has dropped by > 40% but racial disparities remain (54% black before bail reform, 55% black after bail reform). Also while they have released more ppl, electronic monitoring has increased. - Insha Rahman @verainstitute #CfASummit

[Roshen Sethna @RoshenSethna]

Anton Robinson from @innocence taking us through a history lesson of our criminal legal system starting with the Civil War Amendments (14th, 15th, 16th US amendments) and the 1994 Crime Bill. If you want to understand the current system, start there. #CfASummit @exygy

[Roshen Sethna @RoshenSethna]

About a 500k people in the US are sitting in jail who have not yet been convicted of a crime. They are there because they can't afford their own freedom by paying their bail. We are one of a handful of countries that uses money bail. - Insha Rahman
@verainstitute #CfASummit

[Exygy @exygy]

“According to the Federal Reserve, over 40% of Americans couldn’t afford a $400 emergency. However, the average cost of bail is $10,000. This a huge disparity. Having money should not determine your freedom.“ Insha Rahman from @verainstitute #CfASummit #equity

[Vishal Iyer @iyervish]

“Government isn’t the solution to all problems, but it is the solution to problems it has created by implementing unjust policies” -@MichaelDTubbs #cfasummit

[Roshen Sethna @RoshenSethna]

@CivicTechnique @Jan_Ainali @ryanko @NavaPBC @MakaelaStephens @ohlookitseric @AliaTB @codeforamerica @exygy @publiccodenet @MMazanec22 @ruthiereisner If my memory serves me I think it was @PlannerMichelle who told me about @RedwoodCity taking a forward-thinking approach in crafting housing policy that included a clause that the policy needed to be iterated on after learnings surfaced. #agilepolicy

[Roshen Sethna @RoshenSethna]

The issue is not people, the issue is our systems and government - @MichaelDTubbs

+100 How are we critically examining the containers we have created or the containers historically created by those who have power/privilege?

[Code for America @codeforamerica]

.@AmandaRenteria and @MichaelDTubbs discussed why it's important to center the people most impacted by #government services in our decision making.

#CfASummit

[Roshen Sethna @RoshenSethna]

@CivicTechnique @Jan_Ainali @ryanko @NavaPBC @MakaelaStephens @ohlookitseric @AliaTB @codeforamerica @exygy @publiccodenet @MMazanec22 @ruthiereisner The unintended consequences are also SO hard to design against bc they can be infinite; but we *must* design for them. Kudos to your team for thinking through those, esp in #criminaljustice where so many lives and generational wellbeing is at stake today.

[Roshen Sethna @RoshenSethna]

@CivicTechnique @Jan_Ainali @ryanko @NavaPBC @MakaelaStephens @ohlookitseric @AliaTB @codeforamerica @exygy @publiccodenet @MMazanec22 @ruthiereisner 100% on the ethics front @CivicTechnique! The tech community needs so much more education & skills there + we need to be vulnerable & open about what we still have to learn.

+ I think we all have to continually monitor those unintended consequences bc they can change over time