Skye Horbrook

Making a social impact through innovation & community relationships. Public Interest Technology, Community Advocacy
#DigitalEquity #EdTech #CivicTech

[my book is better than my tweets @MichellCClark]

your intuition speaks in whispers, not because it's uncertain, but because it respects your autonomy—unlike fear, which screams to control you.

wisdom waits until you’re ready to invite it into the conversation.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

What we needed today was a President who evoked compassion for families, mourning for the lives lost, and a unified commitment to the safety of travelers.

Instead, what we experienced was a divisive, insensitive message, which lacked any factual basis for casting blame on DEI.

The message evoked racism, discrimination, and continued misunderstanding of the intent of initiatives that did not dismiss merit and excellence, but ensured that merit and excellence were not dismissed in non-white, non-male, non-heterosexual, differently-abled people.

We have a choice, America.

We can educate and elevate ourselves beyond this.

In doing so, we must cultivate and expect leadership that promotes dignity and creates an atmosphere for building the Beloved Community.

[Sean Hurd @seanahurd]

She dances alongside Lil' Kim, gets social media shoutouts from Cardi B, wears a braid and owns any runway she graces.

Meet the NY Liberty's viral mascot. They call her Big Ellie.

The creative team behind Ellie's success? Black women.

Full feature: https://t.co/dQ7Qd4O1oS

[Skye Horbrook @SkyeHorbrook]

One of my highlights for Philly Tech Week 2024! I thoroughly enjoyed sitting in on this conversation about the importance of building and having community in the Philly tech space. #PTW24

[Fastmail @Fastmail]

The Digital Citizen @PhillyTechWeek 2024 podcast episode just dropped.

Hear the full panel discussion wherever you listen to podcasts:
https://t.co/vwd5z9tGVw

[Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 @big_business_]

WNBA Draft ratings

2016: 254,000
2017: 273,000
2018: 303,000
2019: 248,000
2020: 378,000
2021: 331,000
2022: 403,000
2023: 572,000
2024: 2,450,000

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Learn about the initiative: https://t.co/d5ISetwNgO

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Last week I had the honor of attending Day 1 of @WHBlkInitiative The day involved five panels based around education, civil rights, faith & community partnerships, and Black economics & entrepreneurship.

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Key Takeaways:

-"Youth are not just the future, Youth are the the here and now!"

-Importance of mentorship and inter-generational opportunities

-Engagement = transparency, power of breaking bread with others

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@TheRealDrDukes @drdebah @nick_does_neuro So sweet. The reactions are gold!!! 😂😊

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@humanworkplace Yes!

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Great @CureRutgers seminar with @JovannaRosen ! Learned about Community Benefit Agreements and Project Labor Agreements.

Outcomes of benefit can vary from agreements.

Power of Community enforcement for accountability.

[Tracie D. Hall @TracieDHall1]

Finally made it to jaw-droppingly beautiful and wonderfully busy Ervin Szabo Public Library in Budapest, Hungary, a true palace of the people!

Spending time reading and observing others in this space underscored for me that public libraries are a proof point of democracy.

[billimarie @_billimarie]

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[Lydia DePillis @lydiadepillis]

New from me today: A plan to create publicly traded companies that capitalize the value of nature flopped when anti-conservation groups got wind of it. But it's moving forward in private markets, and represents an interesting experiment. https://t.co/IWyM1EvYbb

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I attended sessions based around fusion colleges, three horizons thinking framework, equity centered design through community collaboration, and digital storytelling.

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Thoroughly enjoyed @PhenndUpdates conference, focusing on "The Future of Higher Education". The opening keynote grounded us to fully participate in reimagining the future. In practice, this can look like "unshrinking our sense of identity" and "hospicing gently old practices".

[Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 @big_business_]

Nickelodeon covering the Super Bowl is something else

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@ruha9 Thank you for coming!

I had so many takeaways including the impact of discriminatory design and how we can set a new path as pattern makers.

[Ling @lingxlim]

No one tells you that (or maybe they did, just not to me) becoming a writer means that the world suddenly becomes a playground. You're now the keenest observer in the room. Everything has the potential to be the stuff of great literature.

[Skye Horbrook @SkyeHorbrook]

“The theme is: How do we connect older adults with each other, ideas, and activities in ways that increase the footprint of their lives?”

https://t.co/STFQ6KcIX5