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Meklit Nov 22, 2018

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Meklit is a singer songwriter currently in The Bay Area that uses both her Ethiopian and American experience to create a unique Ethio-Jazz style. She is a TED fellow and one of the creators of The NILE Project, a collaboration of music from the countries that surround the Nile River basin. She's working with John Jenkins, Kepler Mission Analysis lead at NASA Ames Research Center, to create music around the sonification of Data.

Maurice Wilkins Jr. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Nov 01, 2018

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Maurice Wilkins is creating the blueprint for diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. He is building the culture of diversity and inclusion as part of the fabric of Chan Zuckerberg and is making sure that it will make that organization and any organization that follows the plan better.

May-Li Khoe Oct 12, 2018

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VP of Design at Khan Academy and formerly of Apple, May-Li is a designer, programmer and engineer who fuses culture and dance to create and educate for the present, and construct an inclusive future for the globe.

Nyame Brown Oct 05, 2018

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Afrofuturist artist, philosopher and deep thinker Nyame Brown talks about what moves him and influences him to make his work. Nyame's rich history and self proclaimed bohemian upbringing give him the inspiration to create paintings that express what an afrofuturist reality can be.

Janett Liriano CEO of Loomia Sep 28, 2018

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As CEO of LOOMIA, a smart materials company based in NYC, Janett is bringing together two historically distinct mega industries, Tech and Apparel in service of making a smarter, more empathetic world. Janett talks about her education in design and theater and how she fell in to the fashion world. Loomia is at the cutting edge of creating the future of fashion using cutting edge innovation in smart materials and design. Please enjoy.

Damon Packwood Mar 23, 2018

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Executive Director of GameHeads. gameheadsoakland.org

DYNAMICLAND Mar 02, 2018

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If you were to open your Ipad and move in to it with the promise of taking over all the functions, then you would be living in DYNAMICLAND. Dynamicland is a not for profit technology space that believes coding should be accessible through play and community.

NATALIE NIXON Feb 16, 2018

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Natalie W. Nixon, PhD is a design strategist and a hybrid thinker. At Figure 8 Thinking, LLC she helps organizations accelerate innovation and growth by developing meaningful strategy through design thinking and ethnographic research. She applies her diverse background in service design, anthropology and fashion, to help clients with culture transformation, leadership development, ideation sessions and envisioning labs.

Karen Seneferu Nov 24, 2017

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Artist and Educator Karen Seneferu talks about her thought provoking and creative work. She pushes the boundaries of African influence art to create future and mixed media pieces that are exciting and unique.

The AfroFuturist Podcast THE AI DEBATE Sep 22, 2017

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In this episode, our resident Afrofuturist Dr. Lonny Brooks and I talk about a different point of view in the Mark Zuckerberg vs. Elon Musk AI debate.

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