If you teach/study computer science at a Historically Black College or University, or know of someone who does, please check out and pass along the site https://charlescearl.github.io/ai-hbcu/.
I put it up a year or so ago to document the work being done at those institutions to increase the impact and participation of the African Diaspora in shaping the way that AI technologies are developed and used. As this recent report by the ACLU points out, yes algorithmic racism is still a thing.
If you know of important initiatives, interesting classes, or discussions going on at HBCUs around this issue, please feel empowered to check out the repository https://github.com/charlescearl/ai-hbcu and send a pull request. Or drop a comment below.
I was encouraged to see that the Neural Information Processing conference (one of the most attended AI conferences) is taking steps towards inclusion. They keep promising to change their name.
Hi! I would love to connect to discuss your efforts in increasing the participation of black graduates and professionals in the AI space. Please email me at kwilson@samasource.org to set up a call
Thanks Kristin, I will reach out to you this week.