RT @UTAustinVPR: Thank you, @abmarkman, for all you've done leading the @IC2Institute these last three years. And welcome, @scraigwatkins!….

This new report, “Tech as Art: Supporting Artists Who Use Technology as a Creative Medium" from @NEAarts. and @FordFoundation + @knightfdn.explores how #Artists use digital tech in their work + more!

Why Black content creators and influencers should advance a digital labor rights movement:

Here's a link to the virtual panel, "Parenting Just Children: A How-To Conversation About Race, Social Justice Activism, and The Media: #racialjustice #SystemicRacism

A virtual panel, Wednesday (Oct. 28, 1-2Pm CT), exploring the role of tech in the delivery of mental health services to those in the LGBTQ community. #LGBTQ #mentalhealth

Parenting Just Children: A How-To Conversation About Race, Social Justice Activism, and the Media. Register here:

Please join us tomorrow for this timely webinar on Race and Gender Bias in AI w/ @hypergiant @WillGriffin1of1 @sallyeaves @jevanhutson @FountechAI 's Becky Taylor.

One of the enduring effects of #COVID19 will be the toll on #mentalhealth. In this piece, I write about a new initiative to grapple with the #mentalhealth challenges ahead:

These skills include the ability to ask novel questions, grapple with complexity, identify problems/propose solutions, & use data to assert agency. Black & Latinx students seldom have the opportunity to cultivate these skills even as they connect to more equitable futures.

TheDigitalEdge, we explain how school's are "technology rich, but curriculum poor." Whereas educators & policy makers focus on acquiring more technology schools must develop curriculum that expands the opportunities for Black & Latinx students to develop "future ready skills.".

How do we substantively address the #systemicracism laid bare by #COVID19 and #GeorgeFloyd? We must address the learning divide in the US. My research team spent 1.5 years in a high school and saw up close how Black and Latinx students are failed by public education. In my book….

RT @CooneyCenter: 9 experts share what we must do to help children & families make the most of media & tech during the current crisis. #fut….

A new piece on #COVIDー19 , the high stakes for children, and why ethical design in tech should be mandatory:

#COVIDー19 Our research predicted that many students would flee school-based online learning. Here's why:

Sharing "Young Creatives are Driving the New Innovation Economy" from my new book, Don't Knock the Hustle, which appears in The Catalyst, a non-partisan journal from @TheBushCenter,

Thanks @umichgradschool for the nice profile on youth, race, and media. Always thankful for the time I spent at @UMich learning and growing:.

Listen to @scraigwatkins' conversation with KUT's @jenstayton:

From Don't Knock the Hustle: Hollywood's writer's rooms remain overwhelmingly white. How did @JSim07 deal with this barrier to writing @DearWhitePeople? He used Twitter as a virtual writer's room, crowdsourcing ideas for his main characters, jokes, and storylines.

Book excerpt from Don't Knock the Hustle: @IssaRae turned YouTube into her own innovation lab, illustrating how the channel has been adopted by young creative storytellers to prototype the future of television: diverse, inclusive, and woman-centered.

Discussing how #Millennials navigate the gig economy with with @kerathink and @krysboydthink: #sidehustle #gigeconomy #futureofwork