Bytes of Good

Our final episode of the season! Last but not least, we chat with Hamid Khan of StopLAPD, a community-power based org that, among other initiatives, helped lead the end of LAPD’s predPol algorithmic policing program. Thanks for listening, and check out our show notes for more resources!

We're back! Today we chat with David Robinson, the co-founder of Upturn, a non-profit that has made major waves on equity and justice in Tech Policy. Check out our show notes for more resources!

In our second episode of our Tech Policy season, we talk to Lelia Marie Hampton, a 2nd year second year Computer Science PhD student at MIT studying applied Machine Learning and AI safety. Lelia talks about why they decided to get a PhD, and how Black Feminist Philosophy provides a framework for AI safety, and how they are able to affect social change through academia. If you are interested in influencing tech policy and social change using academia as a platform, take a listen and check out our show notes for next steps! Find Lelia here: https://leliaplusplus.github.io/ Music by Sounds Like an Earful (soundslikeanearful.com). Icon by Freepik (https://www.freepik.com/).

Bytes of Good is back with our second season! This time focused on Tech Policy, where guests from academia, think tanks, grassroots organizing, and more talk about how they got into the world of tech policy. This season premiere features Andrew Sosanya and Ishan Sharma from the DayOneProject, a non-partisan organization crowdsourcing US Science and Technology Policy. The org generated 100 actionable proposals for the Biden Administration, and many of their proposals have been put to action, such as the U.S. Digital Corps. If you have a science or tech policy idea, or want to create change through tech, take a listen and check out DayOneProject at https://www.dayoneproject.org/. Music by Sounds Like an Earful (soundslikeanearful.com).

Every year, many undergraduate students, especially those nearing graduation, find themselves contemplating a variety of post-graduation opportunities. Within the computer and information sciences, students often choose to either pursue jobs in the tech industry or to further their education in graduate programs. In this episode, Angela and James speak with Dr. Aditya Vashistha to understand the intersection between academia and social impact, with a specific focus on academic research. How can students interested in graduate school engage in computing research for social good? Music by Sounds Like an Earful (soundslikeanearful.com).

Anthony Suarez details his career path and how he made the transition from Amazon to the CTO of Code.org, and eventually started his own social purpose corporation, FounderFM. Music by Sounds Like an Earful (soundslikeanearful.com).

In March of 2019, a devastating cyclone hit Mozambique. It caused a massive outbreak of cholera (300-400 cases per day), and the WHO was alerted about the situation. Zenysis stepped up and was able to help. They had a case management tool that was able to unify the data of the health workers on the ground and notify the Mozambique ministry of health where the outbreaks were occurring. They were able to coordinate the dispatching of doctors and water treatment workers who chlorinated the contaminated water sources, and thanks to Zenysis' help, Mozambique brought the numbers of new outbreaks down to zero. Music by Sounds Like an Earful (soundslikeanearful.com)

Bytes of Good connects young, tech-minded individuals to opportunities around social good as well as emerging issues where new ideas are needed. Learn more about us at bytesofgood.org Music by Sounds Like an Earful (soundslikeanearful.com)