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Afroféminas AI
Afroféminas is an online community and political organization created in 2014 to give a voice to and make Black women visible in Spain. It's objective is to be a digital medium where Black women can discuss literature, opinions, poetry, and journalism to establish a dialogue from the perspectives of racialized women. The organization's founder and current director is Antoinette Torres Soler, a social researcher of Cuban origin. Educated at the University of Havana, Cuba, and active in Spain with the University of Zaragoza and other prominent aspects of Spanish culture, Antoinette Torres has strong focus and is driven to push the envelope forward for her organizations causes.
(Afromefeminas TV was the first streaming platform focused on the voices and experiences of women of color in a book published in 2018 "Viviendo en modo Afroféminas" "Living Afroeféminas Style"
AfrofeminasGPT it is a unique consultation and training tool, created to respond from the perspective of black thought, Afrofeminism and empowerment pedagogies.
Fed with fundamental texts from authors such as bell hooks, Angela Davis, Frantz Fanon, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Octavia Butler and Stuart Hall, in addition to original content Antoinette Torres Soler —including fragments of his book Living in Afrofeminas mode, own analyzes and educational materials such as stories for children—, this GPT has been refined to offer critical, ethical, non-punitive and deeply human responses.
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Techspark.AI, CAN
Spark the Mind,
Change the World.
Tech Spark AI helps historically marginalized students see their culture positively reflected in their learning spaces. We elevate educators to better serve their scholars through culturally responsive curriculums, training, and personalized AI tools.
The Unique Challenge
Increasing diversity in the technology ecosystem is an urgent national priority. The USA National Report Card highlights significant academic performance declines and widening achievement gaps, disproportionately affecting Black and Brown students. These disparities are exacerbated by the digital divide, with the advancement of AI widening the gap further.
We recognize a breakdown in the pipeline that moves Black youth and girls from elementary to high school STEM courses. This leads to underrepresentation in higher education and technology careers. Black students often feel discouraged from pursuing STEM due to a lack of positive representation and engagement within the curriculum. Women comprise only 23% of STEM graduates, with Black women making up just 2.9%.
Our mission is to close this gap through our intelligent AI tool, Spark Plug, professional development, culturally responsive curriculum design, and advanced tech workshops for youth. We aim to provide underrepresented students with opportunities to thrive, ensuring they can make meaningful contributions to the tech ecosystem.
By addressing these challenges head-on, we strive to build a more inclusive and equitable educational landscape.
Theory of Change:
Redesign Learning: Innovate educational practices to be culturally responsive and technologically enriched.
Shift Mindsets of Teachers and Administrators: Enhance change through mindset-shifting professional development.
Influence Education Policy: Advocate for policies that promote advancements in education.
Co-Create with Students: Collaborate with students in experiences that resonate with their cultural and technological realities.
Engage with the Community: Build strong community ties to ensure education is relevant, inclusive, and impactful.
Stephen Ibaraki
Stephen K. Ibaraki has been a teacher, an industry analyst, writer and consultant in the IT industry, and the former president of the Canadian Information Processing Society.
Currently, Ibaraki is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, futurist and speaker. He is also the founder of the UN ITU AI for Good Global Summit, and a vicechair of the ITU-WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health, founding chair of the Financial Services Roundtable Tech Advisory Council, and founding chair of the International Federation for Information Processing Global Industry Council. Ibaraki serves as an Advisor for the Business Development Committee of the IEEE Computer Society. He is the co-founder for the Technology Advisory Board at Yintech Investment Holdings Limited.
In 2018, he was invited to be a founding member of IPSoft's AI Pioneers Steering Committee and he was also invited to join the Science and Technology Council for the ARCH Mission Foundation. Aside from taking on these new roles, he was invited to be a keynote speaker at the Yonder25 Conference as well as the Reshaping National Security forum which was hosted by Shanghai Institute for International Studies; and the UNICRI Centre for AI and Robotics.
Ibaraki has been the recipient of a Microsoft MVP award for 13 years in a row since 2006
In December 2018, Ibaraki was invited by YPO to share his insights about business and investments with respect to the Fourth Industrial Revolution at YPO Edge 2019.
Dr. Emily Springer
Dr. Emily Springer, a certified algorithmic auditor, one of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™(2024), and member of UNESCO’s Women for Ethical AI.
Dr. Springer is an responsible AI advisor and algorithmic literacy trainer for social impact professionals. She specializes in sociotechnical understandings of AI, end user research and testing, and AI strategy and risk mitigation.
Inclusive AI Lab
The Inclusive Ai Lab
AI upskilling for
non-codong professionals
The Inclusive AI Lab brings artificial intelligence (AI) literacy to the masses, primarily professionals and practitioners who are not technical, non-coders, and have no data or computer science training. All trainings are designed with this in mind and focus on upskilling in AI from a concepts perspective, not math.
Dr. Emily Springer, AI Ethics expert
Run by award-winning trainer, Dr. Emily Springer, this training enables you to access broad generalist AI content that still takes you deep inside the core issues, conundrums, and the challenges of inclusive, responsible AI. All training assumes a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) lens and takes seriously the role AI can, cannot, or should not play in efforts for social justice.
The Inclusive AI Lab is the training division of TechnoSocio Advisory, an independent, woman-run consultancy firm focused on inclusive AI for social impact. If you're interested in consulting services, such as in AI advising (end user research, testing protocols, etc), AI policy and strategy creation, risk mitigation planning, orcareer mentoring, please see TechnoSocio Advisory.