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Storytelling

Love Stories with the Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers

FRED Talks

FRED (Facing Race, Elevating Democracy) Talks is part of Race Forward’s Mass Freedom project. 

Shifting the Culture of Anti-racist Organizing

ENGAGE and the Undoing Racism Workgroup presented a special virtual discussion featuring Detroit organizer, scholar, author and human rights activist Tawana Petty.

American Black Journal

From Detroit Performs, Detroit Poet, Tawana Petty. Episode 4606/Segment 4

Creative Many

A video highlighting arts culture in Detroit. Episode 713/Segment 4

The Fight Over Police Use Of Facial Recognition Technology

Activists and researchers across the political spectrum nonetheless have serious concerns about privacy, algorithmic bias, and a lack of regulation.

The disproportionate impacts of emerging technologies on marginalized communities

Tawana Petty in conversation with facilitator, Khari Johnson, discussing the disproportionate impacts of algorithmic discrimination, facial recognition technology, and biometric surveillance on Black communities.

Artificial Intelligence "Godfathers" Call for Regulation as Rights Groups Warn AI Encodes Oppression

Democracy Now! hosted a roundtable on growing concerns over the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. Yoshua Bengio, known as one of the three “godfathers of AI,” professor at the University of Montreal and founder and scientific director at Mila–Quebec AI Institute. Tawana Petty, director of policy and advocacy at the Algorithmic Justice League, and by Max Tegmark, a professor at MIT and president of the Future of Life Institute.

Just Tech Fellow Profile: Tawana Petty

The SSRC’s Just Tech program foregrounds questions of power, equity, and the public impact of new technologies, investigating evidence of bias and harm while centering the perspectives of historically marginalized communities. Learn more about Just Tech at https://just-tech.ssrc.org

Third Thursdays at the Charles H Wright Museum of African American History: Tawana Petty

It's an honor to be joining a powerful line-up of brilliant minds for Third Thursdays at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, this May 15th from 7pm to 9pm. The evening was curated and will be hosted by the talented poet, songbird and educator 

LaShaun phoenix Moore.


America, I AM: From Injustice to Redemption is a powerful evening of spoken word, visual art, and collective reflection, presented in partnership with the Detroit Opera House and the University of Michigan.

We hope you will join us! RSVP to attend FREE at www.thewright.org.

#ThirdThursdays

Selected Writings

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