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Power and the public: reflections from the AI Openness & Equity Cohort

We envisioned the Openness & Equity in AI Policy Leadership Cohort as a space to bring together practitioners across the emerging technology policy ecosystem to reflect on a key question: What would it mean to write AI policy that empowers diverse communities, respects planetary boundaries, and truly serves the public benefit?

Ruth

Jan 28, 2015

Reporting back from "Follow the Money" in Berlin

This past week, I joined Gunner to facilitate the Transparency and Accountability Initiative's "Using Technology to Follow the Money" workshop in Berlin. We met over a hundred activists, journalists, technologists, and funders who traveled from all over the world to have dialogues about how to better use financial data to make social change.

What does it mean to “Follow the Money”, and how can financial data lead to social change?

misty

Jan 26, 2015

Back on the California Highway in 2015

From February 16th to 20th, we are heading on the road to meet with friends and allies off California's Highway 5. We hope to listen and learn about the technology needs of grassroots social justice organizations in order to inspire our trainings and capacity building efforts for the year.

javier

Jan 20, 2015

Welcoming our two new team members

Willow and JC

Our office reached capacity this winter by welcoming two new members to the team: JC Sanchez and Willow Brugh. We are fortunate to have them on board to expand our program work in California and abroad.

javier

Dec 10, 2014

Come to our holiday party!

Come celebrate the holidays with us at our home in the S.F. Mission district. We will be in the company of our awesome office mates from The Ruckus Society, Upwell, and Open WhisperSystems. We would love to see you there!

javier

Dec 4, 2014

Making the 2014 Aspiration t-shirt

In November, we excitedly debuted our latest Aspiration t-shirt at the Nonprofit Software Development Summit. This time around, we stepped away from our musical homages to honor places that we have been given the opportunity to work in.

Here's what emerged from a sea of drawing boards:

Power and the public: reflections from the AI Openness & Equity Cohort

Reporting back from "Follow the Money" in Berlin

Back on the California Highway in 2015

Welcoming our two new team members

Come to our holiday party!

Making the 2014 Aspiration t-shirt

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