In this episode of Did We Learn Anything?, Dr. Yamicia Connor, an OBGYN and founder of Race to Better Health and Diosa Ara, discusses her path to medicine and focus on improving care for women of color. She highlights the need to address empathy deficits in healthcare and explains how her organizations work to translate health equity ideas into action and combat medical racism in obstetrical care.

Relevant links:
https://www.yamiciaconnor.com/
https://www.racetobetterhealth.com/
https://www.diosara.com/

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In this episode we’re speaking with three representatives from the awesome group Diversify Our Narrative (DON), Anusha Nadkarni, Ike Opayemi, and Rose Clubok.

DON is an organization of over 6,000 students who are fighting for racial justice throughout our educational systems.

Diversify Our Narrative links:
https://diversifyournarrative.carrd.co/

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What is GenAI? (Generative Artificial Intelligence) How does this technology impact the way we work? Our lives, our children's lives? In this episode, we discuss GenAI with a special guest, Gretchen LeGrand, CEO at Code in Schools.

Books:

Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_Math_Destruction#:~:text=They%20are%20also%20scalable%2C%20thereby,against%20certain%20groups%20of%20people.

Algorithms of Oppression

https://nyupress.org/9781479837243/algorithms-of-oppression/

Race After Technology

https://www.ruhabenjamin.com/race-after-technology

Film:

Coded Bias a film by Shalini Kantayya

https://www.codedbias.com/

Sites:

Algorithmic Justice League

https://www.ajl.org/

DAIR (AI Research Institute)

https://www.dair-institute.org/

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