Chicago Humanities Festival: #justice

START: NOV 08, 2015 - 04:00 PM

END: NOV 08, 2015 - 05:00 PM

WHERE: National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 W. 19th St., Chicago, IL 60608
Can technological tools and culture be combined for the greater good? To what extent can we control the technology we create and influence? Kimberly “Dr. Goddess” Ellis and David Iberkleid are two online strategists who have used social media and emerging technology to empower African American and Latino communities. Champion of “Black Twitter,” the online subculture gone viral, Dr. Ellis aka @DrGoddess helped solidify Twitter as a main source of news for African Americans and is a complex, multilayered powerhouse. Iberkleid has designed various platforms and apps to help underserved communities share time-critical information with each other and combat racial profiling by police. Come hear Ellis and Iberkleid in conversation about their successes and challenges in using technology to create social change.

Tickets $5-$12.

More information at http://tickets.chicagohumanities.org/shows/919%20-%20justice/info