From Protesting to Programming: Becoming a Tech Activist
summary
Argues that tech both empowers and is weaponized, citing phones confiscated, livestreams used against protesters, account suspensions and surveillance including ~100 FBI agents on site. Describes building HandsUpUnited.org and a police‑brutality reporting tool, launching Roy Clay Senior training that graduates 20 students from 77 applicants, where alumni build websites for 10 local businesses. Raises $10,000 (goal $110,000) and secures 30 laptops from ThoughtWorks, showing concrete tools, numbers, and outcomes rather than abstract claims.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 0:05ROM PROTESTING TO PROGRAMMING
- 31:11SHARE ACTION DETAILS
- 31:26REPORT POLICE BRUTALITY
- 32:33USE OF TECH
- 41:00TECHNICAL TRAINING
- 48:49IT IS OUR DUTY TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
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