What We Should Demand of “Big Tech”

#SUNDAYCIVICS

On this episode of #SundayCivics L. Joy shares where she’s been and what she has been doing with Higher Heights, sends love to our “Lawya” Lurie Daniel Favors and continues our conversation surrounding technology and our online data, which we believe will move you to #GetCivicallyEngaged, with Comedian, Writer and Activist Baratunde Thurston. #CIVICDOCKET - 03:23 A few of the civic related stories we discussed on the show that you may have missed in mainstream media. Follow the hashtag #CivicDocket on Twitter or view more here. The Ohio Purge and the Future of Voting http://snip.ly/y3k0yt Maine Voters To Decide On Whether They'll Rank Candidates In Future Elections http://snip.ly/ld4nmj 12:12 - #10for2018: Let’s get the more than 50 million people who are eligible Registered to Vote this season! Take the challenge…just register 10 people. We can do this! Use our online Voter Registration Tool to get started and if you need suggestions, check out L. Joy’s #TakeCivicAction Friday video! Share with us you progress! 13:48 - Check out our friends at Lola & Doe! They have a full range of all-natural body products! Use our code CIVICS at checkout to save on your smell-goods! ABOUT OUR GUEST Baratunde Thurston is a futurist comedian, writer, and cultural critic who helped re-launch The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, co-founded Cultivated Wit and the About Race podcast, and wrote the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy award as host of the Spotify/Mic series, Clarify and is a highly sought-after public speaker, television personality, and thought leader who has been part of noteworthy institutions such as Fast Company, TED, the MIT Media Lab, The Onion, and the gentrification of Brooklyn, New York. 14:50 - Joy and Baratunde discuss what he’s been up to since writing his New York Times Bestseller “How to Be Black” and he shares his #FirstCivicAction. 23:40 - How did the Glass Room get Baratunde to go on a Data Detox? And what is a Data Detox? Baratunde breaks it all down explaining our online data, who knows what about you and what they may be doing with it. 34:32 - Baratunde shares his “A New Tech Manifesto”, #Manifestunde, which includes six demands that can be made to Big Tech to make technology work best for everyone. --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube: sundaycivics.org/youtube Follow on Twitter: sundaycivics.org/twitter Like on Facebook: sundaycivics.org/facebook FOLLOW L. JOY Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ljoywilliams Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/ljoywilliams Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ljoywilliams