Black Future Weekend: Tech is the New Black

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(Black Future Weekend volition beryllium October 1- October 2nd. Photo Credit: Dream Corps Tech via Instagram)

Tech is the aboriginal and Dream Corps Tech is making definite the Black Community is simply a portion of that. 

Dream Corps Tech was founded by Award-Winning creator Prince and CNN Commentator Van Jones during the ESSENCE Festival successful 2014. 

Michelle Ferguson, the National Community Initiatives Director talked with the Atlanta Voice astir the partnerships Dream Corps Tech created to amended the Black Tech Community. 

“We person had a batch of involvement successful Black Future Weekend successful those looking to enactment oregon person raised their hands and committed, particularly since the George Floyd murder,” Ferguson said. 

Black Future Weekend volition beryllium hosted successful Atlanta from October 1st done October 2nd. The event’s intent is to hole the Black Community to clasp a “technologically heightened future” by providing panels and forums to support everyone up of the game. 

The inaugural stemmed from the Trayvon Martin incident. A speech was had betwixt Prince and Van Jones, who were adjacent friends wanting to bash their portion successful changing the communicative for Black People.

“When I deliberation astir Black Futures, we are not ever represented successful the things we are going to beryllium representing oregon influencing,” Ferguson said. She continued by stating the Black Community has to enactment connected apical of things to debar being near out. 

Ferguson works intimately with CNN Contributor Van Jones, who initiated the thought of Black Future Weekend and is conscionable arsenic passionate astir the initiative. 

“We spot Prince’s imprint near connected Dream Corps Tech, ever challenging america to deliberation differently,” she said. 

Ferguson emphasized the value of their partners being committed extracurricular of a transaction to make an adjacent playing tract for Black radical successful the Tech Field.

“A batch of companies person raised their manus and committed to diversifying the Tech assemblage and making it equitable,” Ferguson said. 

Dream Corps Tech works with ample companies specified arsenic Target, the San Francisco 49ers, Microsoft, Cash App, and galore more. 

“They (49ers) provided america enactment to bash a re-entry cohort truthful that those who were incarcerated had the accidental to bid with america for a tech income role,” Ferguson said. 

She encourages each who are funny to articulation the Tech Industry. She emphasizes that it is not easy, but Dream Corps Tech volition marque it easier. 

“I privation radical to beryllium invigorated and inspired. That they spot a spot successful the aboriginal for them and that they are connected a travel to get determination — with america and with our help,” she said. 

She believes 1 of Dream Corps Tech’s galore goals is to beryllium a helping manus successful creating generational wealthiness wrong the Black Community.

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