Happy Sunday! Whether you’re a new subscriber or an existing subscriber, welcome back. Here are a few articles you should check out from this week.
T. Moore is an entrepreneur, creative, artist, and creative director. His roots in St. Louis directly impact both is work ethic and his vision of the world. His story shows the importance of education, mentorship, perseverence, and never forgetting about where you came from. I got a chance to speak to him about his story. Click the link below to read our article: From St. Louis To The World
Christian Nazon is an industrial engineer of Haitian descent from New Jersey. As a graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, his career has been motivated by his family, his upbringing, and his passion for advocacy in his community. He recently wrote an article for the National Society of Black Engineers about the core of his motivations. Click the link below to read our article: Engineering Responsibility and Advocacy
This week was a solid week in music. Of all the music that was released, three projects stood out the most. Willow, Kamasi Washington, and 4Batz. These projects luckily exist in different spheres as far as genre is concerned and will give any listener a peak into the eclectic nature of the current state of Black music. Click the link below to read our article: Three Projects You Should Here
With advances in artificial intelligence, one of the most useful implications is what it can do for healthcare. Healthcare already is porous with issues of access and quality. For such a broken system, building anything involving artificial intelligence on top of it, will also be broken unless they take more factors into account. They have to use data sets that are from more diverse groups in order to accurately build models that can have the greatest efficacy. An article was written in Forbes with some ideas on how to address this issue and we digested some of the more salient thoughts. Click the link below to read our article: AI and Healthcare Equity
Black journalists are important not only to be part of the tapestry of Black culture, but to also be embedded in fields that effect the world at large. We know science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are keeping the world turning. With that being said, Black science journalists are important. Often, Black journalists are relegated to sports and entertainment but there are some resources that are looking to change that. MIT launched an HBCU Science Journalist Fellowship this year to help be part of the solution. Click the link below to read our article: HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship
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Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef takes a dark turn.
Environmental Justice and communities of color.
Decatur has its inaugural Decatur Children’s Book Festival.
British rapper, Dave becomes New Balance’s newest brand ambassador.
Model and creative, Julez, interviewed with High Snobiety.
Our Song of the Week: “Simunye” by PJ Morton (USA)