6:19-8:46: Jesse Jackson’s PUSHTech2020 and the UK-based Colorintech launches a call for the tech Industry to make transparent, measurable commitments to fighting systemic racial injustice”Jesse Jackson’s PUSHTech2020 and the UK-based Colorintech launches a call for the tech Industry to make transparent, measurable commitments to fighting systemic racial injustice
Today (June 19, 2020), on Juneteenth, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and its tech initiative, PUSHTech2020 along with the UK-based Colorintech issue this call to tech leaders and companies to make pledge of commitment to secure justice for George Floyd and other victims of police killings, and align themselves with the quest for civil and human rights and the eradication of systemic racism from America’s institutions.The nation and the entire world are being rocked by the police lynching of George Floyd captured so tragically on video that has been seen by millions.
Now with eyes wide open, the brutality of unjustified police killings against unarmed Black youth is opening the eyes of the world to systemic, institutionalized racism – exposing the deep wound of injustice and inequality embedded in the very soul of America: not just policing, but in employment and housing; in education and health care.
Black Lives Matter is the cry of the oppressed demanding an end to systemic racism, a call to fundamentally reform the police and other institutions, and demand for racial equality and economic justice.
make publicly reportable, transparent and direct commitments and contributions to tech-based, civil rights, and community institutions and organizations fighting for diversity, inclusion and equity in tech, to groups organizing around systemic racial injustice in society, and to public school districts in need of tech resources (hardware, software, curriculum, broadband access) to bridge the digital divide;
More than that, make your contributions transparent and public: (see Jack Dorsey’s #startsmall open source spreadsheet on his contributions;
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set measurable goals for expanding African American businesses participation in supplier diversity and corporate procurement contracts, including the public release of your spend with African American and minority businesses in your supplier diversity/small business reports;
Numerous companies have called out systemic racism and announced pledges to support the Black Lives Matter movement and race equality organizations.
