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Seattle and Comcast launch $100,000 initiative to improve technology access for job seekers

GeekWire

The Digital Bridge program, developed in response to the coronavirus crisis, is designed to provide internet access and other essential tools to Seattle residents looking for work through the Seattle Jobs Initiative (SJI).

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Internet shutdowns by governments have ‘proliferated at a truly alarming pace’

The Verge

The number of government-led internet shutdowns has exploded over the last decade as states seek to stifle dissent and protest by limiting citizens’ access to the web. The first significant internet shutdown took place in Egypt in 2011, as a response to protests against then-president Hosni Mubarak. Photo by James Bareham / The Verge.

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Luni Libes’ Fledge accelerator takes flight as socially conscious investing keeps growing

GeekWire

Libes had been involved with Bainbridge Graduate Institute (now Presidio Graduate School ), a program focused on how to use capitalism for social and environmental benefit. ” So in 2012, Libes launched Fledge , a startup accelerator that focuses on socially conscious, mission-driven, for-profit companies. No commercial web yet.

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Climate tech opportunities for IT pros

CIO Business Intelligence

While crucial, if organizations are only monitoring environmental metrics, they are missing critical pieces of a comprehensive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) program and are unable to fully understand their impacts. Government agencies and nonprofits also seek IT talent for environmental data analysis and policy development.

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Junior Geek of the Month: Heven Ambachew uses tech to pursue her passion around social justice

GeekWire

Three years later, the high school graduate is doing her own teaching for the nonprofit. It’s another lesson for a young woman intent on working in social justice and tech. My passion was to do a lot of social justice work,” Ambachew said. Ambachew, of SeaTac, Wash., “I consider myself a community organizer.

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Key skills tech leaders need to secure a board seat

CIO Business Intelligence

As a critical part of the governance ecosystem, we impact the economy, social welfare, and all of those people who rely on these organizations to deliver the outcomes they need. We’ve also published, in partnership with the Internet Security Alliance (ISA), the 2023 Director’s Handbook on Cyber-Risk Oversight. It’s a win-win.

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Amy Klobuchar takes aim at 12 vaccine misinformation influencers

Vox

Now, two senators are turning their attention to the vaccine misinformation superspreaders that push the bulk of conspiracy theories and lies on social media — and asking the social media giants to take more aggressive action. These accounts include Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kennedy Jr.,