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Navigating Climate Justice: Empowering BIPOC Youth with Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

NonProfit Quarterly

2 Despite these risk disparities, there is a significant underrepresentation of individuals from these communities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—fields that design and use tools to understand, predict, and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

Which path wins out will depend on the datasets and designs of the emerging technologies as well as whether or not robust regulations are put in place to guide the scientists at the helm. 9 In addition, those who are diagnosed often experience more severe and disabling symptoms than those experienced by other races and ethnicities.

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The Double-Edged Sword of Health Innovations: Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Equity in Nigeria

NonProfit Quarterly

Emerging technological innovations in healthcare have the potential to transform public health and healthcare delivery systems, making them more efficient, personalized, and accessible. Emerging Technologies: Potential and Risks Technological innovations are often lauded as a panacea for global health challenges.

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Precision Medicine Has a Data Equity Problem

NonProfit Quarterly

Advances in DNA sequencing technology are leading to a new understanding of cancer and new ways of diagnosing and treating it that are saving lives. It [is] unlikely that underrepresented groups can benefit from the targeted care precision medicine aims to provide.

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Harnessing the Power of AI for Positive Impact: A Conversation with Juan Lavista Ferres

NonProfit Quarterly

Ultimately, AI, like all technologies, is a tool that reflects the processes used to develop and deploy it. If you have a thousand people who take out a loan, knowing their race or ethnicity will tell you very little about who will repay the loan. You can observe income and you can observe demographic characteristics like race.

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Building Boundaries in Love for Equity and Justice: An AI Manifesto

NonProfit Quarterly

While love is often associated with openness, generosity, and care, boundaries are crucial for love to remain respectful, mutual, and emotionally safe.1 When we build AI, we must ask: Who benefits from this technology? 1 As we enter a new era shaped by artificial intelligence, we face both unique opportunities and profound risks.

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20 Leaders Selected for 2023 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship

NonProfit Leadership Center

” Hanif Andrews, Vice President Commercial Associate III, Bank of America “T he sense of fulfillment and satisfaction that comes from making a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and the overall wellbeing of my community is what calls me to engage in nonprofit board service. .”