Juneteenth, Black Lives, and Structural Discrimination

Juneteenth, Black Lives, and Structural Discrimination

Today is Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when a Union Army general arrived in Texas with 2,000 soldiers, and informed over 250,000 Black Americans enslaved in Texas that slavery had been abolished following the conclusion of the Civil War. This was two and a half...
Exploring Explainable Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Exploring Explainable Artificial Intelligence (AI)

ICAAD recently participated in a workshop by the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence on Explainability in Machine Learning. The idea behind explainable AI is to build accountability, transparency, and trust in the outputs of AI-driven programs. These programs are...
Training the Next Generation of Advocates

Training the Next Generation of Advocates

Disrupting Unjust Systems Through Behavioral Science & Design Thinking, a half-semester course that concluded earlier this month, explored how to address issues of bias, stereotyping, and customary practices that shape discriminatory systems globally.  From...
ICAAD’s 2019 Year End Update + Letter from the Board

ICAAD’s 2019 Year End Update + Letter from the Board

In this unique time, it is inspiring that some of the clearest voices calling for change are young people; people like Greta Thunberg, Malala Yousafzai, and Marley Diaz. And those youth are calling for all people (civil society, corporations, and governments) to...
ICAAD’s Erin Thomas Shares Notes from the Field

ICAAD’s Erin Thomas Shares Notes from the Field

    Erin Thomas, Research & Policy Coordinator just finished a trip to Niue to continue the work ICAAD started in 2017 around assessing gender-based violence in Niue, and these are a few of her notes from the field with you:   Fakaalofa lahi atu ki a mutolu (Hello...

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