Reentry service providers have acknowledged that digital equity and digital life skills presents formerly incarcerated people with challenges during their reentry. In addition to this, a new phenomenon is emerging. As artificial intelligence and the “Internet of Things” transform the tech landscape, preparing formerly incarcerated individuals to safely navigate AI, and for careers in this evolving field, present a new set of both challenges and opportunities. Leaders from groundbreaking reentry and digital skills programs have adapted their curriculum and training to meet the needs of the community. This episode's guests are Aedan Macdonald, executive director and founder of "Justice Through Code" which aims to end the cycle of poverty that contributes to incarceration by providing life-changing access to the education, opportunities, and networks necessary to enter careers in the tech industry. Also, Javier Irizarry, an AI educator and the senior tech coordinator of support programs at John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity which is dedicated to empowering justice-impacted and marginalized communities with digital literacy and AI skills for personal and economic transformation.
Black Men Screaming – Ep 191 – Societal attacks on black fatigue – June 7 2025
Black fatigue meaning has been redefined by the dominant society. It correlates to Black folks who are “never satisfied” and “always claim to be the victim. We examine this new attack on the community.
Black Men Screaming – Ep 190 – Prof. Solomon Comissiong – Deconstructing racism. Debunking post-racist society – June 2 2025
Prof. Solomon Comissiong & students have a lively conversation centered on a deconstructing the nature of structural racism and debunking the mythology associated with specious claims that the United States is now a post-racist society
Black Men Screaming – Ep 189 – Black Fatigue – May 23 2025
"Black fatigue" refers to the physical, emotional, and psychological exhaustion experienced by Black people as a result of the constant stress and emotional toll of living in a society where they face racism and discrimination
Both Sides of the Bars – Artificial Intelligence – Challenges and Opportunities for People in Re-entry
Reentry service providers have acknowledged that digital equity and digital life skills presents formerly incarcerated people with challenges during their reentry. In addition to this, a new phenomenon is emerging. As artificial intelligence and the “Internet of Things” transform the tech landscape, preparing formerly incarcerated individuals to safely navigate AI, and for careers in this evolving field, present a new set of both challenges and opportunities. Leaders from groundbreaking reentry and digital skills programs have adapted their curriculum and training to meet the needs of the community. This episode's guests are Aedan Macdonald, executive director and founder of "Justice Through Code" which aims to end the cycle of poverty that contributes to incarceration by providing life-changing access to the education, opportunities, and networks necessary to enter careers in the tech industry. Also, Javier Irizarry, an AI educator and the senior tech coordinator of support programs at John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity which is dedicated to empowering justice-impacted and marginalized communities with digital literacy and AI skills for personal and economic transformation.
Black Men Screaming – Ep 188 – Flashback segment – Back to a society of separate and unequal – May 19 2025
We are in an era when all the gains of the civil rights generation are being reversed. America is more segregated than ever before. Are we moving back to a society of separate and unequal? Flashback segment dealing with US Supreme court.