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Software for Good, GBC @softwareforgood

Software for Good helps mission-driven organizations use data and technology to power the good they do — from government agencies to neighborhood nonprofits.

Joined December 2009
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Full Stack Saint Paul
@fullstackstp
13 Jun 2023
The @cityofsaintpaul, in partnership with @RamseyCounty, has awarded $1.2 million in funding from the federal American Rescue Plan to a new BIPOC tech talent training program. fullstacksaintpaul.com/new-1…
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Big news: @RamseyCounty & @cityofsaintpaul are investing $1.2M to train a new generation of local BIPOC tech talent. Participants of color will learn software engineering at @NuVizMN, then apprentice on real projects with @softwareforgood 🎉 softwareforgood.com/ramsey-c…
Text: Announcing a new 1.2 million dollar investment in BIPOC tech talent. Logos of Ramsey County, City of Saint Paul, Software for Good, and New Vision Foundation.

ALT Text: Announcing a new 1.2 million dollar investment in BIPOC tech talent. Logos of Ramsey County, City of Saint Paul, Software for Good, and New Vision Foundation.
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Software for Good has experienced software engineers rolling off of a longer-term project. If your in-house technical team needs interim developers who can hit the ground running, let’s chat! softwareforgood.com/services…
Software for Good logo with text: Experienced developers, ready to hit the ground running. URL: sfg.io/consulting-engineers

ALT Software for Good logo with text: Experienced developers, ready to hit the ground running. URL: sfg.io/consulting-engineers
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Software for Good CEO @SharonKennedyV spoke about inclusive tech hiring with @AngelaDavisMPR on this morning’s @MPRNews! Hear how SfG's apprentice program offers real-world experience building software that makes the world more just and sustainable: mprnews.org/episode/2023/03/…

How Minnesota's lack of technology education contributes to tech job gap

Two Minnesota technology experts joined MPR News host Angela Davis to talk about why giant companies are laying off so many workers, and what’s being done to address the gap between open tech jobs...

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Through our fundraising platform @CommitChange, we help nonprofits navigate the challenges of doing good in a complex and changing world. In this post, Product Lead Wendy Bolm shares why shame is a terrible way to raise money (and what to do instead!). commitchange.com/blog/why-no…
Image of a paper airplane against a brick wall, with text: Why not to use shame to raise small-dollar donations — and what to do instead. CommitChange: Better Tools for a Better World.

ALT Image of a paper airplane against a brick wall, with text: Why not to use shame to raise small-dollar donations — and what to do instead. CommitChange: Better Tools for a Better World.
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"If the values of our technology systems are all about extraction and expansion and building hierarchies, our technology is going to reproduce the biases we’ve always had." codeforamerica.org/news/lead…

Leading the Field: Jamie Renee Williams — Code for America

A conversation with a Staff UX Designer at Code for America A conversation with a Staff UX Designer at Code for America

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The great #bellhooks taught that love is a choice to nurture human growth. This Valentine's Day, we're sharing some of our team's ideas about how to build software with that kind of love in mind: softwareforgood.com/how-to-b…

How to Build Software with Love (A Conversation) | Software for Good

Last fall, the Software for Good team adopted a new slogan for our work in the world: “We build software with love.” For us, building software with love is deeply meaningful — so meaningful, in fact,...

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Inspired by @BerniceKing, our CEO @SharonKennedyV predicts the next big thing in #tech: the return of the human soul to software. Do the apps you use have soul? softwareforgood.com/software…
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Algorithmic Justice League
@AJLUnited
7 Feb 2023
This year marks the 5th anniversary of the 📰paper that shone a light on the biases & harms of #AI & #FacialRecognition technologies. Dr. @jovialjoy & Dr. @timnitGebru will be hosting a live event together. 🗓️RSVP at link below⬇️
SAVE THE DATE for the 5th anniversary of the Gender Shades paper. Dr. Joy Buolamwini and Dr. Timnit Gebru will be hosting a live, 1on1 event together. SAVE THE DATE: MARCH 2, 2023, 12:30 PM ET/9:30AM PT

ALT SAVE THE DATE for the 5th anniversary of the Gender Shades paper. Dr. Joy Buolamwini and Dr. Timnit Gebru will be hosting a live, 1on1 event together. SAVE THE DATE: MARCH 2, 2023, 12:30 PM ET/9:30AM PT

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In college, @SharonKennedyV discovered her life’s purpose was to pursue human liberation—but with a family to support, she learned to code instead. Now, after decades of #techleadership, Sharon has come full circle, building tech to help people get free. softwareforgood.com/blog/sha…
Photo of a whiteboard from a Software for Good strategic planning meeting on August 12, 2022. Among blue sticky notes, handwriting in marker says: JOY & LOVE in a heart; People First in a circle; Holistic Good, Anti-Oppression, and Liberation & Love (underlined). Photo: Ash Chudgar

ALT Photo of a whiteboard from a Software for Good strategic planning meeting on August 12, 2022. Among blue sticky notes, handwriting in marker says: JOY & LOVE in a heart; People First in a circle; Holistic Good, Anti-Oppression, and Liberation & Love (underlined). Photo: Ash Chudgar

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We need women & people of color in leadership — especially in #tech, where small decisions can have massive human effects. In this interview, CEO @SharonKennedyV and product lead Cassi Johnson share insights from their 7-year partnership as #womenintech: womenspress.com/coding-a-bet…

Coding a Better World

Cassi Johnson & Sharon Kennedy Vickers

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Hear from Native youth on the importance of restoring the buffalo population to their lands and communities! Our client Tanka Fund hosts this virtual panel discussion today, October 26: facebook.com/events/21075757…
Background image of buffalo with text: Tanka Fund youth panel. Photos of panelists with their names: Tierra, Echo, Ava, Jules.

ALT Background image of buffalo with text: Tanka Fund youth panel. Photos of panelists with their names: Tierra, Echo, Ava, Jules.
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The Markup@themarkup
19 Oct 2022
NEW: In cities across the U.S., four major internet providers are charging the same price for drastically different speeds. And the worst deals were disproportionately offered to lower-income and least-White neighborhoods, @LeonYin and @ASankin found. mrkup.org/broadband

Dollars to Megabits, You May Be Paying 400 Times As Much As Your Neighbor for Internet Service –...

An investigation by The Markup found that AT&T, Verizon, EarthLink, and CenturyLink disproportionately offered lower-income and least-White neighborhoods slow internet service for the same price as...

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“We’re building something for the community — how do we ensure that no one has access to this data? ... How do you build a solution in the safest way possible without infringing on anyone’s rights?” yesmagazine.org/social-justi…

When Data Privacy Becomes a Subject of Faith

Most apps collect and store data. Now some Muslim developers are trying to keep that practice consistent with the tenets of Islam.

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Evergreen Action@EvergreenAction
10 Oct 2022
Native Americans have always led the climate movement. This Indigenous Peoples Day, we want to uplift Indigenous orgs that are doing the work, and leading by example. 🧵
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The Office of Indian Education@OIEIndianED
10 Oct 2022
On this #IndigenousPeoplesDay, explore @IllumiNative’s toolkit “For Our Future: An Advocate’s Guide to Supporting Indigenous Peoples’ Day” to learn about why authentic and accurate representation of #NativeAmericans matters. Read it here: bit.ly/3eZuwtZ. #NativeEd
Blue and yellow background with IllumiNative logo and blue and yellow text reading “For Our Future: An Advocate’s Guide to Supporting Indigenous Peoples’ Day” above a photo of a large group of Native peoples and allies marching in the street.

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Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay! Today is a service day for Software for Good. We recognize that we live and work on stolen land. As a team, we commit to educating ourselves on the ongoing oppression of Native people and how we can intentionally combat those harms.
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Tristan Ahtone@Tahtone
6 Oct 2022
Only 17% of global climate and conservation funding intended for Indigenous and local communities actually goes to projects led by Indigenous peoples. Indigenous women receive even less: roughly 5% of total world funding. grist.org/article/the-world-…

The world spends billions to ‘protect’ Indigenous land. Only 17% goes to Indigenous peoples.

To access that money, Indigenous communities are creating their own funding solutions.

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NDN Collective@ndncollective
10 Oct 2022
Celebrating the continuation of Indigenous Resistance that made Indigenous Peoples’ Day possible. ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻✊🏾 Wishing you all a lifetime of Indigenous joy, may we all forage for a better world for our existence. Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay ⚡
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Julia Angwin@JuliaAngwin
4 Oct 2022
“Continuous surveillance and monitoring should not be used in education, work, housing” — White House AI Bill of Rights whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-…

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