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No Tech Criminalization in Education @noticecoalition.bsky.social · 14h

Who owns your data — and your digital future?
Read our latest piece, “No Data About Us Without Us,” exploring Afrofuturism, digital liberation, and the fight for self-determination in tech.

🔗 thenoticecoalition.substack.com/p/no-data-about-us-without-us
#DataJustice #Afrofuturism #DigitalRights

“No Data About Us Without Us”

A Storytelling Project on Building Grassroots Infrastructures for Digital Liberation

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No Tech Criminalization in Education @noticecoalition.bsky.social · 4d

What does digital liberation look like when imagined through an Afrofuturist lens? “No Data About Us Without Us” reflects on how communities are resisting surveillance in schools and building new futures rooted in care, creativity, and collective power.

Link: just-tech.ssrc.org/articles/no-...

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No Tech Criminalization in Education @noticecoalition.bsky.social · 7d

We dig deeper than the headlines — bringing independent analysis, critical insight, and the stories that deserve more attention.

Catch our latest piece on Substack:
The NOTICE Newsletter: September 2025
open.substack.com/pub/thenotic...

#NOTICEnewsletter #EdTech #DataJustice @tciamn.bsky.social

The NOTICE Newsletter: September 2025

Defending youth justice in the digital age.

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No Tech Criminalization in Education @noticecoalition.bsky.social · 14d

📚 Book rec time📚

NOTICE is highlighting Access Is Capture by Roderic N. Crooks! Dive in to see how edtech reinforces racial inequity—and what it takes to resist. A powerful call to rethink how we build justice in the digital age.

#NOTICE #Bookrecs #AI #DigitalJustice #EdTech #RacialEquity

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · 27d

After federal funding cuts, the Science Museum of MN made the difficult decision to end their RJ STEAM program. TCIA has stepped up to continue the work in a new iteration known as the STEAM Collective.

Read more about this change here: www.tciamn.org/steam

#STEAMCollective #STEAM #YouthinSTEAM

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Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 17d

Rest in power Assata Shakur. You saved me. You are my hero.

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No Tech Criminalization in Education @noticecoalition.bsky.social · 18d

🎓 How much are universities tracking students?

In Lindsay Weinberg's Smart University, they expose how student data is tracked, mined & used. This powerful book examines what’s at stake for student privacy, academic freedom, and the future of learning.
#StudentSurveillance #EdTech #bookrec

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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 21d

AI is exacerbating a feeling that since the pandemic, the classroom dynamic has grown transactional www.the74million.org/article/anot...

Another AI Side Effect: Erosion of Student-Teacher Trust

AI is exacerbating a feeling that since the pandemic, the classroom dynamic has grown transactional.

www.the74million.org

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No Tech Criminalization in Education @noticecoalition.bsky.social · 23d

📚NOTICE Book Rec
Schools Under Surveillance: Cultures Of Control In Public Education, edited by Torin Monahan & Rodolfo D. Torre, is a powerful collection that explores how surveillance & control are woven into the fabric of public education—often targeting marginalized students.
#AbolitionistReads

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · Sep 9

Check out our article on what every educator (and parent) should know this school year and learn more about resources for liberatory learning like @noticecoalition.bsky.social and @the74.bsky.social

medium.com/@TwinCitiesI...

#TCIA #Educators #LiberationinEducation #TechforGood #BacktoSchool #Edu

4 Bold Resources to Challenge EdTech, Inspire Justice, and Empower Communities

What Every Educator (And Parent) Should Know This School Year

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · Sep 10

Last month, our Afrofuturists book club met up for a powerful discussion of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Talents.

Next, we're reading Binti by Nnedi Okorafor!

Want to join? Sign up for our book club: app.youform.com/forms/ohwp8dkw

#Afrofuturism #TCIA #BookClub #SciFi #Binti #NnediOkorafor

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · Sep 12

We looked through hundreds of #D4PG photos and couldn't help but smile (and giggle) at our inspired and energized #D4Experience. We put our favorites into a D4 Gallery! Check it out: tciamn.org/d4pg

Which photo speaks to you?

#Data4PublicGood #TechforGood #DataJustice @noticecoalition.bsky.social

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No Tech Criminalization in Education @noticecoalition.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’re committed to independent analysis, critical insight, and elevating the stories that matter — especially the ones being ignored.

Read our latest Substack piece: open.substack.com/pub/thenotic...

#NOTICENewletter #Edtech #DataJustice #Futureoftech @ruha9.bsky.social @tciamn.bsky.social

The NOTICE Newsletter.

Defending youth justice in the digital age.

open.substack.com

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · Aug 25

Check out this insightful interview with #D4PG speaker Cierra Kaler-Jones and author eveewing.bsky.social on her book "Original Sins" for the rethinkingschools.bsky.social annual magazine:

rethinkingschools.org/articles/ori...

Get your copy of "Original Sins": www.tciamn.org/d4pg-merch/p...

#EDU

Original Sins — and What to Do About Them

Cierra Kaler-Jones interviews author Eve L. Ewing about her new book Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism.

rethinkingschools.org

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · Aug 26

If you're looking to learn more about Octavia Butler during your reading of Parable of the Talents, here is a short interview between the author herself and Tananarive Due: www.essence.com/entertainmen...

Our next book meeting is Sat, Aug 30th at 10 am CST/11 am EST.

#Afrofuturism #Scifi #BookClub

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hey Afrofuturists, how's your reading going? We'll be meeting Aug 30th to talk about Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler. Come share your thoughts!

Use this link to sign up: app.youform.com/forms/ohwp8dkw  

#FutureLabs #BookClub #Afrofuturism #Afrofuturist #BlackLiterature #BlackLit

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No Tech Criminalization in Education @noticecoalition.bsky.social · Aug 10

Schools in US are using AI to scan student messages for threats—but the tech often flags jokes, homework, or deleted posts. Some kids are being arrested or hospitalized over false alarms.
abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/schools-ai-surveillance-protect-students-leads-false-alarms-124440368

Schools are using AI to protect students. It also leads to false alarms — and arrests

Surveillance systems in American schools increasingly monitor everything students write on school accounts and devices

abcnews.go.com

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · Aug 5

Hey bookworms! We're excited to explore more Afrofuturist dystopian narratives. Our next book in our journey is Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler.

The next book meeting will be August 30th at 10am CST/11am EST. Sign up to join: app.youform.com/forms/ohwp8dkw

#BookClub #Afrofuturism #SciFi

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No Tech Criminalization in Education @noticecoalition.bsky.social · Jul 31

Our July wrap-up newsletter is here — featuring an in-depth look and highlights from the D4PG Conference! Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date on the latest in Edtech!

#D4PGConference #NOTICE #TCIA

substack.com/home/post/p-...

The NOTICE Newsletter: July 2025

Defending youth justice in the digital age.

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · Jul 24

D4 highlight! Thank you Vyjayanthi Vadrevu for the dance performance and discussion!

Vyjayanthi is the founder of #Incluya, an AI coach leading people from financial anxiety to financial resilience. Learn more about our #D4PG speakers: www.tciamn.org/d4pg-speakers  

#AI #NatyaShastra #Culture

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thank you Dr. Roderic N. Crooks for an eye-opening keynote during day 1 of D4PG based on his research and newest book 'Access Is Capture: How Edtech Reproduces Racial Inequality'

Learn more about our speakers and they're work: www.tciamn.org/d4pg-speakers

#D4PG #Datajustice #AI #EdTech #Tech

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No Tech Criminalization in Education @noticecoalition.bsky.social · Jul 17

One of Twin Cities favorite indie bookstores, Black Garnet Books, will be at the D4PG conference tomorrow! They are selling some goodies along with our keynote speakers book Access is Capture: How Edtech Reproduces Racial Inequality by Dr. Roderic N. Crooks! We are excited to see y'all there!
#D4PG

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are thrilled to reveal all fourty-one speakers with fantastic workshops and panels. We invite you to join us this week for D4PG 2025 July 16th-18th at Macalester College. Registration closes TONIGHT at midnight! Learn more and register now www.tciamn.org/d4pg

#D4PG #Data4PublicGood #Afrofuturism

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · Jul 8

Join us with Sharon Kennedy Vickers in her presentation "Digital Resilience & Digital Futures" at D4PG July 16th-18th and imagine our digital futures together! Use the link below to learn more and register:
lnkd.in/gdjqB8Aw

#D4PG #ArtAsInformation #Biostatistics #PublicSchools #Science #Educators

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · Jul 10

We're excited to have Dr. Chelsea Barabas join us again for D4PG! Registration closes next week, secure your spot for our 6th annual Data 4 Public Good conference, July 16th-18th at Macalester College. Register now: www.tciamn.org/d4pg   

#D4PG #Datajustice #AI #NOTICE noticecoalition.bsky.social

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