[PHOTOS] Blacks in Tech Gather to Discuss Workplace Activism at Second Annual Oakland Summit (2016)

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Event: Oakland Summit on Blacks in Tech: The Power Is Ours
Date: October 15, 2016
Pictured (across top): Cedric Brown (Chief of Community Engagement, Kapor Center for Social Impact), Landon Williams (Sr. Director, San Francisco Foundation), Darrell Jones III (Head of Business Development, Clef), Y-Vonne Hutchinson (CEO, ReadySet)
Location: Kapor Center for Social Impact, Oakland
Photography: Jean Torres
Amidst another year of powerful Black activism during this, the 50th Anniversary of the Black Panther Party, the second annual Oakland Summit on Blacks in Tech focused on how Black employees of tech companies can best harness individual and collective power to make beneficial change.
Sessions
• Getting Organized on the Homefront – Presenters: Anthony Heckman (Kapor Capital), Catherine Bracy (Tech Equity Collaborative), Kandace Cooks (Uber). Moderated by Darrell Jones III (Clef)
• Sustaining a Movement Needs More than ReTweeting – Presenters: Brandi Collins (Color Of Change.org), Donna Bransford (Black Organizing Project), Tiffani Ashley Bell (The Human Utility). Moderated by Cedric Brown (Kapor Center)
• Caring for Ourselves so We Can Care for Others – Presenters: Elen Awalom (Ola Initiative*), Vanessa Mason. Moderated by Y-Vonne Hutchinson (ReadySet)
Sponsors
Kapor Center for Social Impact, African American Employee Network, theREGISTRY Bay Area, ReadySet