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Greater Technology, Great Humanity: Social Good Summit 2018

sudshr47 October 12, 2018

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When the Social Good Summit launched in 2010, the way we approached technology and new media was far more optimistic than the world we find ourselves in today.

In 2018, a tweet has the ability to pull us apart. An Instagram post can enrage. And Facebook trolls have the power to divide.

So as we become increasingly reliant on the digital and artificial, “how do we ensure that a world of greater technology is also a world of greater humanity?” asked Henry Timms, Social Good Summit Co-Founder & 92nd Street Y CEO, during this year’s Summit opening. And through a series of dialogues and panels centered on innovation and action at this year’s Social Good Summit, faith in humanity (or at least, its future) was restored. Read more…

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The Social Good Summit invites YOU to join the #2030NOW conversation IRL

sudshr47 September 11, 2018

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The 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly is just around the corner, and New York City will once again play host to international world leaders engaging in high-stakes discussions. Yet for the majority of us who will not be in attendance IRL, the decisions being made are of equally-high (if not higher) stakes. For us everyday global citizens, issues like climate change, poverty, and health present day-to-day challenges.

The Social Good Summit partners — Mashable, the United Nations Foundation, the United Nations Development Programme, and the 92nd Street Y — recognize that we ALL have a stake in the game. This is why we created a platform that grants everyone the opportunity to take part in pressing, forward-thinking conversations. Read more…

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Despite the hate, Amber Heard wants to make the most of her digital soapbox

sudshr47 August 16, 2018

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Once upon a time, Aquaman actor and activist Amber Heard had no social media presence. That fairytale ended last year, when she realized the world was talking about her personal and professional lives and she was missing from the conversation. 

“For years and years … I would think constantly, ‘Thank goodness I don’t have to deal with that,'” says Heard. “Only, only because I realized that I was the only one not weighing in on my narrative — when I realized that and seeing how bastardized it had become in the hands of others with prejudice and vested interest in the wrong things … I finally had to step in.”  Read more…

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