Tawana Petty

08/18/2026

Join me at MozFest this October 28th-30th in Barcelona, Spain. I will be participating with comrades for the session “Abolish AI vs. Build a People’s AI: A Debate from Take Back Tech to MozFest.

Visit mzl.la/joinme to check out the schedule and secure your badge.

We hope to see you there!

08/18/2026

We hope to see you there!

Show Up for Water Justice! 🗣️

Movements grow when people decide to participate.

On September 23, we're coming together at the Michigan State Capitol to demand affordable water for all.

We'll meet with legislators, share community experiences, and advocate for policies that protect every Michigander.

Register today, link in bio! 👊🏽

Bring your voice.
Bring your passion.
Bring someone with you.

08/18/2026

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Please join us for the celebration of Detroit Interfaith Outreach Network's 16th birthday. On this special occasion, we are honoring four community leaders…

08/03/2026

07/28/2026

This is what they mean by making this country great . . . again.

07/21/2026

🌟 The 2027 AAIHS Planning Committee invites individual and panel proposals for short presentations that explore how African-descended peoples across time and space have confronted dehumanizing systems by imagining and creating alternative possibilities for being in the world.

https://www.aaihs.org/call-for-papers-aaihs-2027-conference/

06/26/2026

06/23/2026

“We follow 3.4 million people who submit 4 million job applications to 1,700 job postings across 150 employers and 11 industry sectors. Each job application was assessed by an AI hiring tool built by a single third-party vendor. Our new paper offers a rare look inside the “black box” of algorithmic hiring, showing that these tools increase racial bias and shut the same people out of jobs everywhere they apply.
. . We discovered that 26% of Black applicants and 15% of Asian applicants applied to positions where the AI system discriminated against their racial group. To put this in perspective: If the AI had recommended Black and Asian candidates at the same rate as it recommended the most-favored group (typically white applicants), 40,000 more of their applications would have advanced to the next stage of hiring.”

https://hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-hiring-tools-can-yield-racial-bias-and-systemic-rejection

06/18/2026

** YOUTH OPPORTUNITY ** (9th-12th grade students)

I'm honored and humbled to participate as one of the facilitators for The Freedom Tour this year.

"The Freedom Tour was founded in 1989 by Michigan Coalition for Human Rights and will be returning to Detroit this summer! The tour promotes activism, racial justice, community organizing skills and nonviolence training. This year, the tour will be a two-part series, beginning with a two-day in-person seminar with guest speakers, workshops and activities from Thursday July 30 to Friday July 31, 2026.

The second portion will be a two-day field trip to civil rights and community landmarks across Metro Detroit via charter bus which will take place from Saturday, August 1 to Sunday, August 2, 2026. All 4 days will run from 9AM to 5PM and include breakfast, lunch, and snacks. The program is geared towards 9th to 12th grade students from the Detroit metro area and is application based."

The deadline to apply has been extended to July 15, 2026. Email questions to [email protected].

If you have youth that are interested, you can scan the QR code or visit this link to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFbLYJNLRUnkLAYpLTUEiVevOhtvrML0XCsEKhNfnJe__1gQ/viewform

06/18/2026

Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell proposed the Water Access and Affordability Act to restore the low-income water affordability program