Take Back Tech III promotional graphic highlighting three of our guest speakers, with the title, "Here's a Sneak Peek at our Speakers." On top is the date and location: April 17-19th in Atlanta, GA. Below this text are three three speakers' headshots. These speakers are Naomi Klein, Dr. Safiya Noble, and Gil Durán.
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Speaker highlight for Naomi Klein features their headshot and bio: "Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, columnist, and the international bestselling author of nine books published in over 35 languages including No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything, No Is Not Enough, On Fire, and Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World which won the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction in 2024. A columnist for The Guardian, her writing has appeared in leading publications around the world. She is the honorary professor of Media and Climate at Rutgers University and is Associate Professor in Geography at the University of British Columbia where she is founding co-director of UBC's Centre for Climate Justice. Her new book, End Times Fascism, written with Astra Taylor will be released September 2026."
Speaker highlight for Dr. Safiya U. Noble, including their headshot and bio: "Dr. Safiya U. Noble is the David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair of Social Sciences and Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is the Director of the Center on Resilience & Digital Justice and Co-Director of the Minderoo Initiative on Tech & Power at UCLA. Professor Noble is the author of the best-selling book on algorithmic harm in commercial search engines, entitled Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (NYU Press), which has been widely-reviewed in scholarly and popular publications. In 2021, she was recognized as a MacArthur Foundation Fellow for her ground-breaking work on algorithmic discrimination. Dr. Noble is a board member of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, serving those vulnerable to online harassment, and provides expertise to a number of civil and human rights organizations."
Speaker highlight for Gil Durán, including their headshot and bio: "Gil Durán was born in Tulare, California, in 1976. The grandson of Mexican immigrant farmworkers, he got his first taste of work in the fields, but became interested in journalism after winning the local newspaper’s “My Mom Is The Best” contest in the fifth grade. He graduated from DePauw University in 1998 and started his journalism career at the San Jose Mercury News. As the newspaper industry hit turbulence, he pivoted to politics and spent 15 years advising politicians, including Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, and Kamala Harris. In 2018, he returned to journalism as California opinion editor of The Sacramento Bee, and then became editorial page editor of the San Francisco Examiner. Now an independent journalist, he publishes two newsletters: The Nerd Reich, focused on extremist tech politics, and FrameLab, focused on political language."
We're excited to give you a sneak peek of some of the expert speakers joining us at #TakeBackTech in Atlanta, GA, April 17-19th 👀 featuring: @naomikritzer.bsky.social, @safiyanoble.bsky.social, and @gilduran.com.
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