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TEDxRush University:
Why Empathy Will Not Eradicate Racism
Intro
Dr. Janice Gassam Asare delivers compelling, research-backed talks at the intersection of racial equity, organizational justice, and emerging technology. Her speaking engagements help organizations and audiences examine power, bias, and systems of harm—while offering pathways to sustainable, justice-driven change.
✊🏽Tech, AI & Racial Equity
When Innovation Isn’t Equity: Challenging Racial Harm in Emerging Technologies.
Even the most advanced technologies can replicate anti-Blackness if we’re not intentional. This talk explores how algorithmic tools reinforce racial injustice—and what equity-minded leaders can do to resist digital harm.
From Redlining to Data Mining: Racism’s Algorithmic Afterlife.
This talk traces the historical roots of modern algorithmic bias, connecting past systems of discrimination—like redlining and predictive policing—to today’s so-called "neutral" tech. Audiences leave with a clearer understanding of how to challenge digital redlining in real time.
Anti-Blackness by Design: How Technology Inherits Our Biases
An exploration of how anti-Blackness shows up in data sets, design processes, and automated decision-making—from facial recognition to hiring software. This session empowers attendees to recognize and push back against tech that harms instead of helps.
DEI Is Not Dead—It’s Evolving: Equity in a Tech-Driven World
An exploration of how anti-Blackness shows up in data sets, design processes, and automated decision-making—from facial recognition to hiring software. This session empowers attendees to recognize and push back against tech that harms instead of helps.
The Future of Work Is Now: Building Inclusive Tech-Driven Cultures
From AI in hiring to remote work infrastructure, today’s tools shape tomorrow’s workforce. This session challenges leaders to embed equity into the technologies they adopt—and the cultures they create
👩🏾💼 Workplace Equity, Resistance & Leadership
Speaking Up Without Burning Out: Resistance Strategies for the Workplace
This talk offers practical tools for employees and leaders to challenge injustice at work while protecting their mental, emotional, and physical well-being
Invisible Labor, Visible Resistance: Equity Strategies for Marginalized Employees
An unflinching look at how the labor of Black, Brown, and other marginalized employees often goes unseen—and how to recognize, compensate, and uplift those doing equity work behind the scenes
Beyond Buzzwords: What Real Equity Work Requires
Many DEI efforts fall flat because they stay surface-level. This talk cuts through the jargon and explores what sustained, systemic, and courageous equity work really looks like.
Leadership That Liberates: Creating Cultures of Justice, Not Just Compliance
Too many leaders focus on optics instead of impact. This session invites executives, HR professionals, and decision-makers to lead with integrity, accountability, and justice.
Rise and Resist: Tools to Sustain Equity in a Post-DEI Landscape
As equity work is rebranded, defunded, or silenced, this keynote provides a framework for sustaining impact through resistance, community-building, and reimagined advocacy.