Tech equity: Fighting bias and building wealth
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How can we build more equitable and inclusive platforms and organisations? In this episode of The Next Stage, Janaye Ingram of Airbnb talks about how the platform conducted a civil rights audit to uncover biases and made product changes to combat discrimination. Kelly Burton, CEO of the Black Innovation Alliance, explains how they are supporting Black entrepreneurs through four pillars: research, advocacy, capacity building, and narrative change. Kelly Burton, CEO of Black Innovation Alliance and Janaye Ingram, director of community partner programmes and engagement for Airbnb, were in conversation with Hannah Sung, co-founder of  Media Girlfriends on Future Societies at Collision 2023. "The best technology conference on the planet".Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Linkedin. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/websummit/message
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