Opinion Columns Commentary: Use of algorithms can perpetuate bias February 24, 2021 • Technology Equity By Vinhcent Le ArcaMax For most of us, the word “algorithm” is fairly new to our vocabulary. But badly designed decision-making algorithms have a growing impact [...] News Concerns over biased algorithms grow as computers make more decisions February 23, 2021 • Technology Equity By Shara Tibken CNET When the US started distributing COVID-19 vaccines late last year, an essential question emerged: Who should get priority access to the shots? Many [...] News•Press Releases The Greenlining Institute Releases New Report Examining Biased Algorithms that Invisibly Limit Opportunities for Marginalized Groups February 23, 2021 • Technology Equity Human-designed algorithms and artificial intelligence can create redlines and roadblocks to getting a job, receiving healthcare, and investing in neighborhoods Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations [...] News•Press Releases AB 946 Would Create 23,000 First-Time Homebuyers by Closing Mortgage Interest Deduction Loophole on Second Homes February 18, 2021 • Economic Equity CONTACT: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 415-846-7758 Sylvia Aguilar, Managing Director, California Community Builders, saguilar@ccbuilders.org, 510-868-0991 Matt Lewis, California YIMBY, press@cayimby.org Oakland, Calif. – [...] News•Press Releases California Launches “Partners Advancing Climate Equity” to Aid Underserved Communities February 11, 2021 • Environmental Equity Program Helps Frontline Communities Build Capacity to Address Climate Crisis Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – Twenty-two leaders representing [...] News Guest column: Super Bowl ads, like nature, abhor a vacuum February 9, 2021 • Economic Equity By Jeremy Bagott The Florida Times-Union They once had names like Countrywide, Ameriquest, New Century, Argent and Greenpoint. They’re gone now – wiped cleanly off the [...] News Black Leaders: Biden Order is first to recognize America’s history of housing injustice February 3, 2021 • Economic Equity, General By Quincy LeGardye California Black Media Black Leaders and civil rights groups – including the NAACP and the Greenlining Institute — are hailing a memorandum President [...] News Environment Experts To Newsom: Now’s Your Moment January 26, 2021 • Environmental Equity By Ezra David Romero CapRadio Back in September, while wildfires raged and the pandemic wore on, California Gov. Gavin Newsom held a virtual press conference to [...] News Newsom budget hurts environmental justice programs January 25, 2021 • Environmental Equity By Jackie Blandon 48hills Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2021 budget proposes shifting money from environmental equity programs to fire prevention, a move that has angered advocates. As [...] Opinion Columns Algorithmic racial and gender bias is real. The California State Legislature must act January 15, 2021 • Technology Equity By Gissela Moya The Sacramento Bee These days, algorithms — sets of rules or instructions used by computer systems to solve a problem or perform a [...] 1…34567…204 Media Contacts Molly TafoyaCommunications Director Email: molly.tafoya@greenlining.org Cell: 808-256-7064 Show These TopicsDiversity & InclusionEconomic EquityEconomic SummitEnergy EquityEnvironmental EquityGeneralHealth EquityLeadership AcademyTechnology EquityShow these Resource TypesNewsOpinion ColumnsPress ReleasesShow This Date Range From to
