| Details | For better and for worse, cellphones have shaped who we are as a global society, and they will for decades to come. We're calling all up-and-coming history-makers and creatives to join the National Museum of Natural History for two evening conversations (June 29 & 30, 6-7:30 p.m. ET) at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library with leaders in journalism, tech, history, art, music, and literature who are influencing this technology and how we use it. These free IN PERSON events are designed for 18 to 25 year-olds who are interested in understanding the factors that shape our relationship with technology and how, together, we can imagine and invent a future that ensures our tech reflects us. Evening One (June 29) Featuring:
Carolyn Malachi, mix engineer, producer, Grammy-nominated artist, and educator
Allissa Richardson (via Zoom), journalist, professor and author of Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones and the New Protest #Journalism
Kamal Sinclair (via Zoom), former Executive Director, Guild of Future Architects
Ashleigh Coren, Smithsonian Institution
Click here to register for the panel
Evening Two (June 30) Featuring:
Nnedi Okorafor (via Zoom), science fiction and fantasy novelist
Ashleigh Coren, Smithsonian Institution
Click here to register to see Dr. Okorafor Please help us spread the word by sharing with your networks. Space is limited at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, so registration is encouraged. This program received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative and is related to an upcoming exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History, Cellphone: Unseen Connections. The new exhibit, coming in 2023, is made possible by lead sponsor Qualcomm. |
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