Hosted by WCCW & Feminist A.I., in alliance with The Free Black Women’s Library–LA Free: Sign-up Here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/algorithms-of-oppression-5-6 Feminist.AI and WCCW invite you to join us in discussing the themes from Chapters 5 & 6 of Algorithms of Oppression (AOO) by Professor Safiya Umoja Noble, and hearing from speakers whose work relates to the themes. Chapter 5 of Algorithms of Oppression discusses how racial bias can manifest in information and search systems. Chapter 6 is about corporate monopoly over media and how it perpetuates inequality. The first half of the session will focus primarily on the text. In the second hour, we'll focus more on presentations by our speakers and audience discussion. Speakers: Neema Githere, Amina Ross, Chinelo Nkechi Ikem, and Gabrielle Felder. Neema Githere is a guerrilla theorist and curator hailing from Nairobi, Kenya whose work explores indigenous cybernetics. Their curatorial work around data healing endeavors to illuminate the links between technology, nature and spirituality. Other projects of theirs include Afropresentism - a term they coined in 2017 to articulate digital diasporic cultural production in the here and now - and Radical Love Consciousness, a collective that focuses on re-indigenization through grassroots learning networks. An undisciplined creator, Amina Ross creates boundary-crossing works that embrace embodiment, technology, intimacy, and collectivity in physical and digital spaces. Amina's work examines systems of power and modes of world-building employed by those who hold identities of difference. Amina is currently an MFA candidate at Yale School of Art within the Sculpture department. chinelo nkechi ikem is a proud Black Nigerian-American woman interested in critical race feminist theory and Black women's depictions in media, television, and literature. At UC Santa Barbara, she double-majored in Political Science and Philosophy and is now a third-year law student at USC Gould School of Law. She is a book blogger (also known as bookstagrammer) on Instagram @interestedinblackbooks and has penned words for Huffington Post. Gabrielle Felder (she/her) is an educator, freelance graphic designer, social media artist, and culture critic. Originally from Orange County, California, Gabrielle graduated from the University of California , Santa Barbara in 2018, receiving two degrees: Ecology and Evolution, B.S. and Biological Anthropology, B.A. In June 2020, Gabrielle graduated from University of Washington School of Public Health with a Master’s in Environmental and Occupational Health. Currently, Gabrielle works as a Prevention Education Specialist, at Raphael House, a domestic violence shelter dedicated to providing the community with educational content on healthy relationships, exploitation, and abuse. In preparation for our meeting, we also invited Ariana Faye Allensworth and Danielle Brantley to summarize Chapters 5 and 6 of the book, and connect the themes to their own practice.