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Podcast: Tech Can't Save Us
Episode: Bringing Intersectional Equity into Tech and Policy with Aerica Shimizu Banks from Shiso
Description: In this week's episode, we talk to Aerica Shimizu Banks, Founder of Shisho, about her journey in building an intersectional equity approach in tech and policy.Aerica employs a holistic and data-driven approach to her work with Shisho, shaped by her own experiences with environmental justice, policy, and tech. Her triple bottom line is "people, planet, profit.""Racism, civil rights and the environment and the issues we face in the environment are inextricably linked," the intersectional equity consultant explains, "and there's no way to work on environmental issues without addressing race."As a black...