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Thursday, 3 September 2020 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM CST
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ISACA is committed to assisting individuals, companies, and enterprises in identifying and realizing the “positive potential of technology.” ISACA promotes its membership as one of diverse individuals with varied professional backgrounds and expertise. Diversity celebrates the coming together and engagement of individuals with diverse knowledge, experience, backgrounds, and ideas that promote and advance a company or organization’s product or service.
Information technology often argues that technology is bias and discrimination free; however, studies indicate that personal and systemic biases contribute to the production and advancement of technology. From voice recognition to blind-hire applications, technology and the science behind technology, inherit the systemic and individual biases. This session invites participants to examine and discuss how science and technology can realize the positive potential of technology through strategic racial justice initiatives. Participants will engage in an interactive virtual discussion on the positive potential of technology to form a capacity building platform for the organization. Participants will also receive a free guide on how companies can pursue racial justice through antiracism.
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Prentiss Williamson, announcements@isaca-br.org
Dr. Jobi Martinez leads J&M Consulting, a consulting firm that guides and assists companies, organizations, and colleges and universities on diversity, inclusion, antiracism, and racial and social justice. She has a doctorate degree in media and communication. Her research, practice, and consulting examines how diversity, equity, and inclusion are communicated within institutions. With over 20 years of experience in diversity and inclusion, Dr. Martinez has spent most of her career leading DEI work in higher education. In May, 2020, she completed a contract at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD), one of the most diverse college campuses in the nation. There, she served as the Visiting Assistant to the President for Diversity and Inclusion. In this role, Dr. Martinez worked closely with the president and other administrative leaders on diversity, access, equity, and inclusion initiatives. She led the development and advancement of a diversity and inclusion strategic plan, a diversity and inclusion marketing and communication plan, and assisted the diversity and Title IX officer with implementing and advancing faculty, staff, student, and community initiatives. In her capacity building role, she led the university to receive its first Insight into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. Prior to joining UHD, Dr. Martinez served as the Managing Director and Deputy Chief Diversity Officer at Texas Tech University (TTU) where she helped establish a division of 13 units committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and community engagement from 2009 to 2014. In 2014, she left her position to complete her doctorate degree and examine to advance her research and teaching in diversity and inclusion. During this time, she consulted diverse colleges and universities on campus climate studies, diversity and inclusion marketing and communication, antiracism, and strategic plans. Dr. Martinez is recognized as a National Thought Leader (2018 and 2019) for her diversity leadership and media and communication research.
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