How can we impact violence & hate?
Reshma Saujani
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I encourage you to look at the goals of joincampaginzero.org where policy solutions to help support the Black Lives Matter movement are being discussed. Tech can help a lot, including through tools helping to limit fines/fees that people are paying. For example, http://www.donotpay.co.uk/signup.php helps people challenge parking tickets. A tool has been built to help people expunge criminal records in Maryland: https://www.mdexpungement.com/. This is needed nation wide. Importantly, many of the internal police, judicial, prosecution/indigent defense systems are antiquated and paper-based. Willing entities should collaborate with you to streamline processes and make them less stressful for all involved. For example, NYPD just invested in a mobile device initiative that allows officers to look up someone’s criminal record when they stop them. Access to information can help combat presumptions during interactions. Tech can also provide platforms to give feedback to institutions/make them more transparent.