New York Hall of Science<\/a> on Jan. 31, will feature more than 50 different career and technology vendors along with a number of interactive activities geared toward people from historically disenfranchised communities.<\/p>\nThose activities include opportunities to explore artificial intelligence (AI) and tech learning labs; an opportunity to help build an AI tool for government use; and an information and engagement session carried out by Google.<\/p>\n
Other activities at Saturday\u2019s expo include a gaming battle for prizes; special prizes awarded by Meta; on-site demonstrations from the New York Power Authority on technology, clean energy and workforce pathways; and a mentoring and career lounge hosted by mentoring platform WERULE.<\/p>\n
One attendees will win a gaming console personally donated by video game influence Gerard \u201cHipHopGamer\u201d Williams, while AT&T and the Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC) are give away free laptops to 100 previously selected families with students who attend schools in Community School District 28.<\/p>\n
Queens Public Library will provide families with tutorials on how to use the laptops.\n<\/p>\n
Richards\u2019 office said the expo aimed to address long-standing inequities in the tech sector, citing reports from the Center for an Urban Future, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Brookings Institution, which found that Black and Latino New Yorkers are \u201csignificantly underrepresented\u201d in the tech sector, despite making up roughly 40% of the city\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n
The reports found that Black and Latino New Yorkers are especially underrepresented in high-wage and technical roles.\n<\/p>\n
Black workers hold only 7% of the city\u2019s tech jobs despite making up 19% of the New York City workforce, the Borough President\u2019s office said, while Latino New Yorkers face a similar disparity.<\/p>\n
Richards, who will deliver an address at Saturday\u2019s expo, said Queens must enable residents from minority communities to fully participate in the tech sector if it is to become a leading tech hub in the United States.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Queens is to become the nation\u2019s leading tech hub like we know it can and should be, we must break down the barriers to entry that have made it difficult for members of historically marginalized communities to fully participate in New York\u2019s fastest-growing economic sector,\u201d Richards said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur entire borough and city are better off when everyone has a fair opportunity to benefit from the high-paying jobs that are increasingly available in the tech sector, and I look forward to seeing many of our neighbors on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deputy Borough President Ebony Young said it is \u201cmore important than ever\u201d that individuals from marginalized communities are not \u201cpassed over\u201d amid the ongoing AI revolution.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a deep pool of talented people in these communities who deserve the chance to contribute their knowledge and ideas to the development of technology,\u201d Young said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queens Tech Fair 2023. Photo by Adrian Childress Queens Borough President Donovan Richards will host his fourth annual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[3250,3945,50640,9,24,63,39709,122,124,123,50641,50642],"class_list":{"0":"post-113906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-donovan-richards","10":"tag-ebony-young","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nysci","15":"tag-queens","16":"tag-queens-headlines","17":"tag-queens-news","18":"tag-queens-tech-career-expo","19":"tag-tech-expo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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