<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div>A reminder that the next event in S+T @ UW's salon series, Technology for the People, is today, Mon. April 14, 2025 from 6-8 PM, in room 133 at the School of Law. <br>See below for details and the link to register. </div><div>Open to the public! </div><div>Warmly, <br>Monika Sengul-Jones (S+T @ UW) and Adrienne Russell (Center for Journalism, Media, and Democracy | Communication, UW Seattle), co-hosts<br><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM Monika Sengul-Jones <<a href="mailto:mmjones@uw.edu">mmjones@uw.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_4429977107860043454m_-1934563715761135500divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><div><i> </i></div></div><div style="direction:ltr"><i>Welcome, new members, to the Society + Technology at UW listserv. Glad you are here.</i> <br><br></div><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hi everyone,<br><br>I’ve been thinking about tables today—who sits at them, who doesn’t, and how the conversations unfold. With that in mind, I’m sharing two announcements:<br><br><b>Happening Monday: Technology for the People</b><br>April 14, 2025 | 6–8 PM | Room 133, School of Law, UW Seattle<br>Open to the Public | <a href="https://depts.washington.edu/societytech/wordpress/2025/02/26/technology-for-the-people-salon/" target="_blank">Register Now!</a><br><br>Technology for the People is a Society + Technology at UW salon, co-hosted with the Department of Communication’s Center for Journalism, Media, and Democracy, co-sponsored by the UW Tech Policy Lab. This event showcases empathetic, community-focused engagement with technologies for justice and democracy.<br><br>Featuring:<br>Dharma Dailey (Computing & Software Systems, UW Bothell)<br>Carmen Gonzalez (Communication, UW Seattle)<br>Esther Jang (Computer Science, UW Seattle)<br>Divya C. McMillin (Global Media Studies, UW Tacoma)<br>Moderated by: Adrienne Russell (Communication, UW Seattle)<br>Introduction by: Monika Sengul-Jones (Society + Technology at UW)<br><br>This is your chance to listen in on a cross-campus UW conversation about technology and democracy—happening at a shared table. Reception to follow.<a href="https://depts.washington.edu/societytech/wordpress/2025/02/26/technology-for-the-people-salon/" target="_blank"> Learn more and register.</a><br><b><br>Apply by April 30: FTC Speaker Opportunity</b><br>FTC's Attention Economy Workshop | May 28, 2025 | In-Person/Online<br>How Big Tech Firms Exploit Children and Hurt Families<br><br>The FTC is hosting a workshop on the attention economy and harm to children. In previous years, several UW scholars have taken part in FTC workshops. Is this year your year to be at the table? <br><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/03/ftc-hold-workshop-may-28-attention-economy-how-big-tech-firms-exploit-children-hurt-families" target="_blank">Learn more and apply.</a><br><br><br>That’s it for today.<br><br>Yours,<br>Monika Sengul-Jones (she/they)<br>Society + Technology at UW<br>Hosted in the Tech Policy Lab<br><a href="http://societyandtechnology.uw.edu" target="_blank">societyandtechnology.uw.edu</a></div></div>
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