Rafiki Cai
Technology without Values is power gone astray.
Veteran technologist who has served from Capitol Hill, to Silicon Valley to the Ivory Tower. Always dedicated to technology lifting the ‘least of these’.
Technology without Values is power gone astray.
Veteran technologist who has served from Capitol Hill, to Silicon Valley to the Ivory Tower. Always dedicated to technology lifting the ‘least of these’.
Embedded in the Computer Science department, to help design and execute a Community AI Initiative, placing AI in the service of community life.
Leading the Digital Initiative to rescue Child Miners from the cobalt and coltan mines of the Democratic Republic of The Congo.
A project designed to provide in-depth but accessible understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI), to everyday people; particularly K-12 educators via Professional Development experiences.
My current interests include Voice and AI, Data Science, Machine Learning and of course cryptographic currency.
If you’re not paying attention to Generative AI and it’s sprawling implementations, you are making a big mistake.
It is critically important that youth who come from backgrounds like mine, are exposed to the rarefied spaces of technology.
Working with TUPAC, Peace Works United and Tacoma Public Schools, to connect youth to the ancient game of chess, as well as the art of learning to teach, while we teach to learn.
of one daughter, Cai Andrai. (No it’s not a long story at all. I chose to do a reverse of an Ethiopian naming tradition and take my daughter’s name as my surname. She was the girl that I prayed so fervently for that I felt it to be apropos.)
Cai (or Cai-Cai as she’s affectionately known) is a chefpreneur, pursuing her love of cuisine; with a spirit for staying on the hustle (Which I’d like to believe she got per the example of both of her parents.)
Padrino is ‘godfather’ in Spanish. I know the blessing of having two young ladies, whom I’ve watched grow from the womb and young age, embrace me as Padrino. That second chance to stand in a semi-father role has been a balm for me, helping to heal pains from having fallen short in my rst call to parenthood.
Ashley L. Jackson, an alum of Spelman
College (Atlanta) is an accomplished actress
and grad student in USC Film School's elite Starks Producing program.
Joy Griggs, an alum of Westwood College
(Chicago) has her eye on a career in IT,
while also pursuing her creative writing passion.
Alpha Phi Alpha
God Has Many Names (Book)
The Prophet (Book)
The Price Sisters (Family)
Mi Gemela (Linda Freeman)
Mi Tia (Judith Doss)
The Game of Chess
Upward Bound (TRIO)
Phylis Hyman (Music)