Kat Calvin

Kat Calvin 'yar fafutuka ce ta Amurka, 'yar kasuwa kuma marubuciya. Ita ce wadda ta kafa Spread the Vote and Project ID kuma wacce ta kafa Blerdology. Ƙungiyar Calvin tana goyon bayan Amurkawa su sami katin shaidar zama, aiki, da kuma kaɗa ƙuri'a. Bugu da ƙari, Calvin tana goyon bayan wakilcin tsiraru a fannin STEM.

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
Calvin's parents served full-time in the United States Armed Forces. She lived in Seattle and Sierra Vista, Arizona. In 2005, Calvin graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor's in theater. From 2007 to 2010 Calvin attended the University of Michigan Law School, receiving her doctorate. name=":2"> name=":1">

 Sana'a 
Kat Calvin, Amanda Spann da Janelle Jolley sun ƙirƙiri shirin hackathon mai suna "Black Girls Hack" musamman ga 'yan mata baƙar fata, wanda ya zama hackathon na farko mai zaman kansa wanda ke kula da al'ummar Baƙar fata-Amurkawa.  name=":9"> Wannan hackathon wata hanyar sadarwa ce ta manyan kamfanonin fasaha da mata baƙar fata suka ƙirƙira kuma suka ba da kuɗi. 

Calvin yana da nufin jawo hankalin ƙananan 'yan mata masu launin fata don haɓaka cikakken ma'aikata na ƙasa don masana'antar fasaha.  name=":6">  name=":10"> Black Girls Hack yana ba 'yan mata masu launin fata damar ƙirƙirar mafita don matsalolin dijital da ke tasowa. afin taron hackathon na biyu, Janelle Jolley ta bar matsayinta tare da Black Girls Hack yayin da ta shiga matakin sake suna/sake tsarawa ta ƙirƙirar Blerdology: Kimiyyar Baƙar fata don isa ga mahalarta da masu tallafawa daban-daban don bikin al'ummar Black Tech.  name=":1">"Hacking the Science of Black Nerds". BET. Retrieved 2024-03-10. 

An fara amfani da fasahar Blerdology a watan Nuwamba na 2013, inda aka gabatar da masu haɓaka shirye -shirye guda hamsin da masu amfani da kwamfuta don ƙirƙirar manhajar wayar hannu, tare da wasu daga cikin kuɗin da aka samu daga taron za a yi amfani da su ga Lambar 'Yan Matan Bakar fata, don ciyar da ƙananan 'yan mata baƙar fata a faɗin Amurka gaba a ƙoƙarinsu na ƙirƙirar shirye-shiryen kwamfuta .

Blerdology ta nemi kasuwanni na biyu kamar Newark da Detroit ga mutanen da ke da launin fata masu sha'awar fasaha yayin da take haɗuwa da Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Rutgers don ɗaukar nauyin taron hackathon na biyu. Blerdology ta samar da hashtag #BlackHack don haɓaka sabuwar haɗin gwiwarta da Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Rutgers. "Hacking the Science of Black Nerds". BET. Retrieved 2024-03-10. Martinez, Janel (February 18, 2013). "" Black Girls Hack Changes Name to Blerdology"". Black Enterprise. 

Calvin ya ƙirƙiri wasu kamfanonin kasuwanci don inganta alaƙar da ke tsakanin 'yan Afirka 'yan Amurka da al'ummar masu zaɓe, don haka a cikin 2017, Calvin ya kafa ƙungiyar agaji mai suna Spread the Vote.  Manufar Spread the Vote ita ce a rufe gibin da ke tsakanin masu zaɓe da aka yi wa rijista da kuma waɗanda suka fito daga cikin masu zaɓe ta hanyar taimaka musu su sami katin shaidar hoto ta hanyar kuɗi a jihohin da ke buƙatar katin shaida don kaɗa ƙuri'a.    Spread the Vote an ba shi tallafi daga New Media Ventures, wata hanyar sadarwa ce ta masu zuba jari da ke ba da kuɗaɗen tallafi ga kamfanonin kafofin watsa labarai da fasaha. 

Calvin ya ƙirƙiri wasu ƙungiyoyin sa-kai guda biyu na siyasa a ƙarƙashin ƙungiyar Spread the Vote. Asusun Tallafawa Ayyuka da Asusun Tallafawa Ayyuka na ID suna neman ƙarin ilimi da ƙarfafa masu zaɓe ta hanyar dokoki da manufofi. Nwatu, Ijeoma S. (October 23, 2020). "She, The People: How Kat Calvin Is Working To Ensure Minorities Have Proper Voter Identification". Asusun Tallafawa Ayyuka na ID ya gabatar da wani kudiri a Majalisa, Dokar Tallafawa Ayyuka don Dimokuraɗiyya Mai Haɗaka wadda ke ƙirƙirar takardun shaidar tarayya kyauta ga Amurkawa.  

A shekarar 2023, Calvin ya zama marubucin littafin "American Identity in Crisis," wanda aka fitar a ranar 19 ga Satumba.  Littafinta ya yi bayani dalla-dalla kan yadda manya 'yan Amurka miliyan 26 ba su da katin shaidar gwamnati. 

 Lambobin yabo da nadin mukamai 

 Mutane da Ƙungiyoyi 16 na TIME da ke Fafatawa don Samun Daidaito a Amurka 
 2018, <i id="mwjw">Kamfanin Mai Sauri Ya Fi</i> Mutum 100 Mafi Kirkire-kirkire a Kasuwanci 
 TheGrio 100 
 <i id="mwnQ">Business Insider</i> 30 ƙasa da shekaru 30 

 An zaɓa littafin 

 Calvin, Kat. Asalin Amurka a Cikin Rikicin: Bayanan kula daga Mai Fafutukar Haɗari . Amistad, 2023.

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