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Assunta Gonzales fights for migrant communities as field director

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of me Gente and advocacy Organization for Latin X people.

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She's highlighted has Silicon Valley profits from the federal

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government's strict immigration policies.

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We've really been trying to expose the tech and data companies

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that are fueling Trump's deportation Machinery last year Beyonce

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released a report detailing how palantir a data management

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company created tools that enforcement agencies use to separate

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and Deport undocumented migrants.

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And so for us it's been around with raising awareness aside

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from activist taking on Silicon Valley to entrepreneurs

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building a more sustainable Marketplace.

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These are the leaders from Business Insider list of 100 Transformers

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Visionaries were changing the way North America Works plays

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and invest.

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Fighting is also part of Rashad Robinson pursuit of racial

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Justice across the table with Mark Zuckerberg The Daily Caller

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be a new silent Breitbart being a fact check inside when they

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have advanced white caplet.

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I have to say that you actually care about civil rights Robinson

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is president of color or change an online civil rights.

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Advocacy organization founded after Hurricane Katrina today.

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It has over 1.7 million members since taking over in 2011 Robinson

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is organized demonstrations to end police brutality campaigns

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to protect internet freedom and spearheaded an Advertiser boycott

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of Facebook that pressure the platform to crack down

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on hateful content actually making sure that the systems

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and the structures that are being developed at the new tools

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that are coming out has civil rights in mind as a black woman

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in an industry dominated by white and Asian.

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Nicole Lapointe, Jameson has been vocal about her desire to make

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the gaming industry more inclusive Lapointe.

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Jameson is just 27 and CEO of Esports organization Evil Geniuses.

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And one thing I've it was very excited to bring to the Eastward

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space was that in order to be competitively successful.

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You have to have your doors open to any Talent no matter how old

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and what they look like.

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They're Creed the religion their background their sexual orientation

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and that's not especially in North America the perception

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of being in your what gamers are in June the company removed

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two members involved an inappropriate conduct.

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We were very public and some moves were very public with our

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values were very public with our opinions and how we take action

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on them. And I was pleased to see that more people were positively

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receptive because it was an important is to stay a bit of a first-mover

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action in the gaming and Esports space consumers appreciate

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transparency, and that's what you need gilyot.

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Most in the world of investing and Industry,

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which usually put the profit ahead of social impact as CEO of

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the sustainability Accounting Standards Board.

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Her aim is to put reliable data about environmental

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social and governance criteria into the hands of those in charge

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of trillions of dollars because I'm very interested in systems

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change and what are the levers of systems change and how do you

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change the behaviors of a very very large groups of people

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but this year the global pandemic Force businesses to cope with

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an unprecedented amount of change covid-19 has had devastating

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effects on the global economy widening the gap between the Haves

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and the Have Nots step back and ask themselves.

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You know, what kind of changes do I want to make in my life

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James Rhinehart is the founder and CEO of thredup.com

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and Online Marketplace for second-hand clothes.

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Momentum in this idea that I can be a better or more conscious

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consumer. Maybe I don't need quite as many new things as I thought

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I did you might think that second hand clothing during a global

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recession is a no-brainer, but thredup was at the mercy of retailers

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investors and complex Supply chains all of which were thrown

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into disarray. That's something the point James to empathize

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with really the big call to action there for us was to ensure

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activations where we wanted to do things in person or Alive.

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We had to convert digital a excited to have sinner Rashad

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lockdown was an opportunity for his organization to use technology

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to deal with ever-increasing demands hit there was a way which

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we were sort of uniquely situated to continue to communicate

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to our members to continue to listen to them at scale.

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About their needs and demands to continue to drive action

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in a year of unprecedented change.

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What makes these leaders Transformers is their commitment to

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keep fighting for a better world.

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No matter what the odds I believe in the power of people.

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I believe that when people come together,

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they can actually change things.

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They can really transform the systems that are keeping them

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down.