Using Technology to Empower in the Digital Economy: CITRIS Research Exchange

Tess Posner is the Managing Director of SamaUSA, a national non-profit social enterprise based in San Francisco that trains low-income Americans how to find and succeed in online work. Tess built and launched the first SamaUSA program in 2013, and now oversees current programs and leads geographic and programmatic expansion efforts. Prior to this role, Tess managed education and employment programs in the Bay Area and New York City.

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Free and open to the public. Register by the Monday before the talk for a free lunch at UC Berkeley. The CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly dialogue highlighting leading voices on societal-scale research issues. Each one-hour seminar starts at 12pm Pacific time and is hosted live in the Banatao Auditorium at Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus (*unless otherwise noted). The complete schedule for the fall is at http://citris-uc.org/fall-2015-citris-research-exchange-seminar-series/

Live broadcast at http://video.citris.berkeley.edu/playlists/webcast/.
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Live webcasting of each CITRIS Research Exchange seminar is available at these CITRIS campuses:

CITRIS @ Davis: 1127 Kemper Hall, College of Engineering, UC Davis
CITRIS @ Merced: Science & Engineering II, Room 302, UC Merced
CITRIS @ Santa Cruz: Room 595B, Engineering 2 Building, Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz