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Shaping a New Future: Technology and Racial Equity with Darrell Booker Can technology genuinely shape a better future for racial equity? In today's episode, I have the privilege of sitting down with Darrell Booker, the Racial Equity Tech Lead at Microsoft. His unique blend of personal experiences and professional insights form a powerful lens through which we can explore this question.  Inspired by his mother's challenges as a Black child in foster care, Darrell has dedicated his career to leveraging technology to create, improve, and uplift Black social support networks. Through the lens of the EMBRACE Project—a national study launched in partnership with Gallup—Darrell shares his vision for how technology can advance policy goals and fundamentally change the experience for Black youth and families in the child welfare system. This project isn't just about data; it's about real lives and the potential to alter their course for the better. Darrell will also explore how Microsoft is pushing the boundaries of r