Dr. Bernice King drops gems on technology, community, and business during Atlanta Cultural Exchange
Dr. Bernice King discussed the role of technology in connecting people worldwide and the importance of balancing humanity with technology at the Atlanta Cultural Exchange, while reminiscing about the progress of Atlanta in bridging gaps and building protections against displacement. The post Dr. Bernice King drops gems on technology, community, and business during Atlanta Cultural Exchange appeared first on The Atlanta Voice.
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The Atlanta Cultural Exchange is underway and has transformed the CTR (former CNN Center) into a hub for live culture, creative performance, and global exchange during the FIFA World Cup. While Tuesday was a break from the FIFA Fan Festival, located just steps from the CTR, the building was alive with panels from headline keynote speakers such as King Center CEO Dr. Bernice King.
While Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens sat in the front row, the global director of community engagement at Amazon, Brian Kenner, sat down with King to talk about the Atlanta community and the role technology plays in connecting people worldwide.
Kenner touched on Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for a community where people advance the principles of justice, social responsibility, and love. He questioned how technology and increased connectivity could help us toward that vision today.
“We have to always remember that technology is a tool. It is an amazing tool that has had the ability to connect us in ways that we never dreamed or thought of, but in approaching it, we always have to remember that we have to balance our humanity with technology,” King said. “We have to always stay connected to our compassion, our care, and our humanity.
King commended the Atlanta community for the progress it’s made in increasing economic developments while bridging gaps and building protections against displacement. King reminisced about the time when Atlanta’s white population refused to honor her father after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965. After a push by former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen and threats by Coca-Cola leaders Robert Woodruff and Paul Austin to relocate the company’s headquarters, King was honored with a dinner.
“I remember one of the most inspiring quotes of my father, and I want y’all to sit with this, because I’m still sitting with it. He said, ‘Life at its best is the creative synthesis of opposites in perfect harmony,” King said. “Now, for my father, it was about, when you have all of these differences, how do we wed these threads of truths that come from different perspectives?”
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