CNN MONEY
”15 QUESTIONS WITH MARK LUCKIE”
“The success of technology and entrepreneurship follows the socioeconomic growth of the country. In short, the more money people are flush with, the more opportunity there is for experimentation.”
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
”EX-FACEBOOK MANAGER MARK LUCKIE ON SILICON VALLEY’S ‘BLACK PEOPLE PROBLEM’”
“In order to recognize the power of these communities, you have to have people internally who come from these communities.”
ESSENCE
”HOW CAN WE FIX SILICON VALLEY'S DIVERSITY PROBLEM?”
“On many occasions when visiting another company, a Black employee would pull me to the side. They’d say in a hushed tone, ‘I didn’t know any of us worked there.’”
TEDXNEWYORK
"SO WE'RE WOKE...NOW WHAT?"
LINKEDIN
”NEXT WAVE: TOP PROFESSIONALS 35 & UNDER”
“When Luckie is considering a new job, he asks this question: ‘Am I doing something that hasn’t been done before?”
FORTUNE
”WHY RACE AND CULTURE MATTER IN THE C-SUITE”
“Both Luckie and Miley were active participants in the BlackBirds, the black employee affinity group at Twitter. In an attempt to break down, Luckie even launched an informal ‘Ask a black guy’ initiative.”
CNN
THE NINETIES
TECHCRUNCH
”TWITTER’S FORMER NEWS MANAGER TALKS ABOUT HIS CURRENT PROJECT ‘TODAY IN #BLACKTWITTER’”
“The most interesting about [TiBT] is it’s based on a public tool. Anybody could’ve created this, but nobody has used it in this way up until now…”
BET NEWS
STAY WOKE: BLACK LIVES MATTER
BLAVITY
”SUMERIA WANTS TO MAKE BLACK PEOPLE THE VOICE OF SCIENCE FICTION”
“I am a big sci-fi action nut, but there are very few movies or stories that have Black characters, and even fewer that have Black leads.”
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: ENERGY & COMMERCE INCLUSION IN TECH: HOW DIVERSITY BENEFITS ALL AMERICANS
THE GRIO
”OLD SCHOOL BLACK MOVIES COMING BACK TO A THEATER NEAR YOU”
“You know that feeling you get when you watch classic black movies from the 80s, 90s and 2000s? Media innovator and tech wiz Mark Luckie wants to bring those movies and that feeling back to the theaters.”
POYNTER
”MARK LUCKIE ON KEEPING UP WITH BLACK TWITTER AND COVERING IT”
“When people understand that you’re being in your conversation, then they’re more likely to open up to you and that’s journalism in general.”
MSNBC
MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY SHOW
