BLACK GENERATIVE LEARNING SYSTEMS (BGLS)
Welcome to a new Educational Service offering by ReIdren Business Group.
BLACK GEN PROGRAMS / DESIGN
We build with & serve Black folks who are looking to explore new language and machine models (like ChatGPT) for deep black use. What do you need to ask a good good good question? If you are working up a new business idea, a social media product, or a creative project, we offer So Dayi (clear vision) that fully taps into your unique in-born creativity, to design and build what you need. Our Programs include:
AI 101 Workshop - We will explore together:
the basics of how ChatGPT works and how it can be used to generate text, dialogue, and other forms of written content.
the various applications of ChatGPT in different creative fields, such as writing, business startup, advertising, social media, and thought promotion.
an overview of natural language processing and language modeling
hands-on experience in using ChatGPT to generate text and dialogue
Group discussions and brainstorming or hackathon sessions
Together we will have a solid understanding of how ChatGPT can be used to enhance your creative work, your economic outlook/prospects, and you will have the skills and knowledge you need to start using it yourself.
Advanced Good Question Asking / Workflow & Process Thinking and Automation
We review new tech’s (LLMS/A.I.) capacity to uplevel skills in important areas: Business design, adulting/family organizing, and education.
Other Workshops
ONS (Our Next Skills) - Adulting Decolonized 101
Ankobia6 - African-American Genealogy 101
400 Years of Hidden History of Black Boston
Design for Black Owned-Black Operated
These teachings are available in formats:
Podcast media (w/ downstream reels and clips)
Short public classes/workshops
Long workshop series/boot camps (even hackathons)
RESOURCES
Black Generative Learning Systems was launched in 2022 with the purchase of www.askagoodquestion.com domain. We have instagram, facebook, youtube and twitter bookmarks of some of the most important thought leaders in emerging machine learning. Here are some of the most transparent and regular worth following:
Natalie Choprasert https://futureailab.com/ @brand.nat (AI/Machine learning news)
Anthony Lee https://aiplusautomation.com/ @aimarketerguy (AI workflow thinking)
Justin Fineberg https://www.cassidyai.com @justinfineberg (AI workflow thinking)
Chris Do thefutur.com/people/chris-do @chrisdo a business design guru
Chris Heidorn https://www.youtube.com/@TokenizedAI @chrisheidorn AI image creation tools (midjourney)
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About Black Gen Staff
Bro. Joel Mackall is an award-winning Educator & Project Developer with the ReIdren Business Group based in Roxbury MA. He was the co-founder of the SOS Living Museum, the Hidden History of Black Boston Tours, the Nubian Writer's Group and is a self-published author. He has also served as secretary of the Cameroonians of Lowell Association, as an officer on the Warren Gardens Housing Cooperative board, on the advisory council of the Network of Immigrant and African American Solidarity and as a technology chairperson with the Black Community Information Center.
Bro. Joel presented "Excellence AND Culture: Operating Your Cooperative Better, Simpler and Truer" at the National Association of Housing Cooperatives Annual Conference in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands and "Why Do We Black Folks Hate On Each Other?" at the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations' Ancient Egyptian Studies Conference in Newark, NJ. He has led/facilitated numerous professional workshops in Greater Boston on topics including genealogy, African & world history, business design and technology at the Freedom House, Mother Caroline Academy, Warren Gardens, Roxbury Multi-Service Center, Roxbury Community College, Emerson College, Lesley College, South Bay House of Correction, almost all of the BPL neighborhood branches and Walden Square Technology Center (north Cambridge), in both English and Spanish. To learn more/contact Joel at SNLREIDREN or drop a message.
Projects & Awards
•Creative Community Fellow - National Art Strategies (2022)
•Fairmount Cultural Corridor Artist Commission Grant – for “Radical Welcoming: Docu-Poetry Workshop for Greater Upham’s Corner” (2021)
•Tufts Medical Center Community COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Program Grant – for Startup Design for Businesses & Non-profits (2021-2)
•Malcolm X Afrikan Achievers Award for outstanding community service, from the Black Community Information Center Inc. (2021)
•Small Business Startup/Design Program grant, from Berkshire Bank Foundation Community Building (2020)
•Fellowes Athenaeum Trust Fund grants for Technology Instruction at the Dudley Branch Boston Public Library (2014), Smartphone for Seniors (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), Tracing our Roots / Facing Slavery – Family Genealogy (2006, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022), Business Startup for Entrepreneurs (2020), African-American History Series (2021-2)
•Photography Exhibition: “African America in the Nile River Valley”, for the National Museum of Afro-American Artists (2019)
•Poetry/History Exhibition: “Hauntologies of David Walker City”, for the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture Grant, Codman Square Library Branch (2019)
•Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship - Business for Artists, for the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston (2018)
•Hands-On Black History Learning Retreat, for the City of Boston Arts and Culture Opportunity Fund Grant (2017)
•Grove Hall Trust Fund Grant for African-American Genealogy programming (2016)
•Keeper of the Gardens Award for community service from Warren Gardens Housing Cooperative (2009, 2014)
•The Archie Williams Jr. Technology Award from the Freedom House Inc. (April 2010)
“Mr. Joel Mackall has been helping our company Butu International (African hair services and African home base products) for more than 12 years in the Brockton area. He has an excellent track record and is well known for his sense of initiative and persistence. A good example of these is the a fact that most of our new services and products come from his ideas. I am sure that he will help other businesses grow even more and do a great job in any training program. I greatly appreciate his time.”
“The ReIdren Business Group, has been inspirational to my organization, Parents Management, Incorporated. As a project manager for us, Joel is a very knowledgeable and determined young man. His directives has helped us create a business plan to strengthen our approach and to put our vision to work for the community we serve effectively. Our Organizational skills are getting better and
we are able to feel more confident completing each workshop. Thank you, Joel Mackall, Peace & Blessings!”
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q1: I don’t know about AI or machine learning, but i do have a phone and want more computer help. ..is that ok?
We encourage you to come in your full creative self. This is an mbongi: community space for sistren and bredren to grow and build together using modern tools/machines IN COMBINATION with our inborn creativity. We are going to start at the beginning and cover a lot of ground in the time allotted, be prepared TO THINK and THINK ON THE THOUGHT (smile).
Q2: Are there any resources that we can exploit before the workshop?
Yes (smile). Click on these links:
Q3: Do I need a computer to participate in this workshop?
Absolutely. You can follow along theoretically on a laptop or tablet, (phone is HIGHLY discouraged), but a computer with a monitor (large as possible) is ENCOURAGED. The work, your life building work, is high resolution and far too important for 5inch screens.
New Talk: UPCOMING SOON (fb live or zoom: sign up for deets below).
Zoom (only 4 di Idren): zoom.us/s/7657343736
What lies in our Black creative pre-rememberance? What will happen over 2025 as new machine learning accelerates? How does one ‘ask a good question’? We’ll talk about & illustrate these questions and more. & join our wider discussion, this ‘vigilance during slaver weather’, at future presentations and our forum at www.facebook.com/groups/blackgen.
