Elle published a great series of Hillary Clinton’s answers to questions asked by Marley Dias, the 11-year-old creator of #1000BlackGirlBooks, a book drive dedicated to collecting stories about black girls. In the article, Dias explains that she had questions for the Democratic presidential nominee and decided to email them to her, and Clinton responded. The questions Dias asked Clinton include “What is your favorite black girl book,” “Tell me about a time that someone took credit for something you did, and how did you deal with it,” “If you were on a deserted island, what three things would you want to have with you,” and “If you had to give any advice to your 11-year-old self what would you say to her.” Clinton is open and honest in her answers, and she even reveals a story about her running for class president in high school. Read Dias’ full introduction as well as Clinton’s answers to all of her questions HERE.
On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton attended two fundraisers and held a town hall event for digital content creators in Los Angeles, California. During the event, Clinton spoke about her plans to cultivate innovation and assist young people with their startups. Clinton then took questions from those in attendance and spoke about a number of topics including job creation, foreign policy alliances, and her thoughts on Republican Donald Trump.
Clinton also unveiled her Initiative on Technology & Innovation on Tuesday. While some of the details were discussed at an event earlier in the day in Denver, more details were discussed during the evening’s town hall. The extensive plan includes proposals to assist entrepreneurs, improve the technology used in the United States, update existing infrastructure, expand computer science and STEM education, protect user privacy, and make government more technologically efficient. An outline of Clinton’s proposals are below and the full details are available on The Briefing.
Spurring entrepreneurship and innovation clusters like Silicon Valley across the country
Allowing young entrepreneurs to defer their federal student loans for up to three years
Connecting every household in America to high-speed internet by 2020
Providing every student in America access to computer science education by the time they graduate
Building the Tech Economy on Main Street
Providing Every Student in America an Opportunity to Learn Computer Science
Engaging the Private Sector to Train up to 50,000 Computer Science Teachers
Encouraging Local STEM Education Investments
Opening up the Higher Education and Job Training Landscape
Rebooting Job Training around Industry Needs and Job Credentials
Supporting Programs to Diversify the Tech Workforce
Spur Entrepreneurship and Innovation Clusters like Silicon Valley across the Country
Support Young Entrepreneurs
Attract and Retain the Top Talent from Around the World
Invest in Science and Technology R&D
Ensure Benefits are Flexible, Portable and Comprehensive
Investing in World-Class Digital Infrastructure
Close the Digital Divide
Launch a “Model Digital Communities” Grant Program
Connect More Community Anchor Institutions to High-Speed Internet
Deploy 5G Wireless
Advancing America’s Global Leadership In Tech & Innovation
Fight for an Open Internet Abroad
Promote Multi-Stakeholder Internet Governance
Grow American Technology Exports
Promote Cyber-Security
Safeguard the Free Flow of Information across Border
Update Procedures Concerning Cross-Border Requests for Data by Law Enforcement
Setting Rules of the Road to Promote Innovation While Protecting Privacy
Promote Healthy Competition at the Federal, State and Local Level
Defend Net Neutrality
Improve the Patent System to Reward Innovators
Effective Copyright Policy
Commercial Data Protection
Protect Online Privacy as well as Security
Engineering a Smarter and More Innovative Government
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