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In 1921, the largest labor uprising in United States history and the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War took place in Logan County, West Virginia known as, The Battle of Blair Mountain. The Battle of Blair Mountain stands as entry into a pivotal event in American labor history, where working men and women stood up to the lawless coal barons and their private armies and fought for ideals of democracy, fairness, and freedom for Americans and working families across the world. Senator Good will begin at Blair Mountain and time travel on a journey from the workings of a 1900’s coal company store to the modern Black Jewel Miners who in protest and blocked a coal train holding the coal they mined for two months demanding to be paid for their labor. Data is no different than coal. Data, like coal is a commodity that demands it’s workers find collective bargaining and dignity as they “mine” for the profit of others. From 1921 to 2021, labor is labor. @cgoodwoman #dataASlabor #datadignity

Speaker

Crystal Good Artist. Advocate. Entrepreneur & Social Media Senator Of The Digital District Of West Virginia • Senator Good

Crystal Good is an artist, advocate and entrepreneur. She is a member of the Affrilachian Poets, a group of writers and artists whose creations and existence combat the erasure of African American identity in the Appalachian region, an Irene McKinney Scholar, and author of Valley Girl. She is the founder and CEO of Mixxed Media, a government relations consulting firm that leverages social & media engagement strategies for mission-driven organizations.

Her advocacy bridges the issues that range from the arts, environmental, women’s health, Appalachian economic development and agriculture. She is passionate about digital and political literacy and has created a digital commons for voters to express their concerns through her self-made performance art character, Social Media Senator for the Digital District of West Virginia.

She is a former member of the award winning literary avant garde jazz band Heroes Are Gang Leaders. She was a presenter for the 2013 TEDx conference in Lewisburg on, “West Virginia and Quantum Physics” and the 2019 TEDx Conference in Corbit, Kentucky. She is the recipient of a 2020 Telly Award with West Virginia Department of Education and 84 Agency.

@cgoodwoman #dataASlabor #datadignity