Harriet Tubman Center hosts talk on STEM in Black communities Provided by Tubman Center Calvin Mackie was the second speaker of “The 3 Rs: The Road to Reparations and Reconciliation” series hosted by the Binghamton University Harriet Tubman Center for the Study of Freedom and Equity. Calvin Mackie relayed his hope for STEM education as a form of reparations April 19, 2021 After a year of hardship and uncertainty, Calvin Mackie spoke of the importance of never losing hope at his virtual talk hosted by Binghamton University’s Harriet Tubman Center for the Study of Freedom and Equity over Zoom on Wednesday. Mackie is the managing partner at Channel ZerO Group, chair of the Louisiana Council on the Social Status of Black Boys and Men and president and founder of STEM NOLA, which stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in New Orleans, Louisiana and is a nonprofit community-based STEM program for children. This was the second event of the Tubman Center’s “The 3 Rs: The Road to Reparations and Reconciliation” speaker series. The first event, held last week on April 8, featured Mary Frances Berry, former chair of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, and Hilary Robertson-Hickling, a scholar of the Caribbean diaspora. Mackie’s talk shifted its focus in another direction: the harmful impacts of automation on Black communities and the importance of providing opportunities in STEM to Black youth as a means of reparations and reconciliation.