In this episode of the Black-Liberation.Tech Podcast, Dr. Renee Jordan continues the Embracing Digital Literacies (D2.1) lesson by walking listeners through two powerful forms of digital interaction: streaming and teaching.

We explore how going live, sharing video, hosting workshops, and teaching online can be more than content creation—they can be acts of visibility, community care, and professional empowerment. Drawing from reflective prompts and real-world examples, this episode invites listeners to think critically about how they use streaming platforms and digital teaching tools to engage others, share knowledge, and build meaningful impact.

Centering the work of Latinas, Afro-Latinas, and Black women across media, business, tech, and education, this conversation highlights how culturally grounded storytelling, community building, and ethical use of digital tools can transform audiences into learners—and learners into collaborators.

This episode is for educators, creators, students, professionals, and anyone curious about how to show up online with intention—whether you’re teaching one person or streaming to many.

Episode Highlights / Key Takeaways

• Streaming as connection, not performance: How live-streaming and video sharing can foster dialogue, trust, and community rather than just visibility.
• From audience to community: Why the most impactful streamers prioritize safe spaces, interaction, and moderation.
• Teaching beyond classrooms: How blogs, podcasts, webinars, and tutorials function as modern teaching tools.
• Digital teaching that sticks: What makes online teaching effective—clarity, cultural relevance, storytelling, and care.
• Liberation-centered digital practice: Using streaming and teaching to resist gatekeeping, center marginalized voices, and democratize knowledge.
• Tools as partners, not replacements: How AI, platforms, and analytics can support—but never replace—judgment, ethics, or humanity.

Reflective Questions for Listeners

1. How do you currently use streaming or video—professionally, creatively, or personally?
2. Think of a time when sharing something live or recorded helped you connect with others. What made it effective?
3. What feels exciting about streaming? What feels vulnerable or challenging?
4. When you teach online—formally or informally—what helps people stay engaged?
5. Who are you teaching for when you share knowledge digitally?
6. What tools or platforms could help you teach or stream more intentionally?
7. How can streaming or teaching become part of your portfolio, legacy, or community impact?

In this episode of the Black-Liberation.Tech Podcast, Dr. Renee Jordan continues our journey through Lesson D2.1: Embracing Digital Literacies. This week, we explore two essential skills for thriving in today’s digital world—promotion and publicizing—and what they look like through a liberation-centered lens.

Together, we examine reflection prompts designed to help learners and their mothers/guardians think deeply about how they show up online:

How do you promote yourself, your work, or your vision?

How do you amplify causes, events, and community initiatives?

What are the opportunities—and what are the risks?

Dr. Jordan also shares a guided online search featuring powerful examples of Latinas, Afro-Latinas, and Black women who are reshaping business, marketing, PR, and digital communication. Listeners will learn how women such as Mabel & Shaira Frias (Luna Magic), Lala Inuti Ahari, LaToya Shambo (Black Girl Digital), Brittany Chavez (Shop Latinx), Janel Martinez (Ain’t I Latina?), Zakiya Larry, and others use authentic storytelling, community building, culturally centered strategies, and cross-platform amplification to promote and publicize with impact.

This episode invites listeners to reflect, write, and reimagine how they can use digital tools ethically—and powerfully—to share their gifts, strengthen their voice, and build opportunities rooted in purpose and cultural pride.

Episode Highlights

• Reflection questions to help learners understand their current online habits and future digital goals.
• Real-world examples of Black and Afro-Latina entrepreneurs, creators, PR strategists, and marketers who promote and publicize effectively.
• How authentic storytelling becomes a radical act of representation.
• Why community-driven marketing outperforms generic promotion.
• Digital safety reminders: verifying before trusting, protecting personal information, and keeping identity-centered boundaries.
• How daughters and mothers can use these skills to build projects, portfolios, and powerful pathways together.

In this episode of Black-Liberation.Tech, Dr. Renee Jordan continues the Digital Literacies lesson series by focusing on one essential skill: Connection. Building on a live session originally shared on social media, Dr. Jordan reflects on how she connects with colleagues, scholars, and collaborators across digital platforms — and how those connections have opened real doors for research, workshops, academic collaborations, and professional growth.

Drawing from personal examples, including reaching out to colleagues on LinkedIn after conferences, strengthening relationships through digital follow-up, and navigating collaborative opportunities that emerged unexpectedly, Dr. Jordan illustrates how intentional connection functions as both a digital literacy and a long-term professional strategy.

She also discusses the challenges of networking digitally — from remembering where you met someone, to creating sustainable follow-up systems, to filtering out bots and maintaining safe boundaries. Finally, Dr. Jordan highlights examples of Latinas, Afro-Latinas, and Black women in tech whose digital presence and community-building practices offer powerful models of how to nurture networks with impact, authenticity, and care.

Listeners are encouraged to choose a digital literacy for their own project, reflect on how they connect with others online, and consider how digital tools can support their personal, academic, and professional journeys.

Episode Highlights

• A deep dive into the digital literacy Connect and why it matters.
• Personal examples of meaningful digital networking that led to:
  • a successful workshop proposal,
  • collaboration across institutions,
  • extended partnerships and paid opportunities.
• Practical strategies for remembering where and how you met people online.
• Discussions on expanding your network through:
  • livestreaming,
  • LinkedIn,
  • conferences,
  • academic spaces,
  • and careful vetting of followers to avoid bots.
• A reminder about digital safety: Never share personal identifiable information with generative AI or strangers online.
• A guided example search featuring Latinas, Afro-Latinas, and Black women leaders in tech whose online networks thrive because of:
  • authentic storytelling,
  • safe digital community-building,
  • targeted engagement,
  • mentorship and sponsorship,
  • platform diversity,
  • and sharing resources generously.
• An invitation for listeners to reflect and choose a digital literacy for their upcoming personal, academic, or professional project.

Reflective Questions for Listeners

1. How do you currently connect with others online, whether professionally or socially? What platforms feel most natural to you — and why?
2. Think back to a time when an online connection opened a door for you. What made that connection meaningful or effective?
3. What challenges do you experience when trying to build or maintain digital connections? How can you create systems that help you follow up intentionally?
4. Which digital tools (LinkedIn, livestreaming, messaging apps, academic platforms) could help you expand your network in a way that aligns with your goals?
5. Looking at the example women highlighted in this lesson, what practices do you want to adopt or adapt for your own digital presence?