It is a uniquely challenging time in human history. We are facing a deadly global pandemic that has killed more than half a million people and caused a tidal effect across all levels of our society – from health care to the economy to education to our social lives, and much, much more. In our own country, we are facing civil unrest as we reckon with the impacts of centuries of oppression and disproportionate treatment and opportunity of the Black community. And we must meet these pressing needs in the midst of a technological revolution that, if not handled properly, will continue to compound our past failures and threaten to leave us behind, unable to keep up. In times like these, it is important to remember what – or more accurately, whom – is at the center of all we do in Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing.