Please help me reprise the Digital Ethnorati Panel at SXSW next year; and in the process, bring outstanding African American, Asian American, Latino, Native American and other minority teenage technologists to one of the most important new media conferences in the United States.

Liza with Bianca and Samantha, two awesome ambassadors for the Digital Ethnorati

One of my accomplishments this year was to be able to put together a panel at the prestigious South by Southwest new media conference, discussing the rising influence and importance of african american, latino, asian and other minorities early adopters of digital, new media and mobile technologies.

In this panel I attempted to open a reframing of the digital divide by asking the question : If minorities are such profitable early adopters of digital, mobile and new media technologies, why is it that we're still treated as if we were technology illiterate?

For that matter, Mini Khanlon's talked about the accomplishments of The Level Playing Field Institute and her experience as an upper class Indian woman who understood the social privileges of many Asian Americans.

The second presentation was with Stephen Wilmarth, Bianca Velez and Samantha Perez of The Center for 21st Century Skills. This presentation was heartbreaking, as one of the students of the program had been deported to Brazil and was giving her part of the presentation through Skype.

It's because of the girls parciticpation that we decided to propose next year's panel be presented by minority teenage technologists and we're asking friends and allies to vote for the panel.

Here's what you need to do :

1. register at the SXSW site
2. Once you click on the confirmation link, this should take you to the SXSW Panel Picker page.
3. Search for Digital Ethnorati or go directly to the search result page at http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/index/2/q:digital+ethnorati.
4. Five star it and you're done.

We have until 11:59pm to get this panel nominated for selection. Thanks so much for helping us out.