DeMar Pitman

Overview

DeMar Pitman is the founder and executive director of Discriminology a nonprofit at the intersection of technology and racial justice. Having identified the need to develop a web based data visualization platform and standardized scoring model that evaluates schools and districts on key equity measures DeMar believes strongly in the power of technology to shrink long standing equity and achievement gaps that currently exist in education. A direct product of non traditional technology based learning he has earned verified credentials from a number of top institutions including University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University. As a Pi Gamma Mu graduate of the University of South Florida a restorative justice coordinator and educator of at risk elementary and middle school aged boys and a staunch advocate for culturally responsive educational practices DeMar works tirelessly to reduce the harmful effects of a broken education system on invalidating the lives of African American youth.