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Digital Diversity Network
"Sisterhood" is the descriptor coined by most of our attendees to capture the essence of Digital Diversity Network's inaugural Women of Color in Technology Luncheon on Wednesday, May 25. Themed, Our Presence, Our Power, this intimate, invitation-only event was hosted by HBO in an elegant setting overlooking New York City's Bryant Park.
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Forbes
The lack of diversity in the technology industry is nothing new. For years now, technology companies have been releasing diversity statistics to acknowledge the problem, and promising to improve diversity. As it stands, very little has been shown for these alleged efforts.
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Next City
The high-tech sector is notorious for its lack of diversity. White, Asian and male employees are over-represented among high-tech employees, and the further up you go, the more white and male it gets: 83 percent of high-tech executives are white, less than 5 percent are black and less than 5 percent are Hispanic. As the nation's fastest-growing and most diverse communities, can cities make a difference and crack that nut?
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The Huffington Post
"Women and minorities just can't do STEM."
Hearing this sentence my junior year in high school, back when I aspired to be a U.S. ambassador, chilled me to the bone. From that moment on, I shifted gears, driven almost entirely by a desire to prove that ignorant soul wrong. Doing some basic research on women and minorities in STEM (short for science, technology, engineering and math), I became aware of the statistics that fed the stereotypes.
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USA Today
The uphill climb for minorities in the technology industry has been well-documented. The same goes for the challenges and underrepresentation that women in technology face.
For women of color, the environment can be doubly challenging. The headlines suggest that my black female peers in technology and I will not only encounter gender stereotyping, but also the cultural biases that too often pervade work environments that are historically, primarily white.
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BostInno
The Startup Institute has taken another step to improve diversity in the tech industry, and it's doing so this time with the help of Uber. These organizations announced on Thursday that two new $5,000 diversity scholarships sponsored by Uber will be available starting this summer for the Startup Institute's full-time program. At $5,000 per award, the Uber Scholarship for Underrepresented People in Tech would cover a majority of the $7,500 cost of the Startup Institute's full-time program, which includes tracks for technical marketing, web development, web design and sales and account management.
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New York Business Journal
NY Tech Meetup has provided the latest information on tech companies and networking opportunities throughout the city since 2004. The New York Technology Council(NYTECH) arrived on the scene in 2009 with essentially the same mission, creating a headache when it came to raising funds and booking events. No more. Now, two of New York's biggest tech organizations have combined under one banner: The New York Tech Alliance (NYTA).
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Technical.ly
At Technical.ly, we've heard again and again that talent is the lifeblood of any tech ecosystem.
From bicoastal venture capitalist Josh Kopelman's advice on hiring a balanced team to Baltimore-based SmartLogic's strategies for identifying natural pipelines in a connected community, we've learned that a deep understanding of local environments can make all the difference between a frustrating cattle call and a smooth, targeted recruitment process.
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The Guardian
Earlier this year, a group of female executives in Silicon Valley surveyed over 200 women in the tech industry about workplace sexism.
The survey, called Elephant in the Valley, was inspired by the trial concerning Ellen Pao's discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. It makes for depressing reading. Some 60 percent of the women surveyed had been subject to unwanted sexual advances, 66 percentreported feeling excluded from social and networking activities due to their gender, and 90 percent had witnessed sexist behavior at conferences or company retreats.
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Forbes
Last month, the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission held a public hearing to take a hard look at diversity data in the tech sector.
Currently, the number of African American and Latino/a technical employees at top Silicon Valley companies hovers around 5-7 percent. At the same time, the government estimates there are around 500,000 ICT (information communications technology) jobs currently open, and more than a million new, similar jobs being created in the next decade.
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The Boston Herald
In a 2005 Web posting, a group of Cantabrigians announced something new called the Summer Founders Program — an alternative to the traditional summer job for college students. For those with ideas for a business, it would offer a small amount of seed funding, a weekly group dinner, and as much advice and input as the students wanted from the four program founders.
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Tech Crunch
Facebook has started rolling out a more diverse set of emojis to its Messenger service on the web, iOS and Android. Facebook Messenger has always allowed you to use the diverse emoji offered via your smartphone or computer. Now, these diverse emojis are baked into Messenger. With the update, you'll have access to over 1,500 new emojis — 100 of which were designed "to better reflect gender and skin tones" with gender-agnostic options and multi-colored emojis.
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