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Inc.
This weekend Silicon Valley stood up to President Donald Trump with many of the tech industry's most influential leaders strongly opposing his anti-immigration executive orders. But the fight on immigration is only heating up.
Despite opposition from tech leaders, President Trump is reportedly planning to issue another executive order that would overhaul many of the work-visa programs Silicon Valley heavily relies on to hire foreign workers and fill high-tech jobs.
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Digital Diversity Network
More than 300 diverse tech professionals, as well as officials from the City of San Francisco, were in attendance for the second annual "40 Under 40: Tech Diversity — Silicon Valley" Awards Reception hosted by Salesforce. Founded in 2015 by theREGISTRY Bay Area and Digital Diversity Network (DDN), the "40 Under 40: Tech Diversity — Silicon Valley" recognition program again celebrated the achievements of 40 Black and Latino leaders, under the age of 40 in the Innovation Economy. Two special categories, Influencer and Game Changer, were awarded to Rachel Williams, Head of Recruiting, Diversity & Inclusion, Yelp, and Dr. Marc Hannah, Co-founder & Former Chief Scientist, Silicon Graphics, respectively
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Fast Company
President Trump's executive order barring citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering into the U.S. has caused a lot of pushback. Hundreds of thousands of people took to both the streets and airports to protest the order this week. Lawyers worked tirelessly to help travelers enter the country. Leaders around the world denounced the policy.
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The Hill
One of the most encouraging things to happen recently is the critical and commercial success of the Oscar-nominated film "Hidden Figures," which this week won Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Its success is the perfect catalyst to discuss America's unconscious bias and how it continues to undermine our economic and innovation potential in the digital age.
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ChicagoInno
Organizations that support women, people of color, veterans and immigrants in Chicago tech are getting a $3.4 million boost.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Blackstone Charitable Foundation and World Business Chicago announced a new program that will award $3.4 million in grants to organizations that recruit and support diverse entrepreneurs.
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Black Enterprise
A new study from career development site Paysa sheds light on which segments of the tech workforce are the most and the least diverse.
Paysa's metrics include analyzing 60 different companies and 1,143 different job titles, to examine the diversity in tech industry and what that means for salary discrepancies.
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Forbes
Why is it that, even as some tech events feature female speakers and draw women attendees by the thousands, many tech conferences still don't have many women speaking?
Never mind, it was just a rhetorical question. I already know why, and you do, too.
Time to change all that. Each of us can do a little something to open the door to more female and minority speakers at tech events. I have a few suggestions here, and I welcome you to add your own ideas in the comments.
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USA Today
Leslie Miley says he knows how Silicon Valley can lift the fortunes of communities bypassed by the tech boom: Put boots and brain power on the ground. And this Silicon Valley engineer and diversity advocate says that's exactly what he plans to do.
He's joining forces with Venture for America to launch a new executive-in-residence program that will tap Silicon Valley experience and know-how to build businesses and jobs in such overlooked spots as Detroit and Cleveland, Ohio.
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ComputerWeek.com
I recently attended a conference with technology founders from Silicon Valley, New York, London and other global hubs. I was not surprised to find that the diversity of the crowd resembled that of the UN General Assembly.
Having started successful tech companies in healthcare, finance, HR, retail and more — I loved hearing how these entrepreneurs leveraged their unique cultural experiences and global awareness to tackle some of the world's most challenging issues.
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The Journal Gazette
It might seem simple: Diversify employment in science, technology, engineering and math-related fields.
But Clifford M. Clarke, a partner in C2 IT Advisors, quickly offers a few reasons why it's not.
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NPR
There's a problem in Silicon Valley. The problem is diversity. Companies know this. They're trying to work on it. A couple of our reporters started looking into why gender diversity in the tech industry is so dismal, and their quest took them back to the year 1984.
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The Next Web
Check any tech company's 'About Us' page and you'll likely see diversity highlighted as a pillar of the company culture. Today, it's no secret there's incredible value in having differences in gender, race, sexual preference, age and background on a team.
Companies are stronger when different ideas come together, and studies show non-homogenous groups have a better balance of leadership skills.
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Fortune
"It's really hard, isn"t it?"
It had been a year since I first talked to Freada Kapor Klein, the founder of the Level Playing Institute, investor, and outspoken advocate for diversity and inclusion in technology. Our first conversation was during the reporting for Fortune's Leading While Black, a look at what was keeping black men out of executive ranks. It was also my first foray into diversity as a beat. When we spoke again two weeks ago, we talked about the year I'd spent reporting on the diversity efforts in the corporate world. She greeted me like a seasoned veteran. "Now you really know how tough this work actually is."
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