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USA Today
The federal government's anti-discrimination watchdog is scrutinizing the employment practices of the mostly white and Asian male technology industry.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission plans to hold a rare public hearing that puts the national spotlight on a hot-button issue roiling Silicon Valley: The chronic underrepresentation of women, minorities and older workers, particularly in technical roles.
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The New York Times
Twitter has a new board member who fits the company’s mantra of diversification.
On May 16, the social media company said that Debra Lee, chairman and chief executive of BET Networks, was joining its board. BET, a subsidiary of Viacom, is a media and entertainment company aimed at African-Americans; Lee, 61, is African-American.
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Newsweek
"Today I made a self-driving car," NyEla, 10, says to a room of cheering parents and beaming girls ranging from elementary to high school. "It was pretty easy." Just hours ago, NyEla had never programmed, and now she was showing off her creation, a game where a car, of its own accord, navigates a roughly rendered track. NyEla dove into computer programming today with the help of an organization called Black Girls Code (BGC).
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Tech Insider
In 2015, Intel pledged $300 million to increasing diversity in its offices. Google pledged $150 million and Apple is donating $20 million, all to producing a tech workforce that includes more women and non-white workers. These pledges came shortly after the leading companies released demographic data of their workforce.
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Technical.ly Philly
As an eighth grader who loved science, Derrick Pitts took a summer enrichment program at Strawberry Mansion Junior High School when other kids were outside, because, as he said, "it gave me more."
"In eighth grade, you don't go to summer schools — you go because you failed something," said Pitts, now the chief astronomer and planetarium programs director at the Franklin Institute.
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The diversity in tech conversation is simply not complete without addressing the unique and specific challenges of under-represented tech start-up founders in America today. An important step in addressing this topic will take place next week during an unprecedented Congressional Briefing that is spearheaded by digi-cultural trend analyst Lauren deLisa Coleman in conjunction with Congressman Charles Rangel.
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Boston Business Journal
A consortium of Massachusetts technology companies is advocating for more diversity in the state's technology sector, which could help close the tech-talent gap.
The Boston-based Mass Technology Leadership Council, also known as MassTLC, is comprised of more than 550 member companies and released its annual 2016 State of Technology Economy Report.
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Yahoo Finance Canada
Says "Slack CEO is woke."
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Silicon Beat
This year, more women than last year will attend Google's I/O developers conference, which started on May 17 in Mountain View, California. But that's because the number of attendees will be higher — the percentage won't change much.
That's according to a newspaper report saying Google has for the first time released diversity data on I/O attendance.
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The Huffington Post
It's not uncommon for me to hear from someone, "We do diversity too." I always reply with, "Well, what was your diverse hiring last year?" or "What are your retention goals for this year?" or "Can you tell me about your pay parity data?" I generally get a blank stare, and the conversation moves on to how diversity is important for their business.
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Startup Smart
Sydney's historic new tech supergroup has been criticised for a lack of diversity and inclusiveness after its big reveal on May 17, with only seven of its initial 100 members and supporters being women.
TechSydney, a representative group aiming to turn Sydney into "Australia's Silicon Valley," is backed by the likes of Atlassian, Blackbird, Uber and Canva, but many in the startup community have pointed out that the initial press shots and membership lists are overwhelmingly dominated by men.
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