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Digital Diversity Network
Nominations are being accepted through Tuesday, July 12 for Digital Diversity Network's (DDN) inaugural Innovation & Inclusion Awards recognizing the outstanding achievements of diverse (Asian, Black, Latino, Native American) digital media and technology professionals nationwide.
Entries will be accepted online-only and winners will be saluted during a VIP industry reception in New York City on Wednesday, Sept. 28 in conjunction with the 4th Annual Digital Diversity Network Conference. The Innovation & Inclusion Awards span a spectrum of disciplines and are open to all brands and industries, including the non-profit and media sectors. For entry categories, guidelines and submission forms, please visit :
http://digitaldiversitynetwork.com/innovation-inclusion-awards/
Florida Today
National news coverage of the snarling dogs, water hoses and church bombings in the American South were the catalysts to exposing the ugly truths of racism and bigotry in the 1960s. Local news outlets gave new meaning to what the struggle looked like for people on its front lines.
That is why a new proposal at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate TV "set top boxes" has raised so much concern.
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CNN Money
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, appointed former Federal Reserve vice chairman Roger Ferguson to its board on June 29. In addition to bulking up Google's bench of financial expertise, the appointment also marks an important milestone for diversity: Ferguson is Alphabet's first black board member.
"He has a long record of distinguished and thoughtful service in the private and public sectors, and deeply understands how technology can improve the lives of people around the world," Eric Schmidt, Alphabet's executive chairman, said in a statement.
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Silicon Republic
In a keynote spanning the full breadth of the diversity issues facing tech, Judith Williams, global head of diversity at Dropbox, challenged companies to go beyond "just the numbers" to create truly diverse and truly inclusive teams and products. Williams took to the Inspirefest stage at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin, to deliver a keynote that would bring us from inherent and acquired diversity to unconscious bias and pattern matching, to universal design, all tied together with one concept: That inclusivity isn't just a box you tick.
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Tech Crunch
Google has had a big week around diversity. The company gifted a $2.8 million office space inside its New York City building to Black Girls Code, appointed Roger Ferguson, an African-American finance executive, to its board of directors, and released its latest diversity report.
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Most of this was good news. Having a space inside Google’s office could potentially give Black Girls Code more access to mentorship and internship opportunities at the company.
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Alphr
We need to do more. Gender diversity within the technology industry remains a problem that can't be ignored, with half of the U.K.'s population underrepresented precisely when the sector needs to enlist all of the talent it can. But, with an uncertain post-Brexit future and a skills gap that continues to widen, we have to do more to make tech inclusive, focusing on diversity as the giant, sprawling problem it is.
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The Huffington Post
As individuals, organizations, and governments continue to focus on developing new solutions to help solve our world's most challenging problems, tech incubators have become an important tool to help spur innovation.
Whether it's Silicon Valley's Y Combinator or Washington D.C.'s 1776, incubators have become a necessary component for effectively fostering new startups and developing the next generation of tech talent. In many cases, incubators do not simply provide much needed financing and technical know-how to emerging entrepreneurs, but also serve as gateways for communities and individuals to engage with the world of tech and innovation.
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Portland Business Journal
A big part of the Portland Development Commission's effort to create a more inclusive tech community is working with our existing partners and finding new ones. Local entrepreneur Juan Barraza is one of these partners. He hopes to establish Portland as a champion for tech diversity and consequently deepen the talent pipeline.
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The Stanford Daily
Seven black alumni announced the creation of the $5 million Black Angel Technology Investment Fund (BATIF), which aims to combat the lack of diverse leadership in Silicon Valley's tech industry. BATIF will support startups with at least one black co-founder who either attends or has graduated from Stanford.
BATIF funds this specific group of people in order to encourage workspaces in which diversity can thrive.
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Fast Company
In the last two years, diversity practices at major Silicon Valley tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter have been held under a microscope. The big question everyone seems to be asking is "Why are these companies overwhelmingly made up of white men and what can be done to cultivate more diverse talent?" To address Silicon Valley’s continued failure to both hire and retain workers of color, a small market of recruitment tech and workplace collaboration applications have cropped up to show them the way—and profit in the process. Call it the "diversity market."
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Venture Beat
There has been a lot written about diversity (or the lack thereof) in the tech industry. Even with Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding affirmative action, tech companies are looking for alternative approaches to increase diversity. The first step is combating hiring bias. A recent survey found that black and Hispanic computer science graduates were less likely to be hired than their white and Asian counterparts.
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