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Digital Diversity Network
Nominate a colleague (or yourself) now for Digital Diversity Network's (DDN) second annual Innovation & Inclusion Awards and participate in this important recognition of the outstanding achievements of diverse (Asian, Black, Latinx, Native American) digital and tech professionals nationwide. Spanning a spectrum of disciplines, the awards will be conferred in the following categories: Code Breakers; Change Agents; Inventors/ Innovators; Culture Catalysts; and Social Entrepreneurs.
Entries will be accepted online-only through Friday, Aug. 4 and winners will be saluted during a VIP industry reception in New York City on Wednesday, Oct. 18 in conjunction with the 5th Annual Digital Diversity Network Conference. The Innovation & Inclusion Awards are open to all brands and industries, including the non-profit and media sectors. For entry criteria, guidelines and submission forms, please visit:
http://digitaldiversitynetwork.com/event/2017-innovation-inclusion-awards/
Black Enterprise
Unable to find a platform where women in the tech industry can easily connect with each other to identify new projects and opportunities, Jumoke Dada was compelled to fill the gap.
A technologist and social entrepreneur, Dada did so by launching the Tech Women Network. The online platform is a community that allows women to perform many functions including share resources, find events, posts jobs and team up on projects.
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Ed Source
Chharles McClain's road to computer programming started with a vice familiar to many 15-year-olds: Playing too many video games.
"My dad finally said, if you make your own video game I'll let you play as much as you want," said McClain, a high school sophomore from Oakland. "That got me thinking. I play a lot of video games, but do I even know how they work? So I decided to learn to code, and it’s going really well."
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NBC News
Former Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett is riding into a new role. On July 31, Lyft announced Jarrett will join the team as a member of the Board of Directors.
Excited about her new role, Jarrett said she's "thrilled to join the ride."
"I am a frequent Lyft passenger and have been inspired by the strong community John and Logan have created that is dedicated to enlightened corporate values," Jarrett said in a statement.
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USA Today
Tech leaders reacted quickly in opposition to President Trump's transgender ban in the military on Wednesday, with a series of tweets and Facebook posts.
"Everyone should be able to serve their country -- no matter who they are," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on his profile.
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USA Today
The NAACP is trying to help Airbnb be less white.
The civil rights organization says it has joined forces with Airbnb to reach out to minority communities to encourage more people of color to use the home rental service. Airbnb says it will share 20 percent of its earnings from the partnership with the NAACP. The partnership is an opportunity "to focus our attention on African-American homeowners in areas where they can utilize this tool for their personal revenue," say Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP.
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Tech Co.
Innclusion is integral to the success of a startup. A diverse team is not only an incredibly valuable asset, but also establishes a company culture consistent with changing trends in the business world. And with a solid team and a progressive culture, a startup can do pretty much anything. However, with more and more founders learning about the success cultivated by promoting diversity, one question has become the bane of the process: How?!
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San Francisco Business Times
As issues of harassment and discrimination in tech are brought to light, what steps can venture capitalists take to create change?
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San Francisco Chronicle
Major tech companies have blamed the lack of diversity in their workforce on a "pipeline problem," meaning a lack of available talent. To address the vacuum, an increasing number of nonprofit programs are focused on expanding the representation of minorities in the tech sector. These nonprofits are picking up the slack in an area where California public schools have lacked either the resources or the foresight to prepare students for this vibrant sector.
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Rapid Growth
Grand Rapids has a lot going for it in terms of growth and technology. According to numbers published by The Right Place, West Michigan's IT industry is one of the fastest growing in the nation, boasting a growth rate of 18.5 percent, 6.5 percent above the national average. In such a promising industry, in such a rapidly growing city, Kelsey Perdue, Program Manager at Grand Circus in Grand Rapids, believes "The (tech) industry should look like the community we live in." But it doesn't."
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Ed Surge
While the government might be pulling funding from teacher training programs, private organizations are stepping up to fill the gap. Recently, Google, in concert with Digital Promise and EdTechTeam, announced the start of the Dynamic Learning Project (DLP), a national program to help educators in low-income communities build advanced classroom technology skills.
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Dallas Business Journal
Telecom giant AT&T Inc. wants to make a big push into hiring diversity contractors and other suppliers for its $100 million redevelopment project in downtown Dallas, which will bring a tech-centric urban corporate campus to downtown Dallas.
The campus will help attract more than 1,000 new employees to AT&T's corporate home in the Dallas.
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