The 3rd annual Black Joy Parade is here! Join us for the largest free, family-friendly event of its kind in California. A parade and festival to celebrate the black experience past, present and future. We invite you to come be present, be creative, be open and be free. The parade begins on 14th and Alice inContinue reading "Black Joy Parade"
****This event has been canceled**** An evening celebrating the stories of womxn in engineering. In honor of Women's History Month, we invite you to WomxnPowered Tech, an event for womxn engineers. The archetype of the white male software engineer too often reigns supreme. This event will elevate the stories of and highlight the specific challengesContinue reading "WomxnPowered Tech: Celebrating the stories of womxn in engineering (Canceled)"
****This event has been canceled**** Are you a female or gender non-conforming student from Oakland Tech or McClymonds HS? Interested in working or interning in the tech field? Want to learn about the experiences of women in the tech industry? Join us on Thursday, March 12 for an evening of networking and storytelling at theContinue reading "OUSD Women in Tech Dinner (Canceled)"
The FLOSS and Code event is a hack day where attendees will get hands-on experience contributing to meaningful open source projects on GitHub. Companies of all sizes need open source software to run effectively and hiring managers at major technology companies have cited regularly that candidates with open source consistently experience stand out from theContinue reading "FLOSS and Code Oakland"
****This event has been canceled**** Register to join Ed Trust-West, Just Equations, Kapor Center, The Greater LA Education Foundation, and Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation for a convening on California's shortage of STEM teachers AND teachers of color on Thursday, March 19th, from 4:00 - 7:00 pm, at Los Angeles County Office of Education (9300Continue reading "Convening on California’s STEM Teacher & Teacher of Color Shortage (Canceled)"
This year marks the 11th Oakland Running Festival, which has been rescheduled to Sunday, August 30, 2020. It has been nationally recognized as the Bay Area race to run. Corrigan Sports makes the process easy from registration to race day, and the people of Oakland make you feel welcome from start to finish. Experience Oakland’sContinue reading "Oakland Running Festival"
Mark your calendars for Techbridge Girls' 20th Anniversary Gala Celebration, which has been rescheduled to the evening of Wednesday, September 23, 2020, at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco, CA! For the past 20 years, Techbridge Girls has been committed to empowering young girls from low-income communities, ensuring that their voices and stories areContinue reading "Techbridge Girls 20th Anniversary Gala Celebration"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbtVnqkz7Rg The tech industry has historically excluded women and many underrepresented people of color. How did we get here and how do we pivot?
https://youtu.be/RRaVbiyMbdY How can you be better informed about how these algorithms impact your life and your communities? Join us for this interactive panel with leading voices on algorithmic bias and what you need to know about in order to ensure we are building a more equitable tech future.
https://youtu.be/1ifYjV_cIxQ What can we do about bias in tech? Join us to identify knowledge gaps in your organization, use data to advocate for the benefits of DEIB, and more!