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Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference

The Westin Copley Place-Boston 10 Huntington Avenue , Boston, MA, United States

This year’s conference theme is Diversity at Scale as the Tapia Conference celebrates efforts to move diversity in all aspects of computing beyond conversation and study into full practice and implementation. As a community, we recognize that we must scale our diversity efforts to fully utilize computing to address the larger problems faced by today’s society.

Release Celebration for Reach

Betti Ono Gallery 1427 Broadway, Oakland, CA, United States

Join the Kapor Center for Social Impact's Benjamin Jealous and BMe's Trabian Shorters to celebrate the release of REACH, an inspiring collection of short essays from 40 Black Men speaking on living, leading and succeeding. Tuesday February 24, 2015, 6pm Betti Ono Gallery 1427 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612 Proceeds from the sale of the bookContinue reading "Release Celebration for Reach"

Selma Screening

Grand Lake Theatre 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

On behalf of Google.org, the Black Googlers Network, and the Kapor Center for Social Impact, we're excited to invite you to attend a free community screening of the film Selma at the historic Oakland Grand Lake Theatre. Thursday, February 26th Doors open at 6:00 pm | Screening begins at 7:00 pm Grand Lake Theatre 3200Continue reading "Selma Screening"

Latin@s in Tech (SXSW Interactive) – Changing the Narrative Panel

Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center 600 River St., Austin, TX, United States

A panel discussion of the current landscape for Latin@s in tech, including examinations of the biggest challenges and misconceptions as well as a look at efforts to diversify tech.

FinTech Forum – Oakland

Preservation Park-Nile Hall 668 13th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

Village Capital, in partnership with eBay Foundation, the Kapor Center for Social Impact and the Center for Financial Services Innovation, is recruiting local Oakland FinTech startups for an Oakland FinTech Forum. The event will be a half-day workshop of business development training and mentorship for startups creating alternative financial technologies to benefit low-wealth individuals andContinue reading "FinTech Forum – Oakland"

SXSW Interactive – Kapor Center Diversity Lunch and Pitch Competition

Unnamed Venue Austin, TX, United States

The 22nd annual SXSW Interactive Festival returns to Austin, Texas from Friday, March 13 through Tuesday, March 17, 2015. An incubator of cutting-edge technologies and digital creativity, the 2015 event features five days of compelling presentations and panels.

SXSW Interactive – How Not to Hire and Retain Employees of Colors

Austin Convention Center Ballroom E Austin, TX, United States

In this discussion, Engineers and VCs from several prominent tech companies will discuss what’s being done to create more inclusive and diverse tech companies through reaching people earlier in the pipeline and investing in retention

SXSW Interactive – Innovators Dinner with MVMT 50

Unnamed Venue Austin, TX, United States

Join MVMT50, Opportunity Hub, Kingonomics, WeDC, Digital DC and the Washington DC Economic Partnership for an evening of authentic and definitive action, connectivity and collaboration. Our goal is to expand the pipeline for a DIVERSE & INCLUSIVE coding, co-working, acceleration, incubation, angel investing, venture-funded and wealth building ecosystem for all.