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)"
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"
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!
What are your hopes and dreams for the future of Native people in computer science education and STEM? Join us on 11/16 for our Native Voices in CS Education and STEM webinar!
What’s the most authentic way to engage students as experts in the classroom so they can lead activities, support peer-to-peer teaching and offer critical feedback? Join our national panel of student leaders to learn about their own experience!