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18 May “Imagine Miami” Conference Explored the Role of Technology in Accelerating Social Change

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Catalyst Miami and Digital Grass Innovation & Technology (DGIT) convened 100 residents, service providers, and technologists to discuss and plan how technology can be utilized to drive social change in Miami

18 May How Tristan Walker Plans To Reach 5,000 Minority Students In Tech This Year

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This morning at TechCrunch Disrupt NY, Walker & Co. founder Tristan Walker spoke about bringing more diversity to Silicon Valley and his plan to reach 5,000 black and Latina/o students this next year through his Code2040 program. The former Foursquare exec and co-founder of Code2040 also runs the aforementioned Walker & Co., a health and beauty startup with a focus on people of color. Its first product, Bevel is a razor targeted towards those with coarse or curly hair.

15 May Intel pilots $5 million ‘scholars’ program in Oakland, Calif. schools

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Intel will invest $5 million over the next five years in a new pilot program to teach computer science to high school students in the Oakland Unified School District. If successful, the program could become a national model for technology companies to groom the next generation of computer scientists, creating a new pathway for underrepresented minorities and women into the technology industry, Brian Krzanich told USA TODAY in an exclusive interview this week.

14 May Wanted: Greater diversity in tech — but how?

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Tech giants like Google and Intel are investing millions in new efforts to attract and retain women and minorities in their workforces

13 May Silicon Valley Insider Pinpoints Common Myths Around Diversity In Tech [VIDEO]

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Silicon Valley‘s diversity problem is well-known. As Bloomberg reported last fall, Black and Hispanic people combined only had 6 percent of the tech jobs at four industry giants: Apple, Google, Facebook and Twitter.

13 May Women In Technology: Why It’s Good For Everyone

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I’m heading to Ireland soon to take part in the IT@Cork European Technology Summit. The conference is ambitious for certain and will be tackling hot issues from the Cloud, STEM, Digital Media and The Future Of Talent, with top-tier guests from industry leaders, such as VMware, and bright lights in tech education, such as CIT. I’m speaking on a benchmark panel (and a digital marketing one too with a different angle) talking about gender diversity in technology and business. And just to get this straight: gender diversity is business. To keep the private and public sectors going is going to take a bigger and broader talent pool. And while I look forward to the day when I don’t have to get on the soapbox for the STEM sisterhood — because it’s just a given — we’ve got work to do. Here are four key tasks we’ve got to tackle: