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13 Oct Rewriting the code: Local tech firms work to address the diversity gap
Elizabeth Bell, a mother of six, used to work in a warehouse, walking between towers of inventory and entering data into a computer.12 Oct Comcast x Digital Grass x NUL
Currently this piece is airing on Comcast Video OnDemand. You can find it under "Get Local", "Happening Now" and it's titled "TechConnect Hackathon". It is also available to view on our Comcast Florida Youtube channel, under the same name, or you can check it out...
12 Oct A Platform Rocks The House For Tech Diversity At Morehouse College
Last time I visited Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia (disclosure: I consulted for them in 2013), John Silvanus Wilson was deep in thought. It was Christmas 2014 — a great time for reflection — and he was just ending his second year as president of a college best known for one of its alumni: Dr. Martin Luther King.09 Oct #ILookLikeAnEngineer: Promoting diversity by challenging preconceptions
Think software engineer. If you pictured a hoodie-wearing, twentysomething white male who's kind of nerdy and not very athletic, you conjured up the stereotype.