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Anitta Bliss was MIT BS, Stanford MA, programmed
thought-provoking article for the weekend // "Women and people of color did not create the biases that block them from professional success, so stop tasking them with fixing 'the diversity issue.' Start recognizing their talent, recruiting them, promoting them, and making your companies more welcoming. And, most importantly, interrogate and check your own biases." // http://bit.ly/2FXRbjF
“Being a Black Muslim woman, my narrative has always been reflected in politics, but not necessarily in the way that I’d like it to be. I got really into politics and picked it up as a minor. Then, I figured that there was a way I could combine the two when I attended Grace Hopper for the first time last year, last October.” // AiC Community Member Fadumo Osman talked with People of Color In Tech about how she is meshing politics and computer science to take control of her narrative and story. #BlackHistoryMonth
Would you like to bring Counselors for Computing (C4C) to your area? We can create custom and local professional development around computing education and careers at no cost. Contact us to get started! #NCWITC4C #NSCW18
“If computer science is going to affect every aspect of society—and it is—you really would like to have some dancers, and some artists, and some doctors able to work at the interface of computer science in their field. That’s where the demand will be. Having that breadth of knowledge means you have better teams working on projects.” // Read on for more from Wired’s interview with NCWIT Executive Advisory Council Member Maria Klawe.
We encourage you to consider intersectionality in all the work you do. If you hold a summer camp, or after-school program for girls, how are you ensuring that your curriculum is culturally responsive? // Culturally responsive computing (CRC), in particular, helps youth examine the relationship between technology, identities, cultures, and communities: http://bit.ly/2afeCG6. #resourceoftheweek #BlackHistoryMonth
Universities and the military are not the only pathways to a computing career. Counselors can use this card to help students see how community college can lead to qualifications needed for a good job with good pay. #NCWITC4C #NSCW18
"They called us computers. Women computers." ~ 2015 NCWIT Pioneer in Tech Award Winner, NASA Mathematician, Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Katherine Johnson. #NotHiddenAnymore #BlackHistoryMonth
With this #NCWITC4C step-by-step lesson plan, counselors can introduce middle and high school students to computing in a way that will excite and motivate them to select computer science classes and activities. #NSCW18
Essence includes NCWIT K-12 Alliance Member Representative and Black Girls Code Founder Kimberly Bryant among “Stem’s New Guard: 15 Women Who Are Paving the Way and Paying It Forward.” #WOCinStem #BlackHistoryMonth
“I'm not a very patient person. And, although that might not be seen as a general advantage, it is sort of an impatience with the status quo, with what's out there, and being able to be curious and question and say, 'Why are things working this way? How are things working?' So, we constantly try to think about how to make it better: 'How can I improve on what's there?'" // What characteristics give aspiring #EntrepreneurialHeroes an edge? Gixo Co-founder Selina Tobaccowala has the answer in this week’s dose of #WednesdayWisdom.
The #NCWITC4C Recruiting webinar helps counselors master the tools they need to reach out to women and minority students and encourage them to pursue studies in computing. #NSCW18
We LOVE seeing our Alliance members team up and make a difference in their communities! For example? Workforce Alliance Member Capital One and Affinity Group Alliance Member Girl Develop It, teaching women at Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution in New Castle, Delaware how to code. // “It’s really inspiring to watch someone unlock their own potential.” ~AGA Member Rep Corinne Warnshuis
Counselors are the influencers and gatekeepers of the future. They are on the front lines, working to help students achieve their educational and career aspirations. That’s where Counselors for Computing (C4C) comes in; #NCWITC4C makes sure counselors are equipped with the resources and tools they need to help the next generation of women in tech get to where they need to go. #NSCW18
“It was Pacesetters that forced us into sitting down and actually addressing the issues and thinking about our approach.” // Watch and learn how Mary Lou Dorf and the University of Michigan are #SettingThePace for change. #MondayMotivation
thought-provoking article for the weekend with an NCWIT resource to match // "...the absence of women and other underrepresented minority groups on the big stage is a glaring error that’s hard to explain away, especially right now." // NCWIT offers 13 tips to make technical conferences more inclusive, including how to invite a diverse range of speakers to the main stage: www.ncwit.org/inclusiveconferences.
