✨ A curated list of amazingly awesome articles, websites and resources about diversity in technology. ✨
Always work in progress.
Organizations bringing diversity to tech.
- Black Girls Code - Organization devoted to showing the world that black girls can code.
- Bridge Troll - Events organized by volunteers to empower people with technology.
- Code 2040 - Through a variety of programs and fellowships, Code2040 is a great initiative creating opportunities in tech for Black and Latinx talent.
- Codebar - Codebar is a non-profit initiative that facilitates the growth of a diverse tech community by running regular programming workshops.
- Diversity Charter - Charter to show that you care about diversity.
- Django Girls - Non-profit organization and a community that empowers and helps women to organize programming workshops.
- FrameShift Consulting - FrameShift open sources their fantastic Ally Skills Workshop, Conference incident response materials and many other resources allowing to scale creating welcoming, inclusive, diverse cultures.
- Fund Club - Fund Club raises money to numerous initiatives for mental health, diversity, inclusion, anti-harassment and more.
- Girl Develop It - Nonprofit organization that exists to provide affordable and judgment-free opportunities for women interested in learning web and software development.
- Girls Who Code - Organization which aims to close the gender gap in technology.
- GoodForPoc - List of inclusive companies for people of color in tech.
- Hack the Hood - Non-profit organization that introduces low-income youth of color to careers in tech.
- Hidden Genius Project - Program to connect young black males with all they need to become high-performing entrepreneurs and technologists.
- Kapor Center - The Kapor family of organizations works to remove barriers to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education and tech careers for underrepresented people of color.
- Open Sourcing Mental Illness - Open Sourcing Mental Illness is a non-profit corporation dedicated to raising awareness, educating, and providing resources to support mental wellness in the tech and open source communities.
- ParadigmIQ - Paradigm offers a range of workshops, training and assessments aiding in diversity, inclusion, belonging, retention and more.
- Ping a Programadoras - Group of women and people of non-binary gender whose purposes are the reflection and empowerment in the field of technology.
- Project Include - Non-profit organization that uses data and advocacy to accelerate diversity and inclusion solutions in the tech industry.
- PyLadies - International mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community.
- Rails Girls - Organization which aims to give tools and a community for women to understand technology and to build their ideas.
- Rails Girls Summer of Code - Rails Girls Summer of Code is a global fellowship program aimed at bringing more diversity into Open Source.
- R-Ladies - A worl-wide organization to promote gender diversity in the R community.
- She++ - Non-profit organization that works to empower underrepresented groups in technology by dismantling negative stereotypes surrounding technical careers.
- Techtonica - Techtonica partners with tech companies to offer tech apprenticeships with stipends and job placement to Bay Area women and non-binary, feminine-adjacent adults with low incomes.
- Teens Exploring Technology - Encourages inner city teenage Black and Latino males to become catalysts of change in urban communities.
- TLA Women In Tech - Working group dedicated to increasing gender balance and equality in tech.
- Trans*H4CK - Trans*H4CK empowers trans, gender non conforming, agender and nonbinary people through improving access to social services, promoting gender safety and community sustainability while bringing visibility to trans* tech innovators and entrepreneurs.
- Women Techmakers - Google's program that provides visibility, community, and resources for women in technology.
- Women Who Code - Women Who Code is a global community empowering women to excel in technology fields through resources, job boards, conference scholarships and other member benefits.
- YesWeTech - Feminist community working for an egalitarian and proud culture of women interested in technology.
The following is a list of conferences that make a special effort to be inclusive and encourage diversity
- AlterConf - AlterConf is a traveling conference series that provides safe opportunities for marginalized people and those who support them in the tech and gaming industries.
- Elixir With Love - Elixir With Love is a proactive conference with the mission of introducing developers to this exciting new language and building a diverse Elixir community.
The following are collections of various types of resources (talks, documents, blog posts etc) for being an ally in any diversity efforts.
- Better Male Allies - By Code Like a Girl.
- Resources For Allies - By Lara Hogan.
The following is a list of individual resources with actionable items for being an ally in any diversity efforts.
- 10 Actionable Ways To Actually Increase Diversity In Tech - By Catherine Ashcraft.
- Bootstrapping Inclusion - By Jason Wong.
- Building Inclusive Communities - By Karolina Szczur.
- Gender Decoder for Job Ads - By Kat Matfield.
- How to build inclusive culture - By Nicole Sanchez.
- On Improving Diversity in Hiring - By Cate Huston.
- So, you just learned there are issues with the tech industry. Now what? - By Stephanie Slattery.
- Top 10 everyday actions any hiring manager can do to diversify their candidate pipeline - By Code Like a Girl.
- Tracking compensation and promotion inequity - By Lara Hogan.
- What Does Sponsorship Look Like? - By Lara Hogan.
Both articles and posts on diversity and inclusiveness in technology.
- 30+ diversity and inclusion activists and organisations I look up to - By Karolina Szczur.
- A Brief History Of Women In Computing - By Faruk Ateş.
- A Study Used Sensors to Show That Men and Women Are Treated Differently at Work - By Stephen Turban, Laura Freeman and Ben Waber.
- Can we talk about the gender pay gap? - By Xaquín González Veira.
- Ellen Pao: Has Anything Really Changed for Women in Tech? - By Ellen Pao.
- Emotional labor is the unpaid job men still don't understand - By Gemma Hartley.
- Engineering a culture of psychological safety - By John Looney.
- Hidden figures: How Silicon Valley keeps diversity data secret - By Will Evans and Sinduja Rangarajan.
- How tech’s lack of diversity leads to racist software - By Wendy Lee.
- How “Good Intent” Undermines Diversity and Inclusion - By Annalee.
- How tech’s lack of diversity leads to racist software - By Wendy Lee.
- I’m Not Your Guy, Dude: Why Language Really Does Matter - By Diane Rubino.
- If You Can’t Find a Spouse Who Supports Your Career, Stay Single - By Avivah Wittenberg-Cox.
- Racial bias at tech companies is real - By Suzannah Weiss.
- Recruiting for Privilege - Tobbe Gyllebring.
- Software Development 450 Words per Minute - By Tuukka Ojala, a Blind Software Engineer.
- ThoughtWorks' Insights on Inclusivity:
- True Diversity Is Intersectional - By Ellen Pao.
- Why Diverse Teams Matter - By Brad McLain, Catherine Ashcraft and Lucy Sanders.
- Why don’t European girls like science or technology? - By Microsoft.
- Why I Care About Diversity in Tech - By Tracy Chou.
- Why Men Don't Believe The Data On Gender Bias In Science - By Allison Coil.
- Why More Tech Companies Should Hire People With Disabilities - By Zoë Henry.
- Why we shouldn't underestimate the power of diversity - By Joi Ito and Jeff Howe.
- Women and Minorities Are Penalized for Promoting Diversity - By Stefanie K. Johnson and David R. Hekman.
Talks and presentations about diversity, consensual software and safe communities.
- 9 Ways to Stop Hurting and Start Helping Women in Tech - By Brianna Wu.
- Consensual Software: Prioritizing Trust & Safety for new features - By Danielle Leong.
- Diversity in Tech: Building Inclusivity - By Maxine Williamns.
- Software Art Thou: Debugging the Tech Industry - By Lena Reinhard.
- The Future of STEM Depends on Diversity - By Nicole Cabrera Salazar.
- Why We Need Diversity in Technology - By Rebekah Michael.
People who publicly support and empower underrepresented groups in tech.
- FolksWhoCode - Organization which aims for a more rich and diverse tech community.
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