29 Days of Diversity Week 1 Review – #29daysofdiversity
February is Black History Month. It’s a month where we honor those who have made an impact on American culture for equal rights, those who have invented, those who have a helped others and those who have inspired everyone to be the best they can be, not only as a person of color but as [...]
Read MoreAngela Talks Diversity and Technology on Social Jumpstart TV
Our own, Angela Benton talks with Mike Wolpert about diversity and technology on Social Jumpstart TV. She talks about how and why she created the NewMe Accelerator to bring minority tech entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley. She talks in detail about how the accelerator works and the what the participants have taken away from the experience. [...]
Read MoreNavarrow Wright Talks with TechCrunch About Diversity Problem in Silicon Valley [Video]
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After Black in America 4 aired on CNN a month ago, the diversity issues in the land of technology that is Silicon Valley was talked about more than ever. But the discussion isn’t over. Interactive One’s Navarrow Wright talks with Tech Crunch editor, Erick Shonfeld on Tech Crunch TV about the problems in diversity still [...]
Read MoreBusiness Leaders Discuss Diversity Efforts and Race Solutions
In a recent article Susan Welch, Executive Director, Diversity Best Practices writes about the panels and conversations that took place at the Best Practice Session at Ernst & Young’s New York City headquarters. Some of the panelist included Kam Wong, the associate director of workforce diversity and compliance programs at City University of New York, [...]
Read MoreDiversity in Practice Promoting Minority Youth to Pursue Careers in Law With New Site BreakIntoLaw.org
?BreakIntoLaw.org is an online platform that was created to get high school and college students of color interested in law careers. It has relatable slogans for kids such as “If you’ve read all the terms and conditions on Facebook, you should be a lawyer”, but also gives information on diversity and the demand for diversity [...]
Read MoreIT-Ready Apprentice Program Aims to Get Unemployed and Under-Represented Careers in Info Tech
Creating IT Futures Foundation announced the IT-Ready Apprentice Program, a non-profit program that trains unemployed workers and places them in six-month-long apprenticeships in the information technology field, will launch in five metro locations in 2012. IT-Ready Apprentice Program was developed by the Creating IT Futures Foundation, which has been helping individuals under-represented in the IT [...]
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