Awesome Diversity
:sparkles: A curated list of amazingly awesome articles, websites and resources about diversity in technology. :sparkles:
This list contains a variety of resources on diversity, more specifically diversity in tech, including posts, talks, actionable resources, conferences, social media advocates and more. The goal of the list is to provide quick access to information on diversity to tech companies and communities that are willing to do better in their everyday actions to make the tech industry a more inclusive place, and to individuals that look for further reading on topics that might interest them about diversity and equity in the tech field.
Always work in progress.
Contents
- Organizations
- Events
- Ally Resources
- Actionable Resources
- Projects
- Posts
- Talks
- Advocates
- Books
- Diverse Figures In Tech History
Organizations
Organizations bringing diversity to tech.
- 1 Million Women To Tech - Organization whose mission is to offer free coding education to 1 million women by 2020. Has free (DIY) and paid (certification) courses.
- Algorithmic Justice League - Collective that aims to fight algorithmic bias.
- AnyKey - Organization whose mission is to help create fair and inclusive spaces in esports for marginalized members of the gaming community.
- Black Compute HER - Dedicated to supporting computing+tech education and workforce development for black women and girls.
- Black Girls Code - Organization devoted to showing the world that black girls can code.
- Black Girl Gamers - A safe space that supports black girl gamers. Also found on:
- Twitch
- Steam
- Blacks In Technology - Oragnization focused on "Stomping the Divide" by establishing a blueprint of world-class technical excellence and innovation.
- Black Women in Computational Biology - An intersectional community of Black women who are working toward (or interested in) a career that combines computational and quantitative sciences with biology.
- Bridge Troll - Events organized by volunteers to empower people with technology.
- Brown Girl, Tech World - Digital safe space and non profit organization for brown women & girls navigating the tech industry.
- 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.
- Code Liberation - Code Liberation catalyzes the creation of digital games and creative technologies by women, nonbinary, femme, and girl-identifying people to diversify STEAM fields.
- Consensual Software - An open source project advocating for better use consent in software design.
- Computational Biology in Sweden, RSG-Sweden - A team of students and researchers working together to get more people interested in computational biology, and connect people to build a diverse and inclusive community across Sweden.
- Dear Tech People - A race and gender diversity ranking of 100 top tech companies.
- Dev Color - A non-profit organization that aims to advance the careers of Black software engineers.
- Disability Visibility Project - An online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture.
- Diversify Tech - A collection of resources for underrepresented people in tech.
- 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.
- EquitableTech - Non-profit organization working to diversify tech, with a focus on open source.
- 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.