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Awesome Diversity 
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A curated list of amazingly awesome articles, websites and resources about diversity in technology.
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
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.
- 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.
- 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 ★44 - 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.
- People Of Creativity - Organization that focuses on creating a community that shares opportunities, experiences and ideas ultimately bettering the representation of minorities throughout creative industries.
- PHP Women - An inclusive & global network providing support within the PHP community.
- 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.
- Scala Bridge - Building an inclusive Scala community with introductory programming workshops for women.
- 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.
- [TransH4CK](http://www.transhack.org/) - 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.
- Women Who Tech - Nonprofit organization to bring together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology to transform the world and inspire change.
- Wonder Women Tech - Organization that produces year-round programming and national and international conferences that highlight, educate, and celebrate women and diversity in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), innovation and entrepreneurialism.
- YesWeTech - Feminist community working for an egalitarian and proud culture of women interested in technology.
Conferences
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.
- Lambda World - Lambda World is a functional programming conference with an ideology of empowering underrepresented minorities in tech. In this mindset, we have a few actions we follow such as creating grants to cover tickets and accommodation, hosting inclusive workshops, and making conferences more accessible to individuals finding it hard to be away from their families, by providing tourist activities, and necessities like cribs and strollers.
Ally Resources
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 ★246 - By Lara Hogan.
Actionable Resources
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? ★60 - 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.
Posts
Both articles and posts on diversity and inclusiveness in technology.
- 100 Women in Tech and Founders to Follow on Twitter - By Allyson Kapin.
- 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.
- Creating Safe Places - By Laura Bell.
- Designing forms for gender diversity and inclusion - By Sabrina Fonseca.
- 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 Tech Needs The Rooney Rule - By Sammy Ahmed
- 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
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.
- Category Theory in Life - By Eugenia Cheng.
- Diversity in Tech: Building Inclusivity - By Maxine Williamns.
- Going Beyong The Pipeline Problem - By Pantheon
- 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.
Advocates
People who publicly support and empower underrepresented groups in tech.
- FolksWhoCode - Organization which aims for a more rich and diverse tech community.
Books
Books that offer deep insights on diversity and inclusiveness in technology.
- Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech - An unflinching look at the values, processes, and assumptions that lead to oversights, biases, and ethical nightmares.
Contributing
Please see CONTRIBUTING for more details. Here you have the alphabetical list of contributors of this repository.
This project is part of the folkswhocode organization. This means that it adheres to its core values, code of conduct and contributing guidelines, and uses an equivalent license.
Our Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant.
This list is a copy of folkswhocode/awesome-diversity with ranks