Underrepresented in Tech was designed and built with the goal of demystifying diversity. Fear of tokenization and awkwardness blocks many leaders from reaching out to diverse individuals. This roadblock prevents amazing people from finding amazing opportunities. We built this tool so that if you want to prioritize diversity, you can.
In our weekly podcast, creators Allie and Michelle discuss topics that are important to them as champions of diversity in the WordPress/tech community.
June is Pride Month – and while we love to see rainbow merch, there are ways that companies can honor Pride both in great and not-so-great ways. In this episode, Allie and Michelle discuss examples of how to be a fantastic ally during Pride, as well as some ways to avoid performative marketing.
Show Notes: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/04/07/preparing-for-the-next-women-nonbinary-release-squad/ https://twitter.com/karmatosed https://twitter.com/michelleames
In this episode Allie and Michelle discuss the social linguistic phenomenon of code switching, as well as the variety of not-quite-code-switching-but-basically-code-switching that underrepresented people do to fit in, feel respected, and feel safe.
A safe space can be a Slack group, an event, or even a person. In this episode, Allie and Michelle discuss the importance of safe spaces and how you can make them worthwhile for the people they benefit. Important Links: BlackPress Slack WP Women of Color Slack Big Orange Heart
Your small business stack can inclued all the tools, resources and websites you use on a regular basis to make your business run smoothly. When you’re starting out, you want to look for free or low-cost tools. Allie and Michelle provide their suggestions and recommendations for building out your stack!
In this episode Allie and Michelle discuss AI imagery and writing. Diversity is often a huge concern with this content since rarely are these things coded without biases of some kind.
It’s harder than ever for minority businesses to get funding from venture capitalists and investors. Allie and Michelle discuss why and how this happens, as well as some “magic wand” solutions for how it could be resolved. Episode Links Venture Capital for Black Entrepreneurs Plummted 45% in 2022 For Black Entrepreneurs, the Racial Wealth Gap…
In this episode, Allie and Michelle discuss why you shouldn’t claim that people are lucky to have all teh things they work so hard to achieve!
In this week’s episode, Allie chats with Oneal Rosero: Community Manager, WCAsia speakers team organizer, Training Team faculty Admin, and facilitator for #WPDiversity APAC. Oneal and Allie spent time at the Community table during Contributor Day at WCAsia talking all things diversity in WordPress and in this episode, take a look at how the event…
Allie and Michelle were both fortunate enough to be selected to speak at WordCamp Asia 2023! They recorded a live episode during Contributor Day in Thailand about how great the event already was!
In this episode, Allie and Michelle discuss how the recent boom of tech layoffs can disproportionately affect underrepresented people and cause a unique set of struggles for them.
In this episode Allie and Michelle talk about the fine line between being inclusive with your marketing efforts, and being performative. Hint: it’s all about intention and thought!
In this episode, Michelle meets up with Michele Butcher-Jones to discuss the challenges of dealing with food at WordCamps and other conferences. Namely, the issue of not being able to eat an event due to food allergens, culural concerns, etc.
In this episode, Allie and Michelle coach you through the do’s and don’ts of submitting a fantastic speaker application request. Check out Allie’s post on How to Apply to Speak at an Event here
In this episode, Allie and Michelle identify how allyship is just as much about unlearning certain thoughts, behaviors, and mindsets as it is about learning new ones.
