GeekWire
MARCH 8, 2021
iUrban Teen founder Deena Pierott, left, received some funding for her nonprofit from Seattle Seahawks player Bobby Wagner, right. The two are pictured with sister and brother Amiya and Clay Brasley, who both attended iUrban Teen programs. “They’re paying them that money to create inclusive programming,” Pierott said.
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 14, 2022
LinkedIn is one such company giving IT pros an opportunity to make a difference as part of a longstanding partnership with job training nonprofit Year Up, which began in 2011 when LinkedIn’s first CEO, Jeff Weiner, saw the value in working with the Year Up to open the talent pipeline and to give back.
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GeekWire
DECEMBER 13, 2020
This month, nearly 60 business and nonprofit leaders from the Northwest — such as Microsoft, Boeing, Expedia, Nintendo, Zillow, Vulcan, PATH and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — signed on to a new coalition called Washington Employers for Racial Equity. Those pledging to do so include Intuit, Zoom and Slack.
GeekWire
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Ivashchenko and other delegates spoke with GeekWire at a life science networking event Wednesday at a pub in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. The Seattle office of the nonprofit World Affairs Council is hosting the delegates as part of the Open World Program , established in 1999 by the U.S.
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Meanwhile, the 2022 State of Tech Diversity: The Black Tech Ecosystem report from the NAACP and Kapor Center, a nonprofit addressing racial inequities in STEM education and the tech industry, found that the proportion of Black students receiving bachelor’s degrees in computer science decreased between 2016 and 2020, going from 9% to 8%.
GeekWire
MAY 20, 2021
In another virtual event — which everyone hopes will be the last of the pandemic — GeekWire recognized more than 60 finalists and honorees across 14 categories, from Startup of the Year to CEO of the Year and lots in between. A big thanks to our longtime awards presenting partner, Wave Business , for supporting this fun community event.
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Behaviors to exclude me would happen in corporate [workplaces] and even in nonprofits where I volunteered, and I wasn’t prepared for them coming.” After closing his software company during the pandemic, Beasley turned toward the nonprofit space, working with several organizations, serving on the board of directors.
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