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3 nonprofits committed to empowering women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

For IT organizations looking to make a difference on gender diversity, or for women seeking to develop rich IT careers, several nonprofits have been created to empower and uplift those who identify as women in IT, improving gender diversity in the industry, and closing the pay gap between men and women. Here are three of note.

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4 nonprofits fostering diversity and career advancement in IT

CIO Business Intelligence

Nonprofit NPower is working to change that by fostering opportunity for those outside traditional IT pipelines through its tuition-free Tech Fundamentals program , which has helped young adults from underserved communities, as well as military members, military spouses, and veterans, forge new careers in IT for over 20 years.

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Meet 6 women of color-led startups that pitched their businesses in Seattle

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(GeekWire Photo / Nate Bek) Open up your networks. based nonprofit organization that supports entrepreneurs with a focus on women and minority founders. That’s the message to investors from Jill Johnson , co-founder and CEO of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL), a Newark, N.J.-based

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Meet Seattle’s ‘Climate Papa’ – an entrepreneur turned investor, podcaster, climate action apostle

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Eidelson’s focus isn’t on creating a social networking group, but he was glad for the chance to meet in person with like-minded people. The event was part of PNW Climate Week , an informal climate summit held across Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, B.C. The Climate Papa logo.

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14 organizations that support LGBTQ+ tech workers

CIO Business Intelligence

Maven Youth Maven Youth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering LGBTQ+ youth to “network, organize, and educate for social change through technology and the tech sector.” The nonprofit was born after IBM sponsored a focus group in 2005 at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C.,

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Seattle startups among winners in BECU and CoMotion fintech incubator competition

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They also gain access to training, events, and BECU’s networks. Participating companies get a one-year membership to CoMotion’s Labs tech incubator at UW’s Startup Hall. Last year, four startups outside the Pacific Northwest won the competition. ” The startup is led by founder and CEO Dennis Williams.

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GeekWire Awards 2021: Meet the remarkable STEM educators who are inspiring next-gen geeks

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They come from universities, public schools and nonprofits, and are working with kids from elementary school into college and supporting fellow teachers as well. We invite you to meet our STEM Educators of the Year for 2021, presented by DreamBox Learning , as part of our 2021 GeekWire Awards celebration: Lauren Bricker, Paul G.

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