Diversity in Tech Groups Archives - Geek Girl Rising

Home > Resources > Diversity in Tech Groups

Big Innovation Centre (Atlanta)

Located in downtown Atlanta, GA, the BIG Innovation Center offers a four-month program for tech startups with black and Latina founders. The accelerator will offer training around how to build a startup, office space, mentors and seed funding from the Harriet Angels’ syndicate, which is backed by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and Kathryn Finney, the founder of digitalundivided.

Paradigm

A consulting group that works with organizations and businesses to develop a comprehensive diversity strategy aligned with the company's vision and values.

CODE2040

Nonprofit organization that creates pathways to educational, professional, and entrepreneurial success in technology for underrepresented minorities with a specific focus on Blacks and Latino/as. CODE2040 aims to close the achievement, skills, and wealth gaps in the United States.

BlackFounders

An organization that empowers black entrepreneurs and provide founders with access to advice, mentorship, and funding. Their mission iis to increase the number of successful black entrepreneurs in technology.

Tech Inclusion

Tech Inclusion is an official initiative of Change Catalyst (http://changecatalyst.co), an organization committed to inclusive innovation. The organization runs conferences to bring the tech community together to discuss solutions to diversity and inclusion challenges across the tech ecosystem, from the education pipeline to the workplace to policy and advocacy and entrepreneurship.

Black Girls Code

Devoted to showing the world that black girls can code, and do so much more. By reaching out to the community through workshops and after school programs, Black Girls CODE introduces computer coding lessons to young girls from underrepresented communities in various programming languages.

MENU