Closed Maven-Youth closed 6 years ago
kellidrag
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10 years ago Nice! Can you go into more detail on the different roles/ways folks can get involved and the time commitments? Also would love to know how GitHub can help overall here... @Kelseyschimm as fyi thanks!
Maven-Youth
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10 years ago The support needed to launch the project
In-kind donation 2 day retreat (space and breakfast, lunch and dinner) 1 day a month (space, brkfst and lunch) would like to rotate venues each month if possible
Financial support for trainers/materials/curriculum Fee of applicant/staff attendance $1,500 each Or sponsorship support from tech companies in order to avoid charging for attendance
Maven has develop leadership and diversity training for other organizations and would need to combine and develop a new curriculum to meet this program objectives. Very doable!
Time commitment If launched in January: Support in outreach for staff enrollment If hosting a day - working with maven on logistics of the day (meeting space equipment, food & drinks, opening/closing meeting space.) If being an applicant in the cohort - attend all meeting days (9am-6pm)
Hi Everyone,
With the emerging workforce requesting more diversity in tech and the tech industry wanting to take measure for change: Maven would like to create a 6 month Leadership in Diversity Institute for LGBTQ and Allies tech professionals. Below is the concept I have been floating around and want to pilot but would like to know if this would be of interest to other organizations. As a nonprofit we want to ensure we are creating something that would be of use or interest. Please share your thoughts and if your organization/staff would be interested in this professional development cohort.
Short Summary of Project:: • 20 LGBTQ and Allies Tech Professionals (cross organizations/sectors) • 2 -day opening retreat • 6 months (once a month all day training)
An essential component of this project will be to understand how power, privilege, and oppression manifest itself in these fields. Often leaders are aware of these concepts and many can point to specific experiences combating these issues, but communal spaces to reflect, strategize, and plan are rare. The Leadership Diversity Institute will build on these unique experiences and enable leaders to explore the issues and uncover healthy ways to challenge, navigate, and flourish in spite of the realities of power, privilege, and oppression.
Why Diversity Inclusion: Diversity is about empowering people. It makes an organization effective by capitalizing on all of the strengths of each employee. Diversity is understanding, valuing, and using the differences in every person.
Our bias and prejudice are deeply rooted within us. From the moment when we are born, we learn about ourselves, our environment, and the world. Simply giving a training on diversity will not erase these bias. Development can only help us to become aware of them so that we can make a conscious effort to change. Developing diversity involves ongoing reflection, exploration of systems of power, examining one's own beliefs and assumptions, and ownership of what role you play in the big picture of Diversity.
Diversity does not happen overnight for an organization but must require a commitment from leaders in the field to start examining their diversity continuum within themselves. Maven would like to offer a Leadership in Diversity Institute. This pilot a program will select a cohort of 20 tech professionals who will gather once a month for 6 months to examine, explore and develop their leadership in relationship to diversity. This social justice framework will create an intensive 6 month journey for applicants to work on bias that are rooted in their own belief systems and systems of power.
The goal of this program is to inspire a tech professional on a life-long journey and commitment to developing their leadership in Diversity in return, they will influence and create a workforce that is reflected of the full community and embodies diversity within the values and mission of their organization.