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jsfest / 2014-oakland-cfp

Call for proposals for all speakers and events at JSFest Oakland.
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Nothing is Sacred: Your Job is Political #61

Open kelseyq opened 10 years ago

kelseyq commented 10 years ago

Working as a developer has never been "just about writing code." A new generation of activists are doing amazing work questioning who is allowed & encouraged to work in tech and how power structures are established and maintained in our field. As much as the personal is political, the old-fashioned political still is too, and companies and individuals made rich by the tech industry have been making increasingly direct monetary incursions into politics. Let's take a look at what policies & politicians our bosses, investors & clients are buying at the local and state levels. The goal isn't to shame anyone or make any calls to action but to deepen our understanding of what ways the money our labor generates for other people is going towards changing education, transportation, housing and more.

This'd focus on the Bay Area & California cause that's my home and what I know best. If there's a particular policy area people care about especially I can narrow the focus to that.

mikeal commented 10 years ago

+1

thefoxis commented 10 years ago

:+1:

kid-icarus commented 10 years ago

:clap:

junosuarez commented 9 years ago

8/8 would watch

brycebaril commented 9 years ago

Accepted for Nothing Is Sacred :)

brycebaril commented 9 years ago

Hi @kelseyq -- Please drop me a line at bryce@ravenwall.com so I can fill you in on speaker registration details

mikeal commented 9 years ago

If you haven't already, please register yourself as a speaker for JSFest:

https://ti.to/jsfest/oakland?release_id=nqflw0il0qw

If you get it in within the next few days you'll probably get a much nicer conference badge :)

And for any clever buggers who think they can register for free using that link, we will be checking the names against the accepted speakers list :)