MAKE ROOM FOR ALL,

NOT WAR!

INCLUSION MEANS "ALL Y'ALL"

$whoami

Diana Rodríguez 

Google Developer Expert: Web/Cloud/Maps/Firebase

Auth0 Ambassador

Women Techmakers Ambassador

Microsoft MVP

🐍 Developer Advocate @ Vonage

GDG Durham & PyLadiesRDU Organiser 

🦄  https://superdi.dev

🐦  @cotufa82

 

 

$whoami-not

• inclusion
• diversity
• equality

3 MOST FEARED AND MISUNDERSTOOD WORDS

DEMYSTIFYING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION EFFORTS:

• DEI is only for under represented minorities : FALSE
• As a white person i should not get involved : FALSE
• White people will become a minority after all this "revolution" : FALSE
• Under represented minorities should educate us about DEI: FALSE
• Women are more for HR, Design and maybe UX/UI Roles: FALSE
• Women don't have much interest for "real developer" positions: FALSE
• It's a man's world : FALSE

Inclusion

Diversity

Equality 

REMOVING SYSTEMIC

BARRIERS

The Software Industry

"Remove 'diversity' from the list of topics and perish the thought. I, like many people, gravitated towards [Framework] specifically because it isn't yet ruined by SJW's. The software industry is already diverse enough when left to its own devices. Don't ruin this."

Fella @ Some Chat

The Software Industry

This is not

'diverse enough'

...and we're going to fix this 🤗

MAN

WOMAN

TRANSGENDER

INTERSEX

LGBTQIA+

BLACK

WHITE

HISPANIC

ASIAN

POLYNESIAN

INDIAN

NATIVE AMERICAN

• Lead by example. Stand for what is right even if it means standing alone.

• Call out!

• Interact with different people

• Avoid assuming genders

• Invest in diversity & Inclusion training

• Create and enforce a code of conduct

• Avoid mansplaining...

• ABOVE EVERYTHING, BE RESPECTFUL

LET'S WORK SHOULDER TO SHOULDER TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY SITS TOGETHER AT THE SAME TABLE

THANK YOU