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
I AM HERE. NOT ONLY BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN. I AM A WOMAN WITH ACHIEVEMENTS.
- 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
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Lead by example. Stand for what is right even if it means standing alone.
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Call out!
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Interact with different people
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Avoid assuming genders
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Invest in diversity & Inclusion training
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Create and enforce a code of conduct
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Avoid mansplaining...
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ABOVE EVERYTHING, BE RESPECTFUL