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Magda N. Yrizarry

Verizon Communications Inc.

CO-HOST

Lola Banjo

Salesforce

Co-Host

Kirk McDonald

PubMatic

headline  PERFORMANCE

DJ Questlove

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MUSICAL  PERFORMANCE

Nancy Whang DJ Set

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special remarks

Michael Denton

Code/Interactive 

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6:00PM

VIP Reception & Diversity Panel

Passed hors d'oeuvres. Open Bar. Networking with VIP attendees.

7:00PM

General Admission Doors Open

Open bar. DJ, photo booth, swag, installation experiences and more.

7:30 PM

Awards Programming

Honoring individuals, organizations, and initiatives championing diversity in tech.

8:30-10PM

Reception

Musical Performance + Open Bar

DIV AWARDS FINALISTS

Nominations are closed and voting has begun! Cast your vote for the individual, organization or initiative most deserving of a DIV Award.

VOTE
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DIV AWARD FINALISTS

Nominations are closed and voting has begun! Cast your vote for the individual, organization or initiative most deserving of a DIV Award.

INDIVIDUALS

Sarah Allen, Juice Pharma
Majora Carter, StartupBox.nyc

Jessica Cassano-Antonellis, Vimeo

Telisa Gaughtry, FlyTechnista

John Enyame, CUNY Codes

Ruth Farmer, The White House

John Hengry, Harlem Capital Partners

Danielle James, MongoDB

Van Jones, Yes We Code

Javier Noris, Science Vest

Andy Saldana, NY Tech Alliance

Cheryl Sandberg, Facebook

ORGANIZATIONS

 Black Girls Code

Change Catalyst

Emma Bowen

Silicon Harlem

Civic Hall

Kickstarter

Mogul

Infosys Foundation

Out In Tech

Do Something

Lesbians Who Tech

Startup 52

INITIATIVES 

Tech While Black

BNY Mellon's CTS High School Internship Program

Justwomen

Yahoo's office of diversity

Callbackwomen

MetaBronx

PYT Funds Inc, Pay Your Tuition

Black Lives Matter

TechStart

Code.org

My Brother's Keeper

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INDIVIDUAL FINALISTS

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Juice Pharma

 

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FlyTechnista

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CUNY Codes

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White House

Rachel Haot

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Harlem Capital Partners


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MongoDB

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Yes We Code

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 ScienceVest

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Andy Saldaña

NY Tech Alliance

ORGANIZATION FINALISTS

AirBnB

Black Girls Code

Change Catalyst

Civic Hall

DoSomething.org

Emma Bowen

Infosys Foundation USA

Kickstarter

Lesbians Who Tech

Mogul

Out In Tech 

Silicon Harlem

Slack

Startup52

INITIATIVE FINALISTS

100Kin10

BNY Mellon

Black Lives Matter

CallbackWomen 

Code.org 

CS4HS

JustWomen

The Lives of Men

MetaBronx

My Brother's Keeper

Pay Your Tuition

TechStart

Tech While Black

Yahoo!

MEDIA

BuzzFeed

Comcast NBCUniversal

Great Big Story

NationSwell

The New York Times

Picture Motion 

The Washington Post

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HOST COMMITTEE

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SLOANE BARBOUR

MATT COHEN 

ADON DAVIS

MICHAEL DAVIS 

ALI DECARLO

DIANA DIBERNARDO

THOR ERNSTSSON

MAYO FADINA

EVAN FAIN

BRETT LACHER

CRAIG MEISNER

DUSTIN NEWMAN

KIRK MCDONALD

DAVID PASHMAN

DOUG ROHDE

MIKE VOSTRIZANSKY

ANDY MORRIS

MICHAEL VALLEJOS

THE PROBLEM: THE OPPORTUNITY GAP

COMPUTING JOBS ARE GROWING 2X THE NATIONAL AVERAGE

THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS MAJORING IN CS HAS DROPPED SINCE THE LAST DECADE

75% OF THE U.S. POPULATION IS UNDEREPRESENTED IN CS

100% OF TICKET

SALES FUND CODE/INTERACTIVE'S EXPANSION EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT EVEN MORE NYC STUDENTS LEARN, BUILD, AND COLLABORATE WITH TECHNOLOGY.


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Award Categories

Individuals


Organizations

Companies and organizations that are committed to affecting issues of diversity and inclusion - both within and outside their walls, including, but not limited to: businesses, not-for-profit organizations, offices of an elected official or cabinet, clubs/meetups/alliances, schools/districts/networks, and advocacy groups

Initiatives

Discrete initiatives or projects - public and private - that have demonstrated success or researched findings related to issues of diversity and inclusion, including, but not limited to:
movements, events, conferences, festivals, specific programs within companies/organizations, research, publications

Students

Student leaders - in the K-12-and-beyond world - that are ensuring the futures of themselves and their peers is more inclusive and fair, including but not limited to:
heads of student organizations, researchers, peer mentors, teaching assistants

Educators

Educators that are dedicated to improving the lives of their - and all - kids, ensuring that students have access to an exemplary computer science education, including but not limited to:
classroom teachers, counselors, after school program managers, administrators, school leaders

Schools

Institutions of all sizes and grade levels that are creating a safe, welcoming, inclusive environment that fosters the limitless potential of students, including but not limited to:
individual schools, districts/networks, departments of education, higher education institutions

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There is shortage of skill technologists. 

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There is shortage of skill technologists. 

There are currently over 500,000 open computing jobs in the US but we only graduated around 43,000 computer science students last year. These gaps are exaggerated across lines of ethnicity, income level, and gender/expression.


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