The 2017 Diversity In Tech Awards

Thursday

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6:00pm

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The 2017 Diversity In Tech Awards Have Closed!

To Join us this year Please go to

bit.ly/DIV2018

Looking for The 2018 Diversity In Tech Awards? E-mail DivAwards@codeinteractive.org to get involved before our official announcement.

Starting your own business and picking the right niche in no time

KEYNOTE speaker

Magda N. Yrizarry

Verizon Communications Inc.

CO-HOST

Lola Banjo

Salesforce

Co-Host

Kirk McDonald

PubMatic

headline PERFORMANCE

DJ Questlove

Entertainer

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

Nancy Whang DJ Set

Musician

special remarks

Michael Denton

Code/Interactive

dRESS tO IMPRESS, COCKTAIL ATTIRE

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

VOTE

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

100kin10

INDIVIDUAL FINALISTS

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Juice Pharma

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Jessica Cassano-Antonellis, Vimeo

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FlyTechnista

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John Enyame

CUNY Codes

Ruthe Farmer

White House

Rachel Haot

1776

John Henry

Harlem Capital Partners

Kathryn Hurley

MakerBot

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Danielle James

MongoDB

Van Jones

Yes We Code

Javier Noris

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

ENTERTAINMENT COUNCIL

JESSE KIRSHBAUM

TO BE ANNOUNCED

HOST COMMITTEE

LOLA BANJO

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

SEE FINALISTS & VOTE HERE

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This special night illuminates the diversity gap in tech and more importantly, its solvability for leaders in tech, government, and education. Proceeds will support C/I’s teachers and students.

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SPEAKERS

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upport our

teachers & students

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.

Through <DIV> 2017,

let’s support schools and teachers to prepare students for the high tech 21st century.

Support Our

Teachers and Students

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.

Through <DIV> 2017, let’s support schools and teachers

to prepare students for the high tech 21st century job market.

#DIV2017

Presented by Code/Interactive

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Listen to Code/Interactive's 2017 Diversity In Tech Awards

Playlist on Spotify!

https://open.spotify.com/user/spotifyforbrands/playlist/19D0Rdga2nFvhugV5n4iV6

This curated playlist, from our sponsor Spotify, is comprised of tracks from historic New York artists. The music is diverse in race, gender, and genre with artists that were born and raised in NY. These artists represent our diverse population of students that hail from Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens.