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:sparkles: A curated list of amazingly awesome articles, websites and resources about diversity in technology. :sparkles:

This list contains a variety of resources on diversity, more specifically diversity in tech, including posts, talks, actionable resources, conferences, social media advocates and more. The goal of the list is to provide quick access to information on diversity to tech companies and communities that are willing to do better in their everyday actions to make the tech industry a more inclusive place, and to individuals that look for further reading on topics that might interest them about diversity and equity in the tech field.

Always work in progress.

Organizations

1 Million Women To Tech

Organization whose mission is to offer free coding education to 1 million women by 2020. Has free (DIY) and paid (certification) courses.

Algorithmic Justice League

Collective that aims to fight algorithmic bias.

AnyKey

Organization whose mission is to help create fair and inclusive spaces in esports for marginalized members of the gaming community.

Black Compute HER

Dedicated to supporting computing+tech education and workforce development for black women and girls.

Black Girls Code

Organization devoted to showing the world that black girls can code.

Black Girl Gamers

A safe space that supports black girl gamers. Also found on:

Blacks In Technology

Oragnization focused on "Stomping the Divide" by establishing a blueprint of world-class technical excellence and innovation.

Black Women in Computational Biology

An intersectional community of Black women who are working toward (or interested in) a career that combines computational and quantitative sciences with biology.

Bridge Troll

Events organized by volunteers to empower people with technology.

Brown Girl, Tech World

Digital safe space and non profit organization for brown women & girls navigating the tech industry.

Code 2040

Through a variety of programs and fellowships, Code2040 is a great initiative creating opportunities in tech for Black and Latinx talent.

Codebar

Codebar is a non-profit initiative that facilitates the growth of a diverse tech community by running regular programming workshops.

Code Liberation

Code Liberation catalyzes the creation of digital games and creative technologies by women, nonbinary, femme, and girl-identifying people to diversify STEAM fields.

Consensual Software

An open source project advocating for better use consent in software design.

Computational Biology in Sweden, RSG-Sweden

A team of students and researchers working together to get more people interested in computational biology, and connect people to build a diverse and inclusive community across Sweden.

Dear Tech People

A race and gender diversity ranking of 100 top tech companies.

Dev Color

A non-profit organization that aims to advance the careers of Black software engineers.

Disability Visibility Project

An online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture.

Diversify Tech

A collection of resources for underrepresented people in tech.

Diversity Charter

Charter to show that you care about diversity.

Django Girls

Non-profit organization and a community that empowers and helps women to organize programming workshops.

EquitableTech

Non-profit organization working to diversify tech, with a focus on open source.

FrameShift Consulting

FrameShift open sources their fantastic Ally Skills Workshop, Conference incident response materials and many other resources allowing to scale creating welcoming, inclusive, diverse cultures.

Fund Club

Fund Club raises money to numerous initiatives for mental health, diversity, inclusion, anti-harassment and more.

Geek Girls Carrots

Attracting women to tech since 2011.

Girl Develop It

Nonprofit organization that exists to provide affordable and judgment-free opportunities for women interested in learning web and software development.

Girl Gamers

Community for ladies to discuss gaming, women in geek culture, and experiences that occur as a result of gender.

Girls In Tech Global Classroom

Organization that offers tech related courses, such as 3-D Tinkercad design, to girls and women, at no cost.

Girls Who Code

Organization which aims to close the gender gap in technology.

GoodForPoc

List of inclusive companies for people of color in tech.

Hack The Hood

Non-profit organization that introduces low-income youth of color to careers in tech.

Hidden Genius Project

Program to connect young black males with all they need to become high-performing entrepreneurs and technologists.

Kapor Center

The Kapor family of organizations works to remove barriers to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education and tech careers for underrepresented people of color.

Lesbians Who Tech

Lesbians Who Tech is a community of queer women in or around tech (and the people who love them).

OS4W

OS4W aims to be a resource for connecting all women, including women of color and transgender women, to open source projects that are welcoming, inclusive, and appreciative of diversity in their contributors.

Open Source Diversity

Open Source Diversity is a community gathering resources, building networks and collaborating for more diversity & inclusion in free & open source software communities.

Open Sourcing Mental Illness

Open Sourcing Mental Illness is a non-profit corporation dedicated to raising awareness, educating, and providing resources to support mental wellness in the tech and open source communities.

Out In Tech

Non-profit organization that unites the LGBTQ+ tech community.

OpenCIDER

A community building effort to promote computational inclusion and serve as digital equity resource.

ParadigmIQ

Paradigm offers a range of workshops, training and assessments aiding in diversity, inclusion, belonging, retention and more.

People Of Creativity

Organization that focuses on creating a community that shares opportunities, experiences and ideas ultimately bettering the representation of minorities throughout creative industries.

PHP Women

An inclusive & global network providing support within the PHP community.

Ping A Programadoras

Group of women and people of non-binary gender whose purposes are the reflection and empowerment in the field of technology.

Pink Programming

A non-profit organization that organizes code events for the women, transgender, and non-binary communities.

Project Alloy

Project Alloy is building a more inclusive technical community, one conference at a time, by offering financial grants and other resources to people who are early in their career and underrepresented in tech.

Project Include

Non-profit organization that uses data and advocacy to accelerate diversity and inclusion solutions in the tech industry.

PyLadies

International mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community.

Q-Space

Queer and feminist maker space located in Beijing, China, providing a learning space and community actions for change.

Rails Girls

Organization which aims to give tools and a community for women to understand technology and to build their ideas.

Rails Girls Summer Of Code

Rails Girls Summer of Code is a global fellowship program aimed at bringing more diversity into Open Source.

R-Ladies

A worl-wide organization to promote gender diversity in the R community.

RightsTech Women

Switzerland-based nonprofit that combines robotics, technology and human rights training for girls and women.

Scala Bridge

Building an inclusive Scala community with introductory programming workshops for women.

She++

Non-profit organization that works to empower underrepresented groups in technology by dismantling negative stereotypes surrounding technical careers.

She Can Code

An organization with the mission of empower women to enter and remain in the tech industry.

Techqueria

A non-profit organization that serves the largest community of Latinx in Tech.

Techtonica

Techtonica partners with tech companies to offer tech apprenticeships with stipends and job placement to Bay Area women and non-binary, feminine-adjacent adults with low incomes.

Tech Ladies

Tech Ladies connects women with the best jobs and opportunities in tech.

Teens Exploring Technology

Encourages inner city teenage Black and Latino males to become catalysts of change in urban communities.

TLA Black Women In Tech

Not-for-profit organisation dedicated to building bridges of opportunities in tech by enabling black female talents to excel and companies to have access to black women of talent.

TLA Women In Tech

Working group dedicated to increasing gender balance and equality in tech.

Trans*H4CK

Trans\*H4CK empowers trans, gender non conforming, agender and nonbinary people through improving access to social services, promoting gender safety and community sustainability while bringing visibility to trans* tech innovators and entrepreneurs.

Women Love Tech

Women Love Tech was launched with the vision to share a passion and love for technology. Since then, Women Love Tech has evolved into a lifestyle technology digital magazine for women who love all things tech that can enhance their everyday lifestyle.

Women Make

A community where women are in the forefront.

Women Hack For Non-Profits

A community of women in tech building open source projects for non-profit organizations and individuals with a cause.

Women Techmakers

Google's program that provides visibility, community, and resources for women in technology.

Women Who Code

Women Who Code is a global community empowering women to excel in technology fields through resources, job boards, conference scholarships and other member benefits.

Women Who Go

A network focused on building a more diverse and inclusive Golang community.

Women Who Tech

Nonprofit organization to bring together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology to transform the world and inspire change.

Wonder Women Tech

Organization that produces year-round programming and national and international conferences that highlight, educate, and celebrate women and diversity in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), innovation and entrepreneurialism.

Write/Speak/Code

A 501c3, tax-exempt non-profit that hosts an annual conference and meetup events designed to help you fully own your expertise through writing, speaking, and open source.

YesWeTech

Feminist community working for an egalitarian and proud culture of women interested in technology.

Natives in Tech

Natives in Tech is a coalition of Native and non-Native software developers whose goal is to support software application development that reinforces Native beliefs, knowledge, and identity.

Latinas in computing

A community created by and for the Latinas in Computing with a mission of promoting their representation and success in computing-related fields.

Latinas in tech

a non-profit organization with the aim to connect, support, and empower Latina women working in tech. We work hand in hand with top technology companies to create safe spaces for learning, mentorship and recruitment.

Organizations bringing diversity to tech.

  • Twitch
  • Steam
  • Brazilians in Tech- Brazilians in Tech is the first Brazilian platform to bring together the most relevant opportunities in the world of Science and Technology for women working or interested in digital technologies.

Events

ACT-W National Conference

Presented by ChickTech, ACT-W National focuses on providing you with inspiring and actionable education in career development, leadership, technology, and diversity.

AlterConf

AlterConf is a traveling conference series that provides safe opportunities for marginalized people and those who support them in the tech and gaming industries.

DDD Europe

Domain-Driven Design Europe is a focused on software design and modeling. They have an amazing commitment to diversity and improving their event.

Lambda World

Lambda World is a functional programming conference with an ideology of empowering underrepresented minorities in tech. In this mindset, we have a few actions we follow such as creating grants to cover tickets and accommodation, hosting inclusive workshops, and making conferences more accessible to individuals finding it hard to be away from their families, by providing tourist activities, and necessities like cribs and strollers.

PyMCon

PyMCon is an asynchronous-first virtual conference for the Bayesian community organized by the PyMC community with a strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion from the organizing committee to attendees.

REFACTR.TECH

REFACTR.TECH focuses on technology while creating a safe space for thoughtful and nuanced conversations around diversity, inclusion, and intersectionality in tech.

The following is a list of events that make a special effort to be inclusive and encourage diversity

Ally Resources

Better Male Allies

By Code Like a Girl.

Contributor Covenant

By Coraline Ada Ehmke.

Inclusion At Work

By Jennifer Kim.

Resources For Allies

By Lara Hogan.

The following are collections of various types of resources (talks, documents, blog posts etc) for being an ally in any diversity efforts.

Actionable Resources

5 Ally Actions | June 15, 2018

By Better Allies.

10 Actionable Ways To Actually Increase Diversity In Tech

By Catherine Ashcraft.

Bias and Hiring: How We Hire UX Researchers

By Sharon Bautista.

Bootstrapping Inclusion

By Jason Wong.

Building Inclusive Communities

By Karolina Szczur.

Dev Team Diversity #Realtalk

By Sarah Mei.

Fundamentals of Effective Allyship

By Karolina Szczur.

Gender Decoder For Job Ads

By Kat Matfield.

How A Common Interview Question Fuels The Gender Pay Gap (And How To Stop It)

By Claire Cain Miller.

How Organizations Can Become More Inclusive Of People With Disabilities

By Michael Schultz.

How To Build Inclusive Culture

By Nicole Sanchez.

How To Fight Sexism On Your Company's Slack

By Nick Douglas.

Increase Diversity In Our Speaker Line Up

By Soledad Penadés.

On Improving Diversity In Hiring

By Cate Huston.

So, You Just Learned There Are Issues With The Tech Industry. Now What?

By Stephanie Slattery.

Top 10 Everyday Actions Any Hiring Manager Can Do To Diversify Their Candidate Pipeline

By Code Like a Girl.

Tracking Compensation And Promotion Inequity

By Lara Hogan.

What Does Sponsorship Look Like?

By Lara Hogan.

You Have A Culture Problem. Here's How To Avoid A Diversity Disaster

By Ellen K. Pao.

The following is a list of individual resources with actionable items for being an ally in any diversity efforts.

Projects

A11y Project

A community-driven effort to make digital accessibility easier.

Accessibility Cloud

Simplifies sharing and obtaining accessibility data in a standardized, future-proof, easy-to-use way.

CHAOSS D&I Workgroup

Collection of resources for projects to create a diversity and inclusion report.

Chayn

A volunteer network tackling gender based violence globally by creating intersectional survivor-led resources on the web.

Diversity Tickets

Help events reach a more diverse audience. And help you to find these events.

SignDict

An open dictionary for sign language.

The Supernova Project

A global effort that aims to contribute to addressing abuse within the LGBTQIA+ communities.

Wheelmap

The world's biggest crowdsourced and open database for wheelchair-accessible places.

WikiProject Women in Red

Increasing the representation of women on Wikipedia through biographies and articles of women’s achievements.

Open source projects which support underrepresented groups and where you can participate.

Posts

100 Women In Tech And Founders To Follow On Twitter

By Allyson Kapin.

30+ Diversity And Inclusion Activists And Organisations I Look Up To

By Karolina Szczur.

A Brief History Of Women In Computing

By Faruk Ateş.

A Counterintuitive Way To Increase Diversity In Tech

By Rachel Nabors.

A Study Used Sensors To Show That Men And Women Are Treated Differently At Work

By Stephen Turban, Laura Freeman and Ben Waber.

Accessibility 101: Introduction To Disability And Accessibility

By Jenny Lay-Flurrie.

Advice For Women In Tech Who Are Tired Of Talking About Women In Tech

By Valerie Aurora.

Becoming A 10x Developer

By Kate Heddleston.

Bias, Diversity, Backlash, Manifestos, And Rebuttals

By Lorena A Barba.

Can We Talk About The Gender Pay Gap?

By Xaquín González Veira.

Code Of Conduct Enforcement Warning Signs

By Otter Tech.

Creating Safe Places

By Laura Bell.

Designing Forms For Gender Diversity And Inclusion

By Sabrina Fonseca.

Diverse Teams Feel Less Comfortable — And That’s Why They Perform Better

By David Rock, Heidi Grant and Jacqui Grey.

Ellen Pao: Has Anything Really Changed For Women In Tech?

By Ellen Pao.

Emotional Labor Is The Unpaid Job Men Still Don't Understand

By Gemma Hartley.

Engineering A Culture Of Psychological Safety

By John Looney.

Gaming While Black: Casual Racism To Cautious Optimism

By Jessica Conditt.

Gender Bias? A Transgender Perspective!

By Daniela Petruzalek.

Getting Free Of Toxic Tech Culture

By Valerie Aurora and Susan Wu.

Hidden Figures: How Silicon Valley Keeps Diversity Data Secret

By

How Can I Get A Diverse And Inclusive Team?

By María Arias de Reyna Domínguez.

How "Good Intent" Undermines Diversity And Inclusion

By Annalee.

How Tech's Lack Of Diversity Leads To Racist Software

By Wendy Lee.

How To Be An Ally

By André Arko.

How To Maintain A Predominantly White Workplace

By Leniece Flowers Brissett.

I'm Not Your Guy, Dude: Why Language Really Does Matter

By Diane Rubino.

If You Can't Find A Spouse Who Supports Your Career, Stay Single

By Avivah Wittenberg-Cox.

If You Think Women In Tech Is Just A Pipeline Problem, You Haven't Been Paying Attention

By Rachel Thomas.

Important Women In CS Who Aren't Grace Hopper

By Hillel Wayne.

Not Applicable: What Your Job Post Is Really Saying

By Coraline Ada.

On Toxic Jobs, Low Self-Esteem, & Interviewing

By Rachel Thomas.

Racial Bias At Tech Companies Is Real

By Suzannah Weiss.

Recruiting For Privilege

By Tobbe Gyllebring.

Software Development 450 Words Per Minute

By Tuukka Ojala, a Blind Software Engineer.

Stop Saying That Diversity Means Lowering The Bar

By Leah Fessler.

Strategies For Hiring Diverse Candidates

By Joy Ebertz.

Striving To Be Seen: Black Girl Gamers On Twitch

By Jessica Conditt.

Struggling For Investments, Silicon Valley Women Reluctant To Speak Out On Harassment

By Laura Sydell.

Survey Finds That In Tech, Retaliation For Speaking Up About Workplace Discrimination Is Common

By Janet Nguyen and David Brancaccio.

Survival Tips For Women In Tech

By Patricia Aas.

The Do's And Don'ts Of Being A Good Ally

By Karnythia.

The Other Diversity Dividend

By Paul Gompers and Silpa Kovvali.

The Perverse Incentives That Help Incels Thrive In Tech

By Ellen Pao.

The Tech Industry's Gender-Discrimination Problem

By Sheelah Kolhatkar.

There’s A Big Difference Between An Intention To Be Inclusive And A Strategy

By Kim Crayton.

This Is How Sexism Works In Silicon Valley My Lawsuit Failed. Others won't.

By Ellen Pao.

Tools For White Guys Who Are Working For Social Change

By Chris Crass.

Trans-Inclusive Design

By Erin White.

True Diversity Is Intersectional

By Ellen Pao.

We Need More Radical Solutions For Diversity And Inclusion

By Ellen K. Pao.

What Does It Mean To Be A Feminist Coder In 2018?

By Xiaowei R. Wang.

What I Learned From The Fall Of Ellen Pao

By Madhushree Ghosh.

White Fragility In Teaching And Education Technology

By Mary Jo Madda.

Who Killed The Junior Developer?

By Melissa McEwen.

Why Are There Few Women In Tech? Watch A Recruiting Session

By Jessi Hempel.

Why Diverse Teams Matter

By Brad McLain, Catherine Ashcraft and Lucy Sanders.

Why Doesn't My Company Get Credit For Tackling Gender Diversity?

By Ellen K. Pao.

Why Don't European Girls Like Science Or Technology?

By Microsoft.

Why I Care About Diversity In Tech

By Tracy Chou.

Why I Don't Use My Real Photo When Messaging With Customers On My Website

By Julia Enthoven.

Why Men Don't Believe The Data On Gender Bias In Science

By Allison Coil.

Why More Tech Companies Should Hire People With Disabilities

By Zoë Henry.

Why Tech Needs The Rooney Rule

By Sammy Ahmed.

Why We Shouldn't Underestimate The Power Of Diversity

By Joi Ito and Jeff Howe.

Why Your Efforts To Fix Your Pipeline Aren’t Fixing Your Pipeline

By Chelsea Troy.

Women And Minorities Are Penalized For Promoting Diversity

By Stefanie K. Johnson and David R. Hekman.

You Can’t Just Hit The Diversity Button

By Project Include's Laura I. Gómez.

Your Company's Slack Is Probably Sexist

By Leah Fessler.

Diversity in Tech

By Adam Recvlohe

Both articles and posts on diversity and inclusiveness in technology.

Will Evans and Sinduja Rangarajan.

  • ThoughtWorks' Insights On Inclusivity:
    • Inclusion Is Everyone's Business: Q&A For Individuals.
    • Inclusion Is Everyone's Business: Q&A For Companies.

Talks

9 Ways To Stop Hurting And Start Helping Women In Tech

By Brianna Wu.

Consensual Software: Prioritizing Trust & Safety For New Features

By Danielle Leong.

Category Theory In Life

By Eugenia Cheng.

Diversity In Tech: Building Inclusivity

By Maxine Williams.

Enforcing Your Code Of Conduct: Effective Incident Response

By Audrey Eschright.

Going Beyong The Pipeline Problem

By Pantheon.

Intro To Accessibility

By Eric Bailey.

Software Art Thou: Debugging The Tech Industry

By Lena Reinhard.

Survival Tips For Women In Tech

By Patricia Aas.

The Future Of STEM Depends On Diversity

By Nicole Cabrera Salazar.

Why We Need Diversity In Technology

By Rebekah Michael.

Building Open Source Software that Empowers Native Communities

By Adam Recvlohe (@arecvlohe)

Talks and presentations about diversity, consensual software and safe communities.

Advocates

FolksWhoCode

Organization which aims for a more rich and diverse tech community.

People who publicly support and empower underrepresented groups in tech.

Books

Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, And Other Threats Of Toxic Tech

An unflinching look at the values, processes, and assumptions that lead to oversights, biases, and ethical nightmares.

Books that offer deep insights on diversity and inclusiveness in technology.