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=January 2019= | |||
==Highlights== | |||
* The Diversity and Inclusion Team worked with leaders throughout the organization to set diversity and inclusion goals for 2019. If you'd like to find out more about these efforts, please reach out to our team and/or ask your manager how you can contribute. | |||
* Mozilla joined more than 170 private and public companies, startups and nonprofits from tech to retail in [https://blog.mozilla.org/inclusion/2019/01/30/partnering-with-law-firms-committed-to-diversity-and-inclusion/ an open letter] to law firms. Through this letter, we commit to directing our outside counsel spend towards firms that successfully create diverse and inclusive cultures. | |||
* Tara Robertson led the D&I session in January Onboarding, spoke on a panel at the [https://consciouscompanymedia.com/womens-summit/ World Changing Women's Summit], and co-hosted [https://opencon-cascadia.github.io/ OpenCon Cascadia] at our Portland office. | |||
* Lizz Noonan co-hosted a Women in VR event with Developer Relations and the Mixed Reality teams, in support of [https://blog.mozilla.org/inclusion/2019/01/25/mozilla-fosters-the-next-generation-of-women-in-emerging-technologies/ XR Studio and the new Inclusive Development Space toolkit], at the Sundance Film Festival. We also had the opportunity to participate in interview recordings for the Voices of VR podcast, hosted by Kent Bye. There will be a post recapping our activities at Sundance on the Mozilla Stands for Inclusion blog, coming out later this month. | |||
* Larissa Shapiro and Kelsey Witthauer represented Mozilla with a table at the [https://techintersections.org/ Tech Intersections conference], along with members of the Talent Acquisition team and other Mozilla attendees. Tech Intersections and the concurrent Ally Skills Workshop took place in Oakland, CA and brought together womxn of color in tech (and allies) for a one day conference. | |||
==Upcoming Opportunities for Participation== | |||
* [https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/display/PR/Voice+and+Influence+Program Voice and Influence Round 2] begins with remote training sessions in February, Circles will hold their first meetings in early March. If you're interested in participating as a Circle Member, please reach out to Lizz Noonan (enoonan@mozilla.com) ASAP. | |||
* Outreachy Round 18 applications open on February 18 and project submissions will open next week. If you're interested in submitting a project, look out for the call for project submissions email going out next week and/or ping Lizz Noonan (enooonan@mozilla.com). | |||
* [http://www.wakeinternational.org/tech2empower Tech2Empower] March 4 - 8 | |||
* [https://www.techgroovefest.com/ TechGroove Festival] March 27 - 29 | |||
=December 2018= | |||
==Highlights== | |||
==Upcoming Opportunities for Participation== | |||
* Tech Intersections | |||
==January D&I Team Activities== | |||
=November 2018= | |||
==Highlights== | |||
* European Women in Technology | |||
* Workshops | |||
==Upcoming Opportunities for Participation== | |||
* Come hang with us during All Hands at one of our D&I workshops | |||
* Info sessions on Voice and Influence and Mozilla Inclusion Communities | |||
==December D&I Team Activities== | |||
=October 2018= | |||
==Highlights== | |||
* Last week, the Diversity and Inclusion Team hosted two "Trans Inclusion at Mozilla" workshops, with our partners at TransFocus. If you missed it, you can watch it on [https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/Event.htm?ShowKey=44908&DisplayItem=E307380 Air Mozilla]. | |||
* Tara spoke at ReFig 4.0: Spaces and Places, a feminist gaming conference at the University of British Columbia and Larissa spoke at NPR's "How I Build This" Summit in San Francisco. | |||
* Bay Area team members participated in TechWomen. Thank you to all of the mentors! You can view final presentations from the Emerging Leaders on [https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/Event.htm?ShowKey=44908&DisplayItem=E306154 Air Mozilla]. | |||
* 14 Mozilla projects were submitted to this round of Outreachy and interns are now being selected. Thanks to everyone who submitted! The Outreachy participants will be working remotely with their project mentors from December - March. Check out the projects [https://www.outreachy.org/december-2018-march-2019-outreachy-internships/communities/mozilla/ here]. | |||
* The Diversity and Inclusion Team attended the Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab's bi-annual Inclusive Leadership meeting. The day-long summit included talks from academic researchers and industry professionals around the topic "Diagnosing and Dismantling Masculinity Contest Culture". If you're interested to learn more, there is a one-hour webinar open to any Mozilla staff on November 14, 11 am - 12 pm PT. Please [https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wSYXgZxaT1K6E01ar6Odew REGISTER HERE] for the webinar. Please register if you're unable to attend the live webinar but would like a recording. | |||
* We hosted another remote "Inclusive Hiring at Mozilla" session in October. This session is required for all hiring managers and strongly recommended for anyone who participates in the interview process. If haven't attended and would like to be directly informed of the next session, please contact Kelsey Witthauer (kelsey / kwitthauer@mozilla.com). | |||
* Larissa Shapiro shared our Mozilla-wide progress against our Diversity and Inclusion goals at the [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/159DFchXTSN-sh612dkpNBuQK46_pc6VvgIoCavi6WoQ/edit#slide=id.g456c279053_1_805 October internal company meeting (Staff + NDAs only)] -- we are happy to say we're on track for our 2018 representation goals. | |||
* Mozilla was a featured case study in the newly published [https://womenintheworkplace.com/ McKinsey "Women in the Workplace" report] (pgs. 28 & 29) | |||
* Larissa Shapiro and Tori Covington, Director of Talent Acquisition, attended a dinner with our partners at [https://www.techgroovefest.com/ TechGroove Fest], with students and alumni of Atlanta's Historic Black Colleges and Universities, on October 29. As the presenting sponsor, this is one of many events in which we will be participating with TechGroove over the coming months. | |||
==Upcoming Opportunities for Participation== | |||
* The D&I Team is sponsoring the [https://www.europeanwomenintech.com/ European Women in Tech conference], taking place 28-29 November in Amsterdam, NL. Arielle Kilroy will be speaking and Mozilla has a booth. If you are interested in attending, please contact Lizz Noonan (lmn / enoonan@mozilla.com). | |||
* The second round of Voice and Influence in launching! The new round will start in January and we are recruiting for Circle Leaders now. If you are interested in participating, we will have an info session and social gathering at the Orlando All Hands, as well as a remote info session on Vidyo. Reach out to Lizz Noonan (lmn / enoonan@mozilla.com) if you'd like to attend one of the info sessions. | |||
* We will be hosting the 3rd annual [https://www.breaking.glass/2018-woc-leadership-forum Womxn of Color Leadership Forum] with Breaking Glass Forums in the Mozilla San Francisco office on Thursday, November 15. This year's theme is "Own Your Power". If you would like to attend, please contact Kelsey Witthauer (kelsey / kwitthauer@mozilla.com). | |||
==November D&I Team Activities== | |||
* Larissa Shapiro and Lizz Noonan will be actively seeking Circle Leaders for the next round of Voice and Influence. Reach out if you're interested (see above). | |||
* Lizz Noonan, along with members of the Talent Acquistion Team and others, will be representing Mozilla at the European Women in Tech Conference, 28-29 November, if you would like to attend, please ping Lizz (see above). Lizz will also visit the Mozilla Berlin office to lead some inclusion workshops. | |||
* We are hosting the Womxn of Color Leadership Forum with Breaking Glass, LLC in the Mozilla San Francisco office on Thursday, November 15. If you would like to attend, please contact Kelsey (see above). | |||
* We will be finalizing our team's 2019 plans throughout the month of November. | |||
=September 2018= | =September 2018= | ||
==Highlights== | ==Highlights== | ||
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* Lizz Noonan attended the '''Tapia Celebration for Diversity in Computing''', September 19 - 22 in Orlando, FL with the Talent Acquisition Team, where Mozilla had a booth where we spoke with hundreds of potential intern applicants. | * Lizz Noonan attended the '''Tapia Celebration for Diversity in Computing''', September 19 - 22 in Orlando, FL with the Talent Acquisition Team, where Mozilla had a booth where we spoke with hundreds of potential intern applicants. | ||
* Last week, Kelsey Witthauer attended the '''Grace Hopper Celebration''' for Open Source Day with the Open Innovation Team in Houston, TX. | * Last week, Kelsey Witthauer attended the '''Grace Hopper Celebration''' for Open Source Day with the Open Innovation Team in Houston, TX. | ||
* | * Last week, we published a recap of Mozilla's Pride participation in Berlin and San Francisco on the '''Mozilla Stands for Inclusion''' blog. [https://blog.mozilla.org/inclusion/2018/09/26/pride/] | ||
==Upcoming Opportunities for Participation== | ==Upcoming Opportunities for Participation== | ||