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August 2018

Highlights

  • The 16th round of Outreachy wrapped this month. We had 12 interns participating across the Firefox, Emerging Technology, and Open Innovation teams. The interns came from India, Kazakhstan, Italy, the US, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Outreachy provides three-month internships in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech. Learn more.
  • The Voice and Influence pilot program wrapped in July and we completed focus groups and program evaluations this month. We are now working on improving the program for the next round, which is slated to launch in Q4. Stay tuned and check out the Voice and Influence mana page to learn more about the pilot round.
  • We shared the results of inclusion measures from the bi-yearly Engagement Survey with Mozilla leaders. We use this data to track our progress against Mozilla's inclusion goals.

Upcoming Opportunities for Participation

  • The Diversity and Inclusion Team has partnered with the Talent Acquisition team for another Mozilla Open House. This edition will take place this Thursday, August 30 at the SF office from 5 - 7 P.M. If you are in SF, please join us!
  • On Thursday, Sept 13, there will be an Inclusive Hiring session in Mountain View and remote for all managers who have not yet taken it OR took it prior to 2017. Invites will go out this week -- if you have any questions, ping Lizz Noonan
  • Join David Bolter and Tara Robertson on Tuesday, September 18 as they host the eptember Speaker Series, Inclusive Design: Unlearning to Include and Innovate, with Jutta Treviranus. The event will be hosted at Mozilla Toronto and will be available on Air Mozilla and YouTube. We hope you'll join us!
  • The Outreachy Round 17 call for projects is open! You can learn about the requirements for project mentorship on our Outreachy wiki page. Lizz Noonan will be sending an email with the full requirements and instructions for submitting projects after the Mozilla Project Meeting today. Project applications are due by September 10, when intern applications open. If you meet the requirements for mentorship, submit your project here.
  • If you are in the Toronto area, the Diversity and Inclusion Team has some tickets to Elevate Tech Toronto, September 21 - 27. While not a specifically diversity-oriented conference, the organizers are D&I professionals who have designed the conference around inclusion. This is the second year of the event and we are interested to learn about the quality of the conference through attendance by Mozillians. If you are interested in attending, please contact Lizz Noonan.

September D&I Team Activities

  • Larissa Shapiro will be piloting an Inclusive Leadership workshop with the Firefox Engineering Ops team during their workweek.
  • Tara Robertson will be hosting the September Speaker Series in Toronto and speaking at the Engendering Success in Stem Summit at the University of Waterloo on September 20.
  • Lizz Noonan will attend the Tapia Celebration for Diversity in Computing, September 19 - 22 in Orlando, FL with the Talent Acquisition Team and the Grace Hopper Celebration for Open Source Day with the Open Innovation Team in Houston, TX, from Sept 26 - 28.
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