How Melinda French Gates has ‘transformational potential’ to boost equality in VC, tech and beyond
May 17, 2021 at 12:52 pm
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Melinda French Gates speaking at the University of Washington in December 2017, with long-time computer science professor Ed Lazowska in the background. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)
Melinda French Gates created Pivotal Ventures in January 2015 with so little fanfare that news of the effort came out after GeekWire accidentally stumbled upon its website. At the time, a spokesperson for the Kirkland, Wash.-based company described it as “a vehicle, when the time comes, to help explore potential other initiatives that don’t fit naturally or neatly within the [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s] program areas.”
by WRAL TechWire May 14, 2021 .
DURHAM – Rewriting the Code, a nonprofit with a global community of women in technology, has received $800,000 from the Reboot Representation Tech Coalition to expand the number of Black, Latina, and Indigenous women pursuing collegiate degrees in technology and computing.
According the organization, the grant will allow Rewriting the Code “to create more programs and opportunities for Black and Latina members, and to leverage combined intersectional communities of almost 2,000 women to develop a more robust national platform for necessary institutional change in the tech industry.”
In addition, the grant allows the nonprofit to better connect its community with role models, mentors, education, and workplace opportunities.
Celebrate Black History Month and Support Racial Equity
NortonLifeLock’s philanthropic campaign supports organizations focused on racial justice
Published 02-24-21
By Kimberly Bishop | Corporate Responsibility
In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard-trained historian, and Jesse E. Moorland, a minister, founders of what is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), celebrated the first Negro History week. By the late 1960s, the week had evolved into Black History Month. Black History Month, celebrated every February in the U.S., is an opportunity to highlight the vast accomplishments and achievements of Black Americans. Amid the celebrations and history lessons is the underlying reminder that Black History is American History.