In support of Mental Health Awareness Month, Lori Eberly, LCSW is curating a panel to explore how collective trauma, oppressive systems, COVID grief, and layoffs threaten our wellbeing
Are you looking for a new role in tech? A new role in a tech-adjacent industry? If you answered yes, then join PDXWIT, AWS, and host Hydrolix for a mash-up of our two most popular events: Get Hired Up! and How to Prepare for a Technical Interview!
Are you looking to find your place in leadership and need some advice and inspiration to move you along your path? Our panelists are successful leaders with stories to share about how they have made their way to high profile leadership roles and burst through the rainbow ceiling! Join PDXWIT and our sponsor Convergence to learn how they define success and the tips and tricks they used to be successful while being queer in the tech industry.
This month, join PDXWIT and Viewpoint for a happy hour event focused on what it means to normalize technology.
Are you a mentor, or looking for an opportunity to become one? Join us at Cambia Health as we dive into the PDXWIT Mentorship Program. You’ll hear from some of our current mentors about their experiences as part of the program, and our volunteer Mentor Team will explain what you can expect as you work with a mentee.
Join us and the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity at the University of Portland for a panel discussion on the different pathways you can use to get into tech.
Interviewing for a new job can be a stressful proposition. A group of volunteers from Amazon Web Services (AWS, aws.amazon.com) created this training to demystify the interview process. This is tailored to job seekers seeking employment in tech.
In this virtual happy hour in collaboration with hosts First Tech Federal Credit Union and PixelSpoke, PDXWIT is celebrating Black voices.
PDXWIT and Blacks in Tech (BiT), along with host NV5 Geospatial, have teamed up to highlight Portland organizations working to provide access to tech to marginalized and underserved communities in our school system.
Join PDXWIT for a small and informal in-person dinner discussion where we share our experiences with diversity in the tech workplace.
Join us for a virtual Town Hall Happy Hour where you’ll hear from PDXWIT’s new Executive Director, Hazel Valdez!
Wondering how to break into the tech industry? We’re here to help you land that dream opportunity. In collaboration with our community partner Dress for Success and event host Zapproved, join us for an evening panel discussion where you’ll learn from folks who’ve successfully broken into the industry.
Join PDXWIT for a small and informal in-person dinner discussion where we share our experiences with diversity in the tech workplace. If you identify as a tech professional from a marginalized* background, this opportunity is for you.
Last year we came together to debunk the model minority myth. This year, join PDXWIT and AAPI in Tech to highlight powerful women who are leading us into the future.
Join PDXWIT for a small, informal-yet-focused virtual discussion where we share our experiences with diversity in the workplace. If you identify as being historically and systematically underrepresented* in tech, this opportunity is for you.
Our goal is to create a dedicated space for an honest and impactful conversation exploring our shared experiences as individuals in the industry.
The long-awaited AAPI in Tech group is kicking off its first official meetup, Let’s F*cking Go!!
AAPI In Tech centers people who identify as part of the Asian, Asian American, Pacific Islander community, while welcoming people who not only consider themselves as allies, but also take action toward supporting their AAPI comrades. During the event, we will learn more about PDXWIT’s AAPI in Tech initiative, hear from lightning speakers and have the opportunity to connect in breakout rooms.
Join PDXWIT for a small, informal-yet-focused virtual discussion where we share our experiences with diversity in the workplace. If you identify as being historically and systematically underrepresented* in tech, this opportunity is for you.
Application deadline: 10/18/21 at 5pm ET
Join us for a small, informal yet focused discussion where we can share our experiences with diversity in the workplace. Our goal is to create a dedicated space for an honest and impactful conversation.
Application deadline: 6/18
Community focus: BIPOC, LGBTQ+, people with varying physical or cognitive abilities
This happy hour is dedicated to the launch of the PDXWIT Native Americans In Tech group being led by Erin Grace. Erin will speak on the importance of building community and creating opportunities for Native Americans in the tech industry. We will also learn more about our host company, New Relic, including the open positions they have available.
Join us for a small, informal yet focused discussion where we can share our experiences with diversity in the workplace. The intimate and safe setting will allow us to discuss tactics, strategies, and support to resolve the issues that arise. This event will be led by Marcus Carter, Crystal Sincoff, and Zhou Fang.
Join us for our quarterly BIPOC in Tech event series, along with PDX Blacks in Tech and Simple X, for a conversation with several Portland transplants who’ve created supportive spaces. Dianne Jarvis Lumsden, Front End Software Developer at Coinbase and facilitator of PDX Blacks in Tech, and Wilson Kubwayo, co-founder of Simple X and Adjunct Instructor at Portland Community College, will be taking part.
Join PDXWIT with host Pixel Spoke for an event dedicated to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) currently seeking employment or currently working in technology in the Portland metro area. This is an opportunity to dialogue, network and meet. Facilitator Hazel Valdez of PDXWIT, along with panel speakers from tech organizations throughout Portland, will discuss how they fit into the current workforce as a BIPOC in tech while navigating generational colleagues who are Boomers, Gen-Xers, Millennials or Gen-Zers.
