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.
Coming out stories in the LGBTQ+ community runs the gamut of experiences. In honor of National Coming Out Day (10/11/2022), join PDXWIT and hear from community members on how it has been for them navigating the deeply personal decision to come out at the office. Find out what it was like for them. Was it a good experience, a bad experience, or was it an indifferent experience.
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.
When we think about the queer community we think about those amazing people that bring us all together. From LGBTQ+centric organizations to leaders who love to create connections, we want to celebrate their work and continue to build an even broader community!
PRIDE is every day and we want you to join PDXWIT as we come together to celebrate how love will keep us together!
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 wise video game director of “Tell Me Why,” Florent Guillaume said, “...authentic representation was crucial, in part, because video games can put you in the shoes of characters that you don't necessarily relate to.” Gaming is a big industry. With representation from all over the world, it takes more than just code to represent the authenticity of a character within a game. It also means that the people creating it are well represented in order to provide as accurate a representation of the cultures and behaviors enacted within a game.
Join PDXWIT for this panel discussion to learn more about how game acculturation is changing the gaming industry and what it takes to create characters and stories that you and I can relate to in a virtual environment.
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
Join us as we meet with Queer leaders in tech spaces, creating connections to talk about what they’re doing to celebrate and connect with the community at large. From driveway dinners to virtual happy hours, the community is built by us, and the pandemic can’t stop our spirit! Hosted by our friends at Cambia.
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.
This year marks the 32nd Anniversary of National Coming Out Day! Join PDXWIT and host Slalom for a night of coming out stories. After 32 years, National Coming Out Day still continues to raise awareness for folks in the LGBTQ+ community and spread the idea that homophobia thrives in silence. On this day, many of those who identify as LGBTQ+ come out to friends and family about their sexuality. There is power in coming out and living your truth.
