by The UIT Team | Jun 6, 2023 | Allyship, Leadership, Podcast Episode, Resources and Programs
Show Notes In this episode, Michelle chats with Marieke van de Rakt about her new venture – Emilia Capital – and how important it is to invest in women founders and business owners. Episode Transcript Speaker 1:Welcome to the Underrepresented in Tech...
by The UIT Team | May 29, 2023 | Community Building, Events, Podcast Episode, Resources and Programs
Show Notes In this episode, Allie chats with Sima Parekh, the Executive Director of 48in48 – an organization which holds annual events focused on launching 48 websites for 48 nonprofits in 48 hours. Allie and Sima discuss Sima’s history with the...
by The UIT Team | May 19, 2023 | Community Building, Events, Podcast Episode
Show Notes This topic has been such a long time coming! Today, Allie and Michelle take the time to discuss how event organizers – in tech, WordPress, and beyond – can ensure that the people they invite to speak as well as the people they select are...
by The UIT Team | May 12, 2023 | Allyship, Community Building, Marketing and Language, Podcast Episode
Show Notes June is Pride Month – and while we love to see rainbow merch, there are ways that companies can honor Pride both in great and not-so-great ways. In this episode, Allie and Michelle discuss examples of how to be a fantastic ally during Pride, as well...
by The UIT Team | May 5, 2023 | Community Building, Events, Podcast Episode
Show Notes On this very special episode of Underrepresented in Tech, Michelle speaks with prolific WordPress contributor Tammie Lister about speaking, conributing, and the upcoming woman and non-binary release squad. Show Notes: Blog post about the release squad...
by The UIT Team | Apr 21, 2023 | DEI Concepts, Marketing and Language, Podcast Episode
Show Notes In this episode Allie and Michelle discuss the social linguistic phenomenon of code switching, as well as the variety of not-quite-code-switching-but-basically-code-switching that underrepresented people do to fit in, feel respected, and feel safe. Episode...