by The UIT Team | Oct 10, 2023 | Allyship, DEI Concepts, Podcast Episode
Show Notes When a marginalized person says that a situation is about race, gender, ableism, etc. it’s your job as an ally to belive them! In this episode Allie and Michelle disucss this concept and the degree to which they agree with it. Episode Transcript Allie...
by The UIT Team | Sep 28, 2023 | Allyship, Community Building, Leadership, Podcast Episode, Resources and Programs
Show Notes In this episode, Michelle chats with Francesca Marano and Siobhan McKeown about their new initiative, WP Includes, aimed at increasing the representation of womenin WordPress boardrooms and leadership. Learn more at: https://wpincludes.me/ Episode...
by The UIT Team | Sep 22, 2023 | Community Building, Events, Podcast Episode
Show Notes In this episode, Allie and Michelle chat about the highlights and memorable conversations they’ve had as a part of recording the Inclusive Webinar Series. They also touch updates and feelings on other parts of the brand. Episode Transcript Allie...
by The UIT Team | Sep 15, 2023 | Allyship, Community Building, Events, Leadership, Podcast Episode
Show Notes In this episode, Michelle talks with Anne McCarthy. Anne (she/they) works for Automattic as a sponsored contributor to the WordPress.org project, spearheading the FSE Outreach Program and participating on multiple release squads in various capacities. In...
by The UIT Team | Sep 11, 2023 | Community Building, Events, Leadership, Podcast Episode, Resources and Programs
Show Notes In this episode, Allie and Michelle sit down with Samah Nasr, who has worked at Yoast since 2018 as a Community Project Manager. Samah works closely with many of the Yoast community DEI effots, such as the Yoast Diversity Fund and Yoast Care Fund. Episode...
by The UIT Team | Aug 28, 2023 | Allyship, Events, Podcast Episode
Show Notes UPDATE: We wanted to provide some additional context to this issue that we were not aware of when this episode was recorded on the morning of August 24, 2023. In online conversations that followed the mentioned tweet, there were conversations around the...
