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social justice in tech

A group of cows huddled together, visible over a stone wall on an overcast day.
Issue 34 by Gabrielle Anctil on March 16th, 2016
“If this place is so good for women,” I thought, “then why are there only 4 of us on a team of 12 people?”
The Death Star rising above an urban landscape with power lines in the distance.
Issue 33 by Shanley Kane on February 25th, 2016
Why in the fuck would you stand with billionaires, corrupt power centers, and technology dynasties... over the very people that you work alongside?
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2015 Year in Review by Cameron G. on December 15th, 2015
Even though consequences are necessary to address the racism in technology, we have built a culture that refuses accountability.
Chess board with a white Queen in focus.
2015 Year in Review by Izzy I. on December 15th, 2015
The most marginalized groups deserve as much access, resources and social capital in aid against harassment as white victims.
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Issue 29 by Shelly [Schell] Carpenter on November 2nd, 2015
I’m advocating for you to incorporate reproductive justice as a lens through which to view your work in the tech industry.
Issue 27 by Julie Ann Horvath on September 15th, 2015
"It’s easy to feel like the tech culture is just normal and how the industry is or should be. And that’s the moment of maturity - going from 'oh, this is how it is' to feeling like no, this is wrong and this isn’t how it should be."
A bright, vibrant colony of anemones under the sea.
Issue 26 by Shanley Kane on September 2nd, 2015
Diversity in tech is not only about ending technology empires that employ almost all white men, but about ending the ecosystems around tech companies that benefit primarily white males through a constellation of seemingly “secondary” effects in a far vaster net.
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Issue 21 by Stephanie Morillo on May 21st, 2015
Social justice activism is one of the most empowering ways to create change in our industry.