Statement from Brenda Darden Wilkerson, President and CEO, AnitaB.org, on Congressional Action on Competitiveness Legislation I applaud the United States Senate and its work on the bipartisan United States Innovation and Competition Act (S 1260) and its recent passage. I’m also pleased the House is passing its National Science Foundation for the Future Act (HR…
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AnitaB.org President and CEO, Brenda Darden Wilkerson, talks about the importance of honoring Juneteenth and recommends best practices that tech companies should take. Read the full article.
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In an Op-Ed in Forbes.com, Joan Michelson talks about the challenges of real-time, standardized data to evaluate technology jobs in the STEM industry. She additionally talks about the Top Companies in Women’s Technologists Report, conducted by AnitaB.org, to evaluate the progress of women technologists. She elaborates on the importance of collecting diversity and job data…
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2020 has been anything but normal, bringing change and challenges to nearly everyone. We are all feeling stress and the hardest hit group this year has been women, especially those from overlooked populations. As we head into the holidays, we have an opportunity to look back at how women in tech have been impacted this year,…
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Brenda Darden Wilkerson, President & CEO at AnitaB.org, lead a thoughtful discussion in, “Elevating Conversations: Build for Everyone: Products & the Spaces they Occupy.” The conversation focused on the tech products that have become ubiquitous in our lives and stopping to think about the number of tools we utilize on any given day, both those…
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Brenda Darden Wilkerson, President & CEO at AnitaB.org, leads an inspiring and candid conversation that spotlights a few of Google’s leaders across product areas including Geo, Cloud, and Search as they discuss technology, its great potential to positively impact people’s lives, and the measures being taken to be more inclusive. Our Google Panelists include: Gayathri…
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