Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Books

This book by Author Frederick Joseph is a strong recommendation for anyone, but especially as a white person in the U.S. to better understand privilege, build empathy for the experiences of others, and even how to use privilege to override biases/dysfunction (the mall story).

Talks

Events

To help create access opportunities for more folks that do not identify as white males, I’ve participated in various events as an educator, mentor, or volunteer.

  • Code In Place 2021
  • Rails Girls in Baltimore, MD March 2013
  • Rails Bridge in Boston, MA January 2015
  • Overnight Website Challenge: Volunteer programmer for non-profit org hackathon event

Mentoring

  • Actively mentor at work, set time aside to help grow earlier career programmers