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"You’re not gonna solve diversity on your own internally, you need organizations that are on the ground floor of this. Like, I’m personally invested in what we do as an organization."Greg Greenlee is the Founder of the Blacks In Technology organization. He works as a Systems and Network Engineer and has spent over 15 years in the Information Technology field. His experience includes networking, IT security, systems administration, virtualization/cloud computing, and storage administration. He has obtained several industry recognized certifications including his CCNA Security certification, as well his degree in Computer Network Engineering. His love for technology is only surpassed by his desire to create change within the black community with regards to technology. This is why Greg founded the Blacks In Technology organization. His ultimate vision is to create an online technology hub where knowledge and experiences can be shared, news and information can be obtained, relationships can be forged, and a community can grow.

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Blacks In Technology website BITCON 2018

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Greg Greenlee

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“I’m kind of now always uncomfortable, but I’m okay…I’m not comfortable with being uncomfortable, but it’s more like I don’t resist it” Dan Hassan (he/him), ethical solarpunk hacker, white-passing descendent of indenture :: founder of blockades.org http://blockades.org  An opensource hacker with solarpunk tendencies active in autonomous co-operatives, blockchain research/development & big (enough) data analytics[…]

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“I’m kind of now always uncomfortable, but I’m okay...I’m not comfortable with being uncomfortable, but it’s more like I don’t resist it”Dan Hassan (he/him), ethical solarpunk hacker, white-passing descendent of indenture :: founder of blockades.org http://blockades.org  An opensource hacker with solarpunk tendencies active in autonomous co-operatives, blockchain research/development & big (enough) data analytics.Currently building dark crystal, a fun decent(ralised) peer-to-peer utility for securing secrets with friends in cypherspace and an antidote for alienation.A member of dyne.org ] think &do tank, a non-profit foundation with more than 15 years of expertise in social and technical innovation"blockades are a very common and ancient method for people to intervene directly in an injustice occurring." —Fitzroy Legal Service

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The Stack Overflow 2018 Developer Survey Results

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Dan Hassan

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“You can’t tell someone who is constantly under political attack that they can’t lash out at political opponents. When that’s your life, you cannot censor someone from seeking justice.”   Coraline Ada Ehmke is an international speaker, writer, and developer with over 20 years of experience in software engineering. She was recognized for her work […]

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“You can’t tell someone who is constantly under political attack that they can’t lash out at political opponents. When that’s your life, you cannot censor someone from seeking justice.”  Coraline Ada Ehmke is an international speaker, writer, and developer with over 20 years of experience in software engineering. She was recognized for her work on diversity in open source with a Ruby Hero award in 2016. Coraline is the creator of the Contributor Covenant, the most popular open source code of conduct in the world with over 40,000 adoptions. She is a founding panelist on the Greater than Code podcast. Coraline is co-authoring a book on practicing empathy in software development, and writes and records music in her home studio.

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Personal WebsiteContributor Covenant

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Coraline Ada Ehmke

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Lindsey Dragun (drag-uh n) is a tech evangelist and former full-stack developer, who transitioned into tech after earning an MA in International Peace & Conflict Resolution. They have a passion for accessibility across tech and teaching others how to better improve the usability of their applications. In their spare time, Lindsey plays video games, volunteers […]

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Lindsey Dragun (drag-uh n) is a tech evangelist and former full-stack developer, who transitioned into tech after earning an MA in International Peace & Conflict Resolution. They have a passion for accessibility across tech and teaching others how to better improve the usability of their applications. In their spare time, Lindsey plays video games, volunteers with local tech meetups, and will go out of their way to pet a dog.

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Welcome to the disabledintech Slack community wiki!

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Lindsey Dragun

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Garrett Dimon makes software, and launched his first web site in 1998. Since then, he’s worked in a variety of roles on sites and applications of all sizes. He is currently helping with Marketing and Customer Success at Wildbit.

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Garrett Dimon makes software, and launched his first web site in 1998. Since then, he's worked in a variety of roles on sites and applications of all sizes. He is currently helping with Marketing and Customer Success at Wildbit.

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Garrett Dimon

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Emily Kaminsky is a white-bread, mid-life, mid-career, cishet, married mom of three living in Massachusetts. She grew up in Maryland and spent time working in international development in the former Soviet Union and living in Vermont working in microenterprise finance. Now in Massachusetts, she works for a community development financial institution; there, she is a member […]