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Formerly GDI Oakland

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GDI Oak has been shut down as a result of corruption at the top level of @girldevelopit. See: https://xitter.cf/t.co/OJJSrmhElu

 Oakland, CA
Joined March 2015
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Recent events have broken our team's trust in @girldevelopit leadership. For these reasons, we are putting the Oakland chapter on hiatus for the foreseeable future. These events are as follows (thread):
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And our landing page is officially up! If your interested in learning more or becoming a #TechByChoice leader in your city check out the site for more info ✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 buff.ly/2QXhJXg
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Dear community members, it is with heavy hearts that we announce the resignation of the leadership team and the closure of GDI Oakland. (thread)
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With love and in solidarity, Vanessa Archambault vanessa@techbychoice.org Renée Carignan renee@techbychoice.org Tracie Womack tracie@techbychoice.org
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A full copy of this statement can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Closure of GDI Oakland

Closure of GDI Oakland

Joint Statement - From All Oakland Co-Leads Dear GDI Oakland community members, It is with a heavy heart that we announce our resignation from Girl Develop It and the closure of the Oakland chapter....

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We encourage our members to listen to this #causeascene episode in which former @girldevelopit Director of Marketing @marisacatalina discusses HQ's recent treatment of incidents of racism & intersectionality within the community.
Marisa Catalina Casey (@marisacatalina) profile pictureMarisa Catalina Casey@marisacatalina9 Jan 2019
Thanks to @KimCrayton1 for this important convo about oppression and what it means to live your values. This is just the beginning. hashtagcauseascene.com/blog/…
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With interest in providing full accountability, transparency, and the opportunity for you to speak your piece, we invite all community members to attend one of these two town hall sessions this Friday at 9am & 3pm PST.
Girl Develop It (@girldevelopit) profile pictureGirl Develop It@girldevelopit4 Jan 2019
We're committed to making big changes in 2019. We'd love to share more about them with our community and hear from you. Save the date to join us for our upcoming video forums (open to all in the GDI community) next Friday 1/11 at 12pm ET and 6pm ET here: meetings.ringcentral.com/j/1…
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Interview with @soandsos from October on stepping down from leadership and how GDI reacted to public callouts of racism technical.ly/delaware/2018/1…

We need to talk about why Jocelyn Harper left Girl Develop It

The Wilmington chapter leader made the choice after revelations that the nonprofit organization had not fully addressed racism concerns.

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Twitter moment created by @messypixels documenting public calls for accountability by current and former GDI community members: xitter.cf/i/moments/107106168592…
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