This is the official account for the #Blacktocats employee resource group @GitHub. Our purpose is to attract and empower Black lives in tech.
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Emone McLean is a Technical Program Manager III for the Copilot team. As a TPM, she drives the execution of the product development for Copilot while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders. She planned the release for Copilot for Business self-serve.
ALT Emone McLean - Technical Program Manager III - Black woman with ponytail and pink shirt
Hauwa Otori is a Staff Researcher at the GitHub Security Lab. Hauwa established and developed the Lab’s socio-technical research area, where she explores the interactions between developer and security research communities.
ALT Spotlighting Black Members at GitHub, Meet the Blacktocats Hauwa Otori, Staff Researcher
Today, we’re highlighting one of GitHub's Trust & Safety Specialists -- Brandon Caldwell.
Brandon is a member of CELA's DI&B+wellness committee that creates opportunities to learn, share inclusive practices, and listen with empathy at GitHub
We're super excited for tomorrow's Black History Month celebration featuring @DjSophiaRocks! ✊🏿🎶
ALT Black History Month Celebration with DJ Sophia Rocks. Blacktocats are excited to invite DJ Sophia Rocks to entertain GitHub employees today as we listen to music and celebrate Black History Month.
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Today, we’re highlighting GitHub’s Senior Director of Global D&I Strategy, Demetris Cheatham. @dwcheatham founded @AllInOpenSource, a community dedicated to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within open source.
ALT Spotlight Black Members at GItHub : Meet the Blacktocats Demetris Chetham, Senior Director, Global D&I strategy
In early 20th century, Juneteenth celebrations subsided due to Jim Crow laws. However, it was revived during the Civil Right's Movement by events like the Poor People's March by Martin Luther King Jr.
One June 17, 2021, President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday.
Happy Juneteenth!
The period after Juneteenth is known as the ‘Scatter.’
The newly freed people were encouraged to remain with their past owners. Many of them didn't listen. Instead they, left to Texas to find family members and make their way in the postbellum U.S.
Juneteenth is almost here!
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Cities and states across America host Miss Juneteenth pageants. Components of the Miss Juneteenth pageant resemble other pageants, but contestants tend to represent a wider range of sizes and hairstyles.💁🏿♀️
Learn more: nyti.ms/3NNNhNF
Happy Tuesday!
Each day of this week, we will post a fact about Juneteenth.
Did you know that Juneteenth marks the day enslaved Texans discovered that slavery ended two years ago?!
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Happy Monday!
Each day of this week, we will post a fact about Juneteenth.
Today's fact is: Juneteenth, or Freedom Day is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. 💪🏿
What began as a small group effort in 2015 has turned into a global initiative to amplify Black voices and talent in the tech community.
Look at us!
github.com/about/diversity/c…
To learn more about our fireside chat with @BerniceKing on how technology can transform the Black economy take a look at this GitHub Blog Post. github.blog/2021-02-23-dr-be…
What an amazing way to kickoff Black History Month. Blacktocats had the honor and privilege of conducting a fireside chat with @BerniceKing hosted by @gogo93ddd
In keeping with the spirit of our mission to accelerate human progress through developer collaboration, we have partnered with Stripe. Join us for a hackathon to help build e-commerce applications that assist communities and businesses affected by Covid-19.meetup.com/GitHub-Virtual-Me…
