Learn to understand, not debate: Diversity Panel

Join us for an inspiring night of stories from trailblazing Black women in tech. Our panelists will share the struggles and secrets to their success and how they've changed their industries to recognize the need for diversity, equity and inclusion in all companies. Afterwards, we'll open up the floor for questions and networking.

Introducing our panelists:

Pariss Athena is creator of the hashtag and community, #BlackTechTwitter, and Founder of Black Tech Pipeline. Black Tech Pipeline brings exposure, resources, and opportunities to Black technologists, and allies.(https://blacktechpipeline.substack.com/p/coming-soon)

Samantha Casseus is a Boston-based Full Stack Developer who began her software development career in a unique way. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 2015, she held a number of different roles but was having difficulty finding fulfillment in her daily work. She’d always had a curiosity for learning how to code and decided that it was time to pursue this interest. In addition to her coding and software development work, Samantha is passionate about helping others achieve the same gratification that she has found in a career in tech.

Kenda Lamandier is a Boston-based Full Stack Developer. Kenda’s passion for creativity and innovation can be traced back to her pre-engineering days. With her prior work as a Creative Consultant, She worked to empower small businesses and entrepreneurs towards a path of success. This passion to uplift people extends to her commitment to use tech to help marginalized communities. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wslama)

Tairema Dailey is a Boston-based Front-End Developer/Engineer at O’Reilly Media. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tairema/)

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Since we will be hosting this as a virtual event, we will be opening the event to all those interested in attending. Be sure to join our Slack and follow our Twitter for news and information. (See About section for these links)

Zoom Information:

Meeting ID: 935 0394 0362
Password: 150250

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• https://blacktechpipeline.substack.com/p/coming-soon

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