About us
Our group supports and celebrates the participation of Portland's Black community members in Portland's professional community. Black women, nonbinaries, and men. Black immigrants and nonimmigrants. We have regular public networking and speaker-focused events. https://bitpdx.org/
All are welcome. Please especially keep in mind that we have Black centered and uplifting conversations in our Slack Channel. https://blacksintechnology.typeform.com/to/ZyRYG2
Looking forward to working with the community of other meetup groups...including LGTBQIA, women, Latinx, students, vets, and other tech fans.
We help our members to interview and continue to prepare for top companies in Portland. We also enable learning and career development. We lately serve more of the STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art Math) ecosystem in Portland, particularly volunteering with students.
Friends and Supporters are welcome to all events.
Donate to us here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_butto...
Be sure to join BIT as an official member at https://foundation.blacksintechnology.net/join-bit/. It's free to join and members receive free and discounted products, services, and training resources.
Upcoming events
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Using AI strategically in your job. Joint happy hour & panel
openHAUS coworking, 5020 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR, USPanelists
MC: Heather Wilcox She/Her. Engineering Manager, Staff Engineer, Data Geek
Duc Tran. Duc Tran | LinkedIn Senior Product Designer | AI-Enabled Experiences | UX Research & Strategy
Dwayne Thomas. Dwayne M., Thomas (CISSP, CSM, MSED) | LinkedIn Design Review SupervisorGroups
BiT PDX | Blacks in Technology | Portland
Connecting BIPOC tech professionals, allies, and organizations to accelerate career growth, strengthen community support networks, and break down barriers to access and create equity in technology.
Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference - PNSQC October 12–14, 2026
The Pacific Northwest's premier software quality conference brings together practitioners, researchers, and leaders to share real-world knowledge and build a stronger quality community.Host
Thank you Day and Cole at Openhaus coworking for sharing your venue! https://www.openhauspdx.com. Check out Black Fridays AND every other day at Openhaus.Food
Light meal made by Alleamin African Kitchen | Home3 attendees
Innovation Day for HS Students
Location not specified yetInnovation Day hosted by BiTPDX and PNSQC will bring students, families, educators, and technology professionals together in Portland. RSVP below, not in Meetup directly at Innovation Day site not Meetup.
Attendees will have an opportunity to:
• Explore augmented reality, robots, cybersecurity, and other interesting technologies from local companies, organizations and universities.
• Learn about AI literacy, safety, and responsible use through practical, nontechnical discussions
• See student robotics teams and engineering projects in action
• Meet the students and professionals working with these technologies and ask questions directly
Technology becomes less mysterious when we can see it, explore it, and talk with the people behind it.
Join us on October 11 from 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM at University Place Hotel in Portland.
RSVP Innovation Day 2026 Innovation Day - PNSQC
Innovation Day
#PNSQC #InnovationDay #AILiteracy #Robotics #TechnologyEducation
1 attendee
Past events
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