Second Annual Black History Month Celebration with DigitalOcean
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Hello to our NYC tech community,
We invite you to join us on Feb 28th for our Second Annual Black History Month Celebration!
The goal of the event is to provide the local Black tech community (and allies) with inspiration via a panel discussion and access to resources available at DigitalOcean including mentors for engineers, recruiter insights, and resume advice. That as well as complementary professional headshots.
- Professional Headshots by Smilebooth (http://smilebooth.squarespace.com)
---- Panel
The panel will focus on Journeys to Careers in Tech. We're excited to bring you the following four participants:
** Devin Jackson
CEO @ We Build Black & CTO @ Majorwise
https://www.linkedin.com/in/devin-jackson-b1b56574/
** Jade E. Davis
Director of Digital Project Management at Columbia University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jadedavis
** Kolawale Ajayi
Logistics Coordinator at DigitalOcean
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kolawole-ajayi-95583730/
** Carlos Amedee
Senior Software Engineer at DigitalOcean
https://www.linkedin.com/in/camedee/
** Moderated by Robin Mills
Technical Program Manager at DigitalOcean
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjm79/
After the panel, willing guests will be invited into stations and attendees are welcome to roam freely or spend time connecting with other local technologists. Here are some of the stations we have planned for you:
---- Engineering mentors - DO Engineers will be available to review code with you, take a look at a side project and give feedback or just talk about how they got started in engineering. Bring your laptop if you would like to dive into your code.
--- Career corner - stop by the Career station for career guidance. DO Recruiters will be available to review resumes, answer job-searching questions and even help you prepare for your next interview. Be sure to bring your resume if you’d like to review it.
You will have an opportunity to sign up for these resources upon attending the event. We’re also working on securing a speaker with extensive experience in technology.
---- Agenda ----
6:00pm - Guest Arrival and Check-In
6:00pm - 6:55pm: Music, Food, & Social
6:55pm - 7:00pm: Welcome Remarks by DigitalOcean
7:00pm - 7:45pm: Panel on Tech Career Journeys + Audience Q&A
7:45pm - 8:55pm: Mentoring, networking, Enjoy!
8:55pm - 9:00pm: Closing remarks
--- Catering provided by Chef El-Amin (http://www.chefelamin.com/)
Since 1985, they've served double portions of love and excellent service to metropolitan New York, Westchester, Long Island, New Jersey & Connecticut.
Black History Month is a time to honor the contributions and accomplishments of African Americans throughout history. We hope you will join us on this special day, during this special month.
With this event and other efforts our goal is to educate each other about the specific month, provide access to resources to the groups being highlighted, celebrate the heritage & acknowledge the history behind the heritage month’s existence.
--- Event Code of Conduct
All attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at events hosted at DigitalOcean Headquarters, or events representing DigitalOcean, are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Organizers and/or DigitalOcean staff will enforce this code throughout the event. We are expecting cooperation from all participants to help ensure a safe environment for everybody.
For complete Code of Conduct, please visit:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OehenVelTBLEHwMNsLhzD_bJi2sJP4_zSFMP-Fanih0/edit?usp=sharing