Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Merge pull request #126 from wadleo/patch-2
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
Added 5 Non-profits that promote tech in the US
  • Loading branch information
cheapwebmonkey authored Oct 30, 2018
2 parents b514317 + c0a64b3 commit d89f94a
Showing 1 changed file with 15 additions and 1 deletion.
16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion techquity.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -9,20 +9,26 @@ comments: false
---
## Tech for Good events, meetups and groups in our community

[__Black Girls Code__](http://www.blackgirlscode.com/) - Black Girls Code (BGC) is a not-for-profit organization that focuses on providing technology education for African-American girls. Kimberly Bryant, an electrical engineer who had worked in biotech for over 20 years, founded Black Girls Code in 2011 to rectify the underrepresentation of female African-Americans in the technology industry.|[__Join__](http://www.blackgirlscode.com/volunteer-signup.html)

[__Charity Digital Code in Practice__](https://www.meetup.com/en-US/netsquaredlondon/) - NetSquared London runs monthly meetups for local community members to come together to share ideas, ask questions, and collaborate around using technology for social benefit. | [__Meetup__](https://www.meetup.com/en-US/netsquaredlondon/)

[__Civic Data Alliance__](http://civicdataalliance.org) - Louisville's founding Civic Tech org, focused on advocating for inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, openness, transparency and accountability in government, civic tech and open data.|[__Meetup__](https://www.meetup.com/Civic-Data-Alliance)

[__Code for DC__](https://codefordc.org/index.html) - Founded in 2012, we are a a non-partisan, non-political group of volunteer civic hackers working together to solve local issues and help people engage with the city. We host twice-monthly hacknights and other events to gather, discuss, and get stuff done.
=======

[Code for DC](https://codefordc.org/index.html) - Founded in 2012, we are a a non-partisan, non-political group of volunteer civic hackers working together to solve local issues and help people engage with the city. We host twice-monthly hacknights and other events to gather, discuss, and get stuff done.

[__Corporate Responsibility for Good__](https://www.meetup.com/en-US/TechForGood-Dublin/) - Tech for Good Dublin brings together people who are enthusiastic about using technology for positive impact. This group is co-ordinated on a voluntary basis by Máirin Murray (Digital Doddle) and Ellen Ward (Concern Worldwide). We believe that digital technology is a powerful tool that can be harnessed to tackle social and environmental challenges and bring about change. | [__Meetup__](https://www.meetup.com/en-US/TechForGood-Dublin/)

[__Data for Democracy__](http://datafordemocracy.org) - Data for Democracy looks for projects that have a strong collaborative nature, and leverage data and technology to create positive social impact.|[__Join__](http://datafordemocracy.org/contact.html)

[__FreeCodeCamp__](http://freecodecamp.org) - freeCodeCamp is a non-profit organization that consists of an interactive learning web platform, an online community forum, chat rooms, Medium publications and local organizations that intend to make learning web development accessible to anyone.|[__Meetups__](https://study-group-directory.freecodecamp.org/)

[__Louisville Sofware Engineers__](https://www.meetup.com/Louisville-Software-Engineering/) - The meetup for all things software engineering in Louisville. A group of language agnostic compassionate code advocates. |[__Meetup__](https://www.meetup.com/Louisville-Software-Engineering/)

[__Girls Who Code__](https://girlswhocode.com/) - Girls Who Code is a nonprofit organization which aims to support and increase the number of women in computer science. The organization is working to close the gender employment difference in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like. |[__Join__](https://girlswhocode.com/volunteer/)

[__Code Louisville__](https://codelouisville.org/) - A group of language agnostic, compassionate code advocates. Code Louisville produces qualified, dedicated graduates to fill the high demand for talent in the software and tech marketplace throughout the Louisville, Kentucky area. Experienced software developers can contribute to this project as mentors for the students. |[__Learn More__](https://codelouisville.org/mentor)

[__Data for Democracy__](http://datafordemocracy.org) - Data for Democracy looks for projects that have a strong collaborative nature, and leverage data and technology to create positive social impact.|[__Join__](http://datafordemocracy.org/contact.html)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -55,5 +61,13 @@ comments: false

[__Women in Blockchain__](https://womeninblockchainglobal.org/) - Women in Blockchain Global is a new and developing global support system for women in blockchain. We consist of students, researchers, developers, individuals seeking a career change, and professional women. Our organization is accepting of all educational and professional backgrounds. Everyone is welcomed. [__Visit__](https://womeninblockchainglobal.org/index.html)

[__Operation Code__](https://operationcode.org/) - We're the largest community dedicated to helping military veterans and families launch software development careers.|[__Join__](https://operationcode.org/signup)

[__#VETSWHOCODE__](https://vetswhocode.io/) - #VetsWhoCode is a veteran-led and operated 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit that focuses on training veterans in web development and software engineering principles free of charge with the focus of starting careers as javascript developers.|[__Join__](https://vetswhocode.io/apply/)

[__WarpZone__](louisvillemakesgames.org/warpzone/) - Warp Zone Louisville is Kentucky’s first, and only, collaborative workspace focused on game creators! |[__Visit__](louisvillemakesgames.org/warpzone/)

[__Women Who Code__](https://www.womenwhocode.com/) - Women Who Code is an international non-profit organization that provides services for women pursuing technology careers and a job board for companies seeking coding professionals. The company aims to provide an avenue into the technology world by evaluating and assisting women developing technical skills.! |[__Visit__](https://www.womenwhocode.com/)

[__Google Developers Group__](https://developers.google.com/programs/community/gdg/) - The GDG platform is a membership level within the wider Google Developers Community Groups program and it offers tailored support to organizers of local GDG chapters. GDGs are local groups of developers who are specifically interested in Google products and APIs. Each local group is called a GDG chapter and can host a variety of technical activities for developers - from just a few people getting together to watch our latest videos, to large gatherings with demos and tech talks, to hackathons.Google Developers supports and recognizes GDG chapters, but doesn’t own or manage them. [__Visit__](https://developers.google.com/programs/community/gdg/apply/)

0 comments on commit d89f94a

Please sign in to comment.