Date: Dec 04, 2018
Topic: How-to create social impact by asking for help
Women and Color is a federally registered non-profit with a mission to advance and promote underrepresented folks in tech. And yet, for all of its growth and success, Women and Color wouldn’t be the organization it is today if it wasn’t through the ongoing support of like-minded volunteers that came together every week at CivicTechTO.
Join us to get a behind-the-scene look at Women and Color’s year-long journey in building its new website and what they’ve been up to since ‘graduating’ from CivicTechTO.
Speakers:
- Mohammed Asaduallah – Mohammed Asaduallah is the Founder and Executive Director of Women and Color—an impact-driven organization that creates opportunities to advance and amplify subject matter experts from underrepresented groups in tech. Mohammed is also the Co-founder and CEO of Benji—an online service that finds tax write-offs for Canadian freelancers.
- Sharon Kennedy – Sharon is a full-stack developer and co-founder of Nomadic Labs. She has been one of the lead developers on the Women and Color project.
Sharon Kennedy is a multi-disciplinary software developer with experience in full-stack web development, web design, graphic design, online communications, and project management. She is passionate about achieving meaningful impact with technology, which has taken her career on interesting turns from a UN agency in Dakar to a tech startup in Barcelona to a health tech company in Toronto.
Venue: Randstad Canada Offices