Community Building: Find your “Women In Tech” Online!
Part 4 of “Everything you need to know about GHC” series
Welcome back!
I know you are here because you want to know about the Grace Hopper Celebration. And that’s exactly what I’ve been covering in the past articles.
Part 1 talks about how I stumbled across the GHC Scholarship!
Part 2 deals with the application process and filling out the scholarship form.
But, the fun doesn’t end here!
In this post, we explore the different additional resources offered by the Anita Borg institute and other online communities to bring women and technology together.
Systers
Systers was created by Anita Borg in 1987. Systers provides a private, safe online forum for women involved in technical aspects of computing.
Systers is the world’s largest email community of women in technical computing roles with over 7,500 members from more than 65 countries.
To join the mailing list:
LadiesStormHackathons
People of all genders are invited to help close the gender gap in hackathons! With the help of LSH group, become a leader in your community and learn from other hackathon leaders what you can do for the community.
Join the LSH group:
LSH is also quite active on medium, here is the link to the medium publication.
Women Make
Women Make is a community where women are in the forefront. Chat with other makers and help each other.
Join here:
Rethink
Rethink is a non-profit organisation working towards democratising opportunities — helping students and youngsters discover and apply to various opportunities available out there.
Among the many incredible initiatives put forth by the Rethink community, the latest one is the Women In Tech program.
Women In Tech
Rethink’s Women in Tech Learning Program is a 4 week learning program for female engineering students, designed to equip them to leverage the various Women in Tech opportunities.
Do apply:
Diversify Tech
Subscribe to Diversify Tech to stay in the loop with respect to scholarships, grants & opportunities for underrepresented people in tech.
With three different avenues namely Events, Education and #changetheratio under the Diversify tech banner, Veni Kunche, the brain behind codewithveni.com is definitely doing her part! Don’t forget to sign up for the newsletter!
College opportunities
College Opportunity is a Family for College Students to share and grow while in College. Never miss any Scholarship, Competition, Conference, Fellowship, or Internship updates.
Click here to join the community!
In a nutshell, learn about the diverse opportunities out there, meet new people, grow your network and connect with experts!
Remember, you are not alone!
If you do come across other online communities, please leave a comment so that I can update the article.
Hope this was helpful!
Next post coming up soon!
