Tag: careers
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AfroTech Conference 2024 Ignites City of Houston: Empowering Black Innovation in Tech
LOS ANGELES, CA—Blavity, Inc., the diversified digital media company behind Blavity, 21Ninety, Home & Texture, AfroTech, Travel Noire, Blavity House Party, Blavity360º, and Talent Infusion, hosted its highly anticipated AfroTech Conference. Making its Houston debut, this year’s event brought together 37,500 leaders and visionaries across four dynamic days, to discuss groundbreaking ideas that will shape the future of business and technology. Houston transformed…
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Atlanta to Host BDPACON ’24
ATLANTA—Pre-registration opened last quarter for BDPACON ’24. BDPACON is the annual meeting of BDPA, local BDPA Chapter executives, and local community leaders with the Association’s sponsors, mission-partners, Academia, Public Sector agencies, and Industry stakeholders. BDPACON’s theme for 2024:Big Data & Predictive Analytics—Forged by the Power of Ai This year’s theme has significant artificial intelligence (Ai)…
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National Capital Region I.T. Professionals Receive Top Honors During Industry Award Events
WASHINGTON—Raymond E. Bell, Jr., founder of tech industry’s renowned H.O.P.E. Project DC, is the President of National BDPA’s Greater Washington, D.C. Chapter (BDPA DC) who presented this year’s President’s Awards for 2023 to the following distinguished technical professionals: The association’s 45th anniversary holiday soirée and awards ceremony was hosted in Washington, D.C., at Samsung’s Executive…
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Could Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Increase Opportunities in Tech?
WASHINGTON—This year’s U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision on affirmative action, ending the use of race as a factor in college admission decisions, is an unresolved complex issue yielding many new implications. The Justices considered whether admissions systems used by Harvard College and the University of North Carolina were lawful under the Equal Protection Clause of…
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INROADS Benefit Gala presents awards to alumni and trailblazers
WASHINGTON—INROADS held its annual fundraising Benefit Gala, presented by Procter & Gamble, on May 3, 2023, at Union Station in Washington, D.C. This year’s theme was Breaking Barriers and Making History, which is fitting to recognize the accomplishments of individuals and corporate partners who uphold the INROADS mission. The host and Master of Ceremonies, Symone Sanders-Townsend,…
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Addressing the talent shortage with IBM SkillsBuild – Think 2022
IBM collaborates with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Specialisterne Foundation, and six Historically Black College & Universities to train underrepresented communities on technology ARMONK, N.Y., May 10, 2022 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced education initiatives with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Specialisterne Foundation, and six Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) to provide no-cost STEM job training to…
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Robots Compete during RoboJawn as Philly Tech Week Returns
PHILADELPHIA — Robots take the field for their initial rounds of competition during RoboJawn ‘22. FIRST Tech Challenge RoboJawn is similar to an official tournament in many ways. Teams bring their robots and their Gracious Professionalism to compete in this year’s FREIGHT FRENZY challenge following FIRST‘s challenge rules. Similar to an official tournament, teams are…
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BDPA Welcomes Northwestern Mutual
MILWAUKEE, WI—BDPA would like to welcome Northwestern Mutual as a Gold Sponsor! This partnership is an opportunity to work with Northwestern Mutual to discover new insights and to create new opportunities through networking and potential employment. During the 43rd Annual Conference, this partnership will be highlighted in several ways. BDPA’s Data Science Academy (DSA) and…
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JPMorgan Chase Marks One-Year Anniversary of Advancing Black Pathways
JPMorgan Chase reaffirms commitments to creating economic opportunities for Black Americans WASHINGTON—One year after launching the Advancing Black Pathways (ABP) program, JPMorgan Chase is reaffirming its commitment to help more black Americans achieve sustained economic success. ABP builds on the firm’s existing efforts to help communities of color by focusing on three key areas where…
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Next Generation Digerati are no strangers to ‘Hidden Figure$’
Annual IT Summit in D.C. Broadens Tech-Inclusion and Community Outreach WASHINGTON — Helping Other People Excel. Now in its tenth year, H.O.P.E. Project DMV (HOPE) has successfully developed a proven approach to broaden community engagements within the tech industry and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). HOPE’s program sources untapped talent from traditionally underserved communities for classified…