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=September 2018= | |||
==Highlights== | |||
* Larissa Shapiro led training sessions on Inclusive Leadership and other D&I topics for the Firefox Engineering Operations Team in Pennsylvania. | |||
* Tara Robertson co-hosted the [https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/Event.htm?ShowKey=44908&DisplayItem=E244077 '''September Speaker Series''' in Toronto, featuring Jutta Treviranus], and spoke on a panel at the '''Engendering Success in Stem Summit''' at the University of Waterloo. | |||
* Lizz Noonan attended the '''Tapia Celebration for Diversity in Computing''', September 19 - 22 in Orlando, FL with the Talent Acquisition Team, where Mozilla had a booth where we spoke with hundreds of potential intern applicants. | |||
* Last week, Kelsey Witthauer attended the '''Grace Hopper Celebration''' for Open Source Day with the Open Innovation Team in Houston, TX. | |||
==Upcoming Opportunities for Participation== | |||
* The '''Outreachy Round 17''' call for projects is open! You can learn about the requirements for project mentorship on our [[Outreachy#Mentor_.2F_Project_Applications|Outreachy wiki page]]. Project applications are due by October 16. If you meet the requirements for mentorship, [https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/mozilla/submit-project/ submit your project here]. | |||
* On Tuesday, October 9 there will be an '''Inclusive Hiring''' session in Mountain View and remote for all managers who have not yet taken it OR took it prior to 2017. Invites have gone out but there is still room -- if you have any questions, ping Kelsey Witthauer. | |||
=October D&I Team Activities= | |||
* The TechWomen program kicked off last week and today is the 2018 Emerging Leaders' first day in the office. If you are in San Francisco or Mountain View, please say hello. The TechWomen program is an initiative of the US State Department and brings women in STEM fields from 20 countries to work at companies in the Bay Area for the month of October. | |||
* The D&I Team will attend the Clayman Corporate Partners meeting at Stanford on October 18, to further our discussion on gender dynamics in STEM. | |||
* Larissa Shapiro will be speaking the the inagural NPR "How I Built This" Summit with Lazlo Bock on October 16 in San Francisco. | |||
=August 2018= | =August 2018= | ||
==Highlights== | ==Highlights== | ||