Kimberly Bryant Quotes
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Girls are almost always socialized to be perfect: 'Smile, do well in school, don't take too many risks.'
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While there is still certainly much more work that needs to be done, Lyft actually believes in increasing diversity and inclusion within their workforce, and also, they believe in being a strong supporter of that in the community.
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As the coding movement continues to grow, the common narrative of the white male geek as the predominant influencer on geek culture will erode.
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For me, if a company is really committed to diversity, that means everything. That means gender diversity, that means sexual orientation for me, that means race, ethnicity.
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We need to have women as role models, both inside and outside corporate America's leading tech companies, leading the path for other women.
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Jobs in technology have the rapidest rate of growth. The need for computer science is so incredibly large, and it's important that girls of all colors have the opportunity to move into that field.
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We want to see companies making a good faith effort and putting some tangible initiatives behind their pledge for diversity.
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Technology can be biased in how it's developed if coders aren't careful. There are apps that are clearly made by companies with no people of color on their team.
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We want to create a community of girls who will be empowered to become catalysts for transformation in their communities.
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We want to teach girls of color the skills they need and create a diversity of voices into the tech community.
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While there should be collective efforts to increase tech inclusion overall, the industry must work to specifically attract and retain women of color.
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We're creating this new breed of techies who are going to be the ones starting the tech companies of the future.