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3 nonprofits committed to empowering women in tech

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Here, a number of factors are at play, not the least of which are IT workplace cultures that have a long way to go. The program starts with six months of training and educational courses and followed by a paid internship to gain hands-on experience. Here are three of note. This amount of support really surprised me.

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How MemorialCare confronts evolving risks along its modernization journey

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For Kevin Torres, trying to modernize patient care while balancing considerable cybersecurity risks at MemorialCare, the integrated nonprofit health system based in Southern California, is a major challenge. When we looked at this technology, we quickly realized we didn’t have a clear line of sight to all the connected devices,” he says. “We

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Automation and reskilling help Family and Children’s Services better serve Tulsa

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Nonprofit behavioral organization Family & Children’s Services is turning to IT automation as part of a transformation strategy aimed at enhancing the organization’s ability to serve health professionals and clients in its community. But for Harris and team, FCS’ ongoing transformation is all about the community the nonprofit serves.

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Turning the tide in STEM career roadblocks at Synchrony

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While science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) job opportunities have risen 79% over the past three decades, and are forecast to increase 11% more through 2030, women account for only 16% of those earning a bachelor’s degree in computer and information sciences, according to according to Women Tech Network.

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NCWIT digitally transforms the DEI journey to help uplift women in IT

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For the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), effecting change for women working in IT is a holistic endeavor. It lays out all the different areas that a team or organization needs to pay attention to in order to create a truly inclusive culture,” Ashcraft says.

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Per Scholas redefines IT hiring by diversifying the IT talent pipeline

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To do so, the organization collected retired computers and laptops from companies, fixed them up, and redistributed them back into the community through schools and nonprofits. He went into the community and offered people jobs, promising to train them how to repair the computers.

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How Blacks in Technology Foundation is ‘stomping the divide’

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That blog quickly grew into Blacks in Technology (BIT) Foundation , a global organization working to “stomp the divide” in the tech industry. Today BIT includes a for-profit and a nonprofit side, each of which seeks to break down barriers, create opportunity, and diversify the tech talent pipeline.