In this episode, Allie and special guest Aurooba Ahmed discuss the challenges of being a diversity advocate - both as an underrepresented person and as an ally. Namely, how challenging it can be when you don't know what to say, don't want to be loud, or don't want to draw attention to yourself. We name tons of useful ways to be a quiet or hidden advocate.
Underrepresented in Tech was designed and built with the goal of demystifying diversity. Fear of tokenization and awkwardness blocks many leaders from reaching out...
In this episode, Allie and Michelle discuss how providing support for someone going through grief is a lot like providing allyship for underrepresented people....
In this episode, Allie and Michelle try to dig into what makes a community a community, as opposed to being a clique or worse....