Dear all,
You are kindly invited to the meeting:
How To Build An Open Community (GUADEC 2020) on 2020-07-22 from 12:45:00 to 13:10:00
America/New_York
At Online
The meeting will be about:
I started my career in an information technology working with students and lecturers from
diverse backgrounds and abilities. While I was at the institution, I created and worked
with different groups, and over time I developed my skills around community building and
mentorship. In my experience in NIIT Port Harcourt center, Nigeria, the female to male
student ratio was approximately 1:5. In some years, only one woman would graduate from the
software engineering program or none. Seeing this as an issue, I formed a group of women
in IT, mentoring them in their studies. I will use this as a case study to look at ways to
build communities centered around mentorship.
In my talk I will like to share my experiences around the following topics:
* Taking the first steps in becoming a community builder
* Creating a diverse and inclusive community in a Nigerian educational institution
* The role of mentorship in making IT accessible
* The common and unique problems faced by the women I worked with, including learning
specialized language and breaking into closed communities
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Source:
https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/9778/