[fedora-d&i] [Fedocal] Reminder meeting : How To Build An Open Community (GUADEC 2020)

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

More information available at:
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Source: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/9778/