welcome to [WoC]Code

Women of Color (WoC) – which includes Black, indigenous, and Latinx minorities – are the most underrepresented demographic from high paying industries, including software engineering. Yet WoC are flush with the talent, creativity, and social insight to solve complex problems and lead in the software industry. This program seeks to unite WoC and other members of minoritized groups, to battle feelings of isolation and marginalization that are prevalent in educational institutions and industry settings. Using a dedicated Slack space, we will create a peer mentoring network for people to engage, receive feedback, and troubleshoot issues around their participation in open source software communities.

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By naming Women of Color in the title of the program, we aim to explicitly invite people who hold this intersectional identity. [WoC]Code is open to people with overlapping identities, such as trans and non-binary Black, Indigenous, Asian and other people of color. People from minoritized groups who hold masculine identities are welcome to join [WoC]Code if the environment seems appropriate for them.