I'm a friendly, non-dev, cisgender guy from NC who enjoys playing music/making noise, hiking, eating veggies, and hanging out with my best friend/wife + our 3 kitties + 1 greyhound.
What effective strategies do you employ to advocate for gender equity and diversity in your workplace or community?
I really take this into account when recruiting mods for the DEV Community!
For instance, I often will send messages to potential mods asking them if they agree with our values and can agree to help enforce them. I make them aware of we_coded, Pride month, and other progressive/inclusive events that we hold because I wanna make sure that we're brining on folks who align with our inclusive values. Last thing I wanna do is bring on somebody is not an advocate for gender equity as... I don't wanna empower the wrong people! And of course, besides just bringing on advocates, I wanna bring on the underrepresented folks themselves, including women, transgender, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, and two-spirit folks.
Not only this, but I continuously make it clear in writing like our Mod Newsletters where our values lie and just how important gender equity is to what we're doing as an org!
Notably, I feel really lucky to work for an organization that values gender equity and diversity. When it comes to advocating for more improvements, it's always beneficial to brainstorm how else we might improve. And of course, when team members across the gender spectrum perform above and beyond, I need to give them appreciation and public recognition as this can help with their future opportunities and overall standing in the company.
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I really take this into account when recruiting mods for the DEV Community!
For instance, I often will send messages to potential mods asking them if they agree with our values and can agree to help enforce them. I make them aware of we_coded, Pride month, and other progressive/inclusive events that we hold because I wanna make sure that we're brining on folks who align with our inclusive values. Last thing I wanna do is bring on somebody is not an advocate for gender equity as... I don't wanna empower the wrong people! And of course, besides just bringing on advocates, I wanna bring on the underrepresented folks themselves, including women, transgender, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, and two-spirit folks.
Not only this, but I continuously make it clear in writing like our Mod Newsletters where our values lie and just how important gender equity is to what we're doing as an org!
Notably, I feel really lucky to work for an organization that values gender equity and diversity. When it comes to advocating for more improvements, it's always beneficial to brainstorm how else we might improve. And of course, when team members across the gender spectrum perform above and beyond, I need to give them appreciation and public recognition as this can help with their future opportunities and overall standing in the company.