Racial Equity & Tech Planning

Description

Your organization’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion must reach beyond the DEI committee or the equity officer. A DEI policy and a focus on racial equity have implications that stretch across an organization from hiring practices, event planning, and equipment acquisition to the development of technology roadmaps and beyond.

Join Tristan Penn, the Community Engagement & Equity Manager at NTEN, for a course that will discuss how nonprofits have infused race-centered diversity, equity, and inclusion practices into all aspects of organizational operation. The course will include an examination of how technology decisions and practices are connected with DEI work. Participants will build skills needed to create opportunities for all staff (most importantly staff of color, LGBQTIA+, and staff with disabilities) to authentically and meaningfully engage with internal DEI conversations, decisions, and the development of strategic plans. 

This course will examine how organizational DEI practices relate to technology in the nonprofit context, as well as your organization’s technology roadmap. The course will address and inform the decision-making practices that demonstrate your commitment or lack of commitment to racial equity.

You should come into this course with an interest in and a beginning foundation in race-centered DEI work.

Presenters

Tristan Penn

Community Engagement & Equity Manager
NTEN

I'm originally from Central Kansas and went to college at KU in Lawrence, Kansas (Rock Chalk Jayhawk!). I moved to Portland in 2014 and I love it so far! I've worked in Youth Development for the past 14 years. I'm passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as nonprofit community engagement and best practices. In my free time, I like to sample the beers that Portland's breweries have to offer, lift weights, watch football and college basketball, and socialize with friends.