Diversity in High Tech: Organizing to Increase Access After I-200

[Doug Schuler]

FYI -- upcoming event

-- Doug

>From: "Kathy Pelish" <kpelish at aa.net>
>To: <pnwd-net at peak.org>
>Subject: Seattle, WA, Diversity in High Tech: Organizing to Increase
>Access After I-200
>Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:20:03 -0800
>
>FYI. Freely forwardable.  Please contact the WashTech offices if you need
>further info: (206) 726-8580.
>-------------------------------------------------------
>Diversity in High Tech: Organizing to Increase Access After I-200
>
>A panel discussion with:
>Kamal Larsuel, Microsoft contractor and member of WashTech
>Dawn Mason, former state representative for the 37th district and founder of
>Parents for Student Success
>Lorraine Pozzi, community activist with Seattle
>Community Network
>Terryl Ross, graduate student in education technology
>at the University of Washington.
>
>7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 3, 1999
>Garfield Community Center
>2323 E. Cherry (Cherry and 23rd)
>
>As the high-tech industry grows, and increasingly dominates our economy, it
>creates multiple job opportunities. But are those opportunities equally
>distributed?
>
>Lack of access to training can make entering the high-tech workforce
>difficult. Once in the high-tech industry, lack of childcare and long hours
>put a burden on caretakers, many of them women. The growing number of
>contract and permatemp positions, often filled by women and people of color,
>offer few benefits and no job security.  Meanwhile, the passage of
>Initiative 200 in Washington has put all affirmative action policies at
>risk. So, what are the solutions?
>
>Hear what community activists, high-tech workers, educators, and labor
>organizers have to say, and join in the discussion.  It is up to us to raise
>our voices. Come help shape the economic future!
>
>Childcare available upon request. Contact Andrea at the WashTech office at
>(206) 726-8580.
>
>Sponsored by: American Women's Work; International Federation of
>Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 17; King County Labor Council,
>AFL-CIO; National Organization for Women; Mathematics, Engineering,
>Scientific Achievement; Office of Minority Affairs, University of
>Washington; Seattle Human Rights Commission; Small Business Owners of
>Washington State; Washington Alliance of Technology Workers; Washington
>Women United; and Women's Funding Alliance.  Call the WashTech office at
>206.726.8580 for eye-catching flyers advertising this event!
>
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