The Outreach Program for Women
summary
Outreach Program for Women runs three-month paid internships for non-students and students alike, requires a mandatory try-before-you-buy task plus weekly public blogging and IRC office hours, funds travel and offers a travel stipend for face-to-face meetings, and broadens roles beyond code to design, QA, sysadmin and marketing. Current scale is ~40 interns, ~64 mentors; outcomes include 19 conference talks, 15 hires by sponsors and multiple alumni mentors. Program cost per internship is about $6,250, and organizers report measurable increases in women contributors and conference participation.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Start
- 0:07The Outreach Program for Women what works & what's next
- 15:54Accomplishments of alums
- 17:04Success stories
- 17:53Improvements for everyone
- 33:19Connecting the pipelines
- 35:35Breaking down classism
- 37:54People of color in the US
- 38:49Breaking down ableism
- 39:43How you can help
- 41:11Friday discussion
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