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Board Member

Employer
https://www.femmecubator.com/
Location
Working from home
Salary
No salary, Volunteer position
Closing date
Feb 8, 2022

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Focus Areas
Civil Rights / Advocacy
Job Function
Volunteer Services
Position Type
Volunteer

Job Details

Femmecubator is seeking new Board members!

Femmecubator is now accepting applications to join our working board with 2-year terms beginning in Spring 2022. First-time and non-tech Board Members are welcomed and strongly encouraged to apply.

Board Member commitments include:

• Attending regularly scheduled Board meetings, committee meetings, and planning sessions; volunteering at special events, as needed

• Aid in setting organizational goals

• Willingness to be a public face of Femmecubator; publicize and promote Femmecubator

• Preparing well for meetings, reviewing, and commenting on minutes and reports; provide feedback as needed

• Contributing creative ideas, strategies, and critical thought in order to grow the organization; displaying a commitment to a vibrant future for the organization

• Fellowship with other members and building a collegiate working relationship that contributes to consensus

• Actively participating in the board’s annual evaluation and planning efforts

• Helping the organization to fundraise and secure sponsorships; willing to open personal networks

Please note that Femmecubator’s current board structure is a working board and the board works in tandem with Femmecubator leadership to strategize programming, fundraising, and structural vision of the organization. Additionally, the time commitment for Femmecubator’s board typically ranges from 5-10 hours per month, depending on the position within the board.

Please follow for Femmecubator Board of Directors application.

For detailed questions regarding our Board, please email Board Chair, Nefertiti Stokes, nefertiti.stokes@gmail.com

   

Company

Women-oriented groups have become a refuge for this NYC newcomer since I’ve managed to straddle the lines between working a corporate day job and taking evening classes in 2014. It was not clear to me then, that I was on my way to a career pivot into tech. I was simply looking for a way to have fun after work.

Meetup groups such as Girl Develop It (GDI), and online communities such as Tech Ladies, have not only made an impact on my own career growth, but also have been known to strategically create pipelines for women technologists to get the support they need as beginners in the field. I have attended coding classes through scholarships and learned most of what I know now in UX, because I had discovered a supportive network like GDI. Later on, after I took my first HTML/CSS class, I would volunteer to lead study groups, co-organize hackathons and make connections that eventually got me into spaces I never would have imagined for myself.

This is the “big why” behind forming organizations like Femmecubator. There is never enough communities like it that work to bridge the gender and racial inequities in tech – a double bind dilemma of the low representation of women and women of color. One of the key factors that hinders POC and women from even getting in the door at tech companies isn’t the lack of education but the lack of access to a network and the obvious lack of representation. Only 12% of BIPOC women occupy seats within the technology field and Femmecubator strives to bridge that gap through our App Development mentorship program. 

In 2020, we are reactivating our efforts. This is the year that’s most pressing for BIPOC allies and communities to take action, and the turning point that sparked the engine for Femmecubator were events such as @blackignite in August, an event that highlighted 30 Black Designers who got paid to showcase their work. It is a response to the call, “Where are the Black Designers?” which was a conference that lit a slack community of 10,000 supporters and counting. These events were proof that the lack of diversity is not a pipeline issue. Black women in tech exists. BIPOC women are equipped to be in this field.

Company info
Website
Telephone
4782138751
Location
2006 Karl Drive, Apt 1116
New York
NY
31088
US

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