‘Commanding Conversations: Ready in Plain Sight’ Event
Leveraging Partnerships to Advance Digital Equity and Foster Opportunity for All Learners
With support from Comcast NBCUniversal, NPower is expanding the Woman of Color in Tech Coalition and Tech Fundamentals, targeted initiatives to put more women of color on strong career paths.
Continue readingQ&A with 2021 40 Under 40 honoree Candice Dixon – Atlanta Business Chronicle
Atlanta Business Chronicle has named our 2021 40 Under 40 honorees. The up-and-comers will be celebrated at an evening awards event Nov. 4. Here’s a Q&A with one of the honorees, Candice Dixon, Coalition Development Director, NPower.
Continue readingNPower’s Mission to Help Rewire Hiring in Tech
Guardian Life’s Equal & Able podcast features Command Shift Coalition Director, Candice Dixon, who remarks that in order to achieve diversity, there needs to be a shift in technology – a shift in how we train, think, and hire.
America’s STEM Conundrum Continues to Thwart People of Color
The Washington Informer speaks with Coalition Director, Candice Dixon about the need to rewire hiring processes across industries which remain dominated by an entrenched bias for entry-level jobs that favor college degrees.
Forbes: How ‘Command Shift’ Could Close The Pay Gap For Women Of Color In Tech
This coalition aims to rewire the hiring and retention practices of tech companies to be more inclusive.
Continue readingIT Pro: AWS Partners With NPower to Boost Jobs for Women of Color in Tech
The initiative, called Command Shift, brings together several companies to try and bridge tech’s diversity gap by opening up more opportunities for women of color in the industry.
Continue readingVentureBeat: NPower’s Command Shift Will Drive Representation of Women of Color in Technology
The coalition includes Fortune 500 companies including Citi, Amazon Web Services, Comcast NBCUniversal, and Guardian Life to help non-degreed women of color access tech careers.
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