Everything You Need to Know About Diversity in 25 Minutes
summary
Postgres community now runs formal programs: PGUS diversity committee, PGEU task force, sponsor ticket donations (Microsoft, PGX) that send 11 attendees via sponsor tickets to a conference, Benevity employer matching for grants, and mentoring via Google Summer of Code mentoring. Event fixes shown to work include live captioning, a conference orientation and buddy system, an accessibility page, quiet and lactation rooms, the Callback Women (4,600 speakers) database for finding diverse presenters, and sunflower lanyards for hidden disabilities.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction to diversity
- 2:19Current Postgres diversity efforts
- 3:03Personal actions to improve diversity
- 7:22Finding diverse speakers
- 10:31Inclusive conference practices
- 13:21Accessibility at conferences
- 16:49Supporting hidden disabilities
- 17:10Childcare and lactation rooms
- 18:58Social events accessibility
- 20:24Joining diversity groups
- 22:11Diversity resources online
- 22:33Reframing diversity discussions
- 23:25Q&A and closing
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