Partnerships

This is why we encourage you to reach out beyond your tech bubble to make friendsies with non-profits, schools, STEAM education and enrichment programs.

A community partnership presents an opportunity to give back to your local community. This can take any form or frequency.

Okay, so you have a few ideas of local groups you’d like to learn more about and see if there’s an opportunity to support. Dope.

● Our chief diversity officer or CEO will be in town next month, we’d like to do an event with you

> Tip: establish a relationship first, it’s presumptuous to think the calendar is wide open and that partnering with your company is an organizational priority for them, especially a group focused on direct service delivery to marginalized populations

● Please respond with your availability to talk today or tomorrow

> Tip: perhaps gauge interest in having a conversation first. Or if you’re a fan of timeframes, try 2 weeks instead of 2 business days — community orgs are often stretched thin, overworked, and underpaid — if paid at all, many are comprised solely of volunteers so their calendar management may work differently than yours

● We’d like to hold an event with you during Pride month. What dates work?

> Tip: do we even need to explain this one?

✅ Note: these are all actual examples of outreach we’ve seen. Zoinks!

● Asian American Organizations

● Black Organizations

● Disabilities Organizations

● Latinx Organizations

● Native American Organizations

● Queer and Trans People of Color Organizations

● Veteran’s Organizations

● Women’s Organizations

● Audre Lorde Project (Empowering QTPOC communities)

● Black Girls Code (Empowering Black girls to pursue tech)

● Center for Asian American Media (Asian American Film Festival)

● Code Nation (communities of color)

● Code 2040 (communities of color)

● Frameline (SF Int’l LGBT Film Festival)

● GLBT Historical Society (LGBTQ+ history)