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I have the privelege of being on a listserv with a group of women. It is the brilliance behind Rachael Sklar. How to create a community pronto with a bunch of smart women who have the same sensibility and can help each other.
Today there was an email circulating about an event that Bloomberg is putting on. It is quite a large panel of men and the title of the event is Bloomberg Empowered Entrepreneur Summit.
Kind of amazing that in the entire tech community, they couldn't find more than one women who could show a completely different angle of the tech world. It is unfortunate that the panel was not able to find some women who could give as much to the conversation as the wonderful group of people they have put together. For more reasons than I can name, it is important that women are represented in this community as equals because we do not want to become a community that represents corporate America. That would be most unfortunate and that is one of the many reasons none of us are in that world. We are the ones that are working on breaking the mold and setting the platform for the next generation. Let's do it.
I always try to look at the positive and not focus on the negative. But this does not sit well with me and I would hope it doesn't represent the world that Bloomberg wants to create in NYC. I would assume that once he moves from being mayor he will take his hard-earned wealth and change the landscape of NYC. Let's hope it is a balanced world.
The thread I will not share with the public but I did grab one quote which I thought was spot on from todays listserv. I won't share the person who wrote it.
I would def love to be a part of this. I got this invitation as well and tossed it when i saw the list of all males.
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Thanks for such a remarkable submit and also the review, I am completely impressed! Keep stuff like this coming.
My style is to build a better summit……. invite the right mix and have the more meaningful conversations.
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Good to see them called out. Technology, left on its own, simply magnifies the existing social reality that is not okay.
it is absolutely not ok.
I know this is going to be out of context, but when I saw this video I thought immediately of your blog and the things you’ve posted in the past. http://www.youtube.com/watc…. If you haven’t seen it, please check it out. (My apologies if it would’ve been better suited as a comment to a different post.)
thanks travis. amazing that this type of interrogation exists today. onour coast we have New Jersey Shore on MTV which is absolutely vile and soout there and in Pakistan everything should be supposedly buttoned upreligiously at every angle. A very disconnected world.
There is certainly a disconnect in terms of what’s acceptable and appropriate (whether religious or otherwise) to wear, but hopefully there is a strengthening connection in how women (and people in general) around the world view and value themselves and stand up for equality. No matter the conditions*.Here again, technology can help that along. If only the video got the same views as say a Justin Bieber song. By Bieber’s fans.*It should be said that Veena Malik is INCREDIBLY brave, and has apparently received threats from the Taliban for her “actions”.
standing up for equality is powerful and the key to changing the world welive in. people definitely respond to self-confidence.
Inspired by and interested in creating a similar listserv. What are a few of the ingredients that you think make yours successful? Thanking you in advance….
people use it for thoughts, advice, projects, etc.