Isis Miller's guest appearances

Isis Miller

Minority Report Podcast

Get Together

Arlan Hamilton

Margret Aldrich

Liz Alpern

Joe Robinson

Claire Wasserman

Bobby Herrera

Jeff Kirschner

Chris Turner

Camille Ricketts

Courtland Allen

Amir Talai

Tim Williams

Kelsa Trom

Doug Robinson

Elena Favilli

OwlTail

In this episode, we speak with Isis Miller, Community and Events Manager at Black Girls CODE whose mission is to increase the number of women of color in the digital space by empowering girls of color ages 7 to 17 to become innovators in STEM fields, leaders in their communities, and builders of their own futures through exposure to computer science and technology. Great convo with Isis about her family upbringing, career journey, how she is a champion for black girls, the experience &amp; strategy of planning virtual events, and a lot more!Follow Us:Newsletter: http://bitly.com/2QLEY8UTwitter: http://bit.ly/2Qp0SzK Instagram: http://bit.ly/2QLfEQc Linkedin: http://bit.ly/2ZZUBxG

In this episode, we speak with Isis Miller, Community and Events Manager at Black Girls CODE whose mission is to increase the number of women of color in the digital space by empowering girls of color ages 7 to 17 to become innovators in STEM fields, leaders in their communities, and builders of their own futures through exposure to computer science and technology. Great convo with Isis about her family upbringing, career journey, how she is a champion for black girls, the experience &amp; strategy of planning virtual events, and a lot more! Follow Us: Newsletter: <a href="http://bitly.com/2QLEY8U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bitly.com/2QLEY8U</a> Twitter: <a href="http://bit.ly/2Qp0SzK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2Qp0SzK</a>  Instagram: <a href="http://bit.ly/2QLfEQc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2QLfEQc</a>  Linkedin: <a href="http://bit.ly/2ZZUBxG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2ZZUBxG</a>

Minority Report Ep 63 - Isis Miller: The Importance of Community

“We know that there is a tomorrow and we want to be able to prepare our girls and our community for what that tomorrow looks like. Not only prepare them for it, but make sure that they have a hand in building it. ” - Isis MillerThroughout her biotech engineering career, Kimberly Bryant was often the only black female in the room. Kimberly’s experience wasn’t rare. In fact, it’s the norm. Black women make up less than 0.5% of the leadership roles in tech. As Kimberly watched her young daughter Kai grow a budding interest in gaming and coding, but with no spaces to explore or develop those interests alongside people that looked like her, Kimberly decided to take charge. Kimberly and her colleagues at Genentech put together a six-week coding curriculum for girls of color in 2011, conducting the first educational series in a basement of a college prep institution in San Francisco. In a few years, the operation transformed from a basement experiment into a global non-profit with 15 chapters supported by volunteers under the name Black Girls CODE. Today we interview Isis Miller, who joined the organization earlier this year just before COVID-19 struck. We’ll talk to Isis about how Black Girls CODE has gone virtual with online workshops and career panels that reach out to 1,000 students per week and what a meaningful partnership with Black Girls CODE means.Highlights, inspiration, &amp; key learnings:Defining a holistic “why.” Learning to code is only part of the Black Girls CODE experience. People engage because it’s a space for girls to be inspired, motivated, and build confidence in addition to coding skills.Developing a community ecosystem. Programming engages not only girls who want to learn to code but also guardians, those that support them.Going digital. Zoom tricks that have kept Black Girls CODE true to their “why.”Honoring the moment. How Isis has created space to honor joy and trauma in grieving.Partnerships. Entering into a partnership is about building with–creating value that is not possible in one organization on their own.👋🏻Say hi to Isis on twitter learn more about Black Girls CODE on their website.📄See the full transcriptThis podcast was created by the team at People &amp; Company. 🔥Say hi! We would love to get to know you.We published GET TOGETHER📙, a handbook on community-building. And we help organizations like Nike, Porsche, Substack and Surfrider make smart bets with their community-building investments.Hit subscribe🎙 and head over to our website to learn about the work we do with passionate, community-centered organizations.

“We know that there is a tomorrow and we want to be able to prepare our girls and our community for what that tomorrow looks like. Not only prepare them for it, but make sure that they have a hand in building it. ” - <a href="https://twitter.com/gahdess_isis?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Isis Miller</a>Throughout her biotech engineering career, Kimberly Bryant was often the only black female in the room. Kimberly’s experience wasn’t rare. In fact, it’s the norm. Black women make up less than 0.5% of the leadership roles in tech. As Kimberly watched her young daughter Kai grow a budding interest in gaming and coding, but with no spaces to explore or develop those interests alongside people that looked like her, Kimberly decided to take charge. Kimberly and her colleagues at Genentech put together a six-week coding curriculum for girls of color in 2011, conducting the first educational series in a basement of a college prep institution in San Francisco. In a few years, the operation transformed from a basement experiment into a global non-profit with 15 chapters supported by volunteers under the name <a href="https://www.blackgirlscode.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Black Girls CODE. </a>Today we interview Isis Miller, who joined the organization earlier this year just before COVID-19 struck. We’ll talk to Isis about how Black Girls CODE has gone virtual with online workshops and career panels that reach out to 1,000 students per week and what a meaningful partnership with Black Girls CODE means.Highlights, inspiration, &amp; key learnings:<ul><li>Defining a holistic “why.” Learning to code is only part of the Black Girls CODE experience. People engage because it’s a space for girls to be inspired, motivated, and build confidence in addition to coding skills.</li><li>Developing a community ecosystem. Programming engages not only girls who want to learn to code but also guardians, those that support them.</li><li>Going digital. Zoom tricks that have kept Black Girls CODE true to their “why.”</li><li>Honoring the moment. How Isis has created space to honor joy and trauma in grieving.</li><li>Partnerships. Entering into a partnership is about building with–creating value that is not possible in one organization on their own.</li></ul>👋🏻Say hi to Isis on <a href="https://twitter.com/gahdess_isis?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> learn more about Black Girls CODE on <a href="https://www.blackgirlscode.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">their website.</a>📄<a href="https://gettogether.fm/episodes/isis-miller/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">See the full transcript</a>This podcast was created by the team at People &amp; Company. 🔥<a href="https://www.people-and.com/contact" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Say hi!</a> We would love to<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkBfiHqf7vJgIoPThJjYCtCGC_C58cjUrjxjYHkglGX93PeQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> get to know you.</a>We published <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Get-Together-Build-Community-People/dp/1732265194/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=kevin+huynh&amp;qid=1562444751&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=kiwimonk-20&amp;linkId=d7621ceff7ce858ab3fe6d8fe12d0ff6&amp;language=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GET TOGETHER</a>📙, a handbook on community-building. And we help organizations like Nike, Porsche, Substack and Surfrider make smart bets with their community-building investments.<a href="https://gettogether.fm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hit subscribe🎙 </a>and head over to <a href="https://www.people-and.com/services" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our website</a> to learn about the work we do with passionate, community-centered organizations.

Training and connecting the coders of the future 👾 Isis Miller, Black Girls CODE