Introducing our Universe Community Partners

GitHub Universe 2017 has announced its Community Partners, selected based on their efforts to lower barriers for underrepresented groups in tech, their potential audience benefiting from conference tickets, and their positive social impact in the conference region. These partners include organizations like Code Tenderloin, which aids individuals facing employment barriers; AnnieCannons, training human trafficking survivors in software; Techqueria, supporting Latinx professionals in tech; /dev/color, developing Black software engineers into leaders; Older Women Coders, empowering senior women in STEM; Code2040, creating pathways for Black and Latinx success in tech; Operation Code, assisting military community members in tech careers; and Telegraph Track, supporting underrepresented students at Hack Reactor. These partners exemplify GitHub’s commitment to diversity and inclusion by fostering innovation through diverse community engagement.