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The Black Channel Partner Alliance (BCPA) is a growing, independent organization. BCPA supports the success of black-owned partners that build, deploy and maintain Microsoft technologies.
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Allyship and opportunity - Partnering with black-owned technology companies.
Learn how you can support and partner with Black-owned technology companies. The panel will also discuss opportunities available by partnering with Black-owned businesses. Additionally, the panel will provide an overview of the accelerator program. The panelist will also discuss how partners can leverage the BCPA to diversify their supplier base. The program is designed to grow Black-owned companies, build a community, and provide access to opportunities and mentoring. The BCPA is an economic and equity empowerment organization supported by Microsoft.
Read moreIt’s not enough to be “not racist” – we need to be anti-racist. Ijeoma Oluo is a local Seattle author.
Know moreIncredibly rich, personal, and fact-based description of the experience of race and racism by perhaps the most gifted author on the topic of our time.
Know moreAt once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin’s early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two “letters,” written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism. Though this was written at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Baldwin’s words and experiences still ring painfully true and familiar in 2020.
Know moreKendi does an incredible job walking through what it means to not be “not a racist” but rather ANTI-racist. His illustrations via history, US law, and his own personal experiences show white people what true allyship looks like and how to take action effectively against systemic racism
Know moreThis book does and should make you uncomfortable as a white person reading it. It shines a light on all facets of racism in white America, including passive forms of it you may be participating in but not aware of. This book above all others made me become truly introspective of my own racial biases and how to address them
Know moreThis book discusses how America began leveraging our laws and criminal justice system to suppress black Americans. It made me realize just how DEEPLY systemic racism is in current American society.
Know moreTerrific book about The Great Migration detailing the plight of people escaping the Jim Crow South
Know moreParents may better face today's challenges with an understanding of how racial bias works in children, as well as strategies to help them deal with and react to racial differences.
| Title | Why I recommend this.. | Where to watch |
|---|---|---|
| The Hate U Give | Moving, thought provoking & reinforcement we cant stay silent | Amazon Prime, Hulu, Roku |
| Just mercy | Thought provoking, learn about racial injustice | Free at Microsoft Stores through June 29th |
| 13th | Educational on systemic issues | Netflix |
| Time: The Kalief Browder story (2017) | Thought provoking, learn about racial injustice | Netflix |
| Notes from the Field | Anna Deavere Smith's one-woman show about systemic race | HBO |
| Roots | Groundbreaking look at slavery | - |
| Reconstruction - America after the civil war | A comprehensive history lesson on how the Jim Crow South came to be | PBS |
| Little fires everywhere | This is a work of fiction, but it does an amazing job capturing white privilege versus both black and Asian systemic oppression (also a great book) | HULU |
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Enroll in the new initiative designed to support Black and African American tech companies and entrepreneurs.
Know moreAs countries, cities, organisations and individuals across the globe celebrate Pride Month (June 1-30 2022), Elena Baeva, IAMCP EMEA President and Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead, spoke with Sheila Volante, MBA, Managing Partner at Seer Strategic Solutions, LLC. Sheila, an IAMCP member and active member of the LBGTQ Community, shared her perspective on the challenges she has faced throughout her career not only as a gay woman, but also a Black woman.
Baratunde Thurston explores the phenomenon of white Americans calling the police on black Americans who have committed the crimes of ... eating, walking or generally "living while black." In this profound, thought-provoking and often hilarious talk, he reveals the power of language to change stories of trauma into stories of healing -- while challenging us all to level up.
Listen to Gavriella Schuster’s TEDx CherryCreek Women talk and learn how to become an ally through connection, outreach, mentorship and empowerment.
If you have a successful D&I initiative implemented in your organisation, we would love to hear from you!
Contact us at inclusion@iamcp.org and tell us about your D&I program.
