Is it only for women? On Mar 23, 2016 5:12 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey SD Ruby! > > > It’s Railsbridge San Diego time and we are looking for some awesome > volunteers to teach Ruby and Rails for the day! > > > *TLDR;* > > Installfest: Fri April 1st, 6-8pm > > Workshop: Sunday April 3rd, 9:30am-4:30pm (with afterparty to follow!) > > Sign up to Volunteer as a Teacher or TA at: > https://www.bridgetroll.org/events/247 > > To sponsor email Lisa, [email protected] > > > *What is Railsbridge?* > > > The Railsbridge Workshop for Women is a FREE day and a half workshop, set > up with the goal of increasing diversity in the tech community by teaching > women and other minorities Ruby and Ruby on Rails. The motivation behind > Railsbridge is ‘the belief that the people making technology should > accurately reflect the diversity of those using it!’ > > > We aim for all kinds of diversity in tech: gender, race, sexual > orientation, ability, and class and are emphatically LGBTQQIP2SAA friendly. > Any level of experience is accepted and encouraged, from “I have never > coded before” to “I’ve been programming for years and want to see what is > up with this Ruby on Rails thing.” By the end of the workshop, students > have an application on the internet that connects to a database and reads > and writes information. > > > *What do volunteers do?* > > > Volunteers Can: > > > > - Teach a class! > - Don’t worry, we provide the curriculum, which you can check out > here: http://docs.railsbridge.org/intro-to-rails/ > - And we’ll have a training session before the workshop to make > sure all teachers are ready! > > > - TA a class! > - If you don’t want to be center stage, no worries, we need your > help keeping an eye on the students’ progress and helping students when > they get stuck! > > > - Guide participants in getting their dev environment installed during > the Installfest! > > > - Help us eat and drink free food and beer! > - That’s right - we provide pizza and beer on Friday evening and > breakfast and lunch on Sunday! Not to mention a free round of drinks at > the > afterparty! > - And there’s onsite childcare for any students and volunteers that > want it! > > > Becoming a Railsbridge Volunteer is easy - just sign up on the Railsbridge > SD registration page: https://www.bridgetroll.org/events/247 > > > > *Opportunities are also available for Railsbridge Sponosrship! * > > > Railsbridge SD runs on sponsorship - the teaching, meals, childcare, and > afterparty are all possible because of our sponsors! > > Sponsoring Railsbridge is a great way to get your company’s name out to > the community and to demonstrate that you value diversity in the tech > industry! > > > Shout Out to our sponsors: DeskHub, LEARN academy, Dev Bootcamp, and SD > Ruby! > > If YOU want to add your name to that list, please email Lisa ( > [email protected])! > > > *Help Us Spread the Word! * > > > If you know someone who would be a good fit to attend the Railsbridge > workshop, encourage them to sign up at: > https://www.bridgetroll.org/events/247! Those not of an under-represented > group can also join but ONLY as a guest of the workshop’s target population! > > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SD Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
