Men not of an under-represented group can join as a guest of the workshop’s target population! So, if you aren't a member of the target population and you want to come - find someone who is that can bring you as their guest - it's a great outreach opportunity!!!!
On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 6:35:53 PM UTC-7, kwon wrote: > > Is it only for women? > On Mar 23, 2016 5:12 PM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:> >> >> >> *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] <javascript:>)! >> >> >> *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] <javascript:> >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
