We're celebrating current and future Black Data Professionals, ALL WEEK LONG!!!
Full details at: Black in Data Week
Follow along via the #BlackInDataWeek hashtag.
A week-long celebration #BlackInDataWeek to: (1) highlight the valuable work and experiences of Black people in the field of Data (2) provide community (3) educational and professional resources. To sign up for events, click here!
To learn more about #BlackInDataWeek, please see their website.
The #TidyTuesday community will be taking a break from our own data this week and asking you to engage with, promote, and support Black people in data.
You're welcome to revisit older datasets from #TidyTuesday this week, but especially on Wednesday Nov 17th, please create space and engage with the #BlackInDataViz hashtag on Twitter rather than promoting your own work.
Info below from the Black in Data Week event:
Schedule of Events, ALL TIMES EST:
Data Careers over Age 40 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, Kimberly Deas, Wenona Young
Transition to Tech 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Brittany City
Starting/Switching to a Data Career 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Jarrett Hurms
Data Careers Fireside Chat 6:00 PM- 7:00 PM, Chrystal Parker, Andrea Hobby, Odane Dunbar, Lauren Shores, Kimberly Deas
Tips for Going into Academia to Teach Data 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Jarrett Hurms
Data Careers in Public Health 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Andrea Hobby & Barbara Tisi
Introduction to DeepNote 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Sia Seko
Now You’re Speaking My Language: Becoming Literate in Data 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM, Aliyah Wakil
Intro to Chem Informatics 6:00 PM -6:30 PM, Kimberly Deas
Being Professional Online 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM, Pierre DuBois
Decoding the infinite playlist: Practical data science in Python with the Spotify API 8:00 PM - 8:45 PM, Matthew Finney
Re-Creating the Du Bois Data Stories 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM, Anthony Starks
Make your data sing - An introduction to Data Visualization, 12 - 12:30 PM, Soti Coker
COVID-19 Health Disparities 2021 Update 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Andrea Hobby
Data is Poetry and Storytelling through Code, Numbers & Stats 7:30 - 8:00 PM, Kofi Oduro
Promise & Perils of Machine Learning & Fairness 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM, Lauren Rhue
Discovering Harmful Algorithms 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Ayodele Odubela
Centering Data Equity 2:00 PM- 3:00 PM, Brandeis Marshall
Using Data to Build Towards Equity and Justice 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM, Allen Hillery
Mapping Police Violence 5:00 PM- 5:45 PM, Samuel Sinyangwe
Black in Data Mentorship & Networking Event 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Black in Data Closing Ceremony Keynote 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Wenona Young, MS