e-Newsletter: September 2008
LPFI in the Headlines: New Workplace Research Released
In August 2008, LPFI conducted a nationally representative study of over 1,000 working adults concerning the impact of the presidential contest on race, age and gender relations in the workplace. When asked to suggest specific steps their employers could take to foster better working relationships across groups, the most popular response - stated by 24% of respondents - was that employers should treat people fairly based on performance and merit, irrespective of race, age or gender. Full data was released last week at a luncheon for corporate executives on how they can use this data to foster fairness in the workplace.
Based on survey data, Freada Kapor Klein and Martha Tae-Shin Kim's article "Are We Living In a Post-Civil Rights Era?" was published last week in the Huffington Post. For more information, contact Workplace Director, Martha Kim at [martha AT lpfi DOT org] or 415-946-3027.
IDEAL: Students You Can Believe In
LPFI's SMASH and IDEAL Scholars are now all back to school. This year our IDEAL Scholars program welcomed nine freshmen and eleven transfer students to our program at UC Berkeley. Our IDEAL family is now 66 strong, and we continue to provide scholarships, advising, and tutoring to each of these incredible under-represented students of color.
This summer many scholars participated in our IDEAL internship program. Scholars interned at organizations across the country, including Children's Hospital, Public Advocates, Mozilla, Morrison & Foerster, Hewlett Packard, Williams-Sonoma, Voto Latino (Washington, DC), and the Centers for Disease Control (Atlanta). We even had a scholar in Peru researching plant toxins. Thank you intern sponsors!
And good luck to all who are back in school!
Gala Tickets - Buy Online Today
Support education for local students of color by attending the annual Fairness Matters Gala on October 17th.
Gala tickets are $200 each and affords you with full access to our reception and silent auction, dinner and awards ceremony, honoring Tyrone Hayes and Justice Matters Insitute.
To purchase tickets to LPFI's Fairness Matters Gala, visit the the donation page.
TechLeaders: Realizing A Vision for Women of Color
LPFI founder Freada Kapor Klein will be the keynote speaker at this week's Anita Borg Institute’s “TechLeaders: Realizing Your Vision for Women of Color,” an exciting two-day workshop, September 10-11 at Google in Mountain View.
NSF research shows that women of color earn less than 9.4% of computer science and 7.1% of engineering Bachelors degrees and are all but absent from senior tech positions.
This workshop, specifically designed for entry to mid-level technical women of color in academia and industry, provides skills to help increase participants’ scope and influence while building their technical vision.
To register visit: http://anitaborg.org/initiatives/techleaders/realizing-your-vision/
LPFI to hire Director of Education Programs
LPFI seeks a highly-skilled, organized person to provide senior-level leadership for our higher education programs. The Director will have general oversight and guidance of the program direction of education-related work at LPFI, and will specifically direct all of the activities of the flagship college scholarship program. For full job description and application instructions, visit the jobs section.