But I agree with you, it costs me absolutely nothing to highlight specific orgs, and only lifts everybody up. It is stronger to do that than to just highlight the "community." I tried doing that in the blog post at top of this tweet thread, and will aim to do even more.
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This seems the heart of your concern. I agreed earlier I can do more to uplift other orgs, and that
@codeorg president Alice Steinglass should do more speaking. She's not only more charismatic, she's a more authentic spokesperson on workforce gender issues.
If my responses ever come off as defensive, it's because I *feel* like you're saying only women can be the experts. But as I reflect, I think what you mean is I don't have the authentic personal experience working in tech as a woman or POC, which is true.
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If it helps you accept me as a passionate ally on the issues I speak about, please consider this is the only thing I've done for the last 6 years, that I'm learning as I go, and that diversity has been part of the mission since year 1 (even if that wasn't as obvious to you).
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Also, I'm not at all an expert on diversity in the tech *workforce.* My work is in K-12. As I said earlier, I didn't realize (until I saw it) that my interview would be edited into a narrative that the gender gap is only an education problem, and that Ayah would be cut.
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