TechREGISTRY Bay Area: Organizations & Media Sources
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Oakland Digital Arts & Literacy Center (Oakland Digital) is a community-building organization working to bridge the digital literacy and opportunity divide in Oakland, CA. Since 2009, Oakland Digital has been working to educate, inspire and empower small business owners, local design students and entrepreneurs.
Organizations
A directory of organizations focused on increasing the access of information, education and technology to African Americans, and their participation in technology ventures and employment opportunities.
| FOCUS | L/N* | ORGANIZATION |
| All | L | East Bay Broadband Consortium (EBBC) |
| All | L | Impact Hub Oakland |
| All, beginners | L | Oakland Beginner’s Programming Support Group |
| All (businesses) | L | Minority Business Consortium |
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| Entrepreneurs | L | Black Founders |
| Entrepreneurs | L | BUILDUP |
| Entrepreneurs | N | DiversiTech |
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Entrepreneurs
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N | NewMe Accelerator |
| Entrepreneurs | L | Tech Liminal |
| Entrepreneurs | N | UP GLobal |
| Entrepreneurs, investors | L | Entrepreneurs & Investors for an Inclusive Economy |
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| Entrepreneurs, professionals | L | Alliance for Community Development |
| Entrepreneurs, professionals | L | Bay Area Blacks in Tech |
| Entrepreneurs, professionals | N | BitHouse |
| Entrepreneurs, professionals | N | Black Techies |
| Entrepreneurs, professionals | L | Dvrsty-STEM Accelerators |
| Entrepreneurs, professionals | L | Meetup: Grow Diversity in Technology! |
| Entrepreneurs, small business owners, local design students | L | Oakland Digital Arts & Literacy Center (ODALC) |
| Entrepreneurs, startups | L | Kapor Capital |
| Entrepreneurs, Technologists | N | Black Entrepreneurs and Technologists (BEAT) |
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| Industry practitioners, companies, entrepreneurs, investors | N | Digital Diversity Network |
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| Organizations | L | California Diversity Council |
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| Professionals | N | BDPA |
| Professionals | N | Executive Leadership Council |
| Professionals | N | Information Technology Senior Management Forum |
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Professionals
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L | NSBE SF Bay Area Professionals |
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Professionals
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L | NSBE Silicon Valley Professionals |
| Professionals | L | Silicon Valley’s Blend of Brown |
| Professionals, students | L,N | Blacks in Gaming |
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| Students, youth | L | Baycat |
| Students, youth | N | Code2040 |
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Students, youth
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L | Level Playing Field Institute |
| Students, youth | L | Oakland Technology Exchange West |
| Students, youth | N | SEM Link |
| Students, families | N | Internet Essentials |
| Students, youth | L | Hack The Hood |
| Students, youth | L | Next Is Now |
| Students, youth | N | iUrbanTeen |
| Students, youth | N | #YesWeCode |
| Students, youth (female) | L,N | Black Girls Code |
| Students, youth (female) | L | Techbridge |
| Students, youth (male) | N | All Star Code |
| Students, youth (male) | L | Hidden Genius Project |
| Students, youth, professionals | N | National Society of Black Engineers |
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Underrepresented communities
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L | Kapor Center for Social Impact |
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| Women | N | African American Women in Technology |
| Women | TechWomen | |
| Women | N | Women Who Code |
| * Local / National | ||
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| All | — | 125 Top Black STEM Organizations in the US |
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Media Sources (Local/National)
| Online, Print | Blacks in Technology (Black Enterprise) |
| Online | Blacks in Technology |
| Online | Blerds |
| Online, Print | Diversity Careers |
| Online | IT News Africa |
| Online | Live Work Oakland |
| Online | Science & Technology (New American Media) |
| Online | (The) Searchlights Project |
| Online | Startups Illustrated |
| Online/Print | Tech (Ebony) |
| Online | Tech (Savoy) |
| Online | Technology (The Network Journal) |
| Online | TechREGISTRY Bay Area |
| Online | The Urban Scientist (Scientific American) |
| Online | Urban Geekz |
