B THE WAY FORWARD

With Brenda Darden Wilkerson

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B The Way Forward is back with all-new episodes featuring a slate of incredible guests, taking on some of the biggest issues! Including the one that’s central to activism - can we create real change by working within the system? Or do we need to break it to fix it?

Featuring arguments for how to tackle making political representation actually representative, debates on whether Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives actually work (and if you can even have DEI without the “E”), tactics for confronting the enormity of climate change without making it worse for the most vulnerable, and of course AI, this season is an even more urgent call to action than our last.

Join host and AnitaB.org President and CEO, Brenda Darden Wilkerson, as she and her guests sit down at the mic for frank discussions that will challenge your ideas of what activism looks like, generate new ideas, spur creativity, and hopefully make you think a little more about the perspectives of people outside your bubble.

Because whether you believe that our current systems can benefit us all, or if you think real progress demands a revolution, there’s one thing that’s clear. Sitting on the sidelines is not an option.

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Brenda Darden Wilkerson

Brenda Darden Wilkerson is an advocate for access, opportunity, and social justice for underrepresented communities in technology. She currently serves as the President and CEO of AnitaB.org, an organization that connects, inspires, and strives for greater equality for women technologists in business, academia, and government. She founded the original Computer Science for All program, building computer science classes into the curriculum for every student in the Chicago Public Schools, and serving as the inspiration for the Obama administration’s national CS For All initiatives.

Brenda was named to the 2023 Forbes 50 Over 50 list for Impact. The third annual list is a collection of founders, innovators, and creators and is divided into four broad categories – Innovation, Impact, Investment, and Lifestyle. The women on the 50 Over 50 Impact list are leading the charge for a better world. See her profile here.

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CONNECTING, INSPIRING, AND ADVANCING 
WOMEN AND NON-BINARY TECHNOLOGISTS

At AnitaB.org, we envision a future where the people who imagine and build technology mirror the people and societies for whom they build it. Find out more about how we support women, non-binary individuals, and other underrepresented groups in computing, as well as the organizations that employ them and the academic institutions training the next generations.

For more ways that you can be the way forward, visit anitab.org.