A Better DEI Badge - Made By You
The implementation, or lack thereof, of DEI practices, has the potential to make or break an event. But how do we move from awareness to application? Open source badging, the practice of providing rewards for work well done, is gaining traction in event DEI. In the CHAOSS DEI Badging initiative, we do just that! This talk is about how open source conferences connect with the CHAOSS DEI Badging Initiative to improve open source DEI best practices.
Ruth Ikegah is a Technical Content Manager and GitHub Star. She is sparked about onboarding beginners into the tech system, especially the open-source space. She is currently an active contributor at the CHAOSS DEI Working group. Asides from being actively involved in tech, She is a social volunteer and a voluntary blood donor.
Matt is a graduate assistant with the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Their research focus is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in open source software communities. They also help to develop metrics and software for the UNO-centered CHAOSS community, namely in the CHAOSS DEI working group. Their latest endeavor in the open source community is the CHAOSS DEI Badging Initiative, which helps foster better DEI practices for tech events.