• Black in AI - Facebook

Accessibility in Tech & Design

• Seattle Area Accessibility & Inclusive Design

Meetups & Social Groups outside UW

General Tech Meetups/Groups

• Puget Sound Programming Python (PuPPy)
• Beer&&Code [ Seattle]

• Black Tech Women and TechnoloChicas
  • Occasionally have Seattle events
• Seattle Women in Data Science (SeaWiDS)

LGBTQ+ in Tech

• Lesbians who Tech [ Seattle] [ Other]
• Queer&&Code Seattle

Tech Groups supporting Communities of Color

• Latinos in Tech — Washington State[ Facebook ]

• • Meetups for PoC & other underrepresented minorities in tech (*predominantly male space)

Meetups

We've attempted to give a list of some active meetup groups outside of the university that have been recommended as resources for folks to help with their journey through the tech and NLP world; feel free to add any others, or feedback on the ones listed.

Women in Tech

• She Codes Now — [ Seattle] [ Detroit]
  • Offer free programming classes, hackathons and other get-togethers
• She's Coding — [ Seattle Events]
  
  • nonprofit aimed at providing safe space for women and non-binary people in tech
  • offers weekly coding interview practices
  • other meetups/hack nights
• PyLadies— [ Seattle Events]
  • International Python-Focused meetups and hack-nights
• ChickTech - [ Seattle] [ Elsewhere]
  • National nonprofit dedicated to retaining women in the technology workforce and increasing the number of girls pursuing technology-based careers

Resources for Other Underrepresented Groups

• Latinos in Tech — Washington State
• HERE Seattle
  • Meetups for PoC & other underrepresented minorities in tech

General Coding Meetups

• Beer&&Code [ Seattle]