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Election Series: Female Candidates for State Representative Outside of the Greater Boston Area
Last week, we covered the candidates for Massachusetts State Representative in the Greater Boston Area– and this week, we’re returning to give you some needed info on the candidates in the rest of Massachusetts. Still remaining are the female candidates for State Senate, and the candidates for other positions throughout the state. While our Inclusion Geeks Panel featuring Ayanna Pressley, Brianna Wu, and Sam Hammar on August 21st is currently full, you can still sign up to be on the waitlist through the Eventbrite page.
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Election Series: Greater Boston Area Female Candidates for Massachusetts State Representative
This week, we’re continuing our series on the amazing women running in the Massachusetts primary election this fall with some of the candidates for MA State Representative. While these candidates only cover the Greater Boston Area, we’ll return with the rest of the candidates for State Representative next week, to (eventually) give you the full primer on all of the awesome women you should know about when casting your ballot in the primary on September 4th.
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Election Series: Female Candidates for Congress in Massachusetts
In advance of our upcoming Inclusion Geeks panel featuring Ayanna Pressley, Brianna Wu, and Sam Hammar, we thought we’d shine a little light on some of the amazing women on the ballot for Massachusetts this primary election season. From the candidates running for Congress, to State Senate, State House, and even municipal and county positions, we hope this blog series will be a useful primer to help you make the right choices for yourself and your community in the upcoming primary– and to get the candidates you want on the ballot for the midterm election this November.
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Massachusetts Gender Pay Equity Law – What to Know
In 1945, Massachusetts was the first state to pass a law to address gender discrimination with regard to pay. Over the years, other states, and eventually the federal government, passed laws to reduce the gender wage gap. As many people know (and some still refute), the gender pay gap is very much still real, with, according to the State of Massachusetts, women who work full time on average earn 84.3% of what men earn, with the gap being even larger for women of color.
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Three Events – One Night – Three Cities!
Are you in San Francisco, New York City, or Boston on May 22nd, and looking for something super fun to do? Ahhhh, we have JUST THE THING! For the first time, as a way to celebrate our expansion into two new cities, we’re going to party it up in all three on the same night. YAS!!! Bring your friends and tell your friends. And we’ll be all over the socials that night too. We can’t wait to see you all there!
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Hiring Spotlight: Meet Rachel and Juliet
Written by Whitney Klepadio, Workable Two wonderful humans, Rachel and Juliet, work together at Workable. Guess how they met? At an Inclusion Geeks event, of course! We asked them to share something about themselves, how the hiring process was, and to tell us how things are going so far! Tell us a little bit about yourself – What’s your background and your story? RACHEL– I never thought I was meant for a career in sales. In college, I started my career where I had to go to small businesses all over Liverpool asking people to participate in a survey.
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A Speed Recruiting Match: Meet Alex and Eugene!
Last Fall we held our first speed recruiting event in Boston. 30 job seekers and 13 employers attended and from that, we had several offers made and this lovely match happened! Learn more about Eugene Yang and Alex Mimms from Toast. Eugene joined Toast as senior software engineer on the Android Platform team in January this year. This is her second job out of college and before becoming a Toaster, she had worked in a healthcare software company. She’s been thrilled to join a group of passionate individuals who are all excited about Toast!
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20 Books by Women to Look for in 2018
In the middle of a world gone insane, my favorite places to hide have always been books. We’ve collected a list of 20 books written by women that are coming out this year. Some are an escape from the world, others are an unflinching look at the worst of it. Whatever your tastes are, we have found something for you. January 9, 2018: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life?
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Twenty 2017 books by incredible authors who happen to be women
As many of us head into quieter and possibly more contemplative times, it’s a wonderful opportunity to discover new books and new authors. We’ve gathered together 20 books by incredible authors… who just so happen to be women. We’ve tried to capture various moods and tastes, so you’ll find fiction, non-fiction, sci-fi, drama, inspiration, humor, and advice. If you have other books to recommend, or any thoughts on the books here, we’d love to hear it! Tag us on Twitter, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram, or contact us right here.
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Gaining Ground on Equal Pay
Women are traditionally uncomfortable with negotiating, and/or haven’t been given the skills to negotiate. There are a variety of reasons for this, including women being conditioned at an early age to focus on the needs of others ahead of their own, and the fact that there can be a penalty for women when they actually do ask. These are two significant reasons why the pay gap exists.
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Are We at a Tipping Point for Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination in the Workplace?
The promise of startup culture when it was first realized as such was to be a utopia, filled with brilliant humans making the world a better place. People would be employed at a startup due to fairness, after all, startups are all about meritocracy. Unfortunately, that’s not the way things work, and we’ve seen that while there have been some changes (we can dress casually and drink beer and cold brew in the office, for example), unfortunately, gender discrimination and sexual harassment is as prevalent as ever.
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Closing the Gender Wage Gap in Boston
The gender wage gap issue is complex, but just because it’s complex, doesn’t mean it’s not real. Women make up almost half of the workforce and have more college and graduate degrees than men. Yet we still see a 20% wage gap on average in the US. Massachusetts fares better than many states, but there’s still a long way to go. As Boston is our home, we’re proud to see the work that’s being done here and at the state-level to improve gender pay equity.