Of Note: 17 March 2021
Barnes Fund, Blacks in Technology Foundation, Evolution Event Solutions, Maple Ridge Events, National Seating and Mobility announce updates
Two local Black-owned technology businesses have partnered to launch a Nashville chapter of the Blacks in Technology Foundation.
Holly Rachel and Lena Winfree, the co-founders of Rachel + Winfree Consulting, and Calvin Foster and Trevor Guinn, who founded The Black.Codes, are taking the lead in setting up the group, which aims to grow the number of Black people in tech and help those already in the industry advance.
Membership in BiT is free and many of the group’s training programs are free or subsidized by sponsors, which include Disney, Citi and Kronos. The BiT Foundation also funds for technical certifications and nano-degree programs, technical apprenticeships, contract-to-hire programs, IT subsidies for low-income households and soft skills training.