Published: Aug. 30, 2017

Katelin Halloway, Reddit’s vice president of people and culture, will be on campus for a public discussion Tuesday, Sept. 5, to kick off a campus series called . The free, public talk will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Wolf Law Wittemyer Courtroom.

If you go

Who: Open to the public
What: Be Woke:“Defining Culture at Reddit: Building Communities with an Open Heart”
When: Tuesday, Sept. 5, 5 to 7 p.m.
Where: Wolf Law, Wittemyer Courtroom

In her discussion “Defining Culture at Reddit: Building Communities with an Open Heart,” Halloway will talk about how Reddit builds culture and community in the babyֱapp. She’ll also share her vision for Reddit’s culture and talk about how she’s helping buildteams and tools that are reflective of thediversity that exists across Reddit’s thousands of online communities to work every day.

"We chose Reddit as our first company and case study in the series because they area well-known technologycompany seeking to diversify their talent, while facing a history of accepting and dealing with intolerant communities," saidAndrea Guendelman, co-founder and CEO of BeVisible. "The question we will be asking is how doyou break the intolerance cycle from the inside out."

The CU Boulder has paired with the startup to host a series of Be Woke campus events, culminating in a hackathon on Oct. 13.The purpose of the BeWoke series is to address and discuss diversity and inclusion issues in corporate America, particularly in tech, with an aim to increase the access of diverse students to opportunities and foster inclusive communities. Manyof the opportunities for babyֱapp empowerment today can be found in the tech sector, according toҳܱԻ.

“We are delighted to partner with BeVisible to launch the Be Woke series,” said Alphonse Keasley, associate vice chancellor in the Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement. “CU Boulder is looking to provide leadership in diversity and inclusiveness, and this collaboration will benefit our entire community of students, staff and babyֱapp.”

The Oct. 13 hackathon event will be hosted by the head of inclusion and diversity at Lyft, Tariq Meyers, and the head of diversity and inclusion at Comcast, Maria Arias. The goal of the event is to gather students, industry leaders and community members to hack the hiring process.

“The hackathon aims to connect diverse students with corporations and partners in the innovation economy, and also dispelanymisconceptionthat an interest in diversity and inclusiveness is limited to colleges and universities,” Guendelman said.

Next up:Kevin Foster, regional recruiter from Intel Corporation, will meetwith diverse students with engineering and computer science backgrounds Tuesday, Sept. 19, at theIdea Forge in theEngineering Building. He will discuss topics such as nailing the interview, success in the babyֱapp, getting the first job, a day in the life, employment strategies and more.