bayareawomenintech

List of organizations for women in tech accessible from the bay area.

All groups/events are free unless otherwise specified.

* Indicates the org requires members to identify as women

Table of Contents

• Online Communication
  • Email Lists
  • Facebook Groups
  • Slack Teams
• Event-based Groups
  • General
  • Tech-Specific
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Paid Professional Groups
• Education/Boot Camps
• Other
• How to Contribute to this list
• Sources/Other good lists

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Online Communication

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Email Lists

• * Systers <a name="systers"/>
  • Run by the same people who organize GHC (Anita Borg Institute)
  • There are local (bay area) and general email lists
• * CodeChix-Events
• * DevChix
• LinuxChix-Silicon Valley
  • Not exclusive to people who identify as women, but women-focused
• Global Tech Women
  • Hosts a virtual book club and annual conference
• Tech Ladymafia
  • Have personally send the email mod several emails, no response. Possibly inactive?
• XX-UX
  • Women in UX
• Women & Mozilla

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Facebook Groups

• Ladies Storm Hackathons General/Bay Area/Jobs and Internships
  • Based off of the popular Facebook group Hackathon Hackers, this group's MO is to help close the gender gap in hackathons. There's also a Bay Area variant (linked above)
• Russian-Speaking Women in Tech Silicon Valley
• EdTechWomen - SF
• Women of Color in Tech - Bay Area
• Women in Gaming
• San Francisco Women in Tech
• WOMEN GET IT DONE - SF
• Silicon Valley Women
  • This group is intended as a collection of resources for women in tech. It contain actionable advice, inspiring examples, and useful information.
• Female Founders Conference
  • Y Combinator's community of female founders, this group is great for supporting and meeting other entrepreneurs and leaders in tech.
• Girls in Tech - San Francisco
  • Girls in Tech is a network focused on the engagement, education, and empowerment of like-minded, professional, intelligent, and influential women in technology.
• Tech Ladies
  • Very similar to Dreamers // Doers, a very active facebook community for focused on specific asks and offers

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Slack Teams

• * Women in Tech
  • The most active women in tech slack that I'm aware of
• * Women Techmakers - Silicon Valley
  • The early career slack is pretty active, apply to join
• Systers
• Women Who Code - Silicon Valley

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Event-based groups

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General

• Girls In Tech - SF
  • Host ~$20-35 networking dinners once a month
  • Also host free coworking sessions, networking and mentor events
  • Can sign up to volunteer if cost is an issue
• Lean in Circle: SF: Women of the 415/Palo Alto Lean In
  • Based on Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" book
  • SF chapter: Has paid (~$10-20) workshops/talks relatively often
  • Palo Alto chapter typically hosts free meetups
  • Also have mentor circles
• Women Who Code SF/Silicon Valley/East Bay Facebook <a name="womenwhocode"/>
  • A pretty big organization that hosts lots of coding study sessions and pair programming events, there are two major chapters in the bay area: SF and Silicon Valley
  • Most of their events are on Meetup, but the Silicon Valley fb group is pretty active
  • Check the facebook group for information on how to join the Slack team
• Bay Area Nerd Girls
  • Social group for "nerd girls"
  • Events ~3-4x a month
• San Francisco Feminist Book Club
  • Read and discuss books on feminism once a month
  • Typically hosted at Double Union, the SF women's hackerspace
• Girl Develop It SF/San Jose/Oakland
  • Short workshops to help women learn or brush up on technical skills
  • SF and Oakland chapters are very active
• Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners
  • Donation-based bimonthly dinners hosted by companies in the bay area
• Geek Girl Brunch - SF
  • Just joined, not sure how active it is yet
• Anita Borg Institute Silicon Valley
  • "ABI.Silicon Valley will host regular events and we are always looking for volunteer and contributors to our blogs and forums."
  • Not very active from what I can see
• Women 2.0 SF/Silicon Valley
  • Women 2.0 City Meetup creates an inclusive community for anyone working, innovating, or investing in technology. Women 2.0 City Meetup is open to both women and men.
• Spectra
  • Holds annual hackathons in July, and occasional workshop days (free)
• She's Geeky
  • Yearly unconference for women in tech hosted in the bay area
  • ~$75-150 registration fee
• Women Who Tech - SF Facebook
  • Hosts ~yearly Telesummit and startup challenge
• Lesbians who Tech Oakland/SF/Silicon Valley
• HealthTechWomen - SF
• Levo - Bay Area
  • Mentorship program with events
• Glassbreakers
  • Online professional women mentorship platform
• Write/Speak/Code SF & Bay Area
• Airbnb Taking Flight
  • Monthly tech talks at Airbnb
  • Not women specific, geared towards "underrepresented groups in tech"
• Women Catalysts - SF
  • Not tech-specific, events cost $0-15 and are hosted by a startup that provides job coaching for women
  • They host a variety of events 3-4 times a month
• Trans*H4CK
  • Not a Women in Tech organization, but hosts occasional trans, gender non conforming, agender and non binary themed events
  • Events seem to be hosted intermittently (1-2x a year)
• The Expat Woman
  • For international women in the bay area
• Passion Projects - SF
  • Monthly talks by women in tech, seems to be inactive
• Femgineers - SF
  • Relatively infrequent meetups
• SheSays
  • Last hosted an event in SF in Jan 2015
• Codess SF
  • Doesn't appear to be very active

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Tech specific

• PyLadies SF/Silicon Valley
  • Female Python developers get together regularly to hack on projects and help each other through the process
  • SF branch has two workshops a week, SV branch has 2 workshops a month
• Railsbridge - SF
  • Not a women in tech group, but regularly hosts Ruby on Rails workshops for women
• Women in Wireless-SF
  • Hosts talk + networking style events every 2-3 months.
  • To connect, inspire, and empower female leaders in the mobile and digital space.
• Women in Hardware - SF
  • Hosts talk + networking style events every 1-2 months. Occasionally hosts factory tours.
  • Women in Hardware helps connect female founders, engineers, investor