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Host Gemma Milne is joined by Mimi Fox Melton, General Manager and Acting CEO of Code 2040, to discuss Code2040’s efforts to redesign work cultures and spaces to be more equitable for Black and Latinx tech workers, how the organization has managed the challenges of the pandemic (including retooling their internship program), remote and onsite work practices, company benefit policies, and how companies can identify systemic problems and direct their missions toward improving equity.
About Mimi Fox Melton
As General Manager for Code2040, and recently its Acting CEO, Mimi Fox Melton has been instrumental in expanding Code2040 from serving as a bridge into high-tech industries for Black and Latinx people to organizing and supporting the overall changes necessary to dismantle racist systems and ensure racial equity in the innovation economy. Her work is focused on all aspects of tech companies, from their operations and products to their corporate cultures, as well as how those aspects impact Black and Latinx workers and their communities. Her areas of expertise include coaching external staff, tech industry executives, and managers. She also oversees the operations of Code2040, including designing curriculum and facilitating learning experiences.
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- Inspiration and insights about employee policies (30:17)
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- First steps toward improving workplace value and equity (42:45)
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Host Gemma Milne is joined by Mimi Fox Melton, General Manager and Acting CEO of Code 2040, to discuss Code2040’s efforts to redesign work cultures and spaces to be more equitable for Black and Latinx tech workers, how the organization has managed the challenges of the pandemic (including retooling their internship program), remote and onsite work practices, company benefit policies, and how companies can identify systemic problems and direct their missions toward improving equity.
About Mimi Fox Melton
As General Manager for Code2040, and recently its Acting CEO, Mimi Fox Melton has been instrumental in expanding Code2040 from serving as a bridge into high-tech industries for Black and Latinx people to organizing and supporting the overall changes necessary to dismantle racist systems and ensure racial equity in the innovation economy. Her work is focused on all aspects of tech companies, from their operations and products to their corporate cultures, as well as how those aspects impact Black and Latinx workers and their communities. Her areas of expertise include coaching external staff, tech industry executives, and managers. She also oversees the operations of Code2040, including designing curriculum and facilitating learning experiences.
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- How Code2040 protected their internship program (09:09)
- Does improving equity take new policies or is it bigger than that? (22:04)
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- How to track which changes are working and which aren’t (37:19)
- First steps toward improving workplace value and equity (42:45)
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