# Diversity & Inclusion

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/c/community/diversity/46.md

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## [About the Diversity & Inclusion category](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/about-the-diversity-inclusion-category/13788)

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**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [August 20, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/about-the-diversity-inclusion-category/13788 "2018-08-20T20:43:14Z")

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Welcome to the Diversity & Inclusion category! This is a place to brainstorm ways that we can make the Julia community a more inclusive and welcoming place to people from all backgrounds. Topics may include, for example…

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## [Julia and braille](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-and-braille/77002)

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**Author:** [@g2g](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/g2g)\
**Replies:** 43\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-and-braille/77002 "2024-05-27T14:26:11Z")

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According to the CDC, there are one million blind people in the US. Are there any ways to make Julia more accessible to the blind community? … sort of like how LaTeX style variables made Julia more accessible to the scie…

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## [Julia Gender Inclusive Community Hour: Letícia Maria Pequeno Madureira (Saturday, April 6)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gender-inclusive-community-hour-leticia-maria-pequeno-madureira-saturday-april-6/112085)

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**Author:** [@Xuan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Xuan)\
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**Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gender-inclusive-community-hour-leticia-maria-pequeno-madureira-saturday-april-6/112085 "2024-03-25T14:26:39Z")

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Hey everyone, Julia Gender Inclusive is hosting our next Community Hour on Saturday, 6 April at 11AM EDT / 3PM UTC / 5PM CEST / 8.30PM IST, beginning with a short talk by Letícia Maria Pequeno Madureira! Sign-up here f…

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## [Julia Gender Inclusive Community Hour featuring “Pluto.jl – Accessibility in scientific computing”](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gender-inclusive-community-hour-featuring-pluto-jl-accessibility-in-scientific-computing/108485)

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**Author:** [@Xuan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Xuan)\
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**Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gender-inclusive-community-hour-featuring-pluto-jl-accessibility-in-scientific-computing/108485 "2024-01-07T23:58:22Z")

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Hey everyone, Julia Gender Inclusive is excited to announce our next Community Hour happening Saturday, 13th January at 10AM EST / 4PM CET / 8.30PM IST, featuring Fons van der Plas (@fonsp ), who will talk about Pluto.j…

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## [Announcing Julia Gender Inclusive’s Community Hour!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-julia-gender-inclusive-s-community-hour/105100)

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**Author:** [@Xuan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Xuan)\
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**Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-julia-gender-inclusive-s-community-hour/105100 "2023-10-18T01:28:52Z")

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Hey everyone, Julia Gender Inclusive is excited to announce a new series of online meet-ups, with our very first Community Hour happening this Sunday, 22 October at 9AM EDT / 1PM UTC / 3PM CEST / 6.30PM IST. Sign-up her…

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## [Julia Gender Inclusive coffee meet-up with Letícia Maria Pequeno Madureira](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gender-inclusive-coffee-meet-up-with-leticia-maria-pequeno-madureira/85308)

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**Author:** [@kimauth](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kimauth)\
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**Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gender-inclusive-coffee-meet-up-with-leticia-maria-pequeno-madureira/85308 "2022-08-04T17:14:54Z")

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How we became quantum chemists using Julia Hey everyone! Julia Gender Inclusive invites you to the next coffee meetup on Sunday, 7th of August at 11AM EDT / 3pm UTC / 5pm CEST / 8:30 pm IST! Sign-up here for a link to …

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## [Next "Learn Julia With Us" workshop by Julia Gender Inclusive this Thursday!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/next-learn-julia-with-us-workshop-by-julia-gender-inclusive-this-thursday/80779)

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**Author:** [@Xuan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Xuan)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/next-learn-julia-with-us-workshop-by-julia-gender-inclusive-this-thursday/80779 "2022-05-09T20:19:01Z")

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Julia Gender Inclusive is running the next “Learn Julia With Us” workshop this Thursday May 12! The workshop is open to anyone who sees their gender as underrepresented in the Julia community. Sign up to attend using thi…

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## [Julia Gender Inclusive Coffee meet-up](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gender-inclusive-coffee-meet-up/76935)

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**Author:** [@kimauth](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kimauth)\
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**Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gender-inclusive-coffee-meet-up/76935 "2022-02-22T20:31:21Z")

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Hey everyone, Julia Gender Inclusive invites you to another coffee meetup on Sunday, 27th of February at 11AM EST / 4pm UTC / 5pm CET / 9:30 pm IST! Sign-up here for a link to join: https://forms.gle/w1f74sS35JV1vbFy6 T…

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## [Julia Gender Inclusive digital coffee meeting](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gender-inclusive-digital-coffee-meeting/68411)

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**Author:** [@kimauth](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kimauth)\
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**Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gender-inclusive-digital-coffee-meeting/68411 "2021-09-19T14:51:01Z")

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Dear all! Julia Gender Inclusive invites to another coffee meetup on Sunday, September 26th at 11AM EDT / 3pm UTC / 5pm CEST / 8:30 pm IST! The coffee meetups are meant to give a space for getting to know each other, d…

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## [Announcing Julia Gender Inclusive](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-julia-gender-inclusive/63702)

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**Author:** [@Xuan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Xuan)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-julia-gender-inclusive/63702 "2021-07-04T18:57:34Z")

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For several years now, members of the Julia community have noted that our community is not as diverse as it could be. While the community strives to be welcoming, diverse, and inclusive towards people from all background…

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## [Diversity and Inclusion in the Julia community](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-julia-community/50271)

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**Author:** [@nassarhuda](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nassarhuda)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-julia-community/50271 "2020-11-20T18:01:02Z")

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It is no secret that the Julia community, like many other communities in science and technology, has a diversity problem and this year, we’re actively working to fix it. Brief history of diversity efforts within the Jul…

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## [Towards improving community diversity](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/towards-improving-community-diversity/46717)

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**Author:** [@joaoui1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/joaoui1)\
**Replies:** 72\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/towards-improving-community-diversity/46717 "2020-09-19T05:10:23Z")

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I think Julia needs to focus a little more on diversity and to that end encouraging women to create Julia Ladies/JLadies/not sure which name groups would be great!

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## ["Diversity 101" - Compiled Resources from the Astronomy Community](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/diversity-101-compiled-resources-from-the-astronomy-community/26881)

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**Author:** [@mihalybaci](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mihalybaci)\
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**Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/diversity-101-compiled-resources-from-the-astronomy-community/26881 "2019-07-30T00:09:20Z")

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Hi all, One of my takeaways from JuliaCon 2019 was how the Julia community at-large should move forward on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a (former) member of the astro community, I thought I would share…

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## [Access to Julia slack](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/access-to-julia-slack/21171)

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**Author:** [@preejackie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/preejackie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/access-to-julia-slack/21171 "2019-02-25T14:25:37Z")

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Hi all, I have submitted my request to join julia slack channel many days ago (\> 20 days). But still I didn’t any mails from the slack user group. But the registration site still shows me that my mail id is registered a…

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## [Nov. 25 deadline -- Small grants for diversity and inclusion work in Julia community](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nov-25-deadline-small-grants-for-diversity-and-inclusion-work-in-julia-community/17064)

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**Author:** [@xorJane](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xorJane)\
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**Last updated:** [November 1, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nov-25-deadline-small-grants-for-diversity-and-inclusion-work-in-julia-community/17064 "2018-11-01T19:15:17Z")

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Hi everyone! Julia Computing will be offering small grants (max $4K USD each) for efforts to include diversity and inclusion in the Julia community. Such efforts might include, for example, creating teaching materials on…