Established in the U.S. in 1970 to mark the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Pride Month has spread to all corners of the globe, making June a time to shine for LGBTQ+ people. SWE welcomes and honors our LGBTQ+ members and allies. The tapestry of SWE is vibrant, and we stand with those struggling for equality.
Check out some of our previous Pride Month podcasts:
Experiences of Nonbinary Students in Engineering: In this SWE Diverse episode, Alexa Jakob (she/her), lead of SWE’s LGBTQ+ and Allies Affinity Group, speaks with Dr. Andrea Haverkamp (she/they). Listen as they discuss Dr. Haverkamp’s research on the experiences of nonbinary students in engineering.
SWE Celebrates Pride Month: A Conversation with oSTEM: SWE CEO and Executive Director Karen Horting (she/her) speaks with Lilian Martinez (she/her), CEO and Executive Director of Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM). Listen as they discuss the importance of giving visibility to LGBTQ+ leaders in STEM, issues facing the LGBTQ+ community, and how we can all work to improve inclusiveness in our lives, teams, and organizations.
Adafruit publishes a wide range of writing and video content, including interviews and reporting on the maker market and the wider technology world. Our standards page is intended as a guide to best practices that Adafruit uses, as well as an outline of the ethical standards Adafruit aspires to. While Adafruit is not an independent journalistic institution, Adafruit strives to be a fair, informative, and positive voice within the community – check it out here: adafruit.com/editorialstandards
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
