Added Black History Month post for 2025

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+layout: post
+title: "US-RSE Celebrates Black History Month 2025"
+tags: [dei, black-history]
+author: Lance Parsons, Cordero Core
+date: 2025-02-01
+---
+
+![Black History Month Logo](/assets/img/BHMlogo.png)
+
+US-RSE’s [DEI working group (DEI-WG)](https://us-rse.org/wg/dei/) is proud to
+lead the US-RSE’s participation in celebrating [Black History
+Month](https://www.blackhistorymonth.gov/).
+
+First up, we’ll be sharing stories throughout the month that recognize and
+celebrate African Americans who have inspired our members through their
+accomplishments in their careers and their personal stories. We’ll be
+publishing these posts throughout February to highlight such people, where we
+talk about the person and tie their work and life to the RSE movement.
+
+* A. Phillip Randolph \-
+  [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Philip_Randolph)
+* Check back here for links as articles are posted
+
+In addition, we’re excited to host a discussion (tentatively on 2/20).
+[@Cordero Core](https://usrse.slack.com/team/U0523JRUDE3) shared one of his
+favorite YouTube channels with us from Garrison Hayes. We invite you to watch
+the three episodes linked below from [Garrison Hayes' YouTube
+channel](https://www.youtube.com/@GarrisonHayes/featured), and then come
+prepared for a lively, engaging, and thought provoking conversation with us on
+Thursday, February 20th and continuing in the
+[\#dei-discussion](https://usrse.slack.com/archives/C01C8CJQ7AP) channel on
+Slack. For those that aren't familiar, Garrison explores a variety of
+interesting questions, usually at the intersection of Black history, politics
+and current events.
+
+* [Why the right is so obsessed with
+  DEI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARKvxeNCp84)
+* [Tim Scott and the “token black
+  guy”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcEOpjV1Upc)
+* [Why are Black people still
+  Christian?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKSF1huXOuw)
+
+Finally, we wanted to share with you some articles, shows, and resources we
+found engaging and we invite you to share your own, either on Slack or with the
+hashtag `#usrse-blackhistory`.
+
+### **Events/Conferences**
+
+* [Black Tech Week](https://blacktechweek.com/) \- July 14-16 at the Aronoff
+  Center in Cincinnati, OH
+* [BitCon 2025](https://bitcon.blacksintechnology.net/) \- BITCON is the annual
+  conference for the largest community of Black technology professionals
+  globally
+* [Black Women in Data Summit 2025](https://www.blackwomenindata.com/) \-
+  centers Black women's point of view in all spaces where data lives
+* [AfroTech Conference 2025](https://experience.afrotech.com/) \- Explore
+  enterprise innovation, shape the future of work, build essential skills, and
+  champion tech for good
+
+### **Organizations**
+
+* [BlackGirlsHack](https://blackgirlshack.org/) \- Home of Black Girl Cyber
+  Magic
+* [Black In Astro](https://www.blackinastro.com/) \- Celebrating and amplifying
+  the Black experience in space-related fields
+* [Black Men in Tech](https://www.blkmenintech.com/about-us) \- access,
+  resources, and community for Black men within the tech industry
+* [Code.org’s Approach to Diversity and Equity in Computer
+  Science](https://code.org/diversity)
+* [blackcomputeHER.org](https://blackcomputeher.org/) \- dedicated to
+  supporting computing+tech education and workforce development for Black women
+  and girls
+* [African American Women in Physics](https://aawip.com/) \- honor the women
+  who paved the way, to inspire future physicists, and to connect with allies
+  interested in promoting diversity in Physics and other STEM fields
+* [National Society of Black Physicists](https://nsbp.org/) \- For nearly 50
+  years, NSBP has existed to open more opportunities in physics and related
+  sciences for African Americans and others across the African diaspora
+
+### **Articles/Podcasts/Shows**
+
+* [She Stared It](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5202656/) \- an award-winning
+  documentary that provides a rare look in the lives of five ambitious young
+  women entrepreneurs (Thuy, Stacey, Sheena, Brienne and Agathe) who will stop
+  at nothing to pursue their startup dreams.
+* [Coded Bias](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11394170/) \- When MIT Media Lab
+  researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that facial recognition does not see
+  dark-skinned faces accurately, she embarks on a journey to push for the
+  first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms that impact us all.
+* [Interview with Marc
+  Hannah](https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/marc-hannah-41) \-
+  co-founded Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) in 1982, which created software and
+  hardware for 3D visuals in films like Jurassic Park and Terminator 2\.
+* Star Trek Episodes
+  * Let That Be Your Last Battlefield ST:TOS
+  * Far Beyond the Stars ST:DS9
+  * Living Witness ST:VOY (great episode about historical revisionism)
+* [View on Demand: “Black Excellence in Real-World
+  Computing”](https://www.acm.org/diversity-inclusion/bhm-2023) from ACM
+* [Fostering an Enjoyable Black History Learning Experience in Your CS
+  Classroom \- Computer Science Teachers
+  Association](https://csteachers.org/fostering-an-enjoyable-black-history-learning-experience-in-your-cs-classroom/)
+  from Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)