Code2040's in the House: Summer Summit returns!
Join Code2040 for a day of programming focused on racial equity, thinking critically about tech, technical skills, and connection!
Date and time
Location
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Detroit Downtown - Fort Shelby
525 West Lafayette Boulevard Detroit, MI 48226Refund Policy
About this event
- Event lasts 12 hours
- Paid venue parking
It is the time to connect, learn, and care for one another.
As Detroit activist Grace Lee Boggs once said, “Movements are born of critical connections rather than critical mass.” Thus, Code2040 returns with our once beloved Summer Summit, for the first time in Detroit, Michigan to honor its legacy of resistance, activism, and community care and to connect with its budding tech hub – therefore bringing light to Detroit’s unique intersection of social justice and tech.
Whether you are a college student barely breaking into computer science, the previous head of a now-defunct diversity and inclusion department, or an executive at a major tech company: we want to connect with you and create space for you all to connect with each other, learn together, and mobilize toward an equitable future. It will take all of us and it begins here, with connection.
Connect with us. Learn with us. Build a new world with us.
The answer to this injustice lies in all of us. More than ever, Code2040’s mission for racial equity in the innovation economy requires the mobilization of a community of Black and Latinx technologists and their allies and accomplices. This is difficult, exhausting work but this is not the time to despair or be complacent.
TLDR; this event will feature:
- workshops on technical skills including: Cybersecurity simulation and Language Models Unlocked: From Global Power to Local Impact
- critical discussions about technology and AI: AI ethics workshop and Understanding technology from a critical lens
- workshops on racial equity organizing & advocacy: Organizing and Advocacy101 and your Role in Advocacy.
- opportunities to connect and network across the intersections of tech & social justice, featuring our Code2040 Fellows and community members
- a panel of local organizers, speaking to the power of tech in movement-building work
- free food, free DJ, swag, & more!
First 40 attendees will receive Event Swag!!
Frequently asked questions
Nope! You're accounted for :)
We'll begin the day with breakfast and opening remarks, followed by three tracks of programming (a racial equity & advocacy track, a technical skills track, and a critical theory track), lunch, and end the day with a panel ft local organizers, dinner, and a local DJ :) come kick it with us!
Yes, we will be serving lunch, and dinner with a variety of options for different dietary needs.
We'll send this information out before the event!
Building is ADA accessible, elevator and ramp access is available. There will be gender neutral bathrooms
We ask folks to rapid test beforehand for the safety of other guests. Please stay home if you're feeling any symptoms/illness! Masking indoors is encouraged but optional. All indoor spaces will be equipped with HEPA filters. We'll have hand sanitizer and masks available for folks.