BDPA Monthly Newsletter, 1/1/2003 (Roxanne Clinton, Milt Haynes, Tony Lesesne, Woodie Lesesne, George Williams, Mark Windholtz)

Newsletter: National BDPA (Jan 2003)

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ITworld, 12/22/2000 (Clifford Clarke, Steve Edmonson, Les Pearson, Carl Williams, George Williams)

Equity? "I have seen in certain situations, although the [white executives] try to disguise it, African American men and women and other minorities being dealt a little harsher treatment. I know they're held to different standards. I've seen two people with the same sales quotas, and all sorts of excuses were given for the non-minority not making his numbers, but when it came to the minority, they're saying "You should make that number.' Yet he was given the worst territory out there."


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ComputerWorld, 1/30/2000 (Curvie Burton, Yvonne Sharpe, Joe Thompson, George Williams)

Beyond the Racial Ravine. How can the information technology profession close the gap between affluent people and impoverished members of minority groups with little exposure to technology or opportunity to move into the field? One organization working toward that goal is Black Data Processing Associates (www.bdpa.org) in Largo, Md., a leading organization of African-American IT professionals. We invited four top BDPA officials to discuss their work with Allan E. Alter and Martine Severin...

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ComputerWorld, 1/27/2000 (Clifford Clarke, Steve Edmonson, Les Pearson, George Williams)

Workplace Diversity. The numbers don't lie -the percentage of African Americans in senior management positions doesn't come close to reflecting their representation in American society. Here's why...

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Microsoft Press Room, 11/1/1999 (Kristi Torgrimson, Ian Heisser, George Williams, Santiago Rodriguez, Pat Coleman, Chester Grice)

Microsoft, BDPA Reach Out to Minority Communities. When Kristi Torgrimson started participating in a computer training camp at Microsoft in preparation for a national high-school computer competition sponsored by Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA), she was a pretty quiet kid. But it wasn't long before her instructors began to see changes in Kristi. Over the course of two summer sessions, she became more outgoing, more confident, and she even obtained a high-school internship at Microsoft. Kristi has twice been selected to be one of four students on the team representing the Seattle BDPA Chapter at the national competition. She still keeps in touch with one of her Microsoft instructors -- by e-mail, of course.

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The Black Collegian Online, 6/30/1999 (George Williams)

Information Technology, a Booming Career Now and into the Future. If you seek a career that offers plenty of intellectual stimulation, professional challenge and excellent earning potential, you need not look any further than Information Technology. Careers in Information Technology are "hot" and will continue to be in great demand well into the next century...

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Black Enterprise, 3/1/1998 (George Williams)

Creating a Human IT Network. What's in a name? Plenty, if you're the Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA), a 23-year-old organization dedicated to building a professional development network among members in computer technology and related fields. A lot has changed since this amalgamation of black information technology professionals started its first chapter in 1975--even its name. In deference to the changing times, and to foster a better public understanding of the group's focus, in 1996, the BDPA became the BDPA--Information Technology Thought Leaders.

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Network World, 10/13/1997 (Willie Fields, Sheila McCaskill, Yvonne Sharpe, George Williams)

Diversity Disconnect, Part 2. Second in a two-part series on diversity in network IS. Part 1, which ran last week, examined the factors that caused the diversity problem. This installment focuses on how to remedy the situation...

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Network World, 10/6/1997 (Curvie Burton, Rudy Duke, Earl Pace, Jesse Rodgers, Yvonne Sharpe, George Williams, Anne York)

Diversity Disconnect, Part 1. Jesse Rodgers had been standing watch over LANs at paper products magnate James River Corp. for more than 11 years, so he knew his network skills were sharp. He was confident senior IT management would promote him from net supervisor to network manager, even considered it a formality. After all, he already was responsible for key e-mail, Internet connectivity, server administration and other network services. His only competition was a project manager who, although he had a year or two of seniority, lacked comparable network skills...

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Communique, 4/1/1996 (Tony Adams, Diane Davis, Millicent Fuller, Michael McCrimmon, Kathy Procope, Paul Seabrook, George Williams, Vivian Wilson)

Communique, A BDPA Executive Committee Newsletter. It is an honor and a privilege to serve as your National President. I look forward to meeting each BDPA member on line and at our National Conference in Atlanta! I will certainly be there. Will you? Last February, the first quarter Board of Directors Meeting was held in "Silicon Valley", California. Appropriately named, it is a unique valley of amazing people, buildings and technology. Some amazing BDPA members played host for the meeting. I thank everyone in the Silicon Valley and Bay Area chapters for their efforts that made the Board meeting a memorable occasion. My gratitude to everyone that contributed to a successful meeting. As we start our 21st year, I sense that a fresh spirit has blown into BDPA.

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