International Women’s Day (IWD) is marked on March 8th every year. In different regions, the focus of celebrations ranges from general respect and appreciation toward women to a celebration of women’s economic, political, and social achievements.

GDG LA and GDG Culver City will celebrate IWD this year on April 20th at the Google Office in Venice. Speaker details to be added soon. Hope you can join us!

IWD is Women Techmakers annual event campaign where our community hosts events all around the world during the months of March and April in celebration of this moment. From big summits to smaller, intimate gatherings, IWD is a time to host events that create connections, educate and inspire, and recognize that we still have a ways to go to close the gender gap.

The definition of to dare is to have the courage to try something new; to defy or challenge norms; to be brave and willing take risks. For IWD 2023, Women Techmakers Ambassadors will be hosting events around the world with the theme “Dare To Be,” empowering our community to have courage, to dream big and to be bold. #WTMDareToBe
 

We'll have a panel of brilliant Women in Technology including:

Emily Jaffe, Engineering Manager, Beautycounter

Lindsay Pond, Senior iOS Software Engineer, Airbnb

Sophia Orlando, Solutions Engineer, GitHub

Theora Kvitka, Senior Service Designer

Kübra Zengin, Program Manager, Google

Siena Aguayo, Staff Software Engineer, Tapcart

Bring your questions and your business cards/contact information for some great networking opportunities!

IMPORTANT:

Attendee Check-In: Lobby of BIN5 (320 Hampton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90291)

All guests will need to be pre-registered. We'll need to close RSVPs and share the guestlist by April 17 so Google can print badges.

NO LATE RSVPs! You MUST RSVP at the original event site: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-los-angeles-presents-dare-to-be-international-womens-day-2023/

All guests will be required to present proof of vaccination for admittance