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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">Designing for Diversity</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2016-02-02T14:00:00" datetime="2016-02-02T14:00:00">Tuesday, February 2, 2016 from 2</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2016-02-02T15:30:00" datetime="2016-02-02T15:30:00">3:30pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202391992'><span class='fn org p-name'>Portland Development Commission</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">222 NW Fifth Avenue</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">Oregon</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97209</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">United States</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=222%20NW%20Fifth%20Avenue,%20Portland%20Oregon%2097209%20United%20States'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <h1>"In diversity there is beauty and there is strength." - Maya Angelou</h1> <h3>Design has the power to permeate every product, moment, and solution in our lives.</h3> <h3>At the same time, diversity of thought leads to innovations in design that have the power to transform everyday life.</h3> <p>The question is, how do we design products, services & environments that reflect a diversity of experiences and perspectives, which are shaped by things like race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual identity, ability/disability and location, among other factors?</p> <p>Please join us and our incredible panel of diversity, design + technology leaders, as we seek to address what diversity means, not only in the world of design and technology, but in the world at large.</p> <h3>About our panelists:</h3> <p>Tyesha Snow has spent more than a decade creating and shaping interactive experiences and successfully managing software products, working with some of the world’s largest agencies to create brand affinity for Fortune 500 companies in multiple industries.</p> <p>James Pritchett is an award-winning designer, known for delivering out-of-the-box concepts, dynamic visuals and innovative strategies for online and print delivery. His background includes acclaimed work on campaigns for startups to leading Fortune 500 brands. He is currently founder & CEO of The More Company.</p> <p>Joy Alise Davis is a collaborative design strategist and interdisciplinary social practitioner. She is a founding partner of Design Culture Lab, a research-based social lab dedicated to the transformation of neighborhoods through collaborative design strategies that address complex spatial issues of cultural, racial and ethnic inequality.</p> <p>An expert in front-end web development and UI, Darren Bruckner has been designing and building quality websites and web applications for major companies for almost 10 years. He’s currently founder and CEO of Workfrom.</p> <h3>About our moderator:</h3> <p>Stephen Green is currently serving as community director of Elevate Capital and has over 10 years of experience connecting small/diverse businesses owners to the resources they need.</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="https://attending.io/events/designing-for-diversity">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>