Grace Hopper Celebration Cancelled

mooreds

Submitted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50070918

wolfi1

I have to admit, I suspected the Secretary of War cancelled the funding

fortran77

I wonder if people are confused about their repositioning. An AnitaB.org press release dated April 24, 2025, stated its mission as: > “to get women in tech skilled, hired, promoted, paid, and funded so that they can thrive, lead, and drive innovation for a more equitable and sustainable future.” The current mission page instead says: > “to get our community in tech skilled, hired, promoted, paid, and funded, so they can thrive, lead, and drive innovation for a more impartial and sustainable future.” It's really hard to tell from their current mission statement who "our community" is.

beej71

Ugh. A bunch of our students already booked travel and rooms. What a horrible situation all around.

cmiles8

Sad to see this canceled and especially at the last minute. Since DEI imploded most companies won’t touch anything with a 100 ft pole that looks like it might go anywhere near that, and seems like that didn’t help on funding and sponsors. This always seemed like a good event and only ever heard positive things about it. The controversies and scandals surrounding DEI were not about this, and thus it would appear this may be collateral damage.

chasil

For as much COBOL as my (former) coworkers use every day, they should bankroll her day.