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more computer-related We incorporated and programs for high school
inventions at the Bell became a 501(3)(c) students and set up
Laboratories as part of corporation; took on the networking social for our
the personal computing United Way to open college summer employees.
revolution. We were the core corporate giving via payroll I was also blessed to be the
for our work location and deduction (to organizations organization's first national
probably selected for GSP in like our own and UNCF); president and the official
the hope that we would fail began publishing our own representative of over 2,000
and management could newspaper (I penned an employees when interacting
justify future exclusion of article entitled "We are with the Labs’ executives. I
black women or students ABLE but are we Willing?"); still had to perform my full-
from HBCU’s. successfully pushed for time job
graduate fellowship
Shortly after Jettye, Pam
and I joined the labs we programs for women and After leaving the Labs, while
became involved with a minorities; implemented being employed by a dozen
newly formed group, ABLE programs for high school companies. I have delivered
(Association of Black students; started several consulting services to over a
Laboratories Employees). employee career hundred companies ranging
As an introverted nerd, I am development programs and from startups to multi-
amazed with the level of shared them from one nationals and Fortune 50
activism that I displayed in location to another; and held companies. As a trainer, I
the workplace.In the late our first national conference. have trained thousands on
70s, I was key in taking I was personally complex technologies
ABLE to a higher level for an instrumental in implementing including Unix/C systems
employee resource group. summer experience and network programming;
