O4U Engineering Conference for LGBTQ+ Undergrads - Extended CALL for Applications

Black lives matter beyond their relationship with the police and police brutality. Black lives matter in all disciplines and all walks of life. For too long, engineering has employed only white, heterosexual and cisgender men, closed to the diversity of people in our world. As a result, we see that the only innovations brought forth to society are those drawn from their experiences; from seatbelts that fail to protect non-men to racist algorithms which punish and ignore people for the color of their skin, the engineering world must change before it can best serve all people.

In every way, Out for Undergrad exists to drive this change. While we cannot improve the world by ourselves, we can uplift the people who can. O4U has a strong history of bringing underrepresented and underserved students together. Today, our commitment to supporting our students, especially Black LGBTQ+ students disproportionately affected by our white supremacist police state, remains as strong as ever.

Out for Undergrad (O4U) recognizes that students, faculty, and staff have been juggling a lot this year. Many students reached out to us after our final application round to express that they were interested in our conference, but missed the application deadline. To better reach and support the LGBTQ+ students in your community, O4U wants to give them one last chance to apply to attend our Fall 2020 Engineering conference.

Our engineering conference team has been hard at work developing a world-class digital event this fall. Although we may not be able to gather in person, we are excited to virtually convene a group of bright LGBTQ+ students and mentors for professional and personal development, and we would love to see your students included in that group! This conference is a fantastic opportunity to meet and network with employers from a variety of different companies such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Clorox, Medtronic, Toyota, and many more.

Our application round will open on July 27th, at 12 PM PST, and will continue through August 9th, until 11:59 PST. The application will be available here: https://www.outforundergrad.org/apply