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I was so happy to see GameCraft back again, and we were invited by Douglas Street Campus this year in Cork, and it was a fun Cork GameCraft. Even on a mid-term, students and friends came to the game jam, the theme was "OUT OF PLACE".

Some of the games produced can be found at https://itch.io/jam/cork-gamecraft-2024. Well done to the students who won People's Choice, it was their first time taking part. Here's to more game jams. 🙌
Want to run a game jam, or a DIY game controller workshop in your local area? Drop an email to info@gamecraft.it.

Recently I attended WITS Ireland's Mary Mulvihill lecture recently who's guest of honour was the amazing Marion Palmer, who always guided me when I was with the committee and normal member. She listened and gave formidable advice, and it was fantastic to catch up with journalist Maria Delaney who was the keynote speaker with UCD President, Orla Feely, opening the event.

WITS Ireland (Women in Technology and Science) on LinkedIn: Our organisation has a proud and long history and on Thursday evening we… | 12 comments

Our organisation has a proud and long history and on Thursday evening we hosted our bi-annual Mary Mulvihill lecture and celebrated the massive contribution of… | 12 comments on LinkedIn

LinkedInWITS Ireland (Women in Technology and Science)

It was quite a privilege to be amongst such distinguished people, and where our paths all crossed in the past. A good evening of catching up and meeting new faces.

🙌 I forgot to mention all the new Diversity in Tech Groups that popped up in 2023 around Ireland, I still try and curate the list at diversityintech.fyi.

HackHers Dublin
Latinas in Tech - Dublin
Black Girls in Tech Ireland
Black Women in Tech Ireland
Tech and Inclusion Advocates Ireland
SheStrategizes: Women in Marketing Meetup (Dublin Chapter)
Engineers Ireland: Inclusion and Diversity

And here's something to listen to, a new ep was released recently by YourY Network, check it out!

United Nations theme this year for International Women's Day is "Invest in women: Accelerate progress".

UN Women on LinkedIn: International Women’s Day 2024: ‘Invest in women: Accelerate progress’ |… | 86 comments

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT: The theme for International Women's Day 2024 is #𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐈𝐧𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧: 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 Investing in women is a… | 86 comments on LinkedIn

LinkedInUN Women

There's many events happening this month (scroll right down to see what's one around Ireland, and if we miss out any, @ us on Twitter or LinkedIn and we will repost.

Techstars Startup Weekend Women Dublin on LinkedIn: #techstars #startupweekend #womenempowerment #swdw2024

"Last week's team meeting was a success! We made some exciting changes to enhance the attendee experience at our upcoming event. Are you registered for…

LinkedInTechstars Startup Weekend Women Dublin

Don't forget that Techstars Startup Weekend Women Dublin is happening at the end of this month on March 22-24.

Special announcement

TechFoundHer Boot Camp tickets launched recently, the main event is taking place on Tuesday April 16th at the historic Dublin City Hall.

SPONSOR: fourTheorem

❤️ Thanks to Symantec and All the Tech Things for sponsoring Pi-Tops v2. We now have 4 in total for our events and collaborations.

🌈 Dublin City PPN - Community Partner, we are also members.

🌈 For our long time supporters and those who contributed recently, thank you on behalf of the team.

💖 If you want to be involved with Coding Grace, there are different ways from offering to mentoring 🧑‍🏫, collaborating 🤝, help spreading the word about us 💬, and financial contributions 🤲.

🙏 And a huge thanks to our regular Open Collective contributors🙏
Donations will help with to admin fees which includes bank charges, accountancy fees, zoom subscriptions. We are doing this as volunteers, so every little helps.

PyLadies Dublin

Normally on the 3rd Tue every month either in-person or remote.
Topics (Python-related or Python adjacent) can include: Core Python, creative tech, testing, career, libraries, all things data, frontend, backend, SRE, etc.
⚡️ Lightning talks welcomed. Any questions, email: dublin@pyladies.com

Events

🔜 Where I'll be...

• Fri Feb 29 - Mar 1: RENDR Festival (Belfast)
• Mon Mar 4: Tech Gateway presents ‘Big Boost Mondays’ Dublin @ KPMG
• Tue Mar 5: TrustWorki IWD2024: Change Makers - How Can Progress be accelerated? @ HuckleTree
• Fri Mar 8: Cracking the Code – International Women’s Day @ Black Shamrock
• Tue Mar 19: PyLadies Dublin March Meetup
• Tue Mar 26: Cupán Tae Conf Virtual Talks with Laura Nolan
• Tue Apr 16: TechFoundHer Boot Camp 2024 @ Dublin City Hall

• (In-Person) Women Techmakers (WTM) Belfast 2024 
  •  Sat Mar 2, 2024 (09:00)
• (In-Person) Tech Gateway presents 'Big Boost Mondays' Dublin @ KPMG
  • Mon Mar 4, 2024 (17:00) 
• (In-Person) TrustWorki IWD2024: Change Makers - How Can Progress be accelerated? @ Huckletree
  • Tue Mar 5, 2024 (09:00) 
• (In-Person) Thrive Inclusion: Digital Inclusion: Building Bridges, Not Barriers @ LinkedIn
  • Tue Mar 5, 2024 (16:00)
• Women in Tech Belfast: International Women's Day 2024 Lightning Talks event 'Inspire Inclusion'
  • Tue Mar 5, 2024 (17:30) 
• (In-Person) Going for Growth: Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs
  • Tue Mar 5, 2024 (18:30) 
• Female Founders & Funders Breakfast Event on International Women’s Day @ AWS Startup Loft 
  • Fri Mar 8, 2024 (08:45)
• (Hybrid) Cracking the Code - International Women's Day @ Black Shamrock 
  • Fri Mar 8, 2024 (11:00)
• (In-Person) JoinHer Network: International Women's Day 2024 @ Clayton Hotel Belfast
  • Fri Mar 8, 2024 (19:00)
• (In-Person) Diversity and Intercultural Education Network (DIEN) @ Atlantic Technological University Sligo
  • Sat Mar 9, 2024 (09:30)
• (In-Person) Women in STEM Summit 2024 @ Croke Park 
  • Wed Mar 13, 2024 (08:00)
• (In-Person) Going for Growth: Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs 
  •  Fri Mar 15, 2024 (18:00) 
• Awakenhub: March Community Event
  • Tue Mar 19, 2024 (17:00) 
• (In-Person) PyLadies Dublin Mar Meetup
  • Tue Mar 19, 2024 (17:30)
• (Online) Cupán Tae Virtual Talk Series: Laura Nolan - Path Dependence: History Matters 
  •  Tue Mar 26, 2024 (13:00) 

🌈 If you want to add an event, you can submit a PR or or an issue on github, Or you can email me at contact@codinggrace.com.

📖 Reading List

This page is made up of tables of all the media collated for references, reading resources, community groups.

📖 Reading List

⏭️ Our next bi-monthly newsletter will be in May 2024, if you have announcements, events, opportunities for our May-June Newsletter, drop us an email at contact@codinggrace.com.

Cheers,

/// Vicky 🐱🏳️‍🌈🦄