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A look back at 2019, and ahead to 2020

TheBridge 2019 highlights

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A few highlights from 2019:

We’re growing! In 2019, our community expanded to states all over the U.S. and we even have interest from Europe. Thank you to all of you! Please continue to encourage people to reach out, get involved and join the community.
 
Our future of work discussion was turned into a live podcast episode for the SF Chronicle's podcast, It's All Political! Listen here.  
 
We provided a pipeline of professionals for job and fellowship opportunities.
  
We launched TheBridge Drinks & Discussions series (continuing in 2020) including conversations with leaders at the FCC, Axios, LinkedIn, Postmates.
 
We expanded our career resources with a new Career Pivot series, including a conversation with Spotify.
 
We convened stakeholders ranging from developers to state elections officials to Capitol Hill for a discussion on election security with Microsoft.
 
We brought labor organizers and employees in the on-demand industry together, in tense times, for a discussion about the future of work in the evolving economy with Postmates.
 
We talked with Jessica Rosenworcel, FCC Commissioner, about the digital divide and homework gap.
 
We scratched the surface of an evolving conversation about tech and campaign 2020 with Out in Tech, and ethics around political ads.
 
And so much in between...Thank you to all of our amazing partners! 
 
There are many ways to get involved and partner. Have an idea? Email us anytime - hello@thebridgework.com.
 
Video, photos and recaps from all of our events can be found on TheBridge events page: thebridgework.com/events