Tech Leaders
Black & Latin Cohort
Summer 2024 In Session
A 4-month accelerator & mentoring initiative devoted to cultivating the next generation of leaders in Technology in both technical & market-facing roles.
Program Eligibility
This summer 2024 our Tech Leaders cohort is devoted to our BLKtech & LTNtech affinity initiative.
Black and Latin individuals currently working in a leading technical facing role, looking to improve leadership, personal, and professional development skills
Companies or Universities looking for educational programming to elevate their Black & Latinx staff leaders
Mentors looking to share their expertise & experiences with cohort members
Alumni stories
Equipping top tech leaders
Scaling professionals at some of the brightest companies in the industry choose 1871 to help them build a better network and accomplish their career goals.
Program breakdown
Facilitated forum
Participants will develop a sustainable support system outside of their companies through a peer-driven, two-hour monthly forum directly following workshops.
Group Coaching
Participants will have a monthly group coaching session designed to advance their personal goals.
Mentoring
Participants will be matched with a “Super Mentor” to partner with regularly during the program.
Group Coaching
Workshops
Participants will attend four monthly workshops, one each month. The program will include topics that are designed to help participants develop their best professional self.
Past workshops have been:
How to Develop Your Best Professional Self, Leading & Influencing to Drive Outcomes, Giving & Receiving Feedback, and Negotiation & Career Advancement
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We have partnered with SANDWINA, a collective of diverse, world-class coaches united in our mission to lift women by making coaching affordable, approachable, and actionable. We exist to make lives better, paychecks bigger and jobs more fulfilling.
Program tracks
Technical Track
Designed for Black & Latin professional technologists with clear technical roles across the following areas:
• Software engineering and dev
• Data engineering and data science
• UX/UI
• Technical product management
Market Facing Track
Designed for Black & Latin professionals working in external facing roles, including individuals that work with clients, customers, or outside stakeholders across the following areas:
• Marketing and communications
• Sales
• Customer success
Program information
Key dates
• 8.23.24 – 12.11.24
• 100% virtual
• One full Friday a month, 10 AM – 3 PM CST
• Graduation in December of 2024
Price
• Non-member: $4,000
• 1871 members: $2,000
*Need-based scholarship are limited
Sponsorship Letters:
Applicants sending to managers
Managers sending to prospective applicants
Start your application
Join our summer 2024 cohort of Tech Leaders today! Application dead is 7.23.24.
“It is inspiring to see so much support from the Women’s Leadership Accelerator and the Chicago Tech community for a group of women in similar roles, career stages, and with similar levels of drive and passion for what they do. When you bring that group together, it’s magic.”
“As women, we often have very high expectations for ourselves and don’t feel confident about the level of expertise we have. This makes us hesitant from sharing or driving towards aspirations when we aren’t quite ready to achieve them. I learned that having lofty goals and sharing them with a community of women leaders can be an immense motivator and will often help you when you don’t know how to start!”
“My favorite moment of the entire program was the graduation ceremony. It was clear that mentees and mentors alike were enriched and benefitted from the program. Each participant was honored individually during the ceremony and hearing from Alida and my mentors were incredibly uplifting.”