{"id":54111,"date":"2023-03-01T11:10:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T19:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/us\/en\/blog\/?p=54111"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:37:39","slug":"ringcentrals-new-blitz-affinity-group-is-elevating-black-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/ringcentrals-new-blitz-affinity-group-is-elevating-black-women\/","title":{"rendered":"RingCentral\u2019s New BLiTZ Affinity Group is Elevating Black Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral\u2019s Kelly Malone, Tasia Bromell and Sam Thompson, created BLiTZ, a safe space for Black women at RingCentral to engage in supportive conversation, share career advice, and network.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we transition from Black History Month in February to\u00a0 Women&#8217;s History Month in March, it&#8217;s a timely reminder that\u00a0 Black women in technology are in a unique position as they are essentially double minorities. This reality is what led a handful of enterprising Black women to set up the Black Ladies In Tech Zone (BLiTZ) affinity group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 7), and in the lead-up to International Women\u2019s Day on March 8, we sat down with this dynamic group of women, to discuss their work and life experiences in technology and the need for a safe space to communicate and advocate for\u00a0 each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>What Inspired BLiTZ?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kelly Malone, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senior Director of Security and Trust, had participated in other groups at RingCentral with a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) focus like Black Employees at RingCentral (BE@R), but felt that women\u2019s voices were still a \u201clittle quiet\u201d in those settings. She and her co-founders were inspired to \u201ccreate a safer space to address any issues that specifically affect Black women.\u201d Co-founder Sam Tho<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mpson<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Sr. Sales Enablement <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manager<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, adds \u201cBLiTZ is also a place where we can help one another and promote one another for additional opportunities within the company\u2014to elevate our visual status, but also our earning and financial status.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"swiper single-post__swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Additional required wrapper --><\/p>\n<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"925\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sam.jpg\" class=\"responsive-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"925\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tasia.jpg\" class=\"responsive-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"925\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Kelly2.jpg\" class=\"responsive-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 16\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t<path d=\"M10.7304 13.9805L12.1446 15.3947L19.6642 7.8751L12.1446 0.355469L10.7304 1.76968L15.8359 6.87519H0.5V8.87519L15.8357 8.87519L10.7304 13.9805Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 16\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t<path d=\"M10.7304 13.9805L12.1446 15.3947L19.6642 7.8751L12.1446 0.355469L10.7304 1.76968L15.8359 6.87519H0.5V8.87519L15.8357 8.87519L10.7304 13.9805Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Understanding Intersectionality.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BLiTZ co-founder and DEI Program Coordinator Tasia Bromell wholeheartedly agrees with them. \u201cWhen you are talking about diversity, a lot of people tend to look at it in different buckets, right? So you will have Black people, maybe you have women, but not a lot of people talk about the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intersectionality<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of being a Black woman. And so I think this space provides an opportunity for us to do that.\u201d Black legal scholar Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw coined the term \u201cintersectionality\u201d in her 1989 essay, \u201cDemarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics.\u201d The concept of intersectionality is a description of the way multiple oppressions are experienced. BLiTZ directly addresses intersectionality while fostering an encouraging environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Elevating One Another.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mission of BLiTZ is to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">promote, celebrate and highlight\u00a0 Black women in technology, provide a space for free expression and advocate for the expansion of equal opportunities. BLiTZ collaborates with other DEI programs at RingCentral to do just that. Along with BE@R and the Black Gold Leadership Team, they recently hosted an inspiring and motivating series featuring Black women speakers. Encouraging and supporting other Black women to pursue technology careers is another way BLiTZ is providing support. BLiTZ members <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charity Myers, Product Designer, and Dominique Kelly, Global Enterprise Engineer,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recently completed RingCentral\u2019s TransitionN2Tech program and are now full-time employees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>BLiTZ Focus for 2023.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its inaugural year, BLiTZ is planning activities around 3 key pillars.\u00a0 Firstly, a speaker series to drive education and awareness and provoke discussion. \u00a0 This will kick-off in March with Celia J. Thomas, Global Business Partner at Texas Instruments. Mentoring is the second pillar for 2023. Each of the BLiTZ founders shared remarkable stories of mentors who had influenced and propelled their careers forward. Read Kelly Malone\u2019s story <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/us\/en\/blog\/powering-your-next-career-pivot\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The third pillar is career development in which each participant creates an Individual Development Plan (IDP), a detailed map for career advancement. In the future, BLiTZ aspires to sponsor members\u2019 education and certifications. Given that BLiTZ was founded just five months ago, the group has really accelerated its program of activities and we look forward to hearing more success stories from BLiTZ!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights: RingCentral\u2019s Kelly Malone, Tasia Bromell and Sam Thompson, created BLiTZ, a safe space for Black women at RingCentral to engage in supportive conversation, share career advice, and network. 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