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Monterey Bay Women in GIS

We are a professional and social organization as well as an advocacy group for women and non-binary people in the geospatial field.

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2020

Year Founded

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3

Counties Represented

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30+

Members

What We Do

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Skill Sharing

We want to learn from each other and offer opportunities for project spotlight sharing, technical workshops, and general GIS tips and tricks of the trade. We look forward to learning all of the different applications of GIS in our different fields and using spatial analysis to solve problems together.

How do you use GIS?

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Professional Development

Our organization is a mix of students, new members of the workforce, career professionals and everything in between. We want to offer professional development opportunities including networking, resume building, mentorship and more.

What are you looking to improve on?

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Community Building

We are also a social organization focused on fostering a safe and welcoming community for women, non binary folks and their allies to foster personal and professional relationships, connect via shared interests and work to engage with our community and overcome obstacles that women in the sciences face.

What events would you like to see?

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Our Mission

We are a professional and social organization as well as an advocacy group for women and non-binary people. The aim of our chapter is to serve as a safe, welcoming place for women from all geospatial fields to:

  • share experiences, accomplishments, interests and new projects;
    discuss best practices, tips and tricks of the trade;

  • establish a community of professional women with shared interests;

  • work towards overcoming job discrimination; lower pay, professional isolation, and other common barriers women might face;

  • foster personal and professional relationships and resource sharing among members and institutions.

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Sign up for a Project Spotlight

Have a cool project you're working on? Want to practice a presentation, get some feedback, or just share your work? Whether its fully polished, a work in progress, or just an idea, sign up to share at one of our meetings! Each project spotlight will be 15 minutes, including questions & discussion. We can't wait to learn what you're working on!

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