Building a Just Tech Future: We’re Recommitting to Racial Equity in 2025
By Mimi Fox Melton, CEO
At Code2040, we believe people have the power to change systems. At a time when the political landscape is threatening the most vulnerable among us and tech oligarchs are propagating white supremacy, we stand strong in community with Black and Latinx technologists and racial equity advocates. We will continue to stand in support of tech workers everywhere who are invested in designing tech for our collective, social good, and who are holding the tech industry accountable.
So far this year, we’ve witnessed the tech industry collude with white supremacy as tech billionaires clamor to secure favor with the Trump administration. Our work for racial equity in tech is more urgent than ever, and it requires all of us coming together and refusing to allow white supremacy to dictate the rules of our work. Working for racial equity in tech is, in part, a work of refusal; refusing the white supremacist systems that currently exist, and refusing to give up hope as we maintain our commitment to building this world anew. We must show up each day to build with people who are committed to creating technologies for more livable worlds.
Code2040 is continuing to fight for racial equity in tech, and we will do so by standing in community together. As we face a year where technology will undoubtedly drive the economy and our political landscape, we need to see the tech industry as critical terrain in our fight for the future. In 2025, Code2040 is bringing our people together and strengthening our movement for racial equity. Together, we create the spaces we, as Black and Brown people, need and deserve. When we come together, we nourish our imaginations, share our dreams and visions for the future, and act to support each other as we collectively build a more just technological future.
In 2025 and beyond, we are committed to shaping the future of tech, gathering people together, and responding to the tech politics pipeline with a tech to movement pathway.
As an organization dedicated to advancing racial equity in the innovation economy, we affirm our commitments to racial and economic justice. We will continue to stand in support of tech workers who are galvanized by the promise of creating tech for collective, social good. Code2040 is committed to leveraging the power of our community to be a part of the movement to democratize information, ensure full access to technology for all, and build technological solutions that fuel social justice movements across the globe. As we face white supremacy and deeply entrenched systemic racism around the country, our work for racial equity in tech is needed now more than ever.