Announcing Craig Newmark Philanthropies Grant Support of WISP #ShareTheMicInCyber Campaign

We are thrilled to announce that Craig Newmark Philanthropies is aiding Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) in our endeavor to support the #ShareTheMicInCyber community and cover training, certification, and education costs incurred by Black security and privacy practitioners with a $25,000 grant! 

On Friday June 26th, the security and privacy community came together to honor and amplify the stories and work of Black practitioners on Twitter and LinkedIn. Organized by Google’s Camille Stewart and Harvard Belfer Center’s Lauren Zabierek, the #ShareTheMicInCyber campaign brought together professionals from Microsoft, the New York Times, Brookings Institute, Cisco, Ernst & Young, the Aspen Institute, Verizon Media, Amazon, Netflix, New America and more - all united by a commitment to elevate underrepresented voices and catalyze real change in the industry. This was a unique social media moment when prominent allies leveraged their social media platforms and networks to spur a conversation around systemic racism in infosec, privacy, and national security. 

During the #ShareTheMicInCyber campaign, WISP initiated a fundraiser to raise funds to pay for Practitioner’s training and certifications -- and the response exceeded expectations. With the funds from this effort, we hoped to support other Practitioners in the #ShareTheMicInCyber event with training and certifications, as well. We are now hoping to be able to cover each and every certification and training cost needing coverage in the #ShareTheMicInCyber group!

We are working with the #ShareTheMicInCyber group to add up the fund size needed and currently with this $25,000 grant plus the $19,000+ donated by WISP sponsor individuals and corporate sponsors, we will be able to cover each and every education, training, and certification needed so far! We couldn’t be more excited. Thank you to Craig Newmark Philanthropies and each and every sponsor, we absolutely would never be able to make this happen without you.

Thank you to our WISP #ShareTheMicInCyber sponsors:

Craig Newmark Philanthropies, @JBizzle703, @NSQE, @rj_chap, @adamely, @PhilHagen, @chandlerhowell, @scba, @Riana_crypto, @emjohn20, @bjohn20, @UUallan, @Mattdevost, @tijuanera, @jposhea3, @georgevhulme, @mckennak44, @bethlogic, @B1N2H3X, @nailaa, @dougbarbin, @schellmanco, @stevegoodwin, @brendancboyle, @5urvivatrix, @selenalarson, @partrickhammond, @blowdart, @nerdpyle, @bryanbrake, @brakesec, @m3sweatt, @zcobb, @Riana_crypto, @apjanke, @all_davenport, Central NJ Infosec, @RobDuhart, @redteamwrangler, @CdubbsDT, @SansJen, @BabyBoomerWriter, @BabyBoomerWriter, @TheSweetKat, @alexstamos, @jessedpate, @_whatshisface, @techwithtaz, @garysoccer2, and 25 Anonymous donors.