[Ubuntu Chicago] Invitation To UniForum Chicago Presentation May 25th

[Wayne Schneidman]

 <http://uniforumchicago.org/>Meetings

Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community
<https://www.meetup.com/UniForum-Chicago/events/239718222/>
Ed Finkler
Thursday May 25th 2017 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Bolingbrook, Fountaindale Library, Meeting Room B
<http://uniforumchicago.org/meetings/StrongerThanFear.html#GettingThere>
Join us at the Bolingbrook Fountaindale Library <http://fountaindale.org/> for
what will be a very interesting, intriguing and useful presentation that
will be of particular interest to those who work in Information Technology
about a subject not talked about very often; the stresses of the field, the
effects of it and ways of dealing with it.
*Abstract:*

There is a crisis in the tech industry. At least 20% of our colleagues,
friends, and teammates suffer silently with mental illness, but our work
culture does little to help. Based on real data, we'll show the enormous
impact of mental illness in our industry, and how we can change - and save
- lives.
*Bio:*

Ed Finkler, also known as Funkatron, started making web sites before
browsers had frames. He does front-end and server-side work in Python, PHP,
and JavaScript. He is the CTO at Graph Story.

He served as web lead and security researcher for CERIAS at Purdue
University for 9 years. Along with Chris Hartjes, Ed is co-host of the
Development Hell podcast.

Ed is also the founder and chairman of Open Sourcing Mental Illness, a
non-profit 501c3 dedicated to raising awareness and supporting those with
mental illness in the tech industry.

Ed writes at funkatron.com.

*Event Posting On Meetup,Com*
<https://www.meetup.com/UniForum-Chicago/events/239718222/>


*Event Posting At UniForum Chicago
<http://uniforumchicago.org/meetings/StrongerThanFear.html>*
*Getting to the meeting:*

The next General meeting of UniForum Chicago will be at:

        Bolingbrook Fountaindale Library
        http://www.fountaindale.org/
        Meeting Room B (1st floor)
        300 West Briarcliff Road
        Bolingbrook, IL 60440


Google Map Directions To Fountaindale Library
<https://goo.gl/maps/2CcFEUe9fiE2>

*After the meeting:*

*As usual we will be having a "Meeting After the Meeting" for talk and
drinks afterwards at the Gordon Biersch Brewery & Restaurant in the
Bolingbrook Promenade mall
<http://www.gordonbiersch.com/locations/bollingbrook?action=view>.*

For more information about UniForum Chicago contact *info at uniforum.chi.il.us
<info at uniforum.chi.il.us>*.

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