Diversity and inclusion

Turning a passion for the past into a bold new vision for fashion

From antiquing and crafting as a child to creating a vintage-inspired fashion brand that made her the first female designer showcased at New York Fashion Week: Men’s, Emily Adams Bode isn’t just fascinated with history—she’s making it, too.

Empowering refugees with digital skills

It started with a fierce desire to help others. First, it was her friends. Then, her family. Today, Grace Nshimiyumukiza is a teacher for the Connected Education program aimed at training 25,000 refugees with digital skills.
An astronaut floating outside the International Space Station wearing a white EVA suit poses for a photo saluting with their left hand while their right hand is gripping a security bar.

Inspiration and inclusion: encouraging future pioneers in STEM and space travel

Microsoft is teaming up with NASA to help ensure that pathways to new opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math are open to all.
Widescreen shot of the rock band X Ambassadors as they play on stage during a concert.

Defining what’s possible when passion is matched by purpose

Keyboardist for X Ambassadors, Casey is striving to create a world without limits with help from his family and accessible technology.
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Finding independence in the blink of an eye

The promise of technology is to make life easier. But for the nearly 1 billion people worldwide living with a disability, that hasn’t always been true.
A GIF featuring X Ambassadors keyboardist Casey Harris, former NFL player Steve Gleason, snowboarders using adaptive gear, and kids play video games with adaptive controllers.

Creating an inclusive world

Thanks to purposeful engineering and technology, experiences that were once closed off to people with disabilities and from different backgrounds are now open to all.

Feel the Pride

The Ally Coalition marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising with a community-powered light and sound experience.
Members of the rock band X Ambassadors stand in the recording studio holding Microsoft Surfaces while using the BOOM app.

X Ambassadors reimagine the music video, without video

Inspired by keyboardist Casey Harris, who was born with low vision, rockers X Ambassadors set out to create an audio-only music video.

At Burton, ‘we are all riders’

Burton Snowboards lives by its mission, harnessing inclusive design and creativity to explore adaptive technology in a way that helps riders—and the sport at large—achieve their full potential.

Illuminating the discoveries of Nobel Prize-winning women

Women who changed science is a new online experience that celebrates women who are transforming science and the world as we know it today.