Google and Jesse Jackson team on high-tech diversity

The Rainbow Push Coalition has teamed with Google to increase the ranks of minorities in Silicon Valley. The Internet giant held a series of events at the group's annual conference in Chicago.

Rainbow Push said it would hold a joint event with Google in August.

Volunteers from Google and other technology companies are attending the conference to host training sessions, panels and a national town hall with youth. Rainbow Push planned to show a video on inspiring blacks to get into the technology field. Google's chief legal officer David Drummond was also honored.

"We have a lot of work to do when it comes to diversity in our workforce," Drummond said. "We're committed to working with civic, community and education groups and leaders like Rev Jackson to turn these gaps into new bridges of opportunity."