A black female founder suggests ways entrepreneurs can help make space for more diversity in the tech world. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Men may make up a disproportionate percentage of the tech community, but women aren’t vanishingly rare. Black women in tech, however, “are perceived as ‘unicorns,’” according to one CEO quoted recently [...]
Posts Tagged "Black Girls Code"
Mentors Wanted For Black Girls CODE To Work With Young Women Interested in Technology
February 10, 2013 – 9:00 am
Join us at a Bay Area mixer to learn about mentorship opportunities. By Abby Bobé (Marketing, BlackGirlsCODE) Have you ever listened to an eight year old share her excitement and passion for technology and computer programming? Thankfully we have over 750 underrepresented young girls who can share their amazing experiences with you. Ranging from ages [...]
Calling All Women 2.0 – We Need YOU To Be A Mentor
January 28, 2013 – 9:00 am
“You should have had more women on that panel” By Heather Harde (Vice Chairman, sf.citi) “You didn’t have enough female-founder companies competing in the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt”… “You didn’t have enough women nominees for the Crunchies Awards”… “Your blog is not doing enough to advance women in technology”… These were all regular refrains I [...]
4 Programs Teaching Girls How To Code
January 2, 2013 – 6:00 am
Girls need to be encouraged to pursue STEM in the classroom, not just in extracurricular activities. But these programs are a start. By Ariel Schwartz (Senior Editor, FastCompany’s Co.Exist) 10 years ago – even five years ago – it was incredibly difficult for tech-minded girls going through the K-12 school system to find instruction tailored [...]
Building “Get TEKD” At AT&T Social Good Hackathon To Find The Right Class For You To Learn New Technology
November 7, 2012 – 2:59 pm
The trick to increasing the underrepresented groups in tech is to make sure they get an invitation to be part of the tech community. By Jennifer Arguello (Co-Founder, Latino Startup Alliance) “Ever want to start programming or understand startups more and just not know where to start?” That was the line I used to pitch [...]
Training The Next Generation Of CTOs
October 30, 2012 – 9:00 am
I have noticed the growing number of other women in the technology-based classes I have been attending. By Lin Bocash (Volunteer, BlackGirlsCODE) I found the article on Women 2.0 about female CTO founders incredibly inspirational. This is a marvelous start but what about reaching young women from under-represented communities? I have been lucky enough to [...]
Blazing Cloud Will Match Your Contribution To Black Girls Code
July 10, 2012 – 5:00 am
“Although our the number of women in tech roles in the Bay Area is still small, there are a number of incredible women whom I met at events such as RailsBridge, Women 2.0 and Women Who Code events who have volunteered for our classes from the beginning.” – Kimberly Bryant, founder of Black Girls Code. [...]
2 Days Left To Support BlackGirlsCODE Summer Of Code Program
July 9, 2012 – 1:55 pm
During the 2012 SUMMER of CODE, BlackGirlsCODE plans to reach more than 300 students by holding one and two-day workshops and summer camps in seven or more cities in 90 days (San Fransisco, Oakland, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Atlanta, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Support BlackGirlsCODE! By Abby Bobé (Dual MBA & Computer Science Candidate, [...]
With Programs Like Codecademy, Women Are No Longer Accidentally Excluded From Learning Technology
January 16, 2012 – 11:00 am
By Blake Landau (Blogger, Artemis) “We’re hoping to make everyone literate about the basics of programming while creating a generation of new and talented programmers” Zach Sims, co-Founder of Codecademy told me in an email. Codecademy’s mission is to democratize coding in 2012. The startup has partnered with Girl Develop It, Code Year and was [...]
“Black Girls Code” Brings More Women of Color to Silicon Valley
November 18, 2011 – 11:00 am
By Kiratiana Freelon (Contributor, Loop 21) If black girls can rock and black girls can travel then they can surely code, right? The statistics show otherwise. Women of color represent less than 3% of the people in technology fields. But if it’s up to Kimberly Bryant, pretty soon tons of black (and brown) girls will [...]
