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The girls who code in the basement of a homeless shelter
By adamg on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 6:47am
WBUR introduces us to the Brookview House Girls Who Code Club:
Half the girls she works with live in poverty, she said, and "don’t have computers at home, barely have working Wi-Fi in their schools. And they come to Girls Who Code, and within seven weeks they’ve learned a skill set that is going to help them and their families move up to the middle class."
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This is great!
This is great! I had no idea there was a program like this in Boston. And Brookview House is half a mile from my house! Only thing I don't see discussed is whether they're looking for volunteers, from dudes who code all professionally-like. (I don't think I can talk my employer into hosting one of these, but I'd love to help out any girls coming up through middle school who wouldn't otherwise have a chance to learn about CS)
The GWC Program is awesome!
There are lots of ways to help out, even if your company could sponsor a group for a Friday tour. http://girlswhocode.com/get-involved/