Girls Who Code @ GSU

30 Pryor St., Ste. 350, Atlanta, GA 30303 crim.education.gsu.edu

GIRLS WHO CODE Girls Who Code is a national nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in the technology and engineering sectors. With support from public and private partners, Girls Who Code works to educate, inspire, and equip high school girls with the skills and resources to pursue opportunities in computing fields.

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BELIEVERS A VISION OF Dr. Alonzo A. Crim,

ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLs SUPERINTENDENT (1973-1988)

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30 Pryor St., Ste. 350, Atlanta, GA 30303 crim.education.gsu.edu

The U.S. Department of Labor projects that by 2020, there will be 1.4 million computer specialist job openings.

To reach gender parity by 2020, women must fill half of these positions, or 700,000 computing jobs.

Anecdotal data tells us that an average of 30% of those students with exposure to computer science will continue in the field.

This means that 4.6M adolescent girls will require some form of exposure to computer science education to realize gender parity in 2020.

Girls Who Code has set out to reach 25% of those young women needed to realize gender parity.

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Dr. TENE DAVIS

ABOUT GIRLS WHO CODE It is our mission at the Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence to optimize the life opportunities of children and families in urban communities by ensuring the availability of a prosperous and equitable school environment. We believe that through our work we can create a world where all children have equal access to educational opportunities that prepare them to be academically excellent, culturally competent, and critically conscious.

In line with our mission, the Girls Who Code program works to inspire, educate, and equip High school girls with the computing skills. Girls Who Code’s vision is to reach gender parity in computing fields. We believe that gender parity is paramount to ensure the economic prosperity of women, families, and communities across the globe because the more girls are exposed to computer science at a young age will lead to more women working in the technology and engineering fields.

The Crim Center joined the cause for gender parity by launching first Girls Who Code Club in the Southeast United States in 2014. 20 young women from the Alonzo A. Crim Center’s Early College Program have elected to join the club and take on the challenging curriculum. Those who participate must engage in monthly project based activities, build real world software including games and mobile apps, and develop a final project that impacts their local community. The class is currently instructed by Georgia State University Computer Science students.

PROGRAM COORDINATOR Main Phone: 404-413-8074 Email Address: TDAVIS134@gsu.edu

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