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" As a little girl growing up in the Deep South, my mother told me that my future lay in my education. And she was right. "
Kimberly Bryant
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" I believe it is incredibly important for women and people of color to become the builders and creators in technology. In order to do so, we need to know how to code or, at least, know the language of coding - what I like to call 'code speak.' "
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" Women and girls are naturally agents of change. If we teach one girl to code, she will go on to teach more - we've seen this in our own programs and workshops around the country. "
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" We want to see companies making a good faith effort and putting some tangible initiatives behind their pledge for diversity. "
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" Our camps and workshops offer a space where girls of color can learn computer science and coding principles alongside their peers, with mentorship from female role models who have established themselves in tech fields where women, and minority women in particular, tend to be underrepresented. "
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" I don't think quotas are necessarily an evil. I think when we look at industry in general back to the '60s and the '50s, the way more diverse people like my dad and mom's generation were able to break into industry was because of affirmation action, because of quotas. "
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" Girls are almost always socialized to be perfect: 'Smile, do well in school, don't take too many risks.' "
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" Although we use a lot of technology and consume a lot of technology as people of color, we're usually not the ones at the tables doing the creating of it. "
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" I think my biggest mistake was deciding not to go to law school directly after I graduated from college. "
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" We really pride ourselves on the notion that what makes our program special is that we really do our very best to make sure that everything we do is culturally responsive and relevant. "
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" My first introduction to computers and computer programming came during my freshman year of college. I majored in electrical engineering with a minor in computer science, so I learned during my required courses at Vanderbilt University. "
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" If technology is designed mostly by white males, who make up roughly half our population, we're missing out on the innovation, solutions, and creativity that a broader pool of talent can bring to the table. "
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" Gender is not central to coding. "
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" While there should be collective efforts to increase tech inclusion overall, the industry must work to specifically attract and retain women of color. "
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" I was doing a lot of networking in the Valley, and I found that it was not a very diverse environment, and most of the conferences and meetup events I went to, there weren't many women or people of color in those rooms. "
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" As the coding movement continues to grow, the common narrative of the white male geek as the predominant influencer on geek culture will erode. "
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" We want to teach girls of color the skills they need and create a diversity of voices into the tech community. "
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" One of the biggest lessons that we hope to model for several folks, including some of the young women of color who come to me, is the value of understanding your worth, standing up, and demanding the best for yourself and not taking less. "
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" If I understood the great opportunities that are available to women and underrepresented minorities in the field of tech I would have made the transition from traditional engineering to the technology field much earlier in my career. "
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" I think that if companies build for diversity from the beginning from the ground up, that's definitely the ideal state for how to build diversity into your company. "
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" I don't think that the trickle-down theory of diversity ever really works. "
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" We understand bringing girls into the tech space is about giving them skills to create social impact and change in their community. "
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" I'm looking to see more women of color not only in companies in technology, but also creating companies. "
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" We need to have women as role models, both inside and outside corporate America's leading tech companies, leading the path for other women. "
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" You cannot possibly be reaching the needs of your consumers when the makeup of your company is not reflective of the community you serve. "
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" The images you see in media are vital to impacting not just what the world sees in terms of who can be a computer scientist, who can be techie, who can be a geek or who can be a creator; it also impacts the girls and what they internalize. "
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" Technology can be biased in how it's developed if coders aren't careful. There are apps that are clearly made by companies with no people of color on their team. "
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" We're creating this new breed of techies who are going to be the ones starting the tech companies of the future. "
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" By reaching out to the community through workshops, hackathons, and after-school programs, Black Girls Code introduces computer programming and technology to girls from underrepresented communities. "
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" Jobs in technology have the rapidest rate of growth. The need for computer science is so incredibly large, and it's important that girls of all colors have the opportunity to move into that field. "
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" For me, as a woman in one of the less diverse fields - electrical engineering, which is what I studied in college - it was hard to persist and really build a career. Some of the things I experienced were really scary, and they weren't experiences that I wanted for my daughter. "
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