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Ask 5 Friday: Our Final Celebration and Campaign Push

7/25/2013

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Dear friends,

If you’re reading this, chances are you have been a core supporter of our Indiegogo campaign. We are so grateful that due to your involvement the campaign was a MAJOR success!  
With just one day to go, we are so excited to be closing out the campaign with you and we hope you’ll join us in our FINAL celebration and campaign push with one more brave act: personally ask 5 friends to join you in making a contribution!

We've included tips and tools you can use to help spread the word, but don’t worry too much about the details. Your passion for Black Girls CODE is the message!  Simply share with them why you love Black Girls CODE, and invite them to visit our Indiegogo page to donate.  
Now here's the fun part: close your eyes and think of 5 friends who, like you, understand how important it is to provide technology access and skills to young women of color. Now open your eyes.  Are your eyes open? Great.  Jot down the names of those 5 friends. Make some phone calls, get your texting on, and send some emails. We have have some jargon you can use for emails or as a “script” for your phone calls; but at the end of the day, just let your voice and excitement shine through! You can find the "script"/ pre-typed e-mail here.

Thank you for your continued love and support throughout our journey.  It will make a world of difference in the quality of the workshops we are able to provide to our young women! 
 It’s been an incredible six weeks. Let’s make the last day count!

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Follow our campaign on  Indiegogo:
       
http://igg.me/p/108824?a=620519   

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Tech Diva Exclusive : Q&A w/ Tech Diva Devyn & BGC Mom Tamara

7/12/2013

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Catching up with more of our very own Tech Diva's and the parents behind them! Devyn (photographed to the left) and mom Tamara answered some of the questions we're all curious to know.


Parent Tamara's Questions:
Why do you support Black Girls CODE?  "I support Black Girls CODE for a number of reasons.  On a personal level, I have spent several years in the high-tech industry and to see any woman of color participating in an engineering capacity is rare.   There are many reasons for this outcome, but at a fundamental level it can only change with a pool of qualified candidates prepared to perform in positions requiring a highly specialized skill set."

Why do you send your daughter to Black Girls CODE workshops?  "I want my daughter to have two things throughout her life, opportunities and options.  You cannot have opportunity or options without access.  Black Girls CODE is doing the work of providing girls of color the critical element of access.  Access to technology and related skills are fundamentals that this group of girls might not otherwise have the chance to explore."

What advice would you tell other parents about Black Girls CODE?  "Participating in Black Girls CODE is a foundational building block that can change a life.  The pipeline that Black Girls CODE is establishing is not only ground breaking, but a 21st Century imperative for establishing competitive skills in a highly evolving workforce.  Participating in Black Girls CODE has become a welcome staple in our daughters curriculum, we highly recommend it."

Tech Diva Devyn's Questions:
What do you love most about Black Girls CODE?  "I like making new friends,  learning new things and I like that everyone helps each other."

What was your favorite Black Girls CODE workshop?  "Video game challenge and learning from Twitter Engineers."

What projects are you working on now or what type of computer projects do you work on at home?  "I like to build web-pages about my favorite subjects, candy and dolphins."

Why would you tell another girl to check out a workshop?  
"It's a lot of fun!  You make new friends and get to do cool stuff that you never thought you could do before."

Tamara later commented:
"Devyn also enjoys robotics and likes to make brushbots (robots made out of tooth brushes), in her spare time.  She also learned how to solder a circuit board.  The tools she learned from participating in Black Girls CODE are helping her in programing her circuit board.  She is captivated by technology, Black Girls CODE planted the seed."

Join our Movement - Get Involved with Black Girls CODE

There are many ways you can help scale our winning model to communities around the world. Here are 3 things you can do right now!
  • DONATE: Individuals and businesses alike can support Black Girls CODE’s crowdfunding campaign to educate 2,000 girls in computer programming. Donate now to help the organization launch their 10-city summer workshop series tagged “Summer of CODE 2013 - The Remix”  and increase the number of girls of color in tech. Last day to donate is July 26, 2013. We can reach each student this summer for only $50 each, but they are all worth so much more.
  • VOTE: Black Girls CODE is one of top three technology education nonprofits nominated to win $50,000 grant by Microsoft’s Azure developer community. Cast your vote now through October 31st, 2013. The nonprofit with the most votes win. Confirm your email to finalize your vote. 
  • VOLUNTEER: Technical and Nontechnical volunteers are needed to support workshops and other events organized by Black Girls CODE. Sign up to volunteer today. 
Thanks for reading! We will highlight exclusive interviews recognizing BGC Tech Divas and their parents until the end of our campaign. Check back for new stories.


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Follow our campaign on  Indiegogo:
       
http://igg.me/p/108824?a=620519   

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Tech Diva Exclusive : Q&A w/ Tech Diva Rebecca & BGC Mom Wilda

7/8/2013

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We recently interviewed one of our very own Tech Divas Rebecca (photographed in the pictured below) and her mom Wilda (photographed in the picture to the left, sitting in the chair). Hoping you'll be influenced by their excitement, we're sharing the chat with you !


Parent Wilda's Questions:
Why do you support Black Girls CODE?
"It is a program that is very much needed to expose our girls to tech,as a creator, not just a consumer.  We need to show and reinforce in our girls that they can be and do anything they want, and anyone who tells them different is afraid that they will succeed and leave them behind."

Why do you send your daughter to Black Girls CODE workshops?
"My daughter is very into tech, and classes or workshops are either not local,  or very expensive.  BGC is local. affordable, and a very nurturing environment.  The first time at a workshop we were made to feel like we had always been part of the BGC family.She has made friends with other girls who are into tech."

What advice would you tell other parents about Black Girls CODE?
"If your daughter is into tech, this is the place for her, if she is not into tech, expose her to it, you never know what could happen."


Tech Diva Rebecca's Questions:
What do you love most about Black Girls CODE?
"Meeting other girls who are into Tech."

What was your favorite Black Girls CODE workshop?
"STEM Video Game Challenge"

What projects are you working on now or what type of computer projects do you work on at home?
"Making a game about a soda can named Dud who escaped from his 6-pack and is trying to get away from the Teenagers who are trying to drink him. ( I'm gonna need help coding some of it , hint, hint, hint)"


Why would you tell another girl to check out a workshop?
"It is fun and very interactive"

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Join our Movement - Get Involved with Black Girls CODE

There are many ways you can help scale our winning model to communities around the world. Here are 3 things you can do right now!
  • DONATE: Individuals and businesses alike can support Black Girls CODE’s crowdfunding campaign to educate 2,000 girls in computer programming. Donate now to help the organization launch their 10-city summer workshop series tagged “Summer of CODE 2013 - The Remix”  and increase the number of girls of color in tech. Last day to donate is July 26, 2013. We can reach each student this summer for only $50 each, but they are all worth so much more.
  • VOTE: Black Girls CODE is one of top three technology education nonprofits nominated to win $50,000 grant by Microsoft’s Azure developer community. Cast your vote now through October 31st, 2013. The nonprofit with the most votes win. Confirm your email to finalize your vote. 
  • VOLUNTEER: Technical and Nontechnical volunteers are needed to support workshops and other events organized by Black Girls CODE. Sign up to volunteer today. 
Thanks for reading! We will highlight exclusive interviews recognizing BGC Tech Divas and their parents until the end of our campaign. Check back for new stories.
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Follow our campaign on  Indiegogo:
       
http://igg.me/p/108824?a=620519   

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