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#FBF A Trip Down Memory Lane to BGC in 2014!

9/4/2015

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Sometimes looking back on where we have been is a great way to look ahead to all of the goodness the future holds. Today we are flashing back  to 2014 and all of the tech divas and amazing volunteers we encountered during a very eventful 2014! From hackathons to music festivals, here are the highlights of BGC's 2014. Stay tuned--there's more to come!

February


Black Girls CODE’s Memphis Chapter hosted its first workshop of the year, Build a Webpage in a Day, on February 22. Thanks to a generous grant from the Memphis Chapter of the Society of Information Management received by Memphis Public Library, the workshop was free of charge!
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A volunteer helping a student build her webpage
March

Our New York Chapter hosted a Build a Webpage in a Day workshop on March 22, which introduced girls to HTML, CSS, and basic web structure.
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Don't forget your end tag!
April

We hosted our first ever workshop in Dallas, Build a Webpage in a Day, on April 19. Over 80 girls attended!
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Volunteers helping girls build their webpages in Dallas
May

We hosted our first Mobile App Development workshop in Miami on May 31. Girls used AppInventor to create mobile apps using drag-and-drop programming blocks.
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They love building apps!
June

With our partners Hopeline Verizon and Break the Cycle, we hosted two loveisrespect hackathons in Oakland and New York on the same weekend, June 7 and June 8, on opposite coasts! Girls worked in teams with experienced mentors to design, build, and showcase apps that foster healthy relationships.
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The girls and volunteers at Impact Hub Oakland
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The girls and volunteers at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
We partnered with Estella’s Brilliant Bus and Startup Edutech to bring the Tech Innovation Bus Ride. The bus embarked on a seven-city, eleven-day tour through the South from June 27 to July 8. One hundred fifty youth participated in coding classes and Civil Rights History tours on the road trip that made stops in West Palm Beach, FL; Atlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL; Selma, GA; Memphis, TN; Jackson, MS; and New Orleans, LA. Black Girls CODE hosted two Build a Website in a Day workshops during this tour in both Memphis, TN and Jackson, MS.
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Girls learning how to build webpages
July

We hosted our last loveisrespect hackathon of the summer in partnership with Verizon Hopeline and Break the Cycle in New Orleans, LA on July 2 and July 3.
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The girls and volunteers were excited for a couple days of coding!
Black Girls CODE hosted a workshop and kiosk at the YesWeCode Tech Village at Essence Festival from July 4 to July 6. In addition to our kiosk and MaKey MaKey workshop, Kimberly was featured as a speaker! Thanks Kapor Center for Social Impact for sponsoring us, allowing us to attend Essence Fest. Over 500,000 people attended Essence Music Festival this year!
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A volunteer explaining how a MaKey MaKey works
We hosted a Mobile App Development with AppInventor workshop with partnership from Thoughworks in Chicago on July 12.
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The girls and volunteers after an awesome day of coding
We hosted a Summer of Code Game Jam on July 26 in Miami.
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The girls had a great day learning how to code
We've had a really busy 2014 and we are looking forward to reaching more and more tech divas in the years to come. Follow us on our social media, join our mailing list, and spread the word as we change the face of technology ~ One girl at a time.

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    Kimberly Bryant
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