Dell Expands Investment in Girls Computer Science Education in Underserved Communities
October 11 2016 - 9:52AM
Business Wire
- New national partnership with Girls
Who Code provides $400,000 cash donation to support after-school
computer science educational programs for an estimated 15,000 girls
in underserved communities across the United States
- Girls will benefit from skills-based
volunteering and dedicated mentorship from women leaders across
Dell, led by a team of five ambassadors
- Initiative contributes to Dell’s
2020 Legacy of Good goal of helping 3 million underserved youth
directly
In celebration of International Day of the Girl, Dell today
announced a partnership with Girls Who Code, a national non-profit
organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology. The
partnership will help strengthen and expand after-school programs
in computer science education for an estimated 15,000 girls in
grades 6-12 across the U.S. through a combination of financial,
technical and mentorship support.
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Pivotal CEO Rob Mee poses with teens
taking part in Girls Who Code summer immersion and mentorship
program held at Pivotal. (Photo: Business Wire)
In addition to a $400,000 cash donation, Dell will appoint five
women technology leaders as program ambassadors to organize and
deliver mentorship services. In addition to materials and supplies
for the STEM curriculum, this initiative will help fund field trips
to expose girls to leading technical organizations and
professionals. Programs will be concentrated in communities across
the Great Plains and Rockies, the Southeast, the Northeast and San
Francisco.
Ongoing Girl-Focused Youth Learning Commitment
The new Dell national partnership with Girls Who Code is an
extension of previous local-level support and is part of a
long-term investment in youth learning specifically to enhance STEM
programs for underrepresented populations in the U.S. Dell
previously announced a national partnership with Girl Scouts of the
USA in 2015 in part to support Digital Cookie 2.0, an online web
platform to foster young girls’ entrepreneurship and STEM skills.
Dell also supports GirlStart, providing the hands-on tech access
necessary for girls to learn about tech, engineering and
mathematics programming.
Additionally, Dell will host executive directors from youth
learning partners as part of the Women in IT track at the upcoming
Dell EMC World taking place in Austin, October 18 – 20.
Pivotal®, the company accelerating digital transformation for
enterprises, has been partnering with Girls Who Code since
2012—providing support for summer immersion programs and
mentorship.
Quotes:
Karen Quintos, Executive Vice President and Chief Customer
Officer of Dell
“Never before in history has technology been so core to our
economy and our society at large. We have an incredible opportunity
to truly drive human progress through technology, and we can’t
realize the full potential of that without our girls. I’m so
excited to partner with Girls Who Code to prepare the next
generation of female leaders to grow and thrive in a connected
world. When we engage and empower our girls, there is no limit to
what we can achieve as a global community.”
Reshma Saujani, Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code
“We’re thrilled that Dell has extended its partnership with us
to support our mission of exposing girls at a young age to computer
science. It’s the incredible support by partners like Dell that
have enabled Girls to Code to become the largest computer science
program for girls in the United States.”
Additional Resources
- Q&A with Girls at Girls Who Code
field trip at Dell
- Pivotal: Writing the Future with Girls
Who Code
- Girl Scouts
- GirlStart
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About Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code is a national non-profit organization working to
close the gender gap in technology. Through its Summer Immersion
Program and Girls Who Code Clubs, the organization is leading the
movement to inspire, educate, and equip young women with the
computing skills to pursue 21st century opportunities. Additional
information is available at www.girlswhocode.com.
About Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that provides
the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their
digital future, transform IT and protect their most important
asset, information. The company services customers of all sizes
across 180 countries – ranging from 98 percent of the Fortune
500 to individual consumers – with the industry’s most
comprehensive and innovative portfolio from the edge to the core to
the cloud.
About Dell EMC World
Join us Oct. 18-20 at Dell EMC World 2016, Dell
Technologies’ flagship event bringing together technology and
business professionals to network, share ideas and help co-create a
better future. Learn more at www.dellemcworld.com and follow
#DellEMCWorld on Twitter.
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