Thread by @GirlsWhoCode

Last night our founder @reshmasaujani called out @60Minutes for ft. a man as the savior of girls & women in tech. Here are some of the women-led orgs that they could have called to include in the segment..... medium.com/@reshmasaujani…

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There's @NCWIT headed by female founder Lucy Sanders, the org is made up of more than 1,100 universities, companies, orgs nationwide working to increase girls’ + women’s participation in computing ncwit.org

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.@KodeWithKlossy, founded by incredible @KarlieKloss hosts coding summer camps for girls and fosters a national community furthering opportunities for girls in tech kodewithklossy.com

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There's @BlackGirlsCode, led by @6Gems doing the critical work of bringing girls of color into computer science. May they be the programmers of tomorrow! 👩🏿‍💻👩🏿‍💻👩🏿‍💻 blackgirlscode.com

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.@SWEtalk, led by @KarenHorting, has given women engineers a unique place + voice within the #engineering industry for 6+ decades!!!! swe.org

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.@ruthef at @CSforAll is one of the most passionate, innovative, dedicated advocates for #womenintech. She's been a crucial part of transforming the landscape csforall.org

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We love our all the work coming from @Code2040, led by the formidable @karlitaliliana. Read about her new vision for the org championing racial equity: bit.ly/2SHKpEs

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.@girldevelopit w/ @EricaJoy @DBNess at the helm are out there making sure women of all races, education levels, income, upbringings can build confidence to develop web + mobile applications. girldevelopit.com

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.@TaraChk leading up @technovation, a part of @IridescentLA, creates and delivers powerful science, engineering, technology ed to help underprivileged young people develop curiosity, creativity, perseverance technovationchallenge.org/about/

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The founder of @littleBits @ayahbdeir is a woman on a mission to close the gender gap in tech - and deserves to be at the center of the story! littlebits.com

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TAG ANY/ALL OF THE WOMEN + WOMEN-LED ORGS YOU KNOW WHO ARE WORKING TO CLOSE THE GENDER GAP IN TECH.

We can't promise 11 million viewers that 60 Minutes has, but we can promise this platform and our infinite thx for your work. <3

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Correction: We should have mentioned @cyberneticlove here :) 👩🏿‍💻👩🏼‍💻👩🏽‍💻👩🏾‍💻👩‍💻👩🏻‍💻

+ @AnarSimpson !! <3