The nonprofit, Girls Who Code, has a mission to close the gender gap in technology and has put out a new film and website to show female coders’ contributions and how broken the Internet would be without the valuable work done by women. The short film “Missing Code” kicks off the campaign and features a young...
Brittany Rhodes in Detroit is giving back to her community with her love of math by helping young girls overcome math anxiety! Brittany Rhodes is great at math and has always been good at it! A gradute in this field from Spelman, she started tutoring female algebra students in her community and realized they all struggled with basic mathematics. After researching academic...
Open Board Positions The WICT Philadelphia Board has the following open positions available. The Succession Planning Committee will review all applications and will notify applicants. Apply Here Applications are due by EOD Friday, October 30. Tech It Out Co-Director: Partner with another Co-Director2-year termResponsible for creating and leading an active committee involved in planning and executing...
The Step, a podcast for and about unstoppable women! Luvvie Ajayi Jones is a New York Times bestselling author, sought-after public speaker and podcast host who thrives at the intersection of comedy, justice and professional troublemaking. In each episode of “The Step,” Luvvie sits down with an inspiring woman to discuss what drives them to step forward for change. Be it witnessing injustice, fighting...
Nina Chhita spends her days working as a medical writer, but in her free time, she runs an Instagram account featuring her own beautiful drawings of women who have made impacts in STEM from all over the world. Through her illustrations, her goal is to help her followers celebrate diversity and debunk stereotypes about who belongs in STEM, and her current...
SCTE/ISBE has quickly pivoted its annual Cable-Tec Expo conference to a digital event. Comcast, Charter and Cox will sponsor the event, which will be free to attendees. Late last month, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers announced the cancellation of their physical event, with Denver’s Colorado Convention Center configured as temporary hospital space for a potential COVID-19 spike through the remainder...