Elaine Greenberg interviews Kimberly Bryant, founder of Black Girls Code about impacting the community around you, getting girls involved and the current landscape of diversity in tech.
Kimberly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/6gems Kimberly's Website: http://about.me/kimberlybryant Black Girls Code: http://www.blackgirlscode.com/ Black Girls Code on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/BlackGirlsCode
Discussion * 0:15 All about Kimberly * 1:10 How Kimberly got into programming * 2:15 Starting Black Girls Code * 5:30 The structure of Black Girls Code * 8:45 Getting girls engaged as early as possible * 13:30 Combining tech and civics * 14:40 the changing landscape of diversity in tech * 21: 50 Success stories * 24:00 Call for volunteers for Black Girls Code
Links KidsRuby: http://kidsruby.com/ Scratch: http://scratch.mit.edu/ Alice: http://www.alice.org/ Code for America: http://codeforamerica.org/ RailsBridge: http://railsbridge.org/en Women 2.0: http://www.women2.com/ Black Founders: http://www.blackfounders.com/ Golden Gate Ruby Conference: http://gogaruco.com/
