On the money starts right now. This is on the money. Your money, your life, your future. Jobs at Top Tech Companies are overwhelmingly held by white males. But theres an effort under way to break that glass ceiling. Black girls code is a young project reaching young africanamerican girls and showing them coding and computers can be fun. Together theyre working on cracking the code and its our cover story this week. I have no interest in doing this. I thought it was boring at first. When i actually started doing it reporter 11yearold Madison Harvey is one of 300 girls learning how to build a robot at this weekend workshop. Its put on by black girls code, a nonprofit aiming to bridge the gap in Stem Education for young girls of color. Shes excited about science and math and engineering. And what other opportunity for that look just like her couldnt this one goo here . Many of these girls dont have role medels in eecineering or Computer Science. Black women make up less than d of the work
To break that glass ceiling. Black girls ce is a young project reaching young africanamerican girls and showing them coding and computers can be fun. Together t tyre working on cracking the code and its our cover story this week. I have no interest in doing this. I thought it was boring at first. When i actually started doing it reporter 11yearold Madison Harvey is one of 300 girls learning how to build a robot at this weekend workshop. Its put on by black girls code, a nonprofit aiming to bridge the gap in Stem Education for young girls of color. Shes excited about science and math and engineering. And what other opportunity for her to be around o oer girls that look just like her couldnt this one goo here . Many of these girls dont have role models in engineering or Computer Science. Black women make up less than 3 of the workforce at the biggest tech companies. Kimberly bryant, electrical engineer who worked in biotech over 20 years, understand their i was one of maybe two or three
Many of these girls dont have role models in engineering or Computer Science. Black women make up less than 3 of the workforce at the biggest tech companies. Kimberly bryant, electrical engineer who worked in biotech over 20 years, understand their dilemma. I was one of maybe two or three students of color in my Electrical Engineering class when i went to college. Reporter bryant founded black girls code with hopes of literally changing the face of technology. When we generally think of a Computer Scientist now, it does not look like a woman of color. Its very much white, male dominant. And thats important for us to show that black girls can code. Most black girls arent into computers and stuff. But its really cool and fun. Reporter black girls code held its first event four years ago in San Francisco with eight girls. Today the none profit has chapters in eight u. S. Cities and johannesburg, south africa, with plans to expand to dallas its funded through corporate sponsors and partner
Harvey is one of 300 girls learning how to build a robot at is weekend workshop. Its put on by black girls code, a nonprofit aiming to bridge the gap in Stem Education for young girls of color. Shes excited about science and math and engineering. And what other opportunity for her to be around other girls that look just like her couldnt this one goo here . Many of these girls dont have role models in engineering or Computer Science. Black women make up less than 3 of the workforce at the biggest tech companies. Kimberly bryant, electrical engineer who worked in biotech over 20 years, understand their dilemma. I was one of maybe two or three students of color in my Electrical Engineering class when i went to college. Reporter bryant founded black girls code with hopes of literally changing the face of technology. When we generally think of a Computer Scientist now, it does not look like a woman of color. And thats important for us to show that black girls can code. Most black girls aren
Line of duty during a 20 cigar theft. A Security Guard is being called a hero. He was shot at a Shopping Center on north capitol avenue. Vic lee joins us live from the liquor store where it happened. Were told there may be a vigil tonight at that memorial which is growing today. This is a place he was killed. Were told the liquor store has a good video. Zuniga is being hailed as a hero, a person who was killed because of these cheap cigarellos. The tribute outside of the liquor for less store continued to grow. His car, still parked outside became a part of the memorial he worked as a security supervisor at be boss nightclub. As a favor he kept an eye on his business. That is what he was doing saturday night when he was shot and killed. Two men came into the liquor store, bought a bottle of cognac, and one came back minutes later and snatched a display box of cheap cigarellos and ran out owe a waiting car. The manripped and dropped the cigars. Zuniga went to pick them up, someone in th