June 24, 2019
Please Welcome Our Girls Who Code Class of 2019
Today, Software.org kicks off its annual Girls Who Code summer immersion program....
June 24, 2019
Software.org Empowers Girls to Pursue a Software Career
As software becomes more ubiquitous, the demand for people with coding skills continues to increase – not just in the software industry, but in every sector across the country. To address this challenge and help prepare the future generation, Software.org: the BSA Foundation is excited...
October 12, 2018
“Preparing For The Rise of ‘New Collar’ Jobs”
Federal News Radio, October 12, 2018. From Chris Hopfensperger: We focus too much time on getting people into college degrees. Those are hugely important, but not everyone needs a college degree. How can we get those software skills to everybody out there, and how can...
September 12, 2018
Software.org Connects People with Skills Training
TransformYourTrade.org highlights online resources from the industry’s leading software companies...
August 17, 2018
“Girls Who Code Gave High Schoolers a Chance to Use Their New Skills This Summer”
Technical.ly, August 17, 2018. “Most of these young women have little to no experience in coding when they first start the class, but they come away feeling confident enough to call themselves ‘coders’ and ‘programmers,’ and see a future in tech,” Chris Hopfensperger, Executive Director...
August 17, 2018
“Diversity in Tech Summit at A&T”
The Carolina Peacemaker, August 17, 2018. In September 2017, the HBCU Caucus created the HBCU Partnership Challenge to increase corporate commitments to diversity and inclusion efforts on HBCU campuses. The caucus reached out to three of the largest tech associations — the Information Technology Industry...
August 09, 2018
Pomp and Circumstance: Girls Who Code Graduation
Girls Who Code 2018 graduation ceremony...
August 10, 2018
Helping the Software Workforce Look More Like America with Girls Who Code
Software.org’s Girls Who Code class graduated yesterday, and we couldn’t be prouder of the work they’ve accomplished this summer. Our class of 23 DC-area high school girls spent the past seven weeks learning coding languages to create websites, program apps, and control robots. We also...
August 08, 2018
Office of Congresswoman Alma Adams, August 8, 2018. “Software.org is honored to be part of this important event,” said Chris Hopfensperger, Executive Director of Software.org: the BSA Foundation. “Software is changing our lives in so many ways, and it’s important that the US software workforce...
August 08, 2018
“Tech Firms Seek Partnerships to Increase Workforce Diversity”
The Hill, August 8, 2018. Company representatives, lawmakers and college and university officials are convening in Greensboro, N.C., this week to try tackle tech’s persistent problems with diversity. At an event on Wednesday and Thursday led and organized by the HBCU congressional caucus, people focused...