Talk:Girls Who Code

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Source
Not sure how useful this source is but it was just sat at the bottom of the article. Parking it here in case someone wants to add it: Girls Who Code in the News. Sam Walton (talk) 23:10, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Expanded Girls Who Code article
Hello! I'm Ashley, an employee of Girls Who Code, here to help with proposing changes to company-related articles. I've read through the conflict of interest guidelines, so you'll only see me post to "Talk" pages rather than make edits myself. Right now the Girls Who Code article is missing some information about the company's history and partnerships. The page structure seems a bit disorganized compared to some articles for similar organizations and doesn't mention any of the grants the organization has been awarded, any of the more recent history, or awards.

I've worked to fill in the gaps by drafting some text for editors to review and update the page. I've tried to be as matter of fact as possible, using only reputable newspapers and other news journal sources. The drafted text briefly describes the organization's recent history. I propose inserting this in between the first paragraph and the second paragraph of the summary section, as well as some additional material in the history section. Please review the following:

Girls Who Code was founded by Reshma Saujani in 2012 who came up with the idea of creating the organization during her run for the United States Congress when she noticed that schools along her campaign route lacked girls in computer science classrooms. The organization runs programs during the academic year teaching high school girls computing skills like programming, robotics, and web design, with sessions including projects and trips to companies like Twitter and Facebook. There are now over 1500 Girls Who Code clubs across America, with the organization aiming to teach one million girls to code by 2020. By December 2014, three thousand students had completed a Girls Who Code program, 95% of whom went on to major in computer science at university.

In 2019, the organization announced plans to expand to 10,000 clubs in all 50 states. In 2020, Girls Who Code launched a free 2-week virtual summer immersion program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the program serving 5,000 girls in it’s first year.

The organization is sponsored by a number of software and technology companies including AOL, Google, and Microsoft, and in August 2014 received a $1 million contribution from AT&T. In 2015, Reshma Saujani collected a salary of $224,913 from the organization according to Internal Revenue Service filings.

As of 2015, only 18% of computer science college graduates are women. The founder of Girls Who Code, Reshma Saujani, believes that girls are raised to "be perfect" while boys are raised to "be brave". Reshma Saujani participated in a TED Talk where she spoke about the consequences girls face in their future if they don't start taking risks. She speaks of the tech industry and how she thinks there is a bias towards women in the industry. The company announced that in 2016 the non-profit organization will be expanding to all 50 states- making it the largest computing program for girls in the United States. In August 2017, the nonprofit launched a 13-book series with Penguin Random House, including a nonfiction book, Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World, and several fiction books. By the spring of 2018, Girls Who Code will have reached more than 50,000 girls with their computer science education programs.

As of February 2021 Girls Who Code has more than 80,000 college-aged alums who are entering the workforce. Girls Who Code clubs and programs have reached more than 300,000 girls globally as of March 2021.

The organization's efforts to close the achievement gender gap has resulted in several honors. Saujani was recognized for 'her vision and efforts to close the gender gap in technology'. Girls Who Code alumni include Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser, the creators of the video game Tampon Run.

I know I should not update the page myself, so I'm looking for help from other editors to review the text and copy over on my behalf. I am open to suggestions and feedback so please reply here or on my user "Talk" page. Thanks! AshleyatGirlsWhoCode (talk) 13:59, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for these suggested edits! They look great to me so I've incorporated them directly into the article. Sam Walton (talk) 14:46, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your help with these first two updates! By any chance are you also able to help us update the logo for the organization? We noticed the page still uses the original logo but we updated it this past year. I have uploaded the new logo  for ease. AshleyatGirlsWhoCode (talk) 20:39, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Sure - I updated the licensing to a more accurate reason for the image to be freely licensed (public domain since it only uses simple text, rather than creative commons) and have added it to the article. Sam Walton (talk) 21:09, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
 * thank you so much for your help again!

I am wondering if you might be able to help me one more time with some updates to the Partnerships section. I looked at several similar organization pages and many have a section for both Partnerships and grants. Girls Who Code has been awarded several grants in our history and I am hoping you might be able to review this updated version of the current grants section and - if it looks good - deploy it on the page in place of the current Partnerships section. I kept the existing content from the section as well, but reorganized it chronologically.

In 2016, Girls Who Code partnered with Accenture to work on the future of tech. They subsequently released a report on recommendations to decrease the gender gap in computing.

In January 2017, Girls Who Code was given a $250,000 by GM to increase the scale of the Girls Who Code club programs. The grant was announced by GM CEO Mary Barra at the 2017 North American Auto Show.

On October 11, 2019, Girls Who Code partnered with TikTok starting the hashtag #MarchForSisterhood.

In 2019, Girls Who Code was awarded the first-ever $50,000 IBM Open Source Community Grant, a quarterly grant to “promote nonprofits that are dedicated to education, inclusiveness, and skill-building for women, underrepresented minorities, and under-served communities.

Girls Who Code partnered with Olay for the #MakeSpaceForWomen campaign, launched via a Super Bowl commercial in 2020 featuring Busy Philipps, Nicole Stott, Taraji P. Henson, and Lilly Singh.

Dell Technologies has partnered with the organization to support after school programs for young girls.

Again thank you very much for your help so far and please let me know if there are any issues with this! AshleyatGirlsWhoCode (talk) 17:59, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm less enthusiastic about adding this straight to the article because many sentences rely primarily on primary sources. Ideally each of these grants and partnerships should have received some secondary source coverage so we can see that they're worth mentioning in the article. The first and third sentences rely only on primary sources, but the others look OK. Do you know if those two partnerships received any better news coverage? Sam Walton (talk) 08:55, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I found this CNET article for the first citation and then an Ad Age citation for another partnership for our Day of the Girl campaign from 2019. I've updated those above as well! It would be great to include something about us partnering with them multiple times, but I understand the citation issue you identified. AshleyatGirlsWhoCode (talk) 16:36, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

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