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Follow on Google News | Girls In Tech And Black Girls Code Partner To Highlight Disparity of Girls In TechnologyGirls In Tech and Black Girls Code aim to change this by bringing awareness to these disparities with a screening of the documentary She++ and a panel discussion by prominent Las Vegas business women. The event, which aims to bring awareness to these disparities, will be held at Learning Village located at 727 Freemont St in Las Vegas, NV on Wednesday October 16th at 6pm . "There are not enough women, especially women of color, in tech fields like computer science and those of us in the field are working to change that" said Christina Aldan a web designer and one of the organizers of the event who herself holds a degree in Computer Science. "There are talented women and girls across the Las Vegas valley and we want to create opportunities for them through tech." "Black Girls Code" http://www.blackgirlscode.com/ Created in February 2007, "Girls In Tech" http://www.girlsintechlasvegas.org/ Founded in January 2012, "She++" is a conference on women in technology started at Stanford University which has become a community that inspires women to empower computer science. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to screen the documentary "She++" and hear compelling stats on the number of women in tech and engage in dialogue around the lack of women in computer science with local women entrepreneurs. To learn more about the efforts to expose more women and girls to tech fields please visit http://www.meetup.com/ Contact: Christina Aldan 702-900-3419 christina.aldan@ End
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