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<P><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">Overview</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: justify;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">Our day camps provide ten days of hands-on, project-based instruction, where young ladies ages 13+ engage intech instruction. The camps run for six hours a day with lunch, breaks, community building,fieldtrips and of course coding!Our camps offer a space where girls of color can learn computer science and coding principles in the company of other girls like themselves and with mentorship from women they can see themselves becoming. Camp runs from 9am- 4pm Monday- Friday with a graduation ceremony on the last day of programming from 6-8pm.</SPAN></P>
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<P><STRONG STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">The Vision</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: justify;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">We are in pivotal time in history in which STEM occupations are projected to grow by 17.0 percent from 2008 to 2018, compared to 9.8 percent growth for non-STEM occupations.Technology shapes everyones livesall over the world and will onlycontinue to expand, thereforeeveryoneshould have an opportunity to shape and create it.We want to make sure that Black girls andgirls of color are not only included in this tech revolution, but are prepared to take on leadership roles within this field and/or start their own STEM organizations for social good.</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="text-align: justify;"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Scholarships</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: justify;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">A limited number of scholarships will be offered. Please click<A HREF="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YmbPo030oTILaVf38XCYmZaNgDvguNb7DxjI4jdnloI/viewform" REL="nofollow">here</A>to apply and someone will be in touch with you by June 1st, 2016.</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><STRONG>Black Girls CODE would like to extend a huge word of</STRONG><STRONG>thanks to our New York sponsor, Google.</STRONG></P>
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