Girls Who Code

Twitter is marking its first foray into funding philanthropy, giving an undisclosed sum to a new program, Girls Who Code, that will give an 8 week, 8-hours-a-day computer science crash course and mentorship to 20 at-risk high school girls this summer. Girls Who Code’s curriculum will weave sessions on robotics, mobile apps, web design, and engineering fundamentals, with a prominent speakers series featuring Gilt Groupe founder Alexis Maybank and General Electric CMO, Beth Comstock.

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