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WE'RE EMPOWERING GIRLS
​by preparing them for high-paying #tech careers

OUR AUTUMN 2022 CLUBS WILL START SOON!

​This autumn, our field trip sites will include the College of Charleston and Boeing. All clubs are currently scheduled to start in the beginning of October.
FALL CLUB LOCATIONS

​HOW IT BEGAN

In 2016 we launched Charleston's first Girls Who Code club for middle school girls. We invited female students in the 6th to 8th grades at Sanders-Clyde Creative Arts School, a school with a high percentage of low-income students of color, to join a sisterhood of supportive peers as they learned coding skills and concepts.

​Our goal? To economically empower girls, especially girls of color, by enabling them to enter a traditionally white male industry that pays high wages. 

Today our original Sanders-Clyde Y Girls Code club members are still active, together attending the Syntax Code & Craft technology conference where they were mentored by women in the tech industry, and prior to COVID-19, representing YWCA.GC at events like local parades, visiting the local police department to learn how they use technology to keep Charleston safe, and attending the premiere of the historic blockbuster Black Panther.


2017 & 2018 Y GIRLS CODE CLUBS 

Next, we launched three new Y Girls Clubs for elementary school girls: a second club at Sanders-Clyde, and new clubs at Morris Brown A.M.E. Church and Charleston Progressive Academy.

SPRING & AUTUMN 2019 Y GIRLS CODE CLUBS 

In spring 2019, we launched six more Y Girls Code clubs, and then five more in the autumn of 2019.

SPRING 2020 Y GIRLS CODE CLUBS 

In spring 2020 we launched ten more Y Girls Code clubs, ranging from the 3rd to the 12th grades. In late March we had to postpone the remaining club dates due to the coronavirus, but we are offered a virtual video series to our participants via Zoom during the remainder of the year:

Baxter-Patrick James Island Library, Club 1 | Grades 3, 4, 5
Baxter-Patrick James Island Library, Club 2 | Grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 
Charleston Progressive Academy, Club 1 | Grade 3
Charleston Progressive Academy, Club 2 | Grades 4, 5 
Dorchester Road Regional Library | Grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Felix Pinckney Community Center | Grades 3, 4, 5 
Johns Island Library, Club 1 | Grades 3, 4, 5 
Johns Island Library, Club 2 | Grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 
Kids on Point | Grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 
Memminger Elementary School | Grades 3, 4, 5

AUTUMN 2021 Y GIRLS CODE CLUBS

Sanders-Clyde Elementary School | Grades 3, 4, 5 
Kids on Point | Grades 6 - 12 
Woodland High School | Grades 6 -12

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How you can help

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​​As we continue to expand our Y Girls Code clubs across the Charleston tri-county region, we're seeking volunteer facilitators. No experience is required. See our volunteer FAQs and contact CJ!
Sponsor one girl's participation in a Y Girls Code club for $80...  a low cost with a high return on investment! Your donation can change the entire economic trajectory of a Charleston girl's life, opening opportunities and networks she would never have otherwise.   
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SEE THE FLYER!


​Empowering girls financially 

In its Annual Wage & Job Growth Survey, the Charleston Digital Corridor announced that the average per-capita wage at companies participating in its 2021 survey were $101,710: an increase from the previous year average of $91,183. This number is more than twice South Carolina’s average wage of $46,230 and the Charleston region's average wage of $50,810, according to the latest (May 2020) data available from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Source: LowcountryBizSC, 11.09.21


​Y GIRLS CODE
​in the news

We appreciate the local media for covering our Y Girls Code clubs! Check out our young celebrities:

YWCA Greater Charleston expands Y Girls Code clubs for girls
| Charleston Chronicle, 02.24.20

Charleston YWCA doubles after-school coding clubs to empower women of color

| Post and Courier, 02.21.20

YWCA Greater Charleston expands Y Girls Code clubs for girls

| LowcountryBizSC, 02.19.20

YWCA Greater Charleston Launches Six New Tech Clubs for Girls
| Charleston Chronicle, 02.19.19

YWCA Greater Charleston Launches Six New Tech Clubs for Girls
| LowcountryBizSC, 02.18.19

YWCA Greater Charleston Y Girls Code 
| WCSC TV Bounce Around Charleston, 01.19.18


YWCA Greater Charleston Launches Second Tech Coding Club for Girls 
| Charleston Chronicle, 12.13.17


YWCA Greater Charleston Girls Who Code 
| WCSC TV Bounce Around Charleston, 05.11.17


YWCA Launches After-School Coding Club for Girls 
| Post and Courier, 11.24.16


YWCA Greater Charleston Launches Tech Coding Club for Middle School Girls 
​| LowcountryBizSC, 11.14.16


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Y GIRLS CODE club members in action

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PO Box 80935
Charleston, SC 29416
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  • ELIMINATING RACISM | PROGRAMS
    • MLK CELEBRATION
    • RACIAL EQUITY & INCLUSION >
      • RACIAL EQUITY & INCLUSION | IMPACT
    • STAND AGAINST RACISM
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    • WHAT WOMEN BRING >
      • WHAT WOMEN BRING | Ticket sales open Oct 13
    • WE 360 | FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR
    • OWN THE ROOM | PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR WOMEN
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