Black Girls Code comes to Spelman College

The camp hosted 50 middle school and high school campers for an immersive understanding of STEM education and potential career paths they can explore. Photo by Noah Washington/The Atlanta Voice Black women represent just 1.8% of the engineering and science workforce, as reported by the National Science Foundation in August of 2022. Black Girls Code is looking to change that.& Running from June 17th through Friday June 28th, Spelman College hosted Black Girls Code for their summer camp program. The camp hosted 50 middle school and high school campers for an immersive understanding of STEM education and potential career paths they can explore. Each year the camp undergoes a different theme, this year students made their own pixelated video games which focused on AI and climate change.& The campers coded their own game centered on sustainability using Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. The younger campers, who met in the corner classroom of the second floor of the Spelman College Innovation Lab, looked excited while moving from desktop to desktop, looking in awe of each other’s work. Suhailah Owuo-Hagood, a 15-year-old participant from the West End, shared her journey with Black Girls Code beginning with her first learning about it from her mother....