Ultimate Ears Teams with Willow Smith to Support Black Girls CODE and Drive Change for Underrepresented Communities Within the Tech Industry
Ultimate Ears, a brand under Logitech, has announced a partnership with Black Girls CODE, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing tech education to Black girls. This collaboration includes a monetary donation, mentorship opportunities, and technical workshops aimed at addressing barriers for women of color in the tech industry. Willow Smith, a key figure in this initiative, performed in New York to celebrate International Day of the Girl. The goal is to inspire future generations and promote diversity and inclusion within technology.
- Monetary donation to support Black Girls CODE's STEM programs.
- Creation of mentorship opportunities for underrepresented girls.
- Partnership aligns with corporate commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Commitment to the non-profit organization includes an impactful monetary donation, mentorship opportunities, technical workshops and more
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This partnership stems from Ultimate Ears’ recent campaign with American artist and visionary
Ultimate Ears is thrilled to support this through its partnership with BGC across the organization’s 15 chapters. To kick things off, the team is making a monetary donation, as well as creating mentorship opportunities and tech workshops for BGC members. BGC is a natural fit for Ultimate Ears and
“We are so thankful to have the support of Ultimate Ears and
“Ever since I was little, I’ve been an admitted ‘STEM geek’ with a passion for technology. This is why I am thrilled to partner with Black Girls CODE and Ultimate Ears as a way to break the mold not just through my UE FITS, but to spark a conversation around female empowerment within the technology space,” said
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The new mentorship program from Ultimate Ears and Logitech will offer participants an opportunity to learn from experts across the company’s engineering and development teams to gain knowledge across all things STEM. The donation funds will be used to support Black Girls CODE's STEM programs, offering girls from underrepresented communities the opportunity to become the future leaders and innovators in technology.”
About Black Girls CODE
Launched in 2011, Black Girls CODE (BGC) builds pathways for Black girls to embrace the current tech marketplace as builders and creators by introducing them to skills in computer programming and technology. By reaching out to the community through these programs, Black Girls CODE provides girls, from underrepresented communities, instruction in technology areas such as web design, robotics, gaming, mobile app development and more. By cultivating the next generation of developers, we hope to grow the number of women of color in technology and give underrepresented girls a chance to become the future leaders in technology and the masters of their technological worlds. Black Girls CODE aspires to teach 1 million girls of color to code by 2040. Black Girls CODE has been recognized as a transformative global movement fueled by the impact of our chapters across the US and abroad. Since 2011, across 15 chapter cities in the
About Ultimate Ears
Ultimate Ears is transforming the way people experience music together, wherever life takes them. Ultimate Ears first revolutionized the way artists interact with their concert audiences by reinventing the on-stage monitor, turning it into a custom-fitted earphone. Today, Ultimate Ears, a brand of
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