### Preparing For The Rise of ‘New Collar’ Jobs
*Federal News Radio, October 12, 2018.*  From Chris Hopfensperger: We focus too much time on getting people into college degrees. Those are hugely important, but not everyone needs a college degree. How can we get those software skills to everybody out there, and how can...

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### Girls Who Code Gave High Schoolers a Chance to Use Their New Skills This Summer
*Technical.ly, August 17, 2018.* “Most of these young women have little to no experience in coding when they first start the class, but they come away feeling confident enough to call themselves ‘coders’ and ‘programmers,’ and see a future in tech,” Chris Hopfensperger, Executive Director...

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### Diversity in Tech Summit at A&T
*The Carolina Peacemaker, August 17, 2018.* In September 2017, the HBCU Caucus created the HBCU Partnership Challenge to increase corporate commitments to diversity and inclusion efforts on HBCU campuses. The caucus reached out to three of the largest tech associations — the Information Technology Industry...

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### Congresswoman Adams Announces Bipartisan HBCU Caucus Inaugural Diversity in Tech Summit with NC Governor Cooper
*Office of Congresswoman Alma Adams, August 8, 2018.* “Software.org is honored to be part of this important event,” said Chris Hopfensperger, Executive Director of Software.org: the BSA Foundation. “Software is changing our lives in so many ways, and it’s important that the US software workforce...

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### Software.org’s Chris Hopfensperger Moderates HBCU Caucus Diversity in Tech Summit in N.C.
*Politico, August 9, 2018.* The Congressional Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus is holding this week its diversity in tech summit at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro. Read More >>> Posting: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2018/08/09/drc-politician-hires-us-lobbyists-ahead-of-elections-311604...

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### Tech Firms Seek Partnerships to Increase Workforce Diversity
*The Hill, August 8, 2018.* Company representatives, lawmakers and college and university officials are convening in Greensboro, N.C., this week to try tackle tech’s persistent problems with diversity. At an event on Wednesday and Thursday led and organized by the HBCU congressional caucus, people focused...

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### Big Names Join Group Aiming To ‘Responsibly Realize The Promise Of AI'
*Forbes, August 2, 2018.* Partnership on AI executive director Terah Lyons said in a statement: “To maximize the opportunities and identify the risks of AI, we need to bring together those that build AI technology with those that will be affected by it.” Read More...

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### Spotlight on Girls Who Code Classroom Summer Immersion Program
*ABC7/News Channel 8 (WJLA), August 2, 2018.* From Victoria Espinel: “Coding is such an important skill to have today regardless of what field you go into.” Read More >>> Posting: https://wjla.com/features/good-morning-washington/spotlight-on-girls-who-code-classroom-summer-immersion-program/...

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### Up and Coming
*New Orleans Magazine, August 2018.* Such thinking helped Louisiana rise to No. 5 in the country last year for growth in software employment, according to a Software.org report that said some 12,000 people now hold software jobs in Louisiana. Read More >>> Posting: http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Magazine/August-2018/Up-and-Coming/...

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### To Lead in Tech, Focus on Diversity, Atlanta
*Atlanta Inno, July 19, 2018.* From Chris Hopfensperger and Anne Cooney: It has never been more important for Atlanta leaders to stay focused on creating an inclusive working environment and removing barriers to participation in the burgeoning tech industry. As every city competes to lead...

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