The Boys & Girls Clubs and CA Technologies will join together to host a Tech Girls Rock workshop at Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington branch in Manassas.
The initiative aims to encourage girls to discover an interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) focused educational opportunities and careers.
CA Technologies employees will give their time to serve as mentors for more than 100 tween and teen girls at the workshop.
Participants are girls from the Boys & Girls Club branches in Manassas, Prince William County, Fairfax and Alexandria. Following opening remarks, participants will break into rotation groups and take part in hands-on activities including computer coding, decoding cryptography problems and a STEM-focused scavenger hunt.
The workshop will begin at 9:50 a.m. on Thursday, August 7 and last until 3 p.m. Several sessions will be held discussing topics such as computer coding, breaking codes, and a career panel.
The Boys and Girls Club is located at 9501 Dean Park Lane in Manassas. For more information about this event, call 703- 365-2582.
