Colorado Coalition for Gender & IT

Imagine.

Through the Colorado Coalition for Gender & IT, women and men across Colorado--from education and industry, from public and private sectors--are working to increase the number of girls and women in information technology (IT) education and work. These dedicated women and men know that the state's capacity for innovation and competitiveness across all industry sectors, including IT, energy, health care, and finance, depends on a larger, more diverse, and more sustainable workforce. Together they imagine a more equitable future for women, better technology for our society, and a better world for us all.

Connect.

The Colorado Coalition for Gender & IT leverages the passion of public and private educational partners, including the University of Colorado, the Women’s College of the University of Denver, Colorado State University, the Colorado School of Mines, and the Colorado Community College System; industry partners—Technically Speaking, Inc., ViaWest, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft Corp, and others; non-profits including the Colorado Math, Science, Technology and Engineering Education Coalition and The Women’s Foundation of Colorado and government agencies such as the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. CCGIT connects diverse institutions and people to fulfill a common goal of parity in the IT workforce and the educational pathways that feed it.

Change the world.

CCGIT's partners are set to change the world, one girl, one woman at a time. Their passion has already translated into successful recruitment and retention programs that are used as examples nationwide. In 2009, CCGIT is embarking on a $1M campaign to make sure that those programs reach every interested girl and woman in the state, and that new programs are developed to inspire girls and women to choose and train for careers in IT.