Opening Keynote: CodingFutureCoders

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Argues that 1980s marketing caused a dip in women studying CS and that early exposure fixes it, cites Twitter ages and NPR's decline, and highlights volunteer-friendly programs: Black Girls Code — train a million by 2040, workshops that teach JavaScript via Chrome DevTools (tip calculator, chatbots), MIT App Inventor games, and a Python + Raspberry Pi parent detector motion camera project that saved recordings; notes surprising logistics (more girls showed up than Raspberry Pis), one-off volunteer shifts, demos that actually work, and visible enthusiasm from participants.

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