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The @MSFTChicago & @LinkedIn #LatinX employee groups (HOLA) are looking forward to collaborating w/@loooorenanicole (@github), @facebook & other companies to move the needle on #DiversityInTech in Chicago! @MicrosoftLatinx #MicrosoftChicago #MSFTAdvocate linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

@MSFTChicago introduced their #STEMChallenge to @LakeViewHS students this afternoon. What problems will these students tackle with the help of AI? #ISTIKickOff

Still time to join us tonight @MSFTChicago for the Midwest GovTech Meetup with @geo_burciaga @abhinemani @ignitecities @polco_us and ChiPays. See you tonight! meetup.com/Midwest-GovTec… #Meetup #Chicago #GovTech

Thankful to the IT teachers and principals at Roosevelt and Burham Elementary schools @D99Cicero for letting me share our work @MSFTChicago and do #HourofCode @codeorg activities w/150 students. It was an amazing day - loved every moment! #microsoftlife

Last week we had 105 students in our @MSFTChicago office in partnership with @Aon_plc to do the #HourofCode with tutorials from @codeorg. We had a great time and they were so engaged #engageDG4 @bethrihtar @lkuhn65 #microsoftlife

The rural broadband divide is an urgent national problem that we can solve—how #Airband is helping: bit.ly/2Qiydhb | @BradSmi

A Detroit love story… congratulations to former #CivicTech fellow @IvoireMorrell and @childrenctr Director of Corporate Philanthropy Kapria Jenkins, who found each other amid their work in civic tech. Here's Ivoire's story: bit.ly/2QgGHWe Congrats to the happy couple!

Join us Monday 12/10 at 12pm (CST) for a free webinar on how to analyze #HarrisCounty criminal court data via our interactive dashboard. This is in partnership w/ @Microsoft, @januaryadvisors, and #TX Commissioner @RodneyEllis. RSVP👉 bit.ly/2Pa8JNw

Why #civictech may soon be an expired term—insight from government innovators: bit.ly/2Q2XZWy | @fedscoop @TajhaLanier

Ready to do the Hour of Code with students at two schools today. Great way to end Computer Science Week. Remember, you can always visit @codeorg to try the Hour of Code any time and check out wonderful computer science learning resources. @MSFTChicago @msphilanthropic

Great south looking view from @MSFTChicago @aoncenter office on a cold day in early December in #Chicago

.@civicacceleratr continues to grow—see more at the #CivicX Impact Report: bit.ly/2Q2wnRB

We are ready to host the Hour of Code with 100 students! @MSFTChicago.@msphilanthropic #microsoftlife @codeorg @lkuhn65

I just did the #HourOfCode - check it out! New Dance Party tutorial completed! Students today had so much fun with it, I had to complete my own. :) @code.org @msftchicago code.org/certificates/_…

Thank you @CityYearChicago corp team members @TheSpencerTech for the awesome after school Hour of Code event today. The students loved doing the new Dance Party tutorial on @codeorg @msphilanthropic @MSFTChicago

Great presentation on how @ChicagoOEMC uses GIS data to manage response, asses damage, and plan for events at @ChicagoCityData at @MSFTChicago

This #CSEdWeek, we reached out to local leaders in tech, both at Microsoft and in our community, and asked how computer science education has impacted them from their early education to today. Meet @loooorenanicole, Data Engineer, Software Intelligence Systems.

'Game-Changer' Englewood STEM High School Is Attracting Students From Outside The Neighborhood, Principal Says blockclubchicago.org/2018/11/30/gam… via @BlockClubChi

Enjoyed learning more about GDYT and their big plans to employee 8000+ youth in 2019 #detroit