AI-4-ALL https://www.bu.edu/lernet/AI4ALL/

Boston University AI4ALL is a program promoting greater diversity and inclusion in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Young women currently in their sophomore or junior year of high school in the Boston area are welcome to apply. During the 3-week program, participants will explore the field of AI through team projects, industry field trips, and presentations from guest speakers. The program will conclude with a small group research project and a presentation for friends and family. BU AI4ALL does not charge an application fee or tuition, however all students accepted into the program pay a $100 registration fee.

​Breakthrough Greater Boston http://breakthroughgreaterboston.org/

Breakthrough Greater Boston prepares low-income students for success in college and trains the next generation of urban teachers using a unique Students Teaching Students model. Through our six-year program, students gain a passion for learning and the perseverance and tools to succeed in college and beyond. Teaching Fellows gain intensive in-classroom experience, expert training and 1:1 coaching.

Flagship Computer Clubhouse -DUDLEY SQUARE https://flagshipclubhouse.org/

For 25 years the Flagship Clubhouse has supported hundreds of youth in developing their passions through projects, workshops, and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math) activities, while providing a safe space for exploration of a wide variety of creative technologies. The Flagship Clubhouse was founded in 1993 by The Computer Museum in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab.

Innovate BPS https://sites.google.com/bostonpublicschools.org/innovate/home

#innovateBPS is the energy, excitement, and enthusiasm of people moving the nation's first school district into an ever-changing future. We are educators, learners, creators, inventors, designers, and entrepreneurs. We care deeply about closing the Innovation Opportunity Gap by connecting youth to the Innovation Economy producing the jobs of the future. We work together to grow the leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators of tomorrow.

Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science http://oeop.mit.edu/programs/mites

Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) is a rigorous six-week residential academic enrichment program for rising high school seniors – many of whom come from underrepresented or underserved communities – who have a strong academic record and are interested in studying and exploring careers in science and engineering.

Northeastern University Summer STEM Program https://stem.northeastern.edu/summer/nussp/

The Northeastern University Summer STEM Program (NUSSP) is an academic program run by the Center for STEM Education, which takes an active role in shaping education in students entering grades 6, 7 and 8.

The two week academic day program emphasizes increasing students’ mathematics/science skills, introducing them to college life, and stimulating their interest in science and engineering as a potential career path and supports historically under-served and underrepresented students with limited opportunities.

Each day, students participate in activities that include problem solving, study, research, writing and communication skills incorporated with biology, chemistry, physics, design concepts, and field excursions. Activities are led by Northeastern graduate students and supported by undergraduate science and engineering students. Every lesson is followed by hands-on activities to ensure full understanding of the subject being taught.

Roxbury Innovation Center https://roxburyinnovationcenter.org/

Our mission is to make the path of entrepreneurship simple and easy to understand. We have created the “Entrepreneurial Path” pipelines as a step by step guide to help you from the early stage of your business concept to the advanced stages of your business. This allows you to understand what programs, workshops and resources are best to focus on now and what the road ahead looks like as your business grows. Through our “Entrepreneurial Path” pipeline, we provide the resources, connections and programs needed to foster growth within the entrepreneurial and innovation community.

Saturday Engineering Enrichment and Discovery (SEED) Academy

http://oeop.mit.edu/programs/seed

Saturday Engineering Enrichment and Discovery (SEED) Academy is a five and a half year academic enrichment and career exploration program at MIT for public school students from Boston, Cambridge and Lawrence, Massachusetts who have a strong academic record and interest in science and engineering.

BLACK GIRLS CODE http://www.blackgirlscode.com/

Black Girls CODE is devoted to showing the world that black girls can code, and do so much more. By reaching out to the community through workshops and after school programs, Black Girls CODE introduces computer coding lessons to young girls from underrepresented communities in programming languages such as Scratch or Ruby on Rails. Black Girls CODE has set out to prove to the world that girls of every color have the skills to become the programmers of tomorrow. By promoting classes and programs we hope to grow the number of women of color working in technology and give underprivileged girls a chance to become the masters of their technological worlds. Black Girls CODE's ultimate goal is to provide African-American youth with the skills to occupy some of the 1.4 million computing job openings expected to be available in the U.S. by 2020, and to train 1 million girls by 2040.

DATA FOR BLACK LIVES http://d4bl.org/

Data for Black Lives is a group of activists, organizers, and mathematicians committed to the mission of using data science to create concrete and measurable change in the lives of Black people.

Since the advent of computing, big data and algorithms have penetrated virtually every aspect of our social and economic lives. These new data systems have tremendous potential to empower communities of color. Tools like statistical modeling, data visualization, and crowd-sourcing, in the right hands, are powerful instruments for fighting bias, building progressive movements, and promoting civic engagement.

Poet of Code https://www.poetofcode.com/

Joy Buolamwini is the poet of code. She founded the Algorithmic Justice League to create a world with more ethical and inclusive technology. Her TED Featured Talk on algorithmic bias has over 1 million views. Her MIT thesis methodology uncovered large racial and gender bias in AI services from companies like Microsoft, IBM, and Amazon. Her research has been covered in over 40 countries, and as a renowned international speaker she has championed the need for algorithmic justice at the World Economic Forum and the United Nations.