The Back Story
When Heather Payne wanted to learn how to make websites and web applications, she didn’t know where to turn. She didn’t know any developers to help her get started or even point the way, and the “boy’s club” image of the programming world can be quite off-putting to women. Fortunately, she found a PyLadies Python programming workshop while visiting Los Angeles in 2011, and the experience inspired her to create a similar environment back home in Toronto. With a single tweet, her idea grew into what we now know as Ladies Learning Code.
Ladies Learning Code now has a permanent atelier at the Annex branch of the Centre for Social Innovation large enough to hold workshops for dozens of eager learners who want to get a better idea of how the technology they use every day works, how to program it, and how to be creative with it. This sort of thing costs money, so they’re holding a fundraiser in the space next Wednesday, September 19th at 7:00 p.m..
The Details
- When: Wednesday, September 19th at 7:00 p.m.
- Where: Centre for Social Innovation’s Annex Branch at 720 Bathurst Street
- Admission: $25 — purchase your ticket online here (choose the $25 “Party Time” perk or the $50 “Party Time Dlus Donation” perk)
- What’ll be there:
- Bottle Service for the high-rollers: $125 gets you a bottle and your own private area
- A free drink with your ticket
- Inexpensive drinks – they’re $3 each, including the Caesars sponsored by Mott’s Clamato
- DJs and a dance floor
- Old-school videogames: a Nintendo NES and a rare Vectrex (a hard-to-find vector graphics console)
- 3D printers and 3D-printed goods for sale
- iPad caricatures
- …and more!
It’s a good party for a good cause, and hey — I’ll be there. What more incentive do you need?
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Thanks for sharing, Joey! See you on the 19th!
[…] Later that day, Ladies Learning Code will be throwing their Fundraiser Party at CSI Annex (720 Bathurst Street, halfway between Bloor and Harbord). They now have a permanent atelier at the Annex branch of the Centre for Social Innovation large enough to hold workshops for dozens of eager learners who want to get a better idea of how the technology they use every day works, but it costs money, hence Wednesday’s fundraiser. According to their Indiegogo page, they’ve surpassed their $10,000 fundraising goal, but they may still want more people to come to their party — I suggest contacting Ladies Learning Code or pinging their Twitter account at @llcodedotcom to find out. […]