The Percentage Project

To kick off our 4th annual social media campaign today, we wanted to share a bit about who we are and spotlight the voices of our campus directors and team members! We are so proud of and grateful for their work Stay tuned for this year’s campaign photos and statistics from 11 universities over the next few days here on Instagram, on Facebook, and in your friends’ feeds. To learn more about us, visit www.percentageproject.com Thanks to Yutika Aggarwal for putting this ...video together and to Carly, Jar Elle, Jai, Geshna Aggarwal, Christa, Uma, Sophia, and Melinda for being in this video! #DiversityInTech #ComputerScience #DiversityInSTEM #Inclusivity #DataStorytelling #StudentLeaders #EngineeringStudent #StudentAdvocacy

*** GIVEAWAY ALERT *** Thank you for the wonderful response to our annual social media blackout last week! We are so grateful to all 500+ of you for joining our online community and want to thank you with our FIRST EVER giveaway in collaboration with @decryptedbyus!! Giveaway: Enter for a chance to win the @percentageproject crewneck from our merch store and a 30 min resume review / career tips session from @decryptedbyus! The giveaway is open until April 9 at 11:59pm ET.... Requirements to enter: Follow @percentageproject and @decryptedbyus Save this post 1 entry = 1 comment tagging a friend (more comments w/ tags more entries!) Share to your story and tag us for 5 bonus entries! One winner will be randomly selected and announced through our IG stories after the giveaway closes. No purchase or donation is necessary to enter and donations do not increase the odds of winning.

And last but not least is the University of Maryland! A huge shoutout to Jai Upadhyay for running the project as our amazing campus director for UMD If you want to support The Percentage Project, be sure to checkout our merch store at tiny.cc/shop_pp (link in bio)!

Here are our lovely friends from Drexel University! Shoutout to @umaypatel for the amazing job she’s done running the project as Drexel’s campus director! For more photos, check out percentageproject.com!

Next up is Vanderbilt University! Thanks to Anna Zhang and @gabrielfting for their awesome work as our Vanderbilt campus directors Interested in the Percentage Project and want to learn more? Head to the link in our bio and sign up for our monthly newsletter

Next up are our friends at Duke, who are back for another round! Thanks to @shruthikumar7 and @kassenq for running the project as our amazing Duke campus directors! If you want to support The Percentage Project, be sure to checkout our merch store at tiny.cc/shop_pp (link in bio)!

#PercentageProject21 launched! Check out our newsletter celebrating the people behind the launch and sharing our quick summary from day 1 - https://mailchi.mp/f2cefed9b27a/percentageproject21launch

we’re so excited from seeing all the profile photos posted already! check out www.percentageproject.com/#/gallery for all the photos huge shoutout to @leijordan for building the site!

We’re starting #FeatureFridays, where we feature awe-inspiring people who made waves in tech . Up first is #LynnConway, pioneer in computer chip design, Professor, and transgender activist. In 1968, IBM fired her when they learned about her transition. We highly recommend checking out her personal website (link at the end), where she shares honestly about her struggles, resiliency, and achievements. She’s such an inspiration

Did you know woman are 47% more likely to be seriously injured in a car accident? In her award winning book Invisible Women, Caroline Criado Perez reveals the biased data that excludes women. Give this book a read and let us know your thoughts! Invisible Women shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population. It exposes the gender data gap - a gap in our knowledge that is at the root of perpetual, systemic discrimination against women, and that has created a pervasive but invisible bias with a profound effect on women’s lives.

Over 90% of women think biases against certain groups based on identity still exist today and feel the need for minority organizations such as WiCS. Are you a part of similar organizations and if so, how have they helped you navigate the tech field and contribute to a greater sense of belonging? How should we work towards eliminating these conscious and unconscious biases in our society today?

Luna Ito-Fisher is our amazing campus director for Brown University!! Swipe to learn more about her, CS at Brown, and what the Percentage Project means to her! We’re so lucky to be working with you, Luna