3G Summit Comes to Columbia College Immersing High School Women in Video Game Careers

The 3G Summit: The Future of Girls, Gaming, and Gender is an unprecedented four-day initiative that will engage 50 young women from Chicago-area high schools in a series of discussions and workshops designed to foster professional mentorship and ignite lively exchange about young women’s place in the gaming culture.  The event, a multi-year initiative co-presented by Open Youth Networks and Columbia College’s Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, is specifically designed to help change the conversation in education and in the world of technology as it provides insight into gender equity and gaming. Running from August 12 to 15, the summit will feature panels by prominent women in the game industry including Mary Flanagan, Tracy Fullerton, Jennifer Jenson, Susana Ruiz, and Erin Robinson. The summit’s capstone 3G Indie Expo and Design Challenge is a public expo and design challenge, in

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SDCC Party: Geek Girls & Friends Tweet-Up

Going to SDCC this week? GamingAngels will be a media sponsor for the Geek Girls & Friends Tweet-Up hosted by @geekgirls @thenerdybird and @geekgirldiva. If you’re in San Diego join us at the biggest Geek Tweet-Up event of all time on Friday July 23 from 8pm-11pm at Jolt ‘N Joes (Gaslamp location) in San Diego. Meet fellow lady geeks and listen to the DJ beats of @aboynamedart (co-host of Hour42). We’ll be giving away games and other prizes so be sure to stop by! And make sure to say hello to @gamingangel when you see her! RSVP at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=335537440666 For more information, check out http://geekgirlsnetwork.com/blog/events/

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