Girls Code Lincoln

Teaching girls about technology through creativity, community, collaboration, and confidence.

Girls Code Lincoln is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We strive to ignite passion for technology and leadership in young girls with the long-term goal of closing the gender gap in S.T.E.M.

We host multiweek technology clubs for 4th-9th grade girls. All clubs are completely free and 100% volunteer-run.
We partner with Nebraska organizations and build in-house curriculum to teach technology, leadership, and life skills.

Our Impact

20+

Multiweek Tech & Leadership Clubs Completed

200+

Girls Impacted Through Clubs and Workshops

72%

of Girls Return for Two or More Semesters

50+

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Check out our Podcast!

Hosts Elsbeth Magilton and Aakriti Agrawal profile a historical woman in coding each month and introduce listeners to a coder in or from Nebraska.

Our Clubs

Our clubs give girls interested in coding a gentle introduction to software, hardware, computer science fundamentals, and leadership through projects, activities, and community speakers.

Spring 2022

Two clubs were held at Fuse Coworking - a hardware club and an advanced hardware club! The hardware club learned how to program Micro:bits using JavaScript. The girls also went on career field trips to Hudl and the University of Nebraska Lincoln Software Engineering Research and Empirical Studies Lab.
Fall 2021

Two clubs were held at Fuse Coworking - a web development club and a hardware club! The web development club learned how to program web applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Spring 2020 - Spring 2021

Three clubs were held in Spring 2020 - a beginner club, a web development club, and a hardware club! Unfortunately clubs were cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic and clubs did not resume until Fall 2021.
Fall 2019

Three clubs were held at FUSE Coworking - a beginner, an intermediate, and an advanced! The beginner club learned web development for the first time. The intermediate club expanded their knowledge base on web development and programmed Micro:Bits microcontrollers. The advanced club learned special topics and helped teach workshops.
Spring 2019

Two clubs were held at FUSE Coworking. The beginner club learned web development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The intermediate club focused on hardware projects and softskills including leadership and mentoring.
Fall 2018

The girls in the FUSE Coworking club learned advanced web development including making custom extensions for Chrome. They also programmed Micro:Bits microcontrollers using the JavaScript programming language. Girls in a second club learned the basics of computer science through web development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Spring 2018

The FUSE Coworking club learned web development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. They were the first club to learn leadership skills through our continued partnership with Launch Leadership.
Fall 2017

Girls at the FUSE Coworking weekend club learned to code drawings and animations using Dr. Racket, a LISP-style programming language. For a final project, the girls created light-up clothing using an Arduino microcontroller, programmable LEDs, and the C++ programming language.
Spring 2017

The Goodrich Middle School club programmed Arduino robots with the C++ programming language. A weekend club at Turbine Flats taught game development using the Python programming language and Codesters. The girls completed a community impact project by building a women empowerment website featuring inspiring quotes, stories, and the games they developed.
Fall 2016

The Park Middle School club taught game development while the Goodrich Middle School taught computer programming basics using JavaScript and the Khan Academy platform.
Spring 2016

Girls Code Lincoln started as a branch of Girls Who Code. Clubs were held after-school at six Lincoln middle schools: Dawes, Park, Culler, Goodrich, Mickle, and Lefler. The girls learned basic programming and game development using the Python programming language on the Codesters platform.