What does is it mean for girls of color to become techno-social
change agents--individuals who fuse technological savvy with a deep
understanding of society in order to analyze and confront
inequality? Kimberly A. Scott explores this question and others as
she details the National Science Foundation-funded enrichment
project COMPUGIRLS. This groundbreaking initiative teaches tech
skills to adolescent girls of color but, as importantly, offers a
setting that emphasizes empowerment, community advancement, and
self-discovery. Scott draws on her experience as an architect of
COMPUGIRLS to detail the difficulties of translating participants'
lives into a digital context while tracing how the program evolved.
The dramatic stories of the participants show them blending newly
developed technical and communication skills in ways designed to
spark effective action and bring about important change. A
compelling merger of theory and storytelling, COMPUGIRLS provides a
much-needed roadmap for understanding how girls of color can find
and define their selves in today's digital age.
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