<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Hello,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">"Learn IT, Girl" is a mentoring program born as a Google Anita Borg</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">outreach project in 2014 for helping girls and female learn a new</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">programming language while working on a project of their choice for 3</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">months from February to April. Last year the program had an incredible</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">success, with 118 pairs of mentors and mentees accepted, learning 10</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">different languages.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">This year we have worked hard on a web platform that will allow us to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">handle an even bigger number of participants. We are getting an incredible</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">number of mentee applications already. These are women willing to work on a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">project in a new programming language, both newbies and programmers who</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">want to expand their knowledge. However, we will be limited by the number</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">of mentor applications we receive when accepting these mentees into the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">program. This is why, if you  have some programming experience and a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">little bit of time, we want to invite you to apply as a mentor at</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.learnitgirl.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">www.learnitgirl.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">. The time commitment can be from 3 hours a week and the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">impact on both the mentee and yourself will be enormous.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Of course, if you want to learn a new language with the help of a mentor,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">you are more than welcome to apply as a mentee.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Applications will be open until </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">January 18</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">If you don't have time to be a mentor, you can still join our Facebook</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">group at </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnitgirl/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnitgirl/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> and support mentees</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">through the program by helping solve specific doubts.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">If you have any doubts, feel free to ask me or send an email to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:learnitgirl.office@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">learnitgirl.office@gmail.com</a><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Regards,<br></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Tapasweni Pathak</font></div><div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Email: <a href="mailto:tapaswenipathak@gmail.com" target="_blank">tapaswenipathak@gmail.com</a><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Website : <a href="http://tapasweni-pathak.github.io/" target="_blank">tapasweni-pathak.github.io</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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