Birds of a Feather Session
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
Mentoring Makes MAGIC for
Middle and High School Girls
Ira Pramanick
Robin Wilensky
Meenakshi Kaul-Basu
Sue Young
Foz Saeed
Sun Microsystems

Outline
Introduction
Challenges
Implementation
Resources
Publicity
Next Steps

MAGIC
More Active Girls In Computing
Vision
To be a world class resource for
guiding and assisting young
women aspiring to a career in
Information Technology

MAGIC Goals
Goals at GHC
– To officially kick off MAGIC
– To recruit 10 mentors
– To obtain10 mentee leads
– To recruit management & legal help for MAGIC
Goals for CY 2008
– To recruit at least 30 mentors & 30 mentees
– To reach out to at least ten middle or