HYPE (Hope for Youth, Inc.) Announces Three New Appointments  to Board of Directors

HYPE (Hope for Youth, Inc.) announces the appointment of three new board members: Brian Benn, VP and Chief Information Officer of Clark Atlanta; Keisha Bradley, Senior Product Manager for Intuit Mailchimp; and Renee Mathewson, VP of Corporate Affairs-North America for Sage. All three appointments were approved during HYPE’s April board meeting. With these appointments, HYPE’s board of directors consists of 10 volunteers from across various industries.

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Hope for Youth, Inc. and Sage Announce Three-Year Partnership to Advance Opportunities for Women and Girls in Tech 

ATLANTA (March 4, 2025) – Hope for Youth, Inc. (HYPE) is proud to announce a three-year partnership with  Sage, a leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) aiming to foster digital inclusion and support the next generation of tech talent. Delivered through the company’s social-impact arm, Sage Foundation…

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2025 HYPE About Tech Conference Press Release

Top Women Leaders in Business, STEM, Entertainment and Academia Unite for “HYPE About Tech” Conference in Atlanta With support from Sage Foundation, HYPE hosts inaugural event to equip women and girls with the skills, mentorship, and support for pursuing careers in STEM [Atlanta, GA] – For women and girls pursuing careers in STEM, the journey…

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Bringing the Fun into Tech Education to Build Student Confidence 

When I was working on my initial vision board for HYPE, I pinned the 2014 Google study, “Women Who Choose Computer Science—What Really Matters,” which found that four factors – social encouragement, self-perception, academic exposure, and career perception – are key to girls’ and women’s decision to choose tech careers.   As someone who left the…

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Scholar Spotlight: Hannah L.

Hannah is a 2024 graduate of HYPE’s Leadership Academy, and she continues to find new and impressive ways to demonstrate her leadership within the HYPE community – and beyond! She was recently selected as a participant on Delta Air Lines’ Women Inspiring our Next Generation (WING) flight. On Friday September 20, 2024, Delta will fill…

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The HYPE Project Expands to Six Metro Atlanta School Districts

ATLANTA, GA – Hope for Youth through Providing Educational Opportunities (HYPE), a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering girls of color with technology skills, is excited to announce its expansion into six metro Atlanta counties. The organization’s transformative coding classes and leadership programs are now in Atlanta Public Schools, Fulton County Public Schools, Clayton County Public…

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Scholar Spotlight: Talaia R.

Talaia has been in the HYPE family since 2020. She is a former HYPE scholarship recipient and is starting her junior year of college majoring in cybersecurity. We recently asked Talaia some questions to get to know her better. Here’s what she had to say: What is your favorite part about being involved in HYPE?…

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