According to ChickTech's website, it aims to "retain women in the technology workforce and increase the number of girls pursuing technology-based careers, by building community and providing networking opportunities, mentoring, and empowering women and girls to see themselves as leaders in the rapidly growing high tech industry."
The organization has branches in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco Bay Area, Corvallis, Ore. and Chicago. The New York chapter is the first on the East Coast.
Pace University has help found the organization and has several students and faculty active in the program. Dr. Christelle Scharff will lead a mobile development workshop, Pace student John Goodwin will run a 3D printing workshop, and Dr. Richard Kline will teach women and girls in a robotics workshop.
To learn more about ChickTech and it's New York calendar of events, visit their Meetup page here.