The ESA and the ESA Foundation are partnering with Black Girls Code.
The ESA and the ESA Foundation are partnering with Black Girls Code.
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Entertainment Software Association donates $1 million to support Black Girls Code

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and its philanthropic arm, the ESA Foundation, are supporting Black Girls Code with $1 million for education and mentoring programs for girls and young women interested in technology.

The initiative boosts Black Girls Code’s mission of teaching coding and technology skills to 1 million girls and young women by 2040. And it helps the ESA recruit more diverse people to learn how to make games and learn science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.