Chicago tech pilot programs get $1M boost from Tech Equity Working Group

By Alex Zorn - Staff Reporter

June 01, 2023, 02:39pm CDT

Chicagoland tech groups are getting a boost to scale their programs.

Chicago's Tech Equity Working Group, an initiative of GET (Gender Equality in Tech) Cities, announced this week that it is setting aside $1 million to help scale five local pilot programs in a bid to, in part, help increase diversity in entrepreneurship in Chicago.

According to GET Cities, only 24% of tech jobs in Chicago are held by women, and only 3% and 4% are held by Latina and Black women, respectively — numbers GET Cities, which launched across the country in 2020, hope to see increase in the coming years.

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