CS4Philly, the local effort to get K-12 students interested in careers in technology, kicked off its second annual Computer Science Education Week Monday at the Kimmel Center with a day of speakers and hands-on tech learning for area high school students.

The organization created local programing mirroring an Obama-era movement called CSforAll last year, and partnered with Comcast to bring in local tech pros for a day of learning. The goal for the week: to show that pursuing a career in tech is accessible for anyone.

About 1oo students from 13 Philadelphia high schools are spending CS Experience Day learning from mentors from Comcast and TechServ while participating in some hands-on tech activities.

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