The Pipeline:
The job-training three-step pipeline is designed to guide youth from introductory coding programs, to immersive job-training programs, and eventually into employment. Our national pilot program will launch in Oakland.
Van Jones aims to teach 100,000 black youth how to code with YesWeCode non-profit program
The goal of the YesWeCode initiative is to target low-opportunity youth and provide them with necessary resources and tools to become world-class computer programmers.
I stumbled upon this story on urbanintellectuals. As being a young black tech who self-taught myself coding and design, I couldn’t help but write about this non-profit.
Blacks are underrepresented in the fields of computer science and engineering. So what Van Jones is doing with one of his non-profit’s called YesWeCode, aims to bridge that gap.
In 2014, Jones put together a team of compassionate people to form YesWeCode an organization dedicated to finding ways to uplift today’s urban youth and help them achieve a more promising future.
The goal of the YesWeCode initiative is to target low-opportunity youth and provide them with necessary resources and tools to become world-class computer programmers.
This is a highly valuable skill in the 21st century that will ensure a shift the trajectory of their future and lives. I can personally say I come across many tech jobs and the future is bright for those who want to develop tech start ups.
Speaking about the YesWeCode organization, Jones said this:
“I don’t care if they are ‘Straight Out of Compton’, from Detroit, Chicago or Harlem; I will teach 100,000 black children computer coding. More, if I blessed with more time in this life.”
– Van Jones, founder, Yes We Code, Oakland, CA
The program’s mission is based on three principles : Communicate, Convene, and Catalyze.
From its website:
YesWeCode acts as a connector and catalyzer, providing backbone infrastructure that amplifies the work of our network partners. Since July 2014, #YesWeCode’s strengths have been to:
The Pipeline:
The job-training three-step pipeline is designed to guide youth from introductory coding programs, to immersive job-training programs, and eventually into employment. Our national pilot program will launch in Oakland.
“Diversity brings so much more to the table – and by focusing outside of the usual and rewarding all sorts of people in tech – we can only make it better. #YesWeCode is doing exactly that.”
– Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple
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