by Erin Melton | Jun 20, 2018 | Home Internet Access, Digital Skills Training, Code for KC, Community Education and Awareness
Jacob Wagner, Director of Urban Studies at UMKC and co-founder of The Center for Neighborhoods, spoke at Code for KC’s Learn Night on June 18, 2018. The Center for Neighborhoods is a UMKC resource that works to build the capacity of Kansas City neighborhoods. Jacob...
by Erin Melton | Apr 25, 2018 | Community Education and Awareness, Digital Art, Code for KC
Steve Noll, former Executive Director, and Brent Schondelmeyer, board member, of the Jackson County Historical Society (JCHS), spoke at Code for KC’s Learn Night on April 23, 2018. They shared information about how the Wilborn Collection came to be, what it...
by Katherine Hambrick | Sep 6, 2017 | Community Education and Awareness, Home Internet Access
Our meeting kicked off this month with two Hire KC Youth Digital Scholars, Noah Yener and Eleanor Nash. The report they’ve worked on for the last 8 weeks of their internship was to identify and evaluate Community Learning Centers, such as Brush Creek Community Center,...
by Katherine Hambrick | Jul 12, 2017 | Community Education and Awareness
The second round of Gigabit Community Fund projects from Mozilla is happening in participating cities this summer. This round is primarily focused on rewarding cities with workforce development- or education-related projects. Mozilla is also looking to reward...
by Katherine Hambrick | May 10, 2017 | Community Education and Awareness
April’s Digital Inclusion Coalition meeting included speakers Noah Worcester from UMKC and Rachel Merlo from Google Fiber before breaking into a workout session. Noah Worcester, UMKC Office of Digital Inclusion student organization president, spoke to the Coalition...
by Katherine Hambrick | Mar 17, 2017 | Computers in the Home, Community Education and Awareness
This month, the Kansas City Coalition for Digital Inclusion meeting included special presentations from the National Digital Inclusion Alliance’s Angela Siefer via skype, William Wells of the National Society of Black Engineers and Adam Arredondo of Startland...
