All Star Code

http://allstarcode.org/ Connecting young men of color to the tech industry.

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More and more applications are rolling in! Join us as we close the opportunity gap between men of color and the tech sector. 

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All Star Code’s 2014 Summer Intensive application is now live. Apply now and come join us!

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All Star Code's 2014 Summer Intensive application is now live. Apply now and come join us!

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Check out our brand spankin' new website.

http://www.allstarcode.org/

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The #worldofcoding was another #allstarcode success. Thanks to our staff, mentors, teachers, volunteers, and especially our ALL STARS!! (at AOL HQ)

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First to draw "ASC" with their robot wins. #allstarcode #worldofcoding (at AOL HQ)

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The All Stars "programmed" a blindfolded Jon around the room. #robotics #allstarcode #worldofcoding (at AOL HQ)

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"Which superhero are you? The Entrepreneur, The Manager, or The Technician?" Michael Roderick of @SmallPond Enterprises is leading our All Stars in an exercise detailing the three types of "heroes" every business needs, using Professor X, Cyclops, and Wolverine of XMen as their allegorical counterparts. (at AOL HQ)

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Happy President’s Day!

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Patricia Bath, M.D. Born: November 4, 1942 Occupation: Ophthalmologist Patricia Bath was the first African American woman to receive a patent for a medical invention. She developed a laser device to remove cataracts. Bath began her scientific career in cancer research as a teenager and then pursued ophthalmology in medical school. She developed a new field called community ophthalmology that was dedicated to providing quality eye care to underserved populations. In addition to her academic career, Bath also founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness and serves as the organization’s president.

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Taking Black Male Achievement Week to Capitol Hill. #bmaweek #americanpromise

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All Star Code's Founder, Christina Lewis Halpern, will be headed to the White House tomorrow for meetings on the new My Brother's Keeper initiative aimed at young men of color.

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Jeff Wilke is Amazon.com’s Senior Vice President of Consumer Business, and has held top leadership roles in operations and retail at the company for the last 15 years. We’re honored to have him join our Board of Directors and help shape our efforts to give every student in every school...

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Tumblr Tuesday: Black History Month

Black Techies For noobs and hackers alike. Follow their blog for updates on meetings and hackathons.

Medieval POC People of color through the lens of European art, spanning from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.

Black Women Art Black women, beautifully illustrated and curated, spanning from celebrities to regular folks.

Black History Every Day There are eleven other months in the year, you know. Black History Every Day fixes the calendar via bios and history lessons. 

Black History Album The editors saw how little diversity there was in mainstream media’s telling of Black History. So they sought to fix it. This is “The Way We Were.”

Photo by eflon

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Computer science develops students’ computational and critical thinking skills and teaches them how to create—not just use—new technologies. This fundamental knowledge is needed to prepare students for the 21st century, regardless of their ultimate field of study or occupation. Computer science courses should count toward math or science entrance requirements for higher education.

Computer science is driving job growth and innovation throughout our economy and society. More than half of projected jobs in STEM fields are in computing occupations; these occupations dominate “help wanted” ads; and computer science is one of the hottest degrees for new college graduates. In fact, by 2018, Utah will need to fill 94,990 STEM-related jobs, and 49% of these jobs will be in computing. Current computer science courses often do not count towards a student’s core math or science requirements from high school – they are treated as electives. Given the academic demands, college-bound students cannot afford to take computer science as an elective. Further, the Regents Scholarship, which influences which classes are taken by college-bound students, does not include computer science courses in its list of required courses, the Utah Scholars Curriculum. Counting computer science as a science credit would not require schools to offer computer science or students to study it; it simply allows existing computer science courses to satisfy a core requirement that already exists. To learn more about making computer science count, visit http://code.org.

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Tumblr HQ Update: Week 342

Hosted the MLK Dream Code hackathon. Our youngest coder was six! Bottom right, the winning team shows off their demo.

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All Star Code was privileged to bring a team of All Stars, staff, and mentors to the MLK Hackathon. It was an amazing opportunity to see the Tumblr HQ, and to watch the next generation of coding talent.