Black Boys Code comes to Chicago! Black Boys Code is excited to announce our second American location in Chicago with the launch of a 5-week technology summer camp! Launched on July 5th in collaboration with a local nonprofit, After School Matters, this summer camp is providing Black teens in Chicago ages 13-15, with an exciting […]
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Black Boys Code Mentioned in The New York Times
Ethical concerns of bias and societal impact plague artificial intelligence discourse and research. Questions around who is at the forefront of innovation are necessary, especially when considering, for example, facial recognition software that fails to accurately identify Black faces and bodies. In the New York Times article Can We Make Our Robots Less Biased Than […]
BlackBoysCode Cares
BlackBoysCodeCares is a social responsibility program that builds on BlackBoysCode’s mission to Improve the lives of Black boys through Education in technology. The BlackBoysCodeCares initiative was created to help families who had difficulty with access to technology. We are working with technology service providers to donate computers, internet connectivity and other critical technologies to Black […]
Windsor Chapter Turns 1
Our Windsor chapter celebrated their one-year anniversary this week! Congratulations on making a meaningful impact in the Windsor area and continuing to pursue growth. Starting a chapter is not an easy task, as I’m sure many of you can attest to, so making it this far is worth celebrating. Throughout the year, the Windsor chapter […]
Reflecting on Black History Month
After an unprecedented year and a global movement to end systemic racism, Black History Month offers an opportunity to recognize the many accomplishments of Black leaders, both past and present. It’s also a reminder that we must continue drive change to end anti-Black racism and create social change and more opportunities. As someone who has […]
The Code to Success
As the Black Lives Matter movement spread across different industries this year, 5,874 scientists around the world signed an online pledge in support of #ShutDownSTEM. The one-day strike in June was a call to action against anti-Black racism in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. READ FULL STORY ON THIS.ORG
BLACK BOYS CODE CELEBRATES FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF PROVIDING BLACK BOYS (8-17) WITH FREE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CODING KNOWLEDGE
Since 2015, more than 1,500 Black boys have participated in coding workshops, hackathons, after-school programs, and summer technology camps through Black Boys Code.
Black Boys Code Gains Momentum in Ottawa
A recently formed local chapter of an organization that aims to inspire young Black boys to become digital creators and technological innovators through coding workshops is rapidly gaining popularity in the nation’s capital.
Autonomiser les jeunes hommes grâce au codage
Pouvons-nous habiliter nos garçons à être mentalement, intellectuellement, socialement et politiquement autonomiser les garçons et les jeunes hommes en leur enseignant simplement comment coder? Eh bien, la réponse simple est: OUI. Coding (programmation) est l’avenir et même si les jeunes ne sont pas intéressés par une carrière en technologie (bien que les estimations prédisent le […]
