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Resilient Coders believes that – no matter their history – every kid deserves a fair shake at success. They’re hacking the opportunity gap by leading Boston youth of all backgrounds down the pretty path of code. Here’s how they do it: mentorship, rigorous bootcamps, and a program called ‘the Lab’ where they pair bootcamp grads with experts to work on…
No fancy phones. No apps. Arianna Gil and Sheyla Grullon – founders of NYC’s Brujas skate crew – are building a community of strong, lady heshers the old school way. Face to face and scar to scar. Born and raised in the city, Arianna and Sheyla started Brujas to carve out a space for women in the male-dominated world of…
Three Harvard grads want you to taste something: crickets. And guess what? You might like them. Rose Wang, Laura D’Asaro (pictured) and Merly Natow are the geniuses behind Chirps Chips, the first product from their company Six Foods, founded in 2013. The crazy idea came about after Rose and Laura happened to try bugs dishes during their travels. After liking…
Designer Shayne Oliver’s simple observation is becoming a fashion revolution. “Men’s wear is not glamorous. And women’s wear is. Why not mix them together?” Despite being one of the biggest new names in fashion, Oliver is kind of a loner. He grew up with his mom – a single mother – outside of Minneapolis. Because she had to work a…
When I first thought about creating the Oakland Gun Violence Interview Series project I had a lot of people come to mind for who I could interview. Growing up in Oakland, most of the people that I know have been affected by gun violence in one way or another. Either they’ve shot someone, have been shot, or have a friend or…
Gary Noesner spent more than three decades as a hostage crisis negotiator. Yeah, like real crazy Law & Order type stuff. But it’s what Gary’s good at. After a siege went awry in Texas, Noesner took it upon himself to improve the whole program. At the core of this approach was a tool he thinks we all can benefit from…
Because standing up for others is a universal, here’s a little shot of courage that’s made its way across the pond. ⠀⠀ In the UK, when some far-right protesters surrounded a woman in a hijab, Saffiyah Khan stepped in and smiled. She felt that being earnest and willing to listen was the best way to make the protesters question their…
Spun from Bay Area yarn, Jean Melesaine calls this place her forever home—she even has ‘Bay Area’ tattooed across her forearms. A Samoan-American and photographer by trade, she opens windows into lives many of us would never know. ⠀⠀ Through her job at Silicon Valley De-Bug – an organization that uses storytelling as a force for change – she co-edited a…
News of death and destruction has so many of us feeling blue, but one young Black woman turned a popular movement into art in super awesome ways. ⠀⠀ In recent years, Black Lives Matter has spearheaded a movement for the importance of the lives of Black people in the face of police brutality. For writer Angie Thomas, however, the movement…
Fox News told the story of Juan Carlos, a father of three, and the effort of the West Frankfort, Illinois, a community he’s served for over a decade. If you ask residents of the coal-mining town whether they support Trump’s controversial crackdown on undocumented immigrants, they’d all cheer. But the conservative community members did all they could to help the…
