Dallas Public Library (SFOT Partner)
Contestant (Corrine)
Beverly Ayers, The Stewpot
Volunteer Coodinator, First Prebyterian Church of Dallas
Volunteer Coodinator, First Prebyterian Church of Dallas
The Battle of the Blue Ribbon bake off at State Fair of Texas Embarcadero Center provided an opportunity for baking enthusiasts to flex their competitive muscles and show up for a community building event. Building and supporting the community is at the heart of our Mission at The Community Coding Project. While everyone does not share a love of sweet treats, partnering with those who share our passion for community always always hits our sweet spot. If your organization is interested in offering free coding classes to youth and/or adults, we are prepared to discuss collaborative efforts where we provide the coding instructors and our partners provide space and in some cases technology. We are currently offering Web Design classes to transitional guests at The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center every Wednesday. These classes run from August to May, resume in the fall and are only open to the guests of TBHRC. One of the most valuable lessons that we have learned through working with this specific population, is how resilient people can be in times of crisis (people are not their circumstances) and the critical need for public and private investment in the social safety-net. We encourage individuals and organizations to make donations to The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center as well as The Community Coding Project.
We will begin Python coding classes at Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy in the fall. Our program will be implemented at BOMLA through a coding club that meets once per week. An additional 2 campuses are set to come aboard pending grant resources and logistical considerations. We see coding and computer science and a subset of the larger STEM universe and intend to stimulate interests in Computer Science and Engineering fields of study across communities of varying social and economic resources.