Empower women of Northern Nigeria with the skills to start their own micro-enterprises. At the Abuja Summer Institute, 30 young women will learn entrepreneurial skills, video production, and graphic design to develop their own micro-enterprises. Through ASI, young women will produce content and products to start and manage their enterprises as well as develop [...]
Youth Empowerment Institute 2017
Gender, Women's Empowerment
Everett 2017-06-19T11:13:47+00:00UCSC's Everett Program has been running a summer institute for over a decade. Each year the Youth Empowerment Institute (YEI), it changes and improves. It is a free week-long summer camp where those in under-resourced communities can stay at UCSC and learn about pathways to college, all while building and coding a mobile app [...]
Ghanaian School Girls and Health Center
Gender, Health, Women's Empowerment
Everett 2017-06-19T09:44:43+00:00Studies have shown that when young girls are educated it enables them to develop a range of skills, such as: literacy, critical thinking, and communication skills. These lay a foundation for a decent livelihood and allow for beneficial relationships in adulthood. If all girls had a secondary education, there would be two-thirds fewer child [...]

Introducing Computer Literacy to Youth and Non-Governmental Organizations in the Kenneth Gardens Community
Gender, Race and Ethnic Justice, Women's Empowerment
Everett 2017-06-13T14:35:12+00:00Introducing Computer Literacy to Youth and Non-Governmental Organizations in the Kenneth Gardens Community People Served Directly People Served Indirectly Name: Jessica Crosby College Affiliation: College Nine Major: GISES Graduation Date: Spring 2016 Project Date: Summer 2015 Partner Org: Durban University of Technology Urban Futures Center Partner Website: www.dut.ac.za/faculty/engineering/urban_futures/ [...]
Athena Blog
Gender, Women's Empowerment
Everett 2017-06-13T14:35:12+00:00Athena Blog People Served Directly People Served Indirectly Name: Olivia Bulan College Affiliation: College Nine Major: GISES Graduation Date: Spring 2016 Project Date: Summer 2015 Partner Org: Digital NEST Partner Website: digitalnest.org Technologies Used: Web Design, Blogging Project Themes: Women's Empowerment, Tech Literacy People Served Directly: Middle and [...]

Women and Families Empowerment: One Service at a Time
Gender, Women's Empowerment
Everett 2017-06-13T14:35:13+00:00Women and Families Empowerment: One Service at a Time People Served Directly People Served Indirectly Name: Jenny Cervantes College Affiliation: Oakes College Major: GISES Graduation Date: Spring 2016 Project Date: March-June 2016 Partner Org: Walnut Avenue Family and Women's Center Partner Website: wafwc.org Technologies Used: Salsa Labs Donor [...]
2015: Computer Literacy for the Gumbi Community
Gender, Race and Ethnic Justice, Women's Empowerment
Everett 2017-06-13T14:35:13+00:00Personal Information Student Name: Lili Sierra College Affiliation: Oakes College Major: Sociology Graduation Date: 2016 Partner Information Organization: African Insight Name: Andrew Anderson Email: andrew@africaninsight.co.za Website: http://www.africaninsight.co.za Project Vitals Name of Project: Computer Literacy for Somkhanda & Gumbi Community Location: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Date Range: June 20-Sept [...]

2015: Youth Empowerment Institute Food Justice and Workers Rights
Gender, Health, Women's Empowerment
Everett 2017-06-13T14:35:13+00:00The Team Name: Monica Gutierrez College Affiliation: Cowell Major: GISES Graduation Date: Spring 2016 Name: Yesenia Torres College Affiliation: Stevenson Major: Technology Information Management major & GISES Minor Graduation Date: Spring 2017 Name: Amelia Curry College Affiliation: Oakes Major: Bioengineering Graduation Date: Spring 2018 Name: Joanna Cortez College [...]
2015: Web Design for Middle Schoolers at IHADLA
Gender, Race and Ethnic Justice, Women's Empowerment
Everett 2017-06-13T14:35:13+00:00Daisy Zurita | Los Angeles, CA | Summer 2015 Project Vitals Name of Project: Web Design Workshops Location: Inglewood, California Date Range: 7/6/15-7/31/15 Technologies Used: MacBook Pro, Pages and Text Wrangler. People directly served by your project: 7-10 students ages 13-15 Part II – Project Narrative The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has [...]
Youth Empowerment Institute 2014
Gender, Race and Ethnic Justice, Women's Empowerment
Everett 2017-06-13T14:35:13+00:00YEI Team | Summer 2014 | Santa Cruz, CA The Youth Empowerment Institute once again convened and empowered 15 Watsonville youth to be leaders in their community by creating a college mentor app. Check out the YEI Page for more on the summer institute.