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 [...]

UCSC'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 [...]

Studies 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 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 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 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 [...]

Personal 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 [...]

The 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 [...]

Daisy 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 [...]

YEI 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.