Our Visionary Cause Leaders at Code in the Schools were highlighted on WBAL for their Baltimore Innovation Week event, Game Jam, a free day-long event in which 6-12th grade students were transformed into videogame developers. The winning team (K-Force with their game 'Carrot Quest') will display their game on the giant LED screen by Penn Station during Artscape 2016, an even that attracts more than 400,000 visitors. Watch the spot here:
Be Fearless Spotlight: Baltimore Corps
“At Baltimore Corps, we’ve made a big bet that Baltimore is a frontier of social change.” Fagan Harris and Baltimore Corps are featured in this "Be Fearless Spotlight" from the Case Foundation:
Digital Harbor Foundation Takes Home Prize At Baltimore Hackathon
Class Two Fellow Jen Schachter and the Digital Harbor Foundation team won the Hacker's Favorite award for DigiFab, a light-up sign made from 3-D printed objects. Read the write-ups here:
Nurturing Baltimore's Best
In this op-ed in the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Corps President and CEO Fagan Harris questions whether Baltimore is really suffering from a "brain drain":
Play More B'More featured on People.com
Play More B'More, managed by Baltimore Corps Fellows Cirron Greenidge and Rashaad Whitfield, welcomed NBA star Rudy Gay to meet with the fall interns:
http://www.people.com/article/rudy-gay-sacramento-kings-playgrounds-baltimore