You may live just blocks away from a tech company in East Palo Alto, but access to the technology or the tools to be successful could be beyond your grasp. StreetCode Academy is trying to change that.
EAST PALO ALTO — A city full of culture, history and people with ambitious goals – sits just across from wealthy, affluent Palo Alto. The physical divider — Highway 101.While you may live just blocks away from a tech company, access to the technology or the tools to be successful could be beyond your grasp.“We offer free technology training to communities of color,” said Olatunde Sobomehin, the founding CEO of StreetCode. “That means we offer classes in coding, entrepreneurship and design.
“When we talk about divides, it’s an easy representation when it comes to divides and technology,” said Sobomehin, who his students call Tunde. “We’re in Silicon Valley. There is an abundance of resources. Not just financially, but in technology, in education. East Palo Alto — embedded in the heart of that — still doesn’t have access to those technologies.”
“Mindset, it gets to the beliefs and attitudes about ourselves and confidence and agency,” said Tamara Sobomehin, the chief education officer. Sanders said they were very intentional in making sure there was representation across all levels of StreetCode. This Black History Month, StreetCode has been highlighting Black leaders in tech, but the team says their work extends beyond February.
“When you see the numbers, the lack of diversity in these tech companies that are making products that all of us use, we absolutely have to tackle this,” he said.
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