by JAM | May 2, 2014 | LISTA
On Monday April 28th, Mitch Kapor represented the Kapor Center for Social Impact, side by side with Van Jones, Chris Tucker, CODE2040, MIT Media Lab and BMe Community, to discuss the power of coding and Information Technology. Along with its power to boost...
by JAM | Apr 23, 2014 | LISTA
Though Latina women make up about eight percent of the U.S. population and their numbers are growing, they made up only two percent of the scientists and engineers working in those professions in 2010, according to a report from the National Science Foundation. Luz...
by JAM | Apr 22, 2014 | LISTA
At the Kapor Center for Social Impact, we are always looking toward creative ways to channel technology to create positive social impact. One of the most exciting ways we do this is by empowering youth–particularly underrepresented youth of color–to be more than just...
by JAM | Mar 29, 2014 | Kapor, obama, silicon valley, Social Media
Editor’s note: Tech pioneer Mitchell Kapor is the co-founder of theKapor Center for Social Impact and Kapor Capital. Benjamin Todd Jealous, the former president and CEO of the NAACP, is a venture partner at Kapor Capital. Both Kapor and Jealous serve on the...
by JAM | Mar 28, 2014 | #techlatino247, Being Latino, Cesar Chavez
Ever since I met Cesar Chavez as a young undergraduate student at Stanford University in 1991, I’ve considered him one of our greatest inspirational leaders. He taught us about the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement and its implications for people like my father, who...
