Connect2Tech
The Problem
The Solutions
Students we serve are from underrepresented communities in LA
Students we serve are in low-to-moderate income households in LA
Ways You Can Support
Email Holly Huntley-Krieger, Development Manager, JASOCAL hhuntley@jasocal.org
Be a “Super Volunteer”
Commit 2hrs per week for 13 weeks and guide future leaders through the process of building a successful enterprise.
Sponsor JA Student Entrepreneurship Challenge
Help bring our “Shark Tank for Kids” style-event to life, where our top ten student-led businesses come together to pitch their ideas to a real panel of judges.
Date: Friday, April 5th 2018
Location: Google LA
Be A Leader
Host a JA Job Shadow
Student Impact: 30-40 students
Teach “JA In A Day”
Student Impact: 30-500 students
Our Goals
CREATE AN ECOSYSTEM that is focused on bridging the diversity gap seen in the tech industry
GENERATE PATHWAYS for under-served youth to explore careers in the STEM fields that they aspire to work in someday
DEVELOP YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS by enhancing our existing entrepreneurship curriculum, taught by local tech volunteers
SET AN EXAMPLE for the rest of the nation that ethical modernization of the workplace begins with educating our youth
Contact Holly Huntley-Krieger, Development Manager, JASOCAL