Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. awareness and skills development in children, teens, and young adults. skills are taught through a practical hands-on course that guides. is an organization based out of Oakland, California. Forage Oakland project.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

TechSoup Global and NetSquared attended hackathons across the country—from Hawaii to Vermont—that tackled local, statewide, and national civic issues. For example, Code for Oakland hosted an event called ReWrite Oakland, which focused how to make the Oakland city government website more accessible and easier to use.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

He's currently working on an event planner module, which I can see being a huge asset for nonprofits or community organizers, such as organizers of our NetSquared groups. The last app demo was from a former TechSouper, Sameer Siruguri, who is currently developing an app for an Oakland nonprofit, Youth ALIVE! Reporting Problems.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 11, 2013

Although I've been writing about tech for a few years, I have no coding or programming skills. My group started out by considering Crowdmap (from NetSquared alumnus Ushahidi ), but ended up going with Google Fusion and Google Maps to create the project. Was I going to be kicked out for not knowing how to code?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

Then out of that class, I did a lot of work and discovered that what I wanted to do was pass on the Art and Revolution skills, the dance, and the theater and how to bring art into the streets to homeless youth, and low-income youth of color. One will be for mothers who are mourning the loss of their children who died in gunfights in Oakland.

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