Posts published in August, 2016

Jenga game at GLIDE in SF
During GLIDE's participation in Tenderloin Sunday Streets, a program facilitating neighborhood block parties around San Francisco, Erica helped organize a giant Jenga game in one of the activity booths. (Photo courtesy of Erica McDowell)

Building community and finding acceptance

by on August 9, 2016 9:05 pm
Categories: Cardinal Commitment, Cardinal Quarter, Community Organizing & Activism

Through a summer fellowship, Erica McDowell, ’16, explored service through religion, an interest that grew with her increasing involvement in community work on campus as an ethnic theme assistant at Casa Zapata and as a core member of  First Generation and/or Low Income Partnership (FLIP).

By Catherine Zaw, ’15

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CodeAcademy visits Facebook
CodeCamp takes a field trip to FaceBook. In the back row are StreetCode Academy instructors Michelle McGhee, ’18, Rafael Cosman, ’15, and Shadi Barhoumi, ’17. (Photo: StreetCode Academy)

Empowering youth to achieve their dreams through technology

by on August 1, 2016 10:22 am
Categories: Cardinal Commitment, Education and Youth Development, Technology & Engineering
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What if there was a summer camp where every day is like a hackathon? Rafael Cosman, ’15, teamed up with two other Stanford students to create CodeCamp, a four-week summer program for high school students in East Palo Alto.

By Van Tran, ’16

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