With youth and adults in the Greater Newark community, we explore the technology around us. Together, we learn how things work, how to create as well as how to fix what's broken.
Core Principles
Community-Rooted Projects
Learning through local impact
Through real-world projects, participants develop practical concepts and skills to address local challenges.
Social-Emotional Learning
Building whole learners
Success in STEM and media requires not just technical skills but also working together, communicating, and understanding emotions.
Student-Teacher Pipelines
From student to teacher to leader
Program alumni return as paid peer teachers, creating a sustainable local teacher pipeline. This peer-to-peer model fosters a cycle of learning and empowerment within the community.
Focus Areas
Engineering
Media
Mathematics
Timeline
Held outdoor math tutoring sessions during the pandemic
Incorporated and secured tax-exempt status
Generation Code summer program created
Partnering with Rutgers and Apple's Community Education Initiative
Former participants hired to return as inaugural youth teachers
AI/ML introduced into engineering curriculum
Sunday math sessions at local basketball tournament
Hosted by Zoo Crew Basketball Summer League
Afterschool podcasting program with middle schoolers
Partnering with the Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies
Fourth summer of G-Code independently run
Partnering with Essex County 4-H Youth Development Program
Double Up Math launches at its first school
After school pilot and multi-year research project begins
Directors
Grew up learning together and getting buckets. Never stopped.
Emmanuel Larose
After attending the University of South Carolina and earning his MBA, Emmanuel returned to New Jersey to work at a startup. He now builds an organization and works with young people, teaching and empowering the next generation.
Elliot Ikheloa
Elliot studied at Harvard, worked as a business consultant, and served as chief of staff at a high school. He joined the founding team in a Bay Area tech company. He is now happy to channel his love for learning into community-based education efforts.
Partners
Thank you to our many partners, sponsors, and supporters.
Join The Cause
Whether through volunteering, donating, or partnering with us, there are many ways to support community-driven STEM and media education