The Diversity Sprint SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF DIVERSITY THROUGH THE Antoine Patton, LENS OF Coding Coach EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT
How this will work Steps of the Diversity Sprint Overview of the Problem Expert Interview Lightning Demo Decide on Solution Prototype the Solution Test the Solution
The Problem <12% OF CODERS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE BLACK OR LATINO Datausa.io
The opportunity 10,000 NEW TECH JOBS EVERY MONTH
Is Inclusion the Big Problem? The Inclusion problem is smaller compared to the access problem. It’s not like tech companies have access to a huge pool of thousands of under represented coders looking for a job. And POC don't have the most access OPPORTUNITY to what it takes to become & Access successful in Tech
THE BIGGER PROBLEMS Most people of color aren’t worried about inclusion, they are stressing about education cost, about not having technical equipment, about not having the free time to actually EDUCATION commit to studying. EMPOWERMENT
TIME EQUIPMENT EDUCATION EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT
IMPEDIMENTS IN THE USER STORY DEDICATED STUDY COST OF ACCESS TO TECH TIME EDUCATION COMPUTERS SUCCESS! Many marginalized The cost of college Over 40% of people don't have the tuition or bootcamps households don't have leisure to spend time on are too expensive for computer or laptop non-compensated many people of color. devices. activities.
CASE STUDY
Timeline 2005 - Graduated from H.S. in Buffalo, NY 2008 - Arrested for illegal possession of a weapon 2009 - Sentenced to 8 years in prison 2011 - Starting self-teaching himself code 2012 - Built 1st version of the Photo Patch website 2014 - Released from prison & moved to Florida. 2015 - Founded a 501c3 Photo Patch Foundation 2016 - Launched Atlas Digital Group 2018 - Released "From Cages to Stages" Memoir 2019 - Launched Unlock Academy
Global Impact Introduced 15,000 people to coding and coached them to building their first websites. Helped raise $500,000 for charities focused on empowering youth and social entrepreneurship. Connected 30,000 youth to their parents in prison via the Photo Patch app. Forbes The Takeaway Atlanta Black Star Steve Harvey TV The Today Show Black Enterprise Colorlines.com CNET amongs others...
How did I get so strong in prison?
TIME EQUIPMENT EDUCATION EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT
TIME EQUIPMENT EDUCATION How do we scale this? If we could scale the number of POC in code, we can increase the diversity numbers.
TECHONOMIC JUSTICE GOAL If we had unlimited resources what would be a practical solution to educating and empowering more people of color who do have an interest in tech?
OVERVIEW OF THE EXPERT LIGHTNING PROBLEM INTERVIEW DEMOS 5 minutes 10 minutes 5 minutes of research 5 minutes of ideating DECIDE ON RAPID TEST THE SOLUTION PROTOTYPING PROTOTYPE 5 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes THE DIVERSITY SPRINT
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