Let's Talk About It Tuesdays: CodeNext Detroit Accepting Applications!

Michelle Williams • July 11, 2023

CodeNext Comes to Detroit

This week on Let's Talk About It Tuesdays CODE313 is bringing knowledge and insight to our blog readers on the various topics of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math! This week's blog is centered around our partner, Code Next! So without further ado, let's talk about it.

Code Next is a computer science education program created for minority high school students who are Black, Latinx, and/or Indigenous. Their mission is to help equip minority students with the necessary tools needed to go into an in-demand tech career field. The program provides after-school sessions as well as Saturday labs. Code Next aims to raise up the next generation of innovative tech leaders.

Google founded Code Next in 2015 and offers labs in 3 locations: New York, California, and Detroit. The lab in Detroit is located at the Michigan Central train station with Ford as their partner. The lab is also being run by Google.

In this program, students partake in curriculum learning activities, manage projects of their own, and learn from mentors/coaches. Some projects include designing and programming a robot and 3D printing an Android chess set.

If you or your child is interested in joining Code Next, please go to their website and apply now. Applications close August 4th,2023 at 11:59pm! Here are a few Youtube videos discussing and providing testimonies from students who have participated in Code Next! Click here and here.

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