There’s a new pop-up computer retailer in downtown Ypsilanti this holiday season. It’s called Digital Inclusion (DI), and it’s the most recent outgrowth of a program that started half a dozen years ago to get computer systems into the hands of folks on the wrong side of the digital divide. And, if the pop-up goes […]
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A new downtown pop-up puts Ypsi youth to work bridging the digital divide
Posted in entrepreneurism, Local Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged B.Side, computer access, computers, digital divide, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Jack Bidlack, North Washington Street, Pure Michigan Social Entrepreneurship Challenge, recycling, refurbished computers, social enterprise, technical training 13 Comments
The lowdown on Ypsi’s B.Side
Over the past week or so, I’ve been exchanging emails with Eastern Michigan University’s Jessica “Decky” Alexander about a youth entrepreneurship program called B.Side, that’s run through the university’s Office of Academic Service-Learning. Here, for those of you interested in entrepreneurship, local job creation and local opportunities for young people, is our mini-interview. MARK: So, […]
Posted in Education, entrepreneurism Also tagged Angelina Broderick, Artists for Humanity, B Green Garden, B.Side, BBQ sauce, Boston, Bside Records, Bstore, catering, Community Records, Community Youth Mapping, Courtney Fitzpatrick, Decky Alexander, Eastern Michigan University, Etsy, ezine, Gear Up, Generation E, interviews, Jack Bidlack, Kathy Stacey, Michigan Works, Miller House, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Neutral Zone, Office of Academic Service-Learning, Ozone, skill-based workshops, social issue theatre, spoken word, Summer Youth Employment Program, Toledo, Upward Bound, Washtenaw Cultural Plan, Young Moguls, Youth Artists At Work, youth programs, YYEA 3 Comments