Cal State East Bay nonprofit management student Akeem Brown leads programming at Oakland-based The Hidden Genius Project By: Elias Barboza, East Bay Today - Cal State East Bay Date:...
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The Hidden Genius Project trains and mentors black male youth in technology creation, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills to transform their lives and communities.
OUR VISION
Black male youth demand, and are working towards, a future where their genius is celebrated, realized, and shines every day and is no longer hidden, suppressed or belittled.
THE FUTURE IS TECH.
STEM employment opportunities have become the fastest growing segment of jobs in the U.S, with 71 percent of which involving computing.
At The Hidden Genius Project, we prepare black male youth to participate in and meaningfully contribute to the 21st Century, global, tech-economy.
OUR SOLUTION
OUR PROGRESS
SINCE 2012:
6700
STUDENTS SERVED
310400
HOURS OF DIRECT TRAINING
“The Hidden Genius Project is a great opportunity for young black men like me to see what else there is in the world.”
– Zebreon, Immersion Program Participant/Cohort 2
IN THE NEWS
Just the thought of giving up two summers had Brandon ‘Pierre’ Bazile (RICH2 Hidden Genius) shook when he first started our 15-month Intensive Immersion Program. However, it didn’t take long...
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In 2012, David Armstrong, Jr. (OAK1) was a junior in high school when he joined The Hidden Genius Project's Inaugural Immersion Program – a then 24-month commitment for the original...
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