Growing up in East Oakland, Hesten Parrish (Oakland Cohort 7 Alum) wanted to be part of The Hidden Genius Project from the time he wrote his first code in middle...
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By: Adam Stern, Sports Business Journal Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 McLaren Racing has been working with one of its U.S.-based tech sponsors, Smartsheet, on a DEI program called Sponsor...
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By: The Hidden Genius Project, PRNewswire Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Global Nonprofit, The Hidden Genius Project, Expands to Atlanta with Google.org Support Globally recognized and award-winning nonprofit, The Hidden Genius Project is expanding...
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By: The Hidden Genius Project, PRNewswire Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Celebrating 10 Years of Service and Impact, The Hidden Genius Project Announces Its Expansion to Chicago Globally recognized and award-winning nonprofit, The...
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By: Bobbie Travis, Splunk Date: Monday, November 14, 2022 At Splunk, we explore innovative ways to turn data into doing, which allows us to collaborate and tell stories about how...
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By: Zaki Hasan, San Francisco Chronicle Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022 It was a night of high energy and palpable emotion on Wednesday, Nov. 9, as Oakland’s historic Grand Lake...
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By: Chase DiBenedetto Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022 As Marvel fans worldwide gear up for the highly-anticipated premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Disney is honoring the movie's characters, stars, and...
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By: Ryan Curry, Gloria Rodriguez, ABC7 News Bay Area Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Young people in Oakland had the opportunity to screen "Black Panther Wakanda Forever" ahead...
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By: Comcast Corporation Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022 East Bay program to support young Black men in technology visited by Broderick Johnson, a Comcast executive and former member of the...
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By: The Walt Disney Company Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022 Disney Future Storytellersinitiative celebrates nonprofit collaborators, reaching nearly 25,000 teens and young adults through community screenings nationwide BURBANK, Calif.,...
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Sometimes leaving a mark means removing one. On Monday, October 17, 2022, Smartsheet announced to the world that they would replace their coveted spot on the McLaren Formula 1 race...
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Before COVID changed the ways in which we convene and collaborate, Jason Smith, Richmond Cohort 4 Alum, vividly remembers attending our annual Brothers Code event in 2019 sharing how “there...
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By: Comcast California Date: Thursday, October 27, 2022 The Hidden Genius Project in Downtown Oakland recently had a nationally renowned special guest visit the organization. Broderick Johnson, Chair of President Obama’s My Brother’s...
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Meet the 2022-2023 cohort of Genius Founders in our Alumni Venture Seed Fund Program — a dynamic mentorship experience designed to support the advancement of our young entrepreneurs through the...
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By: Matthew Piechalak, University of San Diego Magazine Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Engineering student completes NASA Tech Transfer Program Like many aspiring engineers, Honorebel Walker has always been fascinated...
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By: Rob Evans, KVUE News Staff Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022 AUSTIN, Texas — Some of the greatest drivers on the planet are in Austin right now. Practice begins Friday...
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By: Kumba Kpakima, Tech Reporter Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 The Hidden Genius Project, a nonprofit for Black male youth in tech, is coming to the Formula 1 racetrack thanks...
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By: Benjamin Laker, Forbes Contributer Date: Monday, October 17, 2022 The rise of business leaders being philanthropic is a growing trend attributed to several factors, including globalization, advancing economic inequality,...
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By: Marcus Thompson II, Journalist for The Athletic, Author of "GOLDEN," "KD" and "DYNASTIES" books Date: Monday, October 17, 2022 Brandon Nicholson, founding executive director of The Hidden Genius Project,...
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By: Smartsheet x The Hidden Genius Project Date: Monday, October 17, 2022 Media Contact: Karen Lewis, Going Public PR, karen@goingpublicpr.com In addition to visibility at the upcoming United States Grand...
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By: WXYZ ABC7, Detroit Date: Saturday, October 8, 2022 On Saturday, October 8, 2022, The Hidden Genius Project wrapped up its final End of Summer Celebration in Detroit highlighting the...
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By: William Malcolm Morning Show Date: Saturday, October 1, 2022 William Malcolm, Detroit Site Director and host of the William Malcolm Morning Show, invites four of the inaugural Detroit…
Once Andrew Lubega (Oakland Cohort 8 Hidden Genius Alum) noticed his best friend was always busy during the summer and could clearly “see that he was working towards something great,”...
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From September to October 2022, we hosted three End of Summer Celebrations with the first event being held in the Bay Area, CA (on September 22) to honor our Oakland...
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By: Kathy Chouteau, The Richmond Standard Date: Thursday, September 29, 2022 Yaphet Yonas, a local youth learning technology, entrepreneurship and leadership skills in The Hidden Genius Project’s Intensive Immersion Program at RYSE…
By: Rodd A. Amos, Contributing Writer, Los Angeles Sentinel, Date: Friday, September 23, 2022 On Tuesday, September 27, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at The Proud Bird Restaurant on...
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By: Brandon Nicholson, Ph.D., Executive Director of The Hidden Genius Project Date: Friday, September 1, 2022 Editor’s note: Today’s post is authored by Brandon Nicholson, PhD, an Oakland, California native and the...
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Olana Abraham (Richmond Cohort 3) understands the power of a good support system. He’s quick to attribute his community of brothers as the most important thing he gained from participating...
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Earlier this month our inaugural Detroit (DET1) cohort completed their first summer in our Intensive Immersion Program. Over the past seven weeks, 16 Hidden Geniuses participated in our program learning...
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By: NBA Foundation Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 NBA Foundation Grant Round Six – August 2022 Total Grant Docket: $20 million Number of grantees: 40 Below is a full list of the...
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