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Progress & Learning at the NC Reentry Hub Hack Day
The NC Reentry Resources Hub project is a website providing high-quality information and resources relevant and valuable to NC citizens reentering society after a period of incarceration or dealing with collateral consequences of a previous criminal conviction. Last...
Jen Pahlka & Code for Asheville: The Movie!
"We're not going to solve this counry's problems in San Francisco, and we're not going to solve them in DC." So Jen Pahlka, Executive Director of Code for America, kicked off her talk and conversation with us at our July 13 Community Night. If you weren't able to make...
BeLoved Computer Lab Opens!
On Tuesday, June 27th, the BeLoved Computer Lab officially opened! We had four clients, with questions as diverse as "How do I do research on tiny homes?", "How do I fix my computer DVD drive?", to "How do I set up my own domain name?" Deep thanks to our fellow Code...
What Do Code for America & Code for Asheville Stand For?
Last week Jen Pahlka, founder and Executive Director of Code for America, attended the American Technology Council meeting at the White House. Knowing that many would disagree with that decision, she wrote a Washington Post op-ed and a Medium post explaining why. She...
Middle School Inventors At Community Night
The June 8 Community Night kicked off with a demo of the MIT App Inventor platform that our presenter, Kathryn Bradley, uses to teach computer science at Clyde A. Erwin Middle School. The platform lets students quickly build apps and test them in real time on Android...
Leadership Changes and Opportunities: A Note From the Co-Captains
Dear Code for Asheville friends, First, we have an announcement. Co-captain Jesse Michel, who has helped to lead the brigade for the past couple years, will be leaving his captain’s position and transitioning to a core team-member role. Jesse is looking forward to...
Update on the Beloved Asheville Computer Lab
By Jim March I have stepped into the breach, and patience is a virtue. My first couple visits to the Beloved Asheville computer lab for the homeless reminds me how a project can seem overwhelmingly complex and confusing in the beginning. So I take a deep breath,...
Traffic Stop Data Update
Core team member & former co-captain Patrick Conant has been working with Ian Mance, an attorney at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), and Dee Williams, chair of the criminal justice committee of the Asheville chapter of the NAACP, to investigate...
Report on our 4/13 Community Night
The goal for the evening was to learn about Asheville's efforts to end homelessness in our community and to identify ways that we might help. We were joined by Tracey Childers, Co-Chair of the Asheville Homeless Coalition and Christiana Glenn Tugman, Homeless Lead for...
Update on Code for Asheville 2017 Plans
A quick update for everyone on our plans for 2017. At our March 14 planning meeting we identified three key priorities: Build a solid monthly community night program, Improve communications with members and fans, Do a better job inviting interested members to...