From Users to Builders

Empowering the Next Generation of AI Creators

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500+

Youth Creators

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100%

Profits Reinvested

Our Vision

We don't just want kids to use the future. We want them to build it. Vibecoding workshops, community accelerators, and a co-operative that reinvests in our youth.

We meet youth where they are, after school, in their local libraries, and remove the barriers to entry. We provide the spark (and the pizza) that turns curiosity into creation.

When our youth builds, our community wins.

The Library-to-Launch Pipeline

The Spark

Workshops

High-energy after-school sessions at local libraries. Pizza, soda, and vibecoding. Every kid walks out with a URL they built themselves.

The Accelerator

For the Curious

Laptops, Wi-Fi, premium AI tools, and professional mentorship to refine ideas into reality. Taking the spark and turning it into a flame.

The Launch

Back to Community

We guide youth as they deploy their projects back into the community, teaching the value of education through their own success.

Explore the Pipeline

The co-operative model means profits come home to the youth who create them.

What is Vibecoding?

Vibecoding teaches the critical AI and creative thinking skills our youth need to build the future. No prerequisites. Just show up.

Generative AI

Tools that create new content — text, art, music, code — based on user prompts. Understanding the power in your hands to imagine something new, and build it.

Prompt Engineering

The art of communicating effectively with AI. The critical thinking skill of the 21st century. How to ask the right questions to get the results you need.

Low Floor, High Ceiling

Low Floor: How easy it is to start. No prerequisites, just show up.

High Ceiling: Infinite potential. Today a website; tomorrow a community-changing startup.

The Co-operative Advantage

When our youth builds together, they own the outcomes. No extractive models. Their success is their wealth. Their community is their board.

2025 — 2026 Honorees

Black & Brown Excellence in Tech & STEM

Celebrating six extraordinary individuals whose brilliance, courage, and innovation are shaping the future of technology and science.

Victor J. Glover Jr.

NASA Astronaut & Artemis II Pilot

“We carry the dreams of every kid who ever looked up at the moon and wondered if they belonged there. They do.”

First Black Astronaut Beyond Low Earth Orbit · 2026

Dr. Joy Buolamwini

Founder, Algorithmic Justice League & MIT Researcher

“If you have a face, you have a place in the conversation about AI. I fight so that technology reflects all of us — not just some of us.”

NAACP LDF Board Member · 2025

Heman Bekele

Inventor & Young Scientist — Cancer Research

“I started this project because I remembered people in Ethiopia who couldn't afford sunscreen — let alone cancer treatment. Science should serve everyone.”

TIME Kid of the Year · America's Top Young Scientist

Dr. Timnit Gebru

Founder & Executive Director, DAIR Institute

“We can't have AI systems that work well for a narrow slice of humanity and call it progress. True innovation means no one gets left behind.”

Fortune 50 Greatest Leaders · TIME 100 Most Influential

Ime Archibong

VP of Product Management, Meta & Board Director, Capital One

“When you build products that connect billions of people, you carry a responsibility to make sure those connections lift everyone up.”

Capital One Board of Directors · 2026

Dr. Glenn D. Hines

Chief Engineer, Navigation Doppler Lidar — NASA Langley

“The instruments we engineer today will land humans safely on the Moon tomorrow. Precision isn't optional — lives depend on every signal.”

BEYA Outstanding Technical Contribution · 2025

These leaders represent the brilliance, innovation, and resilience of Black and Brown communities in STEM.
Their work is redefining what's possible — from the surface of the Moon to the algorithms that shape our daily lives.

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