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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Job Training, Labor Studies
Mission: Level playing field institute is committed to eliminating the barriers faced by underrepresented people of color in science, technology, engineering and math (stem) and fostering their untapped talent for the advancement of our nation.
Programs: Smash academy - served 119 students in 4 different sites in an intensive math and science program for high school students. Smash continues to look for partner universities to expand nationally and currently will introduce new programs in atlanta and uc davis in 2016.
hackathons and computer science initiatives - held 4 hackathons in 2014 serving more than 150 students. The organization will continue to expand the number of hackathons as a tool to introduce youth to computer science. Started an intensive computer science class as part of smash and expanded to a year round offering.
research program - conducted research on hidden bias, causes of lack of diversity in computer science and disparities of course offerings across schools in ca.