Hip Hop Icon NAS Interviews Tech Mogul Ben Horowitz At SXSW
SXSW Interactive 2014: Nas and Ben Horowitz Discuss Entrepreneurship and Surviving Tech’s School of Hard Knocks Image via The Washington Post BY JASON PARHAM Via Complex.com “Do you think Nas...
View ArticleBan BOSSY!
Bossy is the first word you hear when a women or girl is trying to assert themselves or make a decision. But as Sheryl Sandberg states “When a little boy asserts himself, he’s called a ‘leader.’ Yet...
View ArticleCorvette C7.R Makes Corvette Racing Team Stronger Than Ever
Corvette C7.R Swept The 24 Hour Rolex Race and shows no signs of slowing down! Everyone knows that the core of Urban Youth Programs was it’s nationally reknowned Urban Youth Racing School program and...
View ArticleUrban Youth’s What It Takes Mentoring Program Featured in White House My...
The Mentoring Effect: How the President’s Brother’s Keeper Initiative Taps This Critical Asset Via Huffington Post Education Written by: David Johns , Executive Director, White House...
View ArticlePennsylvania Get’s D+ On StudentsFirst Report Card
Studentsfirst released it’s 2014 state policy report card and Pennsylvania did not do well. The states are graded on student academics, empowering parents, how the dollars are spent and how to...
View Article“WIT 12 – Conversation With The Men Of Brand Jordan” Moderated by Spike Lee
Urban Youth In Partnership With Brand Jordan Presents ‘WHAT IT TAKES 12 – A CONVERSATION WITH THE MEN OF BRAND JORDAN” At Brooklyn NY, City Polytechnic High School Moderated by Spike Lee Special...
View ArticleSPIKE LEE JOINS BRAND JORDAN & URBAN YOUTH AT POLYTECHNIC H.S. FOR DISCUSSION...
Click to view slideshow. BY BROOKLYN READER IN BROOK-LENS APR 16TH On Wednesday April 16, at City Polytechnic High School in downtown Brooklyn, Urban Youth (UY), a Philadelphia-based non-profit...
View ArticleGOOGLE Builds New Self Driving Car
Via Google Official Blog Ever since we started the Google self-driving car project, we’ve been working toward the goal of vehicles that can shoulder the entire burden of driving. Just imagine: You can...
View ArticlePowerful Ad Shows What A Little Girl Hears When You Tell Her She’s Pretty
Via The Huffington Post | By Caroline Bologna A new Verizon commercial cites a sad statistic by the National Science Foundation: 66 percent of 4th grade girls say they like science and math, but only...
View ArticleWant To learn How To Code? Google may be able to help you!
Google is offering vouchers to any women and minorities interested in learning how to code, CNET’s Seth Rosenblatt reports. In a blog post from Gregg Pollack, CEO of the Code School, Google is...
View ArticleRegister For Handbags 4 Peace 5K Run/Walk To Help Bring Awareness To Violence...
Via www.handbags4peace.com There has been a recent spate of murders and attacks targeting women with in the city of Philadelphia. In response, a group of women have come together to promote a number of...
View ArticleUrban Youth Chosen By Esquire Magazine As One Of The Top Mentoring...
Urban Youth has been voted as one of the best youth mentoring organizations in the country by Esquire Magazine in this months issue! Pick it up in stores now to find out more about their amazing...
View ArticleProgram Pairs Low Income Students With Elite Colleges
Nico SLate a former QuestBridge Scholar who went to Stanford, is now a professor at Carnegie Mellon. He talked about “the combination of seeing what can be done and having someone you respect telling...
View ArticleYou Love STEM? Then You Will Love NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft That Will Land On...
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is quickly approaching Mars on a mission to study its upper atmosphere. When it arrives on September 21, 2014, MAVEN’s winding journey from Earth will culminate with a dramatic...
View ArticleJOIN URBAN YOUTH AT BME’S INNOVATE PHILLY TOWNHALL: THE ASSET DRIVEN COMMUNITY
INNOVATE PHILLY TOWNHALL: THE ASSET DRIVEN COMMUNITY BMe Community and Qeyno Labs are partnering to make Philadelphia a more caring and prosperous city. BMe Community partners with President Obama’s...
View ArticleWhy Programs like Urban Youth’s Engine Program are Important: Boeing exec...
Rueters.com by ANDREA SHALAL WASHINGTON Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:26pm EDT (Reuters) – The crash of an unmanned Orbital Sciences Antares rocket is a “wake-up call” to the U.S. space community about the need...
View ArticleApple Is Closer To Building An Icar!
Via Huffington Post Apple is once again beefing up the team leading its secret car project. The company has hired Bob Mansfield, a former top executive, to head up the development of a self-driving...
View ArticleHow STEM Education Can Help Our Kids And Our World
Via NY Metro Parents Science, technology, engineering, and math are the four subjects that may be most important for our kids to be learning now. STEM education is finally getting the attention it...
View ArticleWhat’s An Engineer? A Must Watch For Your Child.
You’ve heard of Engineers, I’m sure. But, what are Engineers? Well, it turns out that they’re all kinds of people doing all kinds of neat work! Want to be one? Well, join Sabrina in this episode of...
View ArticleVIRTUAL REALITY FOR KIDS: THE FUTURE OF LEARNING
360° OF EDUCATION: MATTEL VIEW MASTER Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR were not recommended for young children. However, Mattel has launched the first Virtual Reality headset specialized for kids: the...
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