Congratulations to our 2023 Educator, Advocate, and Partner of the Year Award recipients, as well as our 2023 CLA Award Winners. We appreciate your support and dedication! Be sure to follow us on Facebook to see our Showcase & Awards photo album. Shannon Robb Park Educator of the Year Will Rodriguez, Manor New Tech High […]
Congratulations to the 2023 E4 Youth Showcase Competition Get Creative Club Winners & Finalists! Below is a list of the winners & finalists in each category. To see pictures of submissions, visit our Bulb Portfolio here. BEST OF SHOW Climate Change by Keisly Sohane Mairena from Crockett High School DIGITAL CREATIVE PORTFOLIO WINNER Elliot Spellman-Burks […]
Please, help us get the word out about this new opportunity. JOB TITLE: Development Director Organizational Overview: E4 Youth is a 501(c)(3) NonProfit Organization based in Austin TX whose mission is to Engage, Empower, Educate and Employ the young talent of color an equitable future demands by ensuring that they are Seen, Heard and HIRED. […]
Let’s start with the basics: What does it mean to “be a creative” or to “have a creative career”? At E4 Youth, when we talk about being a creative, we mean someone who works in a field that lets them showcase their skills and creativity to make something that will entertain, educate, inform, and/or persuade […]
Where We’ve Been As the founder of a small Black-led nonprofit, I realized last summer that the surge in support resulting from the onset of the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd was over. It seems as though a lot of well-meaning folks just ran out of steam. For too many, their words were […]
Introduction “Remixing” is very simple (replacing the URL’s of existing assets i.e. images, audio and video with your own) and yet it is a powerful way to use storytelling to help students intuitively practice design thinking and coding basics. This three part workshop will show you the remix basics and provide a pathway to building […]
Ricardo Villegas Digital Docent, Senior Creative Mentor — 5 years Selected for Art Director Internship with Wunderman Thompson. Current Art Director with Neon Mikayla Dumas Creative Mentor — 3.5 years Recently hired for the Weiden + Kennedy NY Residency for Summer 2021. Jalesha Bass Digital Docent — 3 years Recently accepted a position with our […]
This is the 3rd of 3 videos from the Austin Digital Heritage Project Workshop Series aimed at helping educators, parents and volunteers make authentic connections with BIPOC youth while learning digital literacy and basic coding skills. In this video we show you how to use the free application Bulb to create digital portfolios that can […]
This is the 2nd of 3 videos from the Austin Digital Heritage Project Workshop Series aimed at helping educators, parents and volunteers make authentic connections with BIPOC youth while learning digital literacy and basic coding skills. In this video we cover our approach to helping students build Emotional IQ through storytelling and the steps for […]