GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — We’re hearing more and more about kids learning how to code, but technology classes have missed many kids of color in the inner city.
Two Grand Rapids men are working to change that by giving more young black males the skills they need to work in the tech field.
“Grand Rapids is making an extreme comeback and we are excited to be a part of that process,” said Jonathan Jelks, one of the founders of Midwest Tech Project.
Jelks and co-founder Alvin Hills IV started the nonprofit Midwest Tech Project a year ago. They were inspired by a January 2015 Forbes magazine article that listed Grand Rapids as one of the worst places in the nation for African-Americans in terms of economics.
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