Vote now to help them out/get info: http://bit.ly/votehackthehood
More on Google's Challenge https://impactchallenge.withgoogle.com/bayarea2014 Below is a text version of the Susan's alert. I can't find a web version of her e-mail with all the links. From: Susan Mernit <[email protected]> Date: Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:10 AM Subject: BIG News to Share! To: [email protected] Dear Steven I have some really exciting news to share! You many know that I co-founded an amazing youth leadership and economic development program in Oakland called Hack the Hood in 2012. Hack the Hood provides tech and media skills training to low-income youth, who then apply their new knowledge immediately when they build websites for small local businesses. I really believe in this program, and I really want to see it grow. That is why I'm so thrilled to tell you that Hack the Hood is one of the Top 10 Finalists in the Google Bay Area Impact Challenge! As a finalist, we will receive $250,000 as well as co-working space, training, pro-bono services, and access to Google volunteers. All this will support us as we expand our program to cover all five counties in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are committing to work with local partners to train 5,000 youth to build websites for 25,000 small businesses in the next couple of years. But we need your help! Today Google is launching a voting competition where YOU can select which four of the top 10 finalists receive an additional $250,000. We ask you to cast your vote right now. VOTE FOR HACK THE HOOD NOW Please help us spread the word about this campaign. We've set up a new site for this campaign, so after you cast your vote, please visit us at votehackthehood.com Thank you in advance for your support. In Solidarity, Susan Mernit PS, if you are local to the Bay Area and want to help us celebrate and spread the word, please join us for a campaign volunteer event at Tech Liminal tonight from 7-8pm to learn how. Please RSVP here. Forward this email This email was sent to [email protected] by [email protected] | Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Hack the Hood | Tech Liminal | 555 12 Street, Suite 110 | Oakland | CA | 94607 ᐧ ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire: http://groups.dowire.org/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/fQATbcvjPKJLlblwSgbuh For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
