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What’s Happening, September 2015

October 13, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

What’s Happening, September 2015

Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each blog will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past month, and include a link for more information. Maker VISTA is dedicated to eradicating poverty and supports Maker Ed’s mission to create more opportunities for all […]

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What’s Happening, August 2015

September 17, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

What’s Happening, August 2015

Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each monthly post will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past month (or two!), and include a link for more information. Maker VISTA is dedicated to eradicating poverty and supports Maker Ed’s mission to create more opportunities […]

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Thank You Maker VISTA Cohort I & II

August 12, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

A Reflection by the Maker VISTA project director    As year two of the Maker VISTA project comes to a close, it is imperative that I take time to recognize and salute Cohort I & II. These foundation cohorts were instrumental in the development and growth of the Maker VISTA project.   For every VISTA […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker VISTA Tagged With: AmeriCorps, Maker Ed, VISTA

What’s Happening, May & June 2015

July 1, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

What’s Happening, May & June 2015

Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each monthly post will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past month (or two!), and include a link for more information. Maker VISTA is dedicated to eradicating poverty and supports Maker Ed’s mission to create more opportunities […]

Filed Under: Maker VISTA, News, What's Happening Tagged With: AmeriCorps, Assemble, DHF, Digital Harbor Foundation, LCCS, Lighthouse Creativity Lab, Maker VISTA, OC STEM, Ravenswood, VISTA

VISTAGrad, July 2015

June 26, 2015 by Chloe 1 Comment

VISTAGrad, July 2015

This July, seven of our Maker VISTA Members will be concluding their 365 days of service. Our Maker VISTA members have exhibited passion, commitment and hard work by confronting poverty through collaborative development of organizational, administrative and financial capacity for their host organizations. Maker VISTA members worked onsite with their partner organization to foster collective […]

Filed Under: Maker VISTA, News Tagged With: AmeriCorps, Maker VISTA, VISTA, VISTAGrad

What’s Happening, April 2015

May 13, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

What’s Happening, April 2015

Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each monthly post will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past month, and include a link for more information. Maker VISTA is dedicated to eradicating poverty and supports Maker Ed’s mission to create more opportunities for all […]

Filed Under: Maker VISTA, What's Happening Tagged With: AmeriCorps, Assemble, DHF, Digital Harbor Foundation, Lighthouse Creativity Lab, Maker VISTA

What’s Happening, March 2015

April 10, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

What’s Happening, March 2015

Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each monthly post will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past month, and include a link to more information. Maker VISTA is dedicated to eradicating poverty and supports Maker Ed’s mission to create more opportunities for all […]

Filed Under: Maker VISTA, What's Happening Tagged With: AmeriCorps, Assemble, DHF, Digital Harbor Foundation, Exploratory, LCCS, Lighthouse Creativity Lab, Maker VISTA, MIAMade

The Maker VISTA Project Expands

April 2, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

The Maker VISTA Project Expands

In May 2015, the Maker VISTA community will welcome four new sites and six VISTA members to join its vision in transforming education for poverty-stricken communities. The Maker VISTA Project is transforming education nationwide for youth disadvantaged by poverty through Maker Education. The project’s ambitious mission will be strengthened in scale and reach with  the […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker VISTA, News Tagged With: AmeriCorps VISTA, Maker VISTA, VISTA

What’s Happening, February 2015

March 9, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

What’s Happening, February 2015

“What’s Happening” – an ongoing series that highlights the happenings at our Maker VISTA subsites. Each post provides a monthly update that includes a link for more information. In Brief – The Maker VISTA Project tackles poverty by propagating maker education into high-poverty communities across the US by providing capacity-building services to our partners. Our partners, […]

Filed Under: Maker VISTA, What's Happening Tagged With: AmeriCorps, Assemble, Exploratory, Maker VISTA, MIAMade, OC STEM

FabLab at Castlemont High

February 5, 2015 by Chloe 1 Comment

FabLab at Castlemont High

Reusing comes in all shapes and forms. Cardboard boxes can become robot bodies, mason jars make great candle holders, and sometimes, old ROTC shooting ranges can become aquaponics gardens, if you have the right imagination. The new FabLab at Castlemont High School in Eastmont, Oakland is now open! I got a chance to attend their Open […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker VISTA Tagged With: Schools

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