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Blog What She Taught Me: Black Women, Bold Leadership, and Pathways for Youth As Women’s History Month comes to a close and Black History Month remains fresh in…Dannyelle AustinMarch 27, 2025
BlogStudent Voice The Power of Networking in Tech: Lessons from Afrotech 2024 Last fall, Jennifer Blocker and Christian Thompson—two students from our inaugural cohort—attended Afrotech 2024, arguably…Launchpad PhillyFebruary 25, 2025
Blog Building the Future Workforce: A Q&A with Sianna McKinley Last month, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Sianna McKinley, who joined Launchpad…Launchpad PhillyFebruary 17, 2025
Blog Meet Cohort 3: The Next Generation of Tech Innovators On December 10th, Launchpad hosted an inspiring Community Night Celebration to honor our third—and largest—cohort…Dannyelle AustinDecember 12, 2024
Blog Getting to know Rob Thomas For our latest Q&A, we sat down with Rob Thomas, Vice President of Technology Instruction…Rob ThomasNovember 17, 2024
BlogStudent Voice Lightspeed: To LiftOff and Beyond This past summer, several Cohort 2 students embarked on an accelerated journey through the Lightspeed…Launchpad StudentOctober 12, 2024
Blog Launchpad’s Listening Tour and AI-Focused Curriculum Technological revolutions have historically widened existing social and economic gaps. However, these same shifts also…Rob ThomasOctober 11, 2024