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At Code the Dream, we envision a world in which tech innovation comes from all of us and benefits all of us.

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Code the Dream in the Huffington Post

May 1, 2015
The Huffington Post recently ran a story on some of the great initiatives taking off in the Research Triangle, including Code the Dream.   Three Ways Research Triangle Startups Are Tackling America’s Challenges Adam Klein, Chief Strategist at American Underground Jim Whitehurst, President and CEO of Red Hat The startup scene in Raleigh, Durham, and […]

Code the Dream in the Huffington Post

by dan

The Huffington Post recently ran a story on some of the great initiatives taking off in the Research Triangle, including Code the Dream.   Three Ways Research Triangle Startups Are Tackling America’s Challenges Adam Klein, Chief Strategist at American Underground Jim Whitehurst, President and CEO of Red Hat The startup scene in Raleigh, Durham, and […]

Code the Dream featured in The Indy

Apr 17, 2015
http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/a-durham-program-helps-immigrants-overcomeobstacles-to-learning-high-tech-skills/Content?oid=4371364 Dreaming in Code By Emily Feng Each weekday, from 9 to 5, Ruben Cruz learns to code. Less than a year ago, Cruz, whose parents immigrated from Mexico, had no programming experience. Now a full-time student at The Iron Yard, an intensive coding academy in downtown Durham, he will graduate with the skill level of […]

Code the Dream featured in The Indy

by dan

http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/a-durham-program-helps-immigrants-overcomeobstacles-to-learning-high-tech-skills/Content?oid=4371364 Dreaming in Code By Emily Feng Each weekday, from 9 to 5, Ruben Cruz learns to code. Less than a year ago, Cruz, whose parents immigrated from Mexico, had no programming experience. Now a full-time student at The Iron Yard, an intensive coding academy in downtown Durham, he will graduate with the skill level of […]

Our Raleigh class in pictures

Mar 25, 2015
Smart hard-working students + top-notch instructors = a lot of learning in just 6 weeks. Big thank you to Ricky Leung and Katherine Guzman for the photos!

Our Raleigh class in pictures

by dan

Smart hard-working students + top-notch instructors = a lot of learning in just 6 weeks. Big thank you to Ricky Leung and Katherine Guzman for the photos!

Remarkable new group of Code the Dream students

Feb 7, 2015
This week a remarkable group of young people started our second Code the Dream course in Raleigh, NC, including students from Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Ghana, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Romania and Venezuela. We’ve joked that every class is like a meeting of the United Nations! We also have a number of women in the class, which itself is really […]

Remarkable new group of Code the Dream students

by dan

This week a remarkable group of young people started our second Code the Dream course in Raleigh, NC, including students from Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Ghana, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Romania and Venezuela. We’ve joked that every class is like a meeting of the United Nations! We also have a number of women in the class, which itself is really […]

Thank you to all our supporters!

Jan 15, 2015
Thank you to all of you across North Carolina and across the country whose donations make Code the Dream possible. Your donation will allow us to expand Code the Dream to give more hard-working young people a real shot at the American Dream. I wish you could meet some of our students and see how […]

Thank you to all our supporters!

by dan

Thank you to all of you across North Carolina and across the country whose donations make Code the Dream possible. Your donation will allow us to expand Code the Dream to give more hard-working young people a real shot at the American Dream. I wish you could meet some of our students and see how […]

Apply now for our January class in Raleigh

Nov 5, 2014
Our next one-month beginner coding class in January will be hosted at the American Underground in downtown Raleigh. Interested? Get more information and apply here! The one-month course is designed to take students from no experience to coding their first app. In addition, students have the chance to learn from mentors and meet entrepreneurs who […]

Apply now for our January class in Raleigh

by dan

Our next one-month beginner coding class in January will be hosted at the American Underground in downtown Raleigh. Interested? Get more information and apply here! The one-month course is designed to take students from no experience to coding their first app. In addition, students have the chance to learn from mentors and meet entrepreneurs who […]

Code the Dream class talks about next steps

Oct 24, 2014
Our first Code the Dream class has had some great discussions recently about their goals and what’s next for each of them. Out of the 12 who started in September, 10 successfully built their first app. They’ve provided online feedback on their experience: 100% rated Code the Dream as “a great experience.” In fact, half […]

Code the Dream class talks about next steps

by dan

Our first Code the Dream class has had some great discussions recently about their goals and what’s next for each of them. Out of the 12 who started in September, 10 successfully built their first app. They’ve provided online feedback on their experience: 100% rated Code the Dream as “a great experience.” In fact, half […]

Startup Dreams

Oct 13, 2014
This weekend a team from Code the Dream was invited to participate in Startup Weekend in Raleigh. The original idea was that we — Jorge, Ruben, Marcel, Keny, Ramiro and I — would just go to help out on other startup ideas. But after a little cajoling, Keny pitched an idea for an app to […]

Startup Dreams

by dan

This weekend a team from Code the Dream was invited to participate in Startup Weekend in Raleigh. The original idea was that we — Jorge, Ruben, Marcel, Keny, Ramiro and I — would just go to help out on other startup ideas. But after a little cajoling, Keny pitched an idea for an app to […]

One month later, we’ve coded our first apps!

Oct 3, 2014
We reached a first milestone — successfully coding our own fully functioning, attractive, web deployed apps.  When we started a month ago, nobody from our first Code the Dream class had ever coded even the simplest app. In fact, most of us had never even written our first line of code. But after a lot […]

One month later, we’ve coded our first apps!

by dan

We reached a first milestone — successfully coding our own fully functioning, attractive, web deployed apps.  When we started a month ago, nobody from our first Code the Dream class had ever coded even the simplest app. In fact, most of us had never even written our first line of code. But after a lot […]

First one-month coding class off to a great start

Sep 11, 2014
Last week we started our first one-month intro to coding course. The goal is for students to gain exposure to a wide range of basic concepts, all while coding their first app over the course of a month. So far it’s been even better than we expected. We have a group of 12 enthusiastic students, […]

First one-month coding class off to a great start

by dan

Last week we started our first one-month intro to coding course. The goal is for students to gain exposure to a wide range of basic concepts, all while coding their first app over the course of a month. So far it’s been even better than we expected. We have a group of 12 enthusiastic students, […]

Lift off

Aug 28, 2014
Here’s the problem. Tech startups now embody the American Dream. Young people dream of getting a job with Google or starting the next Twitter. The creativity and entrepreneurial spirit behind these new technologies represent the best of our country. But large and growing parts of America are being left out. In Silicon Valley and across […]

Lift off

by dan

Here’s the problem. Tech startups now embody the American Dream. Young people dream of getting a job with Google or starting the next Twitter. The creativity and entrepreneurial spirit behind these new technologies represent the best of our country. But large and growing parts of America are being left out. In Silicon Valley and across […]