Prince, The legend, the inspiration.

Question - Why are we "hoodie hackers"?

Short Ans. - A Conversation Between Prince and Van Jones

Van Jones, founder of #YesWeCode

Van Jones the founder of #YesWeCode gives a now famous account of a conversation that sparked the movement that seeks to teach 100,000 young people how to code.  The conversation happened right after the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin.  The conversation follows:

​Every time you see a black kid wearing a hoodie, you say: there's a thug. If you see a white kid wearing hoodie, you say: there's Mark Zuckerberg," Jones said. "I said, 'that's because of racism. And Prince said, 'maybe so, or maybe you civil rights guys haven't created enough Mark Zuckerbergs.

Our founder, received a #YesWeCode scholarship to attend coding school.

In 2017, our founder, Stephen Wicks, was a recipient of a #YesWeCode scholarship.  He was a self-taught coder who wanted to gain additional skills by attending a coding school.  After months of trying, he was blessed to be able to obtain a scholarship.  He attended the Iron Yard in Atlanta, which was highly recommended by a local tech evangelist, Rodney Sampson of Opportunity Hub in Atlanta.

He attended the coding school and was so appreciative of the experience that he pledged that he would be apart of the mission to assist African Americans to be able to learn how to code and build solutions for our complex world using technology.

Mr. Wicks is the owner or principle of several tech businesses including:  StephenWicks.Com, BlackBusinessList.Com, ScoreBiggerDating.com, and more.