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Kicks Academy Dream Projet NYC-Jamica-Germany  

Much like the rest of the world, we are dealing with the global pandemic the best we can. We have moved our learning environments from physical to virtual, impacting over 150 students across NYC & across the globe. Thanks to ZOOM & GOOGLE we have been able to create virtual learning experiences that have really impacted the population we serve positively.  In addition to our group sessions we are working with our students more one on one and expanding our programming to serve older youth ages 18-24.

6 week Sneaker Design Online Summer School Program. This city wide free 1 of a kind educational experience for 35 underserved, underrepresented students New York City age18yr-24yrs. Culminating w/ a Presentation @Nike NYHQ. Providing Students with knowledge and skills that will project them into the future. This will be an extension of our current citywide year round programming. We will service an older demographic this go around. Working with young adults who will be without work summer2020.

WHAT IS KICKS ACADEMY?

KICKS ACADEMY is an innovative work force development program, powered by early stage non profit start up Kicknknowledge (501c3). KICKS ACADEMY uses sports and the process of footwear design to bridge the educational gap within the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math, Media,

Entrepreneurship, & Design disciplines.

KICKS ACADEMY brings innovative educational programming for FREE to traditionally underserved and underrepresented students in elementary, middle, and high schools across the globe with the hopes of creating diversity within STEAMMED industries for the current and future generations of black and latino youth.

African American & Latinos bolster a buying power in the U.S. well over $1.3 trillion currently. Based on gains in population, income and education, it’s estimated to rise to over $1.54 trillion by 2022. More than half (63%) of all African Americans & Latinos have lived their entire life in the digital age. These tech-savvy Gen X, Millennial and Gen-Z consumers represent a coveted market segment whose interconnectivity is central to their everyday lives —particularly the product purchase cycle

But the percentage of black and Latino employees at major tech & design companies is extremely low, making up just %.001 - %3 percent of the tech workforce COMBINED. In total, the ratio of African Americans and Latinos to coworkers is about half in the tech & design sector of what it is in the rest of the private sector. THERE IS BOTH AN EQUITY & ACCESS CHALLENGE WITHIN

THE TECH INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW! LET'S CONQUER IT TOGETHER!