Bridge Boston 2023

July 2023, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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Program overview

Where STEAM meets social justice

A camp for Black and Brown Boston high school students focused on STEAM education, leadership, emotional literacy, and sustainability. The program connected STEAM programming with social justice and community advocacy.

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Keynote speakers

JB

Jaylen Brown

DN

Dr. Dava Newman

JC

Dr. John Carlos

MR

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

MW

Mayor Michelle Wu

CS

Cousin Stizz

CD

Dr. Canan Dağdeviren

CB

Cynthia Breazeal

KI

Kenneth Harris II

AD

Col. Alvin Drew

KK

Kassa Korley

JI

James Canty III

JF

Jamad Fiin

AF

Allison Feaster

MB

Mechalle Brown

Curriculum overview

Workshops & sessions

Fifteen sessions spanning AI, space, clean tech, civic advocacy and wellness.

  • Boston Museum of Fine Arts Field Trip

  • Chess.com Tournament

  • Clean Tech Virtual Reality

    Led byFranklin Cummings Tech Institute

  • Creative AI

    Led byDr. Randi Williams & Safinah Ali

  • Data Activism

    Led byMatt Taylor

  • FutureMakers

    Led byJeff Freilich

  • IoT App Inventor

    Led byRobert Parks

  • NAACP Boston Civic Advocacy

    Led byWisdom Cole

  • NASA Aeronautics Demonstration & Trivia

  • Plant-Growing & Sustainability

    Led byArmen Adamjan

  • Playcrafting

    Led byMalcolm Davis

  • Story Share & Emotional Literacy

    Led byMalcolm Davis

  • Virtual Reality to the Moon

    Led byFerrous Ward & Cody Paige

  • Yoga & Meditation

    Led byZiZi Yoga

  • Zero Robotics

    Led byDr. Danielle Wood & Yiyun Zhang