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Introducing The Childcare Network of Evanston As a leader in the Evanston early childhood community and an Evanston Cradle to Career partner, CNE has played a major role in the development and implementation of a variety of programs all focused on ensuring that all children in our community have a Strong Start to Kindergarten. CNE WEBSITE Home Visiting Program at CNE ​ YTC has been asked to help participants in CNE’s Home Visiting Program which is a Head Start/Early Head Start program that serves families with young children ages birth to five through weekly home visits and twice-monthly group socializations. Each eligible family is paired with one of CNE’s Parent Educators/Home Visitors, who use research-based curricula (Parents As Teachers and My Teaching Strategies) to support parents in becoming their child’s first teachers. How YTC is Helping Some families in the home visiting programs have struggled to have consistent access to the internet. So YTC is making sure that these identified clients receive our support with either Laptops or desktops so they can work from home, and have better access to the digital community. Help us, Help Others

The George Bernard Shaw quote “Some people see things as they are and ask, why? I dream things that never were and ask, why not?” infuses David’s dream, “Imagine a world where young people use the promise of technology to bring opportunity and hope to themselves, their community and the world. It is time to pass the Torch to a new generation!” As its founder and president, David gives vision and passion to Youth Technology Corps. David Finkel YTC President & Founder My Story “Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation …” John F. Kennedy’s 1961 inaugural address inspired David Finkel, beginning a lifelong desire to make a difference. After an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the U of I, Chicago (1968) he taught in Chicago Public Schools until June 1973, the last three years teaching English at Lane Tech High School. Starting in 1970, Mr. Finkel volunteered in Chicago area civic and government causes, serving on the board of the Independent Voters of Illinois, among others. He was a “grass-roots” political/community organizer who ran several local and statewide races for public office serving Illinois State Government in several positions including Manager of Chicago and north half of IL State Government Real Estate (owned and leased). In the late 70’s, David turned his attention to building personal assets. Focusing on national real estate trends and entrepreneurial strengths, he became president of a company developing a 113-unit condominium in suburban Washington D.C. in 1981. By 1986, Mr. Finkel’s companies and partnerships had acquired more than $40 million in real estate assets in six states and employed 130 people. David became acquainted with the Center for Excellence in Education (CEE); an international education program for gifted teenagers based in Northern Virginia in 1986. He has helped CEE in many ways including chaperoning American students to India (1987) and serving on the Advisory Board for one of its programs. The 1986 Tax Law changes and Savings & Loan crisis led to a failure of his companies. By 1989, David returned to Chicago. Absorbing the lessons of his successes and failures he used his experience in deal-making, business, politics and education to develop a complex system, an integrated, adaptable, local model for change with a global reach. David has spent 30 years developing, testing and improving this system, known as Youth Technology Corps. We are now connected to the rest of the world. With a global pandemic and its political and economic crises, helping struggling communities, their schools and youth is daunting. Yet, with the acceleration of knowledge, especially of complex systems and the digital revolution, many individual problems have working solutions. The key is turning the multiple solutions into a single, affordable, integrated one. The idea starts with self-sustaining technology centers (clubs) where youth learn technology by serving their community including donating refurbished technology and teaching others before starting their careers. The club becomes an information and communication hub for a community, an engine for growth as the youth provide a valuable service to others. And the idea grows as successful clubs bring help to other communities to start their own club. The vision: YTC clubs become a self-supporting, ever-growing interconnected web of formerly struggling communities across the planet. This concept forms the philosophical basis for the Youth Technology Corps (YTC). Starting with teens and technology, YTC begins at the crossroads of change in society. The first prototype computer program started at the Cambodian Association of Illinois in 1995 with a simple thought: Teens can learn about technology by rebuilding discarded computers that they donate to their community. That first program has become the Youth Technology Corps, after-school programs in Chicago communities and just ready to spread. YTC started bringing computers to Durango, Mexico in 2000 expanding to two-way exchanges in 2004. YTC has held annual 1-week over-night computer camps. In the process of learning to work with and on computers, YTC students have donated thousands of computers and taught classes in Chicago, New Orleans, North Carolina, Missouri, Galveston and Durango, Mexico. In 2018, YTC youth began learning and then teaching robotics. And by the summer of 2020, two months after total school shutdowns, YTC students were teaching robotics hands-on, virtually, to other youth. YTC’s basic principles: 1. Regardless of how little you have, when you help someone else, you are not poor; 2. You can learn valuable skills through helping others; 3. Giving youth the opportunity to help with the solution helps both community and youth, reducing cost; and 4. Emerging technologies make rapid, dramatic progress possible. The goal: Use these tools to give youth a future and connect people so their collective creativity can find new solutions to old problems. ​ Contact I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect. David Finkel david.finkel@ytcorps.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS A Vision for the Future David Finkel, YTC President & Founder : David taught in Chicago Public Schools, was a community organizer who served as asst-director of real estate in Illinois government and built a national real estate company before starting YTC in 2002. His combination of education, government, and business experience has informed the creation of YTC. Read Dave's Full Bio Here Angela James PhD, VP Pharmacology MacroGenics: YTC Co-Chair: Angela learned about YTC when her son joined the YTC club in Evanston, after they moved there in 2015. She saw the impact YTC has on young people when Her son participated in bringing computers to New Orleans in 2016 and joined the board soon after. A global voice in the pharmacology world and passion for supporting women in STEM, Angela is adding her network to YTC’s resources and directly involved in planning YTC’s future steps. Mark Lennon, UPS: YTC Co-Chair came to YTC after a long career that culminated as the Executive Director of Benton House a century-old community center located in the Bridgeport Community in Chicago. Operating as a Settlement House, Benton House became a center for social justice in the community. Mark’s passion for, and insight of, community building at the grassroots level has helped shape the planning for YTC’s next stage ​ ​ Mark Engel, Principal, ProGems Ltd., Chairman Emeritus A well-known “Jeweler Designer To The Stars” and Music Promoter, Mark’s passion for helping others led him to YTC in 2007. His prodigious fund-raising and networking continue to energize YTC. He has brought in support from Chase, OfficeMax, among others and numerous sports and entertainment figures. His connections in communities in need has helped YTC youth donate 1000s of computers throughout greater Chicago Roman Emano, Science teacher, Morton Freshman Center, Cicero: YTC Board Member : Roman learned of YTC in 2002 while teaching at Morton East HS, YTC’s founding club. In addition to teaching science Roman is a team-building expert. He joined the trip to Durango Mexico in 2003 and joined the YTC board the next year. He has provided team-building training, leadership and teaching advice for YTC students continuously since 2003 Alumni Leadership Group A YTC CLUB is so much bigger than a group of teens meeting after school. It is a movement, an idea thirty years in the making. A YTC CLUB is an engine of democracy for both access to technology and education. We donate locally and globally as well as Educate without Borders by creating the leaders of tomorrow with a STEM curriculum focused on Social Justice. Please visit our Support Page to help us expand our footprint and enhance our services.

(Below) In advance of the May 7th event these young students from District 65's Camp Kumba visit the YTC Clubroom that will become their Summer Camp Stem Room staffed with YTC Student Instructors Learning Centers $1000 (Three rooms available) Help us out by sponsoring one of our three adjacent classrooms . ​ Classroom One: Staffed by Club Members and Volunteers who will be building computers the entire day getting them close to donation ready. Our Future Heroes and Computer Recipients will be able to tour the room and receive previews of the refurbishment process prior to their summer training. ​ Classroom Two : In this room our guests will be able to get some hands-on experience, in opening the computer, taking out/installing the hard drive, and Ram ​ Classroom Three : In this room, our Future Heroes will be introduced to their new computer and learn how to operate the device. They will be given a short lesson on computer literacy and start to personalize their machine. Partner Booth $500-$2000 (three booths available one shown here) Do you provide a computer-related service, or software that our clients may be interested in? We will have a semi-private booth for your product or service. Help us serve our community or find low-cost solutions for connectivity or security for these deserving families. Summer Teachers $3000 YOUTH sponsor provides 5 student teachers stipends for facilitating refurbishment classes throughout the summer. (Four available) Hardware $1500 Technology Sponsors allows YTC to purchase hard drives and peripherals for donated desktops Volunteer support $800 Corps Sponsors We need volunteers to help with computer refurbishment, client services, event staff including set-up and clean-up. Can you sponsor a group in this effort. Volunteers cost money, there’s training supervision and refreshments. Media Tech Support $500 Media Sponsors (two available) Although we will be inviting News outlets and ETHS will be covering the event. We hope to hire our own photographer for both video and photos. We may have to hire an AV dedicated expert to run the video presentations if we don’t end up with a well-suited volunteer. Every little bit helps Heroes Wanted $500 Community Support Each one, Tech One Thank you for supporting us. $100 Family Support This represents one more Family connected $25 is an affirmation that we are starting to reach like-minded individuals ​

In 2020 & 2021 YTC launched a virtual summer robotics camp for 30 youth in the Chicagoland area. In 2022 those students are ready to be the instructors of as many as 250 new students in Chicago and across the globe. Tour our "Free Summer Program" pages and if you feel you could host a program, then let us know if you want to join us. Apply Here Our Concept This is the power of our approach, using student teachers to introduce Arduino's to underserved communities all over the country and beyond. It’s a concept that worked well in our pandemic-inspired model and now we are testing its scalability. It’s a system where every student becomes a teacher with the opportunity to be rewarded for helping the community grow. In honing this approach, not only are we introducing new students to a STEM Education, but we are also building leaders and problem solvers who are prepared to take what they have learned and build a career path in a technology-driven economy. Developing The Program We’ve been working on this for a few years. YTC’s clubs in Cicero and Evanston IL added robotics in 2017 and YTC students taught robotics to our partners in Durango, Mexico, teaching the class in Spanish on Zoom in 2018. YTC held two virtual summer camps in 2020, 2021 served 65 students and despite the challenges of distance, culture, and sometimes language over seventy percent of students completed the program. In the process YTC has created a team of experienced student leaders and teachers ready to lead the new expansion. Read More about Marc You are in Good Hands We are not going into this alone. The students you recruit to join us are in good hands. YTC has a vision that ensures every community has access to a digital future, and through grass roots contributions, we have been able to reach more teens, more families, and more non-profits who may otherwise not have access to today’s modern digital tools. However, for this new expansive effort we have engaged Left Bank Consulting as supporting YTC’s strategic growth. This includes managing the 2022 Introduction to Robotics Summer Camp. Marc Siciliano, Founder and CEO of Left Bank Consulting is an international education consultant with three decades of experience supporting teachers, schools and school districts to improve and adopt STEM strategies.

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Leadership Committee Honored Graduates In 2020, in the midst of the pandemic. David Finkel reached out to recently graduated YTC Club leaders who volunteered to lead our current students to become teachers of content to facilitate the launch of a virtual summer camp focused on Arduino Robotics. After the success of the summer camp, it was clear that a team was needed to lead future endeavors, and thus the Leadership Club was formed. . YTC alumni are pursuing or have received technology-related degrees at colleges and universities including the University of Illinois, Illinois Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Binghamton University, Stanford University, Northern Illinois University, DePaul University, and many others. Owen Daley Served as the Co-President of the ETHS YTC club. Since graduation, I have served in the YTC Leadership club and helped organize and manage the YTC summer camps in 2020-2022 I am currently studying Mathematics at the University of Vermont. To be completely honest, I don't have a clear idea of what exactly I am working towards, but I think something like this could be good: I have always had an interest in technology and mathematics, and through YTC I have developed a goal of providing education and resources to those who are not as fortunate as I am. I love interacting with our students, parents, and partner organizations about the services that we provide, and the creativity that our students can come up with because of these opportunities that they may not have otherwise had Juan Zarco Leadership Committee Chair Juan embarked on his journey in technology by signing under a "maybe" column that automatically signed him up for a Technology Service Internship class. Although, frightening at first, it opened new worlds that Juan would have never discovered otherwise. That same feeling has stayed throughout the journey and is a feeling he wishes to convey with anyone he is able to support. Juan Zarco is now currently a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago studying Computer Engineering and a Youth Leader with YTC refurbishing computers and leading in YTC's Summer Camps. Miles Daley Served as the Co-President of the ETHS YTC club. Since graduation, I have served in the YTC Leadership club and helped organize and manage the YTC summer camps in 2020-2022 "I am currently studying Mathematics at the University of Vermont. I have always had an interest in technology and mathematics, and through YTC, I have developed a goal of providing education and resources to those who are not as fortunate as I am. I love interacting with our students, parents, and partner organizations about the services that we provide, and the creativity that our students can come up with because of these opportunities that they may not have otherwise had." Jose Ariza Apart of YTC since 2015, I have aided in the creation of curiculum and taught in the Robotics program in 2020-2023 ​ "I have just graduated from Morton College with an associates degree in Computer Information Systems and I am on the crossroads of furthering my knowledge and skills in the computer field and/or entering the job market. My dream that I want to accomplish within these next 5 years would be to develop and release my own video game. Being apart of YTC's robotics team has been a great learning opportunity for me and I hope to continue helping and teaching for the foreseeable future." Christian Zamudio "I am currently a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, majoring in Electrical Engineering. Through my involvement with YTC I found even more passion in pursuing a career in an engineering field. YTC provided me with the tools to explore robotics in new ways and now, to be teaching other students the basics of robotics is amazing. As a child, I loved disassembling and repairing things, from my favorite video game consoles to computers. Over the years, my fascination with Halloween has grown, and now, I enjoy fixing old animatronics and even creating my own scary props." A YTC CLUB is so much bigger than a group of teens meeting after school. It is a movement, an idea thirty years in the making. A YTC CLUB is an engine of democracy for both access to technology and education. We donate locally and globally as well as Educate without Borders by creating the leaders of tomorrow with a STEM curriculum focused on Social Justice. Please visit our Support Page to help us expand our footprint and enhance our services.

Connects YTC CONNECTS COMMUNITIES "YTC Connects" is our effort to close the inequity gap exacerbated by the digital divide in both local and international communities. We do so by teaching our students to refurbish computers as well as training others to repeat the process under our supervision. Our Charter Clubs or affiliates find deserving families or organizations and then find the resources necessary to put technology into the hands of people who are left behind. YTC CONNECTS Without ever charging for a program or an experience, over 2,500 YTC students have refurbished and donated over 4,000 computers to 40+ communities in North America Recent Donations Families of the Tepehuanes Municipality in the Mexican state of Durango welcome YTC as they arrive with 100 computers to donate. Spotlight On Impact The destinations below represent some of our efforts to Bridge the Digital Divide around the globe, across the United States, and right here at home in the Chicagoland area. ETHS Connects Evanston YTC Connects North Carolina Thanks to Office Max Morton East Connects Cicero ETHS Connects New Orleans Benton House Connects Back of the Yards , Pilsen , Bridgeport YTC Connects Chicago's Southside At the heart of the matter. YTC has been a force for good, serving and connecting communities, both locally and internationally. The digital divide is not just a policy or infrastructure issue. It is a social justice matter in that lack of access to technology disproportionately affects people of color, low-income individuals, and families. A YTC CLUB is so much bigger than a group of teens meeting after school. It is a movement, an idea thirty years in the making. A YTC CLUB is an engine of democracy for both access to technology and education. We donate locally and globally as well as Educate without Borders by creating the leaders of tomorrow with a STEM curriculum focused on Social Justice. Please visit our Support Page to help us expand our footprint and enhance our services.

CLUB SITES / YTC Leads This is a portal to our CLUB sites that serve as the incubators for all of our programs. It is there that Leaders are created, where the curriculum is developed, and where donations originate. A YTC CLUB is so much bigger than a group of teens meeting after school. It is a movement, an idea thirty years in the making. A YTC CLUB is an engine of democracy for both access to technology and education. We donate locally and globally as well as Educate without Borders by creating the leaders of tomorrow with a STEM curriculum focused on Social Justice. Please visit our Support Page to help us expand our footprint and enhance our services.

In 2020 & 2021 YTC launched a virtual summer robotics camp for 30 youth in the Chicagoland area. In 2022 those students are ready to be the instructors of as many as 250 new students in Chicago and across the globe. Tour our "Free Summer Program" pages and if you feel you could host a program, then let us know if you want to join us. Apply Here Our Concept This is the power of our approach, using student teachers to introduce Arduino's to underserved communities all over the country and beyond. It’s a concept that worked well in our pandemic-inspired model and now we are testing its scalability. It’s a system where every student becomes a teacher with the opportunity to be rewarded for helping the community grow. In honing this approach, not only are we introducing new students to a STEM Education, but we are also building leaders and problem solvers who are prepared to take what they have learned and build a career path in a technology-driven economy. Developing The Program We’ve been working on this for a few years. YTC’s clubs in Cicero and Evanston IL added robotics in 2017 and YTC students taught robotics to our partners in Durango, Mexico, teaching the class in Spanish on Zoom in 2018. YTC held two virtual summer camps in 2020, 2021 served 65 students and despite the challenges of distance, culture, and sometimes language over seventy percent of students completed the program. In the process YTC has created a team of experienced student leaders and teachers ready to lead the new expansion. You are in Good Hands We are not going into this alone. The students you recruit to join us are in good hands. YTC has a vision that ensures every community has access to a digital future, and through grass roots contributions, we have been able to reach more teens, more families, and more non-profits who may otherwise not have access to today’s modern digital tools. However, for this new expansive effort we have engaged Left Bank Consulting as supporting YTC’s strategic growth. This includes managing the 2022 Introduction to Robotics Summer Camp. Marc Siciliano, Founder and CEO of Left Bank Consulting is an international education consultant with three decades of experience supporting teachers, schools and school districts to improve and adopt STEM strategies.