ABOUT SPEAKER SERIES: Learn more about Joel’s unconventional journey to entrepreneurship and what it’s like being a CEO in the tech industry!

WHEN: July 23rd
WHERE: Zoom
TIME: 2 PM- Pacific Standard Time

ADDITIONAL INFO: Connect&Compute is hosting FREE technology workshops/speaker series throughout the summer to increase technological learning opportunities in a pandemic world and raise funds for our coming year. Although all workshops are free, we ask that students that are in the financial position to do so donate $5-10 using the following link: gf.me/u/xisf22 

25% of donations will be donated to Black Movement-Law Project, supporting liberation by helping build the legal infrastructure necessary to protect emerging local movements
75% will be used to purchase technology for schools in this upcoming school year.

LOGISTICAL INFO: One week before each of the workshops/speaker series, attendees/parents will receive an email containing all info needed prior to attending. The Zoom link for that session will also be sent in the email. Students who are not signed up for workshops through these sign up forms will not be able to attend!

MEET THE SPEAKER: As the co-founder and CEO of VSCO, Joel leads the company on its mission to help everybody fall in love with their own creativity. Joel and his co-founder Greg Lutze combined their passions for photography and technology to build VSCO in 2011. VSCO is a photography mobile app, allowing people to edit photos/videos creatively and share them with the world. Prior to founding VSCO, Joel was a successful commercial and wedding photographer. As a Bay Area native, Joel is deeply involved in the local Oakland community.

WHAT IS C&C: Connect&Compute is a non-profit organization with chapters across the nation that aims to bridge the wealth gap in education. We provide underprivileged students with access to free technological learning opportunities. This is done through partnering with corporate companies, selling merch, and holding recycling fundraisers to collect technology which we install in our partners schools. Our teams also lead workshops at our partner schools to expose kids to the various applications of technology! The Covid-19 pandemic has put a temporary pause to our in person workshops so we hope these online workshops can continue to provide students with learning opportunities and raise funds for our coming year!

Contact connectandcompute@gmail.com with any questions.