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Byte Back Makes List of DC’s Best Community-Based Nonprofits
Last night, Byte Back graduates heard their names called, heard the cheers of their classmates, family, and friends, and walked across the stage to shake hands, smile for a picture. Every year, each Byte Back grad becomes a member of their graduating class, a group of proud peers who have accomplished something great. This year, […]
Danny’s Story: Serving the Community with Avodah and Byte Back
Danny Brown, Avodah DC Jewish Service Corps member and Byte Back Digital Literacy Instructor, was looking for a way to make a difference after college. This year, he found a way to combine his passion for service, social justice, and equity here at Byte Back. He has taught hundreds of students in PC for Beginners […]
NEWS: Half a Million Dollars for Tech Within Reach
Byte Back Selected by Citi Foundation’s Community Progress Makers Fund $500,000 investment in core operating support will enable Byte Back to help low-tech communities gain digital skills and enter into living-wage careers in technology. WASHINGTON, DC – The Citi Foundation announced that Byte Back was selected as the recipient of a $500,000 grant as part […]
We’re Putting Digital Inclusion First at the FCC
If you overheard a conversation about Byte Back at a party, you could probably gather that we offer free tech training for DC-area adults. That’s not all we do for students: we have career workshops, we connect them to employers, we host events like last fall’s Community Tech Day, and when the opportunity arises, we […]
Black and Hispanic Underrepresentation Plagues Tech, Even in DC
It’s no secret that the tech industry has an inclusivity and diversity problem. If you picture a tech workplace, you might think of a male-dominated startup boardroom or a programmer-packed open-plan office with few-to-no people of color. New analysis of recent Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program research adds detail and data to that picture. Black people and Hispanics remain significantly underrepresented in tech jobs. Despite the District’s focus on inclusion and diversity, our city hasn’t been immune to this trend. In nearly every region studied, Black and […]
Women Who Byte Back: Celebrating International Women’s Day
In recent years, the tech industry has finally had to face its deficiencies in inclusivity and equality. Only 25 percent of the computing workforce in the US is women. For women of color, this drops drastically, with just 3 percent of the workforce made up of African American women and 1 percent Latina women. Byte […]
A Day in the Life of Byte Back Instructor Danny
My name is Danny Brown, and I am an Avodah Corps digital literacy instructor for Byte Back. You can read more about me here. I’ve finished three months of my 11-month term with Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps, and by now, I am fully engaged in my role. Some of us at Byte Back thought it would […]
Student Speech from Byte Back Headquarters Grand Opening
A speech given by Demika Alston, Byte Back graduate, at the Grand Opening of the organization’s new headquarters on Oct. 12, 2017. “Good Evening my name is Demika Alston, and I’m currently enrolled at Byte Back in IT Fundamentals. Byte Back was brought to my attention in 2016. I had been working in restaurants […]
Arcade to IT: Ismael’s Job Journey
By Anthony Edwards, Program Support Ismael Alvarez has always been a bit of a tinkerer, exposed to computers for most of his life. At one point, he worked in a video arcade and would occasionally troubleshoot arcade games that started to “eat” the customer’s quarters or become inoperable. It was his curiosity about the way […]
