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8 people are interested
Monroe Open Lab Sponsor
ORGANIZATION: Unloop
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8 people are interested
Have experience in tech/computer science? Ready to take on a consistent once a month volunteer opportunity to support incarcerated students?
We are launching a new volunteer-led program called Open Labs at Monroe Correctional Complex for men (roughly a one hour drive from Seattle). During Open Labs, our incarcerated students are able to use the computer classroom to catch up on their assignments, take on new projects, practice interviewing, and ask questions to industry professionals and computer science students from the outside. The students are all truly invested in their work, and are excited to have the opportunity for more self-guided time on the computer and to interact with our volunteers.
Sponsoring an Open Lab is a once a month (for example: 2nd Tuesday morning of every month) time commitment for at least 4 months, though preferably 6 months to a year. We are looking for Open Lab sponsors available on weekday mornings, weekday afternoons, or Saturday mornings.
Each session is roughly 3 hours, with additional time driving to and from Monroe. When reaching out, please indicate your schedule and the days of the week that work best for you. You are also welcome to sign up for more than one session per month.
Once we have the schedule for Open Labs set in the coming weeks, we will sign you up for a Department of Corrections volunteer training session. We hope to have this complete in the next month, and our first Open Lab sessions in October/early November.
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About Unloop
Location:
900 E. Pine St., Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98122, US
Mission Statement
Unloop enables people who have been in prison to succeed in careers in tech.
Description
More people are incarcerated in the United States than in any other country in the world, with 2.3 million currently behind bars. Over 40% of those released from prison will be re-incarcerated within three years.
Getting a job after release is a major predictor of successful reentry into the community, but most people leaving prison do not have access to living-wage jobs due to lack of in-demand skills and the stigma of a criminal record.
Meanwhile, there is opportunity in the tech industry. There are 223,000 estimated open software developer jobs in the United States.
We believe that given access to a coding education and a network of support, people with records can succeed in the tech industry, break the cycles of incarceration for their families, and become leaders in their communities. We provide intensive web development training in prison-with integrated professional development curriculum-and build a community of supportive employers, educators, and individuals on the outside to create opportunities for our students upon their release.
Our flagship program is a one-year, 550-hour coding bootcamp offered at Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) and Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC). Our industry-driven curriculum teaches students to be full-stack web developers using client and server-side JavaScript, SQL, and HTML/CSS. Our first cohort graduated in June 2017 and four others are in session.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Monroe Correctional ComplexMonroe, WA 98272
DATE POSTED
February 21, 2018
SKILLS
- Web Design / UX
- Software Development
- Information Architecture
- Website Programming
- Web Design
- Software Engineering
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Orientation or Training
- 3 hour session once/month, additional driving time
- Department of Corrections background check, DOC orientation, Unloop orientation