I am sorry that I never had a chance to give weekly updates for Youth Earn-A-Bike, but it is because it was CRAZY!!! We gave away 16 bikes in the 8 week session!! We learned a lot on how to run up to 8 youth a week with limited tools and bike stands, but it was a blast and we could not be more happy with the outcome.

Below are some of the EAB participants, but by no means all of them, check HERE for more.

With all the summer success, we are however looking for bike donations to replenish our stock. As well as any tools / repair stand that would help give every participant a good place to work. Also, now that school is back in session, EAB will continue on September 17th from 4:00pm – 6:00pm, we hope to see many new faces there!

Using the CAMEO cutter from last week, we used cardstock to make stencils for spray painting posters. The makers designed two-color posters and applied what they learned about bridges and islands from last week’s sticker exercise. We also learned about aligning posters using registrations marks on each of the stencils, this way the makers can use multiple colors on each poster and tons of different styles and options. We took each of our stencils out to the parking lot and used spray paint to finish up the posters.

Go Raven!!!  Full article can be found here

The Discotech was tons of fun and a great learning experience for all!  Check out various articles written about the event by the Michigan Radio, the Michigan Citizen, and the New America Foundation Open Technology Initiative.  Also, learn more about the the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition.