By Chris Gross, FabNewport CEO (Chief Empathy Officer) Today @ the “Make Your Life” afterschool program at Martin Luther King Center the kids designed their own logo for the program. I wanted to get some of their ideas in order to create 1 logo to put on T-shirts. Below are some […]
At FabNewport and in Providence with PVD Young Makers we say we inspire youth to grow their skills and confidence do they can make their lives. I think we are moving in the right direction in developing a digital platform, the Apprentice Model of Learning, for youth to upload their experiences and […]
About 9-months-ago we changed our tagline from Dream. Design. Make. to Make | Learn | Do. Make | Learn | Do (MLD) speaks more clearly to the learning process and what we expect from our youth who fully engage in our programs. Make (ing) is the messy part of learning. The […]
About 5pm in the lab on Thursday, when most of the kids were gone, I walked into the front room and was surprised to see Malani, 14, editing a graphic to apply on the shirt that she had brought with her. Malani had never been in the lab “after hours.” […]