Video and slides synchronized, mp3 and slide download available at URL https://bit.ly/2T5D2uA. Antoine Patton believes we need people who are experiencing life-altering problems (health, poverty, etc.) to help solve problems. There needs to be a conscious effort to provide them with the tools and education needed to solve their own problems. Patton discusses how he is leveraging his unique experiences to help solve the problems of people with similar experiences. Filmed at qconsf.com. Antoine Patton was incarcerated at age 20 for 8 years. While in prison, he learned to code and taught his daughter after his release. They collaborated to build an app that allows families to freely send photos to their incarcerated loved ones - Photo Patch. He launched Unlock Academy, an online learning platform, and vowed to teach 2020 Black and Brown people to code by the year 2020.

1. SOLVING THE
PROBLEM OF
DIVERSITY
THROUGH THE
LENS OF
EDUCATION AND
EMPOWERMENT
The Diversity Sprint
Antoine Patton,
Coding Coach

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Strategy
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Highlights
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4. How this will work
Steps of the
Diversity Sprint
Overview of the Problem
Expert Interview
Lightning Demo
Decide on Solution
Prototype the Solution
Test the Solution

5. The Problem
Datausa.io
OF CODERS IN THE UNITED
STATES ARE BLACK OR
LATINO
<12%

6. The
opportunity
NEW TECH JOBS EVERY
MONTH
10,000

7. OPPORTUNITY
& Access
The Inclusion problem is smaller
compared to the access problem. It’s
not like tech companies have access
to a huge pool of thousands of under
represented coders looking for a job.
And POC don't have the most access
to what it takes to become
successful in Tech
Is Inclusion the
Big Problem?

8. EDUCATION
EMPOWERMENT
Most people of color aren’t worried
about inclusion, they are stressing
about education cost, about not
having technical equipment, about
not having the free time to actually
commit to studying.
THE BIGGER
PROBLEMS

9. EDUCATION
EMPOWERMENT
TIME
EQUIPMENT
EDUCATION

10. IMPEDIMENTS IN THE USER STORY
COST OF
EDUCATION
The cost of college
tuition or bootcamps
are too expensive for
many people of color.
ACCESS TO
COMPUTERS
Over 40% of
households don't have
computer or laptop
devices.
DEDICATED STUDY
TIME
Many marginalized
people don't have the
leisure to spend time on
non-compensated
activities.
TECH
SUCCESS!

11. CASE
STUDY

12. 2005 - Graduated from H.S. in Buffalo, NY
2009 - Sentenced to 8 years in prison
2008 - Arrested for illegal possession of a weapon
2011 - Starting self-teaching himself code
2012 - Built 1st version of the Photo Patch website
2014 - Released from prison & moved to Florida.
2015 - Founded a 501c3 Photo Patch Foundation
2016 - Launched Atlas Digital Group
2018 - Released "From Cages to Stages" Memoir
2019 - Launched Unlock Academy
Timeline

13. Global Impact
Introduced 15,000 people to coding and
coached them to building their first websites.
Connected 30,000 youth to their parents in
prison via the Photo Patch app.
Helped raise $500,000 for charities focused on
empowering youth and social entrepreneurship.
Forbes
CNET
Atlanta Black Star
Steve Harvey TV
The Today Show
Black Enterprise
amongs others...
Colorlines.com
The Takeaway

14. How did I get
so strong in
prison?

15. EDUCATION
EMPOWERMENT
TIME
EQUIPMENT
EDUCATION

16. TIME EQUIPMENT EDUCATION
How do we
scale this?
If we could scale the number of POC in code,
we can increase the diversity numbers.

17. TECHONOMIC JUSTICE
GOAL
If we had unlimited resources what would be a practical
solution to educating and empowering more people of
color who do have an interest in tech?

18. TEST THE
PROTOTYPE
10 minutes
RAPID
PROTOTYPING
10 minutes
DECIDE ON
SOLUTION
5 minutes
LIGHTNING
DEMOS
5 minutes of research
5 minutes of ideating
EXPERT
INTERVIEW
10 minutes
OVERVIEW OF THE
PROBLEM
5 minutes
THE DIVERSITY SPRINT

19. Watch the video with slide
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holistic-edtech-diversity/