DONORS: Estella’s Brilliant Bus is incorporated as a Federal 501(c)(3) tax-exemption not-for-profit organization with the State of Florida Support our empowering Estella's Brilliant Bus:
Road to #YesWeCode at Essence Festival 2015
OUR STORY Estella Pyfrom is a 78-‐year-‐old retired veteran of 50 years at Florida's Palm Beach County School District. When Estella started she had very little training in technology, but she recognized a technology problem and decided to do something about it. Students in Estella's district lacked the resources and digital know-‐
how to meet the demands of today's 21st century workforce and entrepreneurial opportunities. Estella dreamed of delivering technology and entrepreneurial skills to her students. After she retired, she pursued that dream and made it a reality. In 2009, Estella dipped heavily into her pension fund and started a non-‐
profit, state-‐of-‐the-‐art mobile technology and learning center, and "Estella’s Brilliant Bus" was born. If Estella looks familiar, it's because in 2013, she was recognized as a “CNN Top 10 Hero” for the humanitarian genius behind her Brilliant Bus initiative. In 2014, Estella was the recipient of “Toyota’s Standing O-‐Vation Award” presented by Oprah Winfrey and she was featured in O magazine. On Super Bowl Sunday, Estella's phenomenal story was featured as one of Microsoft's inspirational "#empowering" Super Bowl ads. Celebrated across the nation, Estella Pyform is transforming the learning landscape for underrepresented minority and underserved students in the innovation economy. "Estella’s Brilliant Bus" is driving the delivery of tech-‐innovation in education to youth across America. Learn more at www.estellasbrilliantbus.com Estella’s Brilliant Bus signature event is the annual Road to #YesWeCode. This is a road-‐trip that brings together 100 students on buses to meet with hundreds of other local students at each stop on a historic multi-‐city tour of local cultural heritage landmarks and locations that include hands-‐on technology learning activities. Estella’s Brilliant Bus’s “Road to #YesWeCode” is merging computer-‐programming with on-‐the-‐go entrepreneurship training offering three exciting programs: Basic Coding Workshops, Mobile App Build, and Basics of Tech-‐Entrepreneurship. The final destination is the participation in the #YesWeCode Hackathon and Technology Village, held at Essence Festival in New Orleans, over 4th of July weekend. Please contact us at www.estellasbrilliantbus.org or www.roadtoyeswecode.com for more information or to donate. © 2015 Estella’s Brilliant Bus, estellasbrilliantbus.org • RoadtoYesWeCode.com 323.217.5619 DONORS: Estella’s Brilliant Bus is incorporated as a Federal 501(c)(3) tax-exemption not-for-profit organization with the State of Florida Estella’s Brilliant Bus: Road to #Yes We Code Schedule of Agenda (Tentative dates) Day 1 th – Fri, June 26 West Palm Beach, Fla. KICK OFF DAY Day 2 th-‐
Sat June 27 Atlanta, Ga MEDIA / HISTORY / TECH PANEL Day 3 th
Sun, June 28 Birmingham, Ala. / Selma, Ala. Day 4 th
Mon, Jun 29 Memphis, Tenn. WORKSHOPS / YOUTH HACKING Meet with Mayor and other local officials NO WORKSHOPS Images from 2014 Estella’s Brilliant Bus: Road to #Yes We Code at Essence Festival CNN Tour (Atlanta) Georgia State University King Historical Home (Atlanta) Dr. MLK Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (Atlanta) th
16 Street Baptist Church (Birmingham) Birmingham Civil Rights Museum (Birmingham) National Voting Rights Museum (Selma) Civil Rights Museum The Lorraine Motel and Slave Haven Day 5 th
Tues, Jun 30 Jackson, Miss. WORKSHOPS / YOUTH HACKING Day 6 Wed, July 1st New Orleans, La. Day 7 nd
Thurs, July 2 New Orleans, La. Day 8 th
Fri July 3 New Orleans, La Day 9 th
Sat, July 4 New Orleans, La. Day 10 th
Sun, July 5 New Orleans, La. Day 11 th Mon, July 6
West Palm Beach, Fla. Home of Medgar Evers (Jackson) Jackson State University – Center for Education Innovation & Civil Rights Hotel Check-‐in African American Museum – (New Orleans) #YesWeCode Press Conference #YesWeCode Tech Village & Hackathon th
21 Annual Essence Festival Music Concerts #YesWeCode Tech Village & Hackathon th
21 Annual Essence Festival Music Concerts #YesWeCode Tech Village & Hackathon ends Return to West Palm Beach, FL (Traveling) © 2015 Estella’s Brilliant Bus, estellasbrilliantbus.org • RoadtoYesWeCode.com 323.217.5619 DONORS: Estella’s Brilliant Bus is incorporated as a Federal 501(c)(3) tax-exemption not-for-profit organization with the State of Florida Help make it happen, again, 10 Days Tour! Donate to Estella's Brilliant Bus: Road to YesWeCode 2015! Road to #YesWeCode provides 100% scholarships to all students. We are dependent of donations from donors, supporters, and partners in order to make this trip possible for the students. The cost to sponsor one youth is $2000 (two thousand dollars) per student. Donated items by supporters will reduce amount of money needed to be raised to support students during tour. Items to be donated to Estella’s Brilliant Bus on our second annual participation in #YesWeCode Hackathon and Tech Village at Essence Festival are not limited to: Your donation will help pay for the following: • Round-‐trip bus travel/drivers/fuel/maintenance • Lodging/security • Meals, beverages and snacks • Museums Tours • CodingWorkshops/Mentors/Equipment /Software • Chaperons • Miscellaneous trip essentials _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Alcohol Cotton Balls Paper Towels Toilet Tissue Garbage Bags Small and Large Ziploc plastic bags _____ Storage Bins _____ _____ _____ _____ $2000.00 PER CHILD (small donations are accepted) Hotel Rooms Meals for group Diesel for buses/gas-‐-‐-‐-‐ gas cards Printing and advertising _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Folding tables Hand soap Hand Sanitizer Small blankets for each person Bedding set of sheets Double Bed (4) Towels and Wash Cloths Safety Pins Ball Point pins Items to be used for student prize _____ _____ _____ _____ Tickers for tours in each city Money for staff to support the trip First Aid Kits Portable PA system _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 3-‐D Printers (two units) Walkie Talkies-‐ Short wave –two way Radios-‐ to communicate with each bus Panic-‐security button Mouse pads Lanyards Name tags Water Bottles for each person Back packs (one for each kid and adult) Thumb drive for each kid Ink for printer/scanner Copy Paper _____ _____ ____ _____ Ear Phones Ear Plugs Hand Wipes Tablets-‐Electronic to be used on the trip one per kid and per adult chaperon Tablets for use by Chaperon Smart Phones Journals 10 Tee –shirts for each person—a sponsor may have their name on the sleeve of each shirt. Tee shirts will read: Front-‐-‐-‐ Join Us On Estella’s Brilliant Bus Yes We Code is Already on Board Back-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ When I look in the mirror What do I see? A Brilliant Mind, _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Looking Back at Me! © 2015 Estella’s Brilliant Bus, estellasbrilliantbus.org • RoadtoYesWeCode.com 323.217.5619 DONORS: Estella’s Brilliant Bus is incorporated as a Federal 501(c)(3) tax-exemption not-for-profit organization with the State of Florida Please contact us at www.estellasbrilliantbus.org or www.roadtoyeswecode.com for more information or to Donate! © 2015 Estella’s Brilliant Bus, estellasbrilliantbus.org • RoadtoYesWeCode.com 323.217.5619 DONORS: Estella’s Brilliant Bus is incorporated as a Federal 501(c)(3) tax-exemption not-for-profit organization with the State of Florida © 2015 Estella’s Brilliant Bus, estellasbrilliantbus.org • RoadtoYesWeCode.com 323.217.5619