Microsoft Puts Youth Creativity on Display at the Boys & Girls Clubs
National winners of Boys & Girls Clubs’ “Club Tech Digital Arts Festivals” gather in Seattle this week to celebrate creativity, technology and the program that made it possible. The vast majority of the world’s population – some five billion people — still has little or no access to technology or the opportunities it offers. While most of those underserved populations live in developing or emerging economies, the problem is also acute in developed nations, where rural and inner-city families often lack the resources to get connected and bring their kids into the digital economy. Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential is designed to address this problem through products and programs that transform education, foster local innovation, and enable jobs and opportunities. “As we work to bring the benefits of technology to people around the world, we are focusing particularly on the needs, interests and dreams of young people,” says Andrea Taylor, Microsoft’s director of community affairs for North America. “The generation of young people in school or entering the workforce is key to the economic and social health of every nation. Our passion is to empower young people to become innovators, to create new businesses, and to teach and inspire others.”
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