UL Archive: What We've Done

September 2021

New Rochelle Street Fair 2021

In Back-to-School season, Urban Legacy hosted four tents for the 2021 New Rochelle Street Fair by New Rochelle City Hall. We hosted a tent for virtual reality gaming, jewelry making, thrift shopping and “Everything Green,” with an energy training company and hemp products startup. We’re excited to see more next year!

July 2021

Black Hacker’s Camp: Raspberry Pi

In summer of 2021, July 26th to August 6th, we partnered with the Edgemont Robotics Team to host a ten day programming camp for black 7th – 10th grade rising youth. Campers took home Raspberry Pi devices after learning Linux, Python, how to wire lights, develop games and complete a bunch of other fun projects! Ask our students about their last day, hacking their very own Flappy Bird games!

May 2021

Your Title Goes Here

The final run of our miniseries, UL hosted a panel of black male entrepreneurs to speak about their experiences to honor Malcolm X’s birthday! Brace yourself for a brutally honest discussion about the black entrepreneurship experience from the male perspective.

April 2021

Your Title Goes Here

Featuring Congressman Jamaal Bowman, the first male member of “The Squad”, UL hosted an honest discussion about how to get more black people into the clean energy industry. The future is green, environmental injustice impacts communities of color the hardest, and we want to show our people how to secure their piece of the pie.

March 2021

Women’s History Month

Women Founder’s Day: Strategic Panel Discussion

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In honor of Women’s History Month, we interviewed a series of guests who are all black women entrepreneurs, hosted by our team of minority women directors. Unlike most others, this ladies night featured methods on how to earn money, and our team gleaned information to help women everywhere advance in entrepreneurship.

February 2021

Black History Month

Black Founder’s Day: Strategic Panel Discussion

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Featuring New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins and State Senator Shelley Mayor, our first episode of the Power Miniseries focused on how to secure resources as black entrepreneurs. We inquired about the journey of black entrepreneurs and uncovered answers on how to “secure the bag!”

Our First Program! July 2020

Black Girls Do Tech! Web Design Program

From July 26th to August 6th 2021, Urban Legacy hosted a five Day Web Design Camp for Black Girls, from 4th to 9th grade, in partnership with the STEM Alliance of Larchmont – Mamaroneck!

Thank you to all of our participants for joining Black Girls Do Tech! Thank you as well the parents, sponsors and volunteers! Black girls success is a community effort. We already have some participants building their own businesses.

Check out these videos for some of the incredible feedback we were graced with by trainees!