<p dir="ltr">Funny thing is.. when I started in the computer industry someone was surprised that there are "computer people in the hood". Just because the area may not be known for it doesn't mean interest isn't there. Just the right materials is needed. </p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Dec 2, 2015, 11:13 AM Sam Ley <<a href="mailto:sam.ley@gmail.com">sam.ley@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I appreciate that some hackerspaces are looking for ways to become a good resource for resettling refugees. I have a friend who spent many years volunteering with refugee resettlement groups here in Colorado and always reminded people how much refugees are disconnected from the basic services of society, and how just introductions to people and services in the community means a lot for their successful resettlement.<div><br></div><div>Regarding tech bases, Syrians in general are quite a bit better educated than the neighboring countries - until recently it was considered prosperous for the region. And since it takes resources to flee, we are getting the most educated groups - among adult Syrian refugees admitted to the US, their level of education is higher than the US population at large, meaning if you approached a group of adult Syrian refugees for hackerspace membership, you'd be more likely to get college educated people than if you approached a random group of US citizens.</div><div><br></div><div>Syria may not have a huge tech industry or a lot of exports (certainly not now), but that doesn't mean the citizens are dumb, or otherwise not interested in or in need of educational resources once they arrive.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/who-exactly-are-syrian-refugees-we-have-already-taken-397795" target="_blank">http://www.newsweek.com/who-exactly-are-syrian-refugees-we-have-already-taken-397795</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/09/25/syrian-refugee-crisis-and-higher-education" target="_blank">https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/09/25/syrian-refugee-crisis-and-higher-education</a><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>-Sam</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Danyelle Davis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ddavis@codetemptress.net" target="_blank">ddavis@codetemptress.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Lol wow. </p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Dec 2, 2015, 10:59 AM Danilo <<a href="mailto:mail@dbrgn.ch" target="_blank">mail@dbrgn.ch</a>> wrote:<br></div></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div><div>Am Mi, 2. Dez 2015, um 10:44, schrieb matt:<br></div>
<blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Syria is not known for it's tech base.<br></div>
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</div><div><div>Yeah, people form Syria are primitive people that dwell in caves and don't have any education whatsoever.<br></div>
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<div><a href="https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Syria" target="_blank">https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Syria</a><br></div>
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<div>Cheerio from the enlightened central Europe</div>
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