[hackerspaces] Refugee Memberships...

[Danyelle Davis]

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.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015, 11:13 AM Sam Ley <sam.ley at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
> http://www.newsweek.com/who-exactly-are-syrian-refugees-we-have-already-taken-397795
>
> https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/09/25/syrian-refugee-crisis-and-higher-education
>
> -Sam
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Danyelle Davis <ddavis at codetemptress.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Lol wow.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015, 10:59 AM Danilo <mail at dbrgn.ch> wrote:
>>
>>> Am Mi, 2. Dez 2015, um 10:44, schrieb matt:
>>>
>>> Syria is not known for it's tech base.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, people form Syria are primitive people that dwell in caves and
>>> don't have any education whatsoever.
>>>
>>> https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Syria
>>>
>>> Cheerio from the enlightened central Europe
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