Earlier in the week the youth had learned about how during the 1870’s the African American community in Louisville, Kentucky was able to fight segregation prior to the civil rights movement. They where able to to keep the street cars desegregated during the Jim Crow era . Not too long after the emancipation proclamation was declared.
DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice aims to bridge the digital divide by combining media literacy and cultural awareness along with a vast understanding of technology to encourage young women in under served communities to pursue careers in computer science and new media.
