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The Knowledge House Expands To Newark: 2024 Recruitment Tour

The tech organization provides accessible, free technology programs for youth and young adults.

(The Knowledge House)

NEWARK, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of The Knowledge House. Find out how to post announcements or events to your local Patch site.

The Knowledge House (TKH) - the nationally recognized Bronx, NY founded tech organization celebrates ten years of providing accessible, free technology programs for youth and young adults in New York City and their expansion cities - Atlanta, GA; Los Angeles, CA; and Newark, NJ.

"The Knowledge House is thrilled to scale our KKCF program during our 10th Anniversary Year. During this milestone year, we are excited to integrate AI foundations across all programming so that all TKH participants become even more competitive for the jobs of tomorrow," says Jerelyn Rodriguez, Co-Founder and CEO of The Knowledge House.

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This year's recruitment tour theme, "Find Your Light," will welcome new fellows ages 16 and up into our signature program, The Karim Kharbouch Coding Program (KKCF), co-founded by Bronx-born Hip-Hop artist French Montana. Students currently enrolled in high school as sophomores, juniors, or seniors interested in learning code and design skills are welcome to apply.

In the past ten years, The Knowledge House has:

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  • Innovation Fellowship to careers with major corporations and non-profit organizations nationwide with starting salaries of $75K. Employers include Accenture, Bloomberg, Barclays, Verizon, EnergyHub, and ACLU.

The Knowledge House 2024-25 Recruitment Tour will include:

Tour Dates, Locations, and Link to RSVP per city –

KKCF Applications will go live on Monday, March 18, per expansion city:

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