VIDEO-msnbc and #YesWeCode Grow Hope in Detroit | MSNBC

On March 27th and 28th, hope will turn into action in Detroit, Michigan, as msnbc, #YesWeCode, and Ford host a special Growing Hope event at the Ford STEAM Lab. Here, 100 students from five Detroit-area middle will participate in a two-day “hackathon”. They’ll have a chance to learn computer programming skills that help pave the way towards high-tech education and careers.

The tech products the students create at the hackathon will be judged by a high-profile panel, and over $30,000 in scholarships will be awarded. The panel will include Stephen Henderson, Pulitzer Prize-winning Editorial Page Editor of the Detroit Free Press and co-host of Detroit Today on WDET, and Van Jones, #YesWeCode founder and environmental and civil rights advocate.

msnbc will present a special live broadcast from the event, hosted by Joy Reid, on March 27th at 2pm ET. Join us as we explore the remarkable work of young people who represent the hope and ingenuity that is essential to the continued revival of Detroit.

For more information on #YesWeCode, visit: yeswecode.org

Wondering how a hackathon works? Check out the msnbc Original Swimming in Their Genius: How #YesWeCode Teaches Tech, below.

msnbc Originals, 12/3/14, 5:14 PM ET

Swimming in their genius: How #YesWeCode teaches tech

MSNBC.com follows promising teen Zachary Dorcinville through an inspiring weekend of “apps not raps” at the My Brother’s Keeper #YesWeCode Hackathon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/msnbc-and-yeswecode-grow-hope-detroit