What is CoCreate for Good?

CoCreate for Good employs a design thinking process to build new and dynamic relationships between tech leaders and workers in Silicon Valley and Art Center and Foundation staff, board members and volunteers.

This project is funded by the Giving Code Experimentation and Learning Grant program funded by The Heising-Simons and the David and Lucile Packard Foundations.

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