On April 20, 2021, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts in the murder of George Floyd. The Code Nation team stands firmly behind this verdict and in solidarity with the Black community.  Much…

On April 23, 2021, we hosted a rockstar panel to discuss how to disrupt the digital divide. We heard from school leaders and teachers, students (including a Code Nation alum!), elected officials, and nonprofit advisors. Scroll to the end of…

The global company launched a 10-year equity commitment to support movers and shakers in pathways to economic growth Contact Information: info@codenation.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Bay Area) — March 30, 2021 — Code Nation is one of nine inaugural partners in…

We strongly condemn the rise in violence across the U.S. against Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). On March 16, a horrific act of violence in Atlanta, GA killed eight people, but six Asian women specifically. We mourn this tragic…

Code Nation is thrilled to welcome David Kalt to the Code Nation family as our first Chicago-based member of our Board of Directors. David has spent his career building software and successful technology businesses, including Reverb.com, optionsXpress, and ClientBASE. David’s…

Since its inception in 2012, Code Nation has built bridges between students from under- resourced high schools and careers in the tech industry. Historically, we have accomplished this by fostering relationships between students and software engineers, organizing workplace experiences at…

We Are Living Through Historical Change. The world is in the midst of historic, unprecedented change. The global community has suffered through a sweeping pandemic, months of a worldwide quarantine, a crippled international economy, massive job losses, and the hunt…

Each year, excitement builds within the Code Nation community for our annual marquee events: regional hackathons. Traditionally, our students and volunteers gather in the hundreds to embark upon a day of coding and (friendly!) competition with hopes of snagging the…

Each year, Code Nation celebrates the newest cohort of coders at annual city-wide Hackathons. Across our regions, students, volunteers, and community members come together for a full day of collaboration and coding around a surprise theme revealed day-of. Teams spend…

Amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and global pandemic, Code Nation’s top priority is ensuring the health and safety of our students, staff, volunteers, and extended community of supporters. As public health crises like this one tend to disproportionately affect the…

Code Nation’s impact is built on support from our community – they power every facet of our programming. From the volunteers who lead our programs, to the companies that open their doors for field trips, to the school-leaders who welcome…

Our co-founder Maurya Couvares has an announcement for Code Nation’s friends, volunteers, and staff: Today, I am stepping down as the CEO of Code Nation. Seven years can feel like a lifetime and a blink of an eye at the…

We are counting down the seconds until our Hackathon for New York City students and volunteers on Saturday, March 23rd! Our all-day Hackathons are the biggest and best opportunity for our students to show off the skills they have been…

As a not-for-profit organization, Code Nation is fueled by the philanthropic support of our community members, corporate partners, and private foundations. Today, we are thrilled to officially welcome Strada Education Network as our newest supporter. Strada has awarded Code Nation…

Our all-day Hackathon for students and volunteers in the Bay Area is just a few weeks away! At our Hackathons, students practice their skills, deepen relationships with peers and volunteers, and work on awesome projects. Students say it’s the best…