Looking ahead

2028 Timeline

From the first Manchester programs in 2024 to a proposed federal provision, a record of where the organization has been and where the work is heading.

Scroll to travel downstream. Each milestone sits on the bank.

Code Ninjas partner location
2024

First programs launch

Small programs start in Manchester with Code Ninjas, then run across Hartford and East Hartford in three-hour weekend sessions.

Students in an AI Pathways Camp session at the YMCA
June 2025

AI Pathways Camp expands

The June camp expands with the YMCA and host schools, reaching South Windsor. Nearly 900 students complete introductory work in machine learning.

A community recording session for ConvoAAVE
2025 to 2026

ConvoAAVE

Recording and transcription reach more than 80,000 words of AAVE speech transcript, and the first dialect aware models are tested with students.

Princeton Prize in Race Relations regional finalists
May 2026

Recognition and a grant proposal

ConvoAAVE is named a regional finalist for the Princeton Prize in Race Relations, and work begins with the office of Congressman John Larson.

Meeting with the office of Congressman John Larson
2027

Testimony and a bipartisan bill

Testify before a House subcommittee on AI education equity, and work toward a bipartisan bill built on the 2026 grant proposal.

The proposed AI Equity Grant provision
2028

Supporting deployment

Assist federal and state agencies in translating the provision into AI education programming for underserved schools, beginning in Connecticut.

The river keeps running.

Where

The four towns, year by year

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2024

First programs launch

Small programs start in Manchester with Code Ninjas, then run across Hartford and East Hartford in three-hour weekend sessions.

  • Programs ran here
  • Recording for ConvoAAVE

Town outlines from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, simplified for drawing. Recording only ever took place in Hartford and East Hartford.