Creative Hustle
Thank you for being part of our
Spring Authors Celebration
on Wednesday, April 26th, 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Watch the recording of our exciting, reflective, and interactive Creative Hustle experience with our special guests Olatunde Sobomehin and sam seidel, who developed the Creative Hustle program at Stanford d.school (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design)! Thank you for joining us for an inspiring intergenerational experience –for all attendees to get in touch with their unique creative gifts – and to support our youth, together, to make a difference in the world through acts that matter.
Olatunde Sobomehin is CEO/co-founder of StreetCode Academy, a non-profit that offers free tech classes to communities of color. A graduate of Stanford University, he’s an entrepreneur and an educator who has taught classes at the Stanford Haas Center and the d.school.
sam seidel is the director of strategy and research at the Stanford d.school’s K12 Lab and the author of Hip Hop Genius: Remixing High School Education and co-author of Hip Hop Genius 2.0.
Creative Hustle
Excerpts from an Interview with the Authors
“break down the creative energy behind creating a life of purpose and impact.”
“make a living doing what matters to you”
“center on the change we want to make in the world”
“the best story can be the story of us, that we can blaze new paths and live a life of meaning that works for us”
Get the book and engage with lessons from storytellers, educators, tv hosts, musicians, chefs, authors, community leaders and organizers to help you harness your unique gifts.
Book sales are available through our dear friends at the local Reach & Teach Bookstore Online: https://shop.reachandteach.com/book/9781984858085
A percentage of all proceeds will be donated back to YCS!
Reach and Teach:
1179 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos, 94070 – 650-759-3784
Reach & Teach is a local independent bookstore and shop for unique products that transform you and the world. Everything at Reach & Teach is focused on Gender Equality, Sustainable Living, and Peacemaking. They offer books, toys, puzzles, games, green lifestyle products, teacher resources, and fair-trade gifts for all ages.
Youth Community Service (YCS) engages youth in impactful service-learning and leadership opportunities that fuel their passion and grow their confidence and abilities.
Participating YCS students will express their own unique gifts during the Creative Hustle event.
Each donation to YCS supports our youth programs, engaging service opportunities, including our monthly service pop-ups and annual community-wide service events. Thank you for joining with us.
Thank you to our Event Sponsors
Presenter:
Special Thanks To:
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce
Palo Alto Community Childcare
Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto
iTalico Restaurant
Champions:
Nancy S. Mueller
Jim Silver and Susan Phinney Silver
Friends:
Anjelika Deogirikar Grossman
Mary Chigos
Rosaleen “Roz” Zisch
Partners:
Palo Alto University Rotary
Abraham Sofaer
Ayumi and Bob Miyahara
Jeff and Ellen Rudy
Kiran Gaind and Sreedhar Mukkamalla
Leif and Sharon Erickson
Linda Lenoir and Jack Vorce
Sally Bemus
Stacey and Robert Kertsman
The Patel-Oommen Family
Our annual author’s event is eagerly anticipated by many, as one participant shared:
“That was one of the best (inspiring, informative, fun) online events I’ve ever attended and I’ve attended a lot!”
Authors Showcase 2022:
We were honored to host Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, the first African American woman to sit on the Superior Court of Northern California, and Author of “Her Honor: My Life on the Bench…What Works, What’s Broken, and How to Change It.” Judge Cordell interviewed three local authors Tonga Victoria, Joanna Ho and Vice Mayor of East Palo Alto Antonio de Jesus Lopez to explore the themes of diversity, inclusion and social justice, especially in these momentous times in our country and legal system.