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Hacking at the White House: introducing Maker Party 2013<\/em><\/h2>\n

We\u2019re extremely excited to be participating in today\u2019s White House Science Fair<\/a>\u2014and even more excited to have President Obama help us kick off<\/a> our new summer-long Maker Party: <\/a>thousands of community-led events around the world to celebrate the amazing things we can make and learn thanks to the Web.<\/p>\n

Webmaking at the White House Science Fair <\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n

Today, Mozilla joined President Obama<\/a> at the annual White House Science Fair, celebrating the student winners of science, technology, engineering and math competitions across the United States.<\/p>\n

\"Mozilla<\/a><\/p>\n

Cathy Lewis Long from Sprout joins Zainab Oni, Senque Little-Poole, and Mark Surman at the White House Science Fair<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A student member of Mozilla\u2019s Hive Learning Network<\/a> project\u201416-year old Zainab Oni <\/a>from MOUSE <\/a>in NYC\u2014was honored for her contribution to a wrist-mounted Arduino circuit, which helps visually impaired diners find their food. 15-year-old Senqu\u00e9 A. Little-Poole, from the Sprout Fund<\/a>\u2018s Hive Pittsburgh chapter, was also honored, for his research on how to use anti-virus cells to cure diseases.
\nMozilla\u2019s Executive Director Mark Surman also was there, to talk about our efforts to teach technology skills and, with the help of the White House<\/a>, to kick off Mozilla\u2019s big summer-long campaign: Maker Party 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Introducing Maker Party 2013<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n

This summer, from June 15 to September 15, Mozilla and the National Writing Project<\/a> will host dozens of partners from around the world in a giant global Maker Party. Thousands of events will celebrate the amazing things we can make and share on the Web \u2014 from video remixes, to apps and webpages, to DIY robots.
\nMaker Party 2013 will be the second annual summer-long party Mozilla has thrown focused on Web education and digital literacy. Last year\u2019s campaign<\/a>, the Mozilla Summer Code Party, included more than 700 community-led events, with more than 10,000 participants across 80 countries. This year the party will be much bigger\u2014with 40+ big-name partners currently signed-up, and more to come<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s coming to the party?<\/b><\/h3>\n

Maker Party 2013 is a big tent affair. We\u2019ll be joined by dynamic start-ups, non-profits, institutions, and tech companies, including Black Girls Code<\/a>, California Academcy of Sciences<\/a>, DIY.org<\/a>, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana<\/a>, Intel<\/a>, NYC Department of Education<\/a>, and the Sesame Workshop<\/a>. Together, we\u2019ll be engaging more than 500,000 people to learn and make things thanks to the web. A full and growing list of the organizations joining the Maker Party is available at webmaker.org\/party<\/a>.
\n\u201cThis is a global party \u2014 and you\u2019re invited,\u201d said Mozilla Executive Director, Mark Surman. \u201cMozillians are people who make things, and we\u2019re part of a growing global community of people who feel the same way. That\u2019s why this year\u2019s party isn\u2019t just about learning to code, but celebrating the huge range of learning, making and creating the Web makes possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

How to get involved:<\/b><\/h3>\n
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