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Featured in Hechinger Report - Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons
The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on innovation in education. In this pandemic year where remote learning is failing across the U.S. revealing both the infrastructure divide and the need for greater investment in education overall. Yet, Hello Future has managed to make remote learning work in the most unlikely location, a refugee camp.
Hello Future Founder, Charlie Grosso, Awarded Luminary x UBS Entrepreneur Fellowship 2020
We are so honored to be recognized by Luminary and UBS for our work. Luminary is dedicated to delivering the resources, tools, connection, and community to support the work of this diverse group of entrepreneur fellows. Luminary, thank you for elevating and supporting our work.
How do we design an inclusive future with refugee teens?
Charlie Grosso is an Edmund Hilary Fellow since 2019. Our collaborative work with DSIL in the Global Youth Hack-a-thon has been featured by EHF as an example of how we must design with all stakeholders for true inclusivity. Read on to see what it’s like to design an inclusive future with refugee teens.
Startup Late Night w/ Mary Lemmar
Building a startup or a nonprofit is hard work. Mary Lemmer, Startup Late Night is a late-night talk show hosted by improv comedian, entrepreneur, recovering venture capitalist, Mary Lemmer., a recovering venture capitalist and stand-up comedian bring a little fun to pitch decks and more. Our founder Charlie Grosso dusts off her acting chops and guests on Startup Late Night.
Incase you missed it - Highlight from Meet the Filmmaker Event (Replay)
What a great conversation with Susan McPherson, Alia Malik and our group of US youth and Syrian refugee students on what it’s like to spend the summer together in a virtual summer camp and the making of “I SEE YOU,” a short film for United Nations My World 360 Submission.
Charlie Grosso Keynote Speaker @ TeachSauce
"Despite how much time your teens spend buried in their cell phones and online, the majority of them would fail a digital literacy exam. A digitally native generation is a myth."
Charlie Grosso, founder and executive director of Hello Future, an international nonprofit transforming the refugee youth experience keynotes at TechSauce 2020 on the worrisome trends she's observed in teens worldwide, beyond refugee youth and what we can do about it.
Meet the Filmmakers of "I See You" - Hosted by Susan McPherson and Alia Malik
This summer, Hello Future hosted the ultimate global summer camp for teens.
30 teens from across the world came together and meet online for the first time. Refugee teens from Syrian and Afghanistan, youth from Somaliland, teens from the U.S and Canada.
This collaborative film is a result of their ideas, this global virtual meeting and sharing of their stories.
SXSW EDU 2020 - Selected Speaker: Transforming a Lost Generation
Charlie Grosso has been selected to speak at SXSW EDU, the annual technology, and education conference. The presentation will be centered around how digital literacy’s transformative power for refugee teens and under-serviced youth.
Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab Ep. 50 Charlie Grosso
Charlie Grosso, founder of Hello Future, guests on R&R Lab hosted by Jillian Foster, a fellow feminist. Their conversations extend beyond Charlie’s current work at Hello Future and the two talks a lot about the path that took Charlie from a successful career as an advertising photographer to a non-profit leader.
Hewa, Hello Future student speaks on youth panel of peace for Hiroshima 75th Memorial
PEAC and Midheaven Network in remembrance of the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima hosted a 24th Hour Event. Hewa, one of Hello Future’s star students represented the Syrian teens International Peace Bureau Youth Seminar.
Nonprofit Leaders Series: Hello Neighbor x Hello Future
Sloan Davidson, founder of Hello Neighbor, a US-based organization working with resettled refugee families here in the US chat with Charlie Grosso, our founder, about all the challenges and joys of working with refugees.
Hello Future, DSIL Global Kick Off Design-Thinking Hack-a-Thon for Refugee Teens and International Youth
At Hello Future, we believe young people already have the solutions. In collaboration with DSIL Global, Hello Future kicked off a week-long design thinking Hack-a-Thon for teens around the world to create solutions to the problems they face due the COVID-19 pandemic.
HerHustle Podcast & Hello Future Founder, Charlie Grosso
HerHustle is a podcast that features female entrepreneurs, business owners and founders. HerHustle invited Charlie Grosso to share her unique career and her experience founding Hello Future.
We Need a Library in Our Refugee Camp - The Hope Campaign - St. Paul's Cathedral
Hello Future students’ plan to build a library at the Barika Refugee Camp inspires hope through the HOPE Campaign, an initiative by St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Coindesk - At a Refugee Camp in Iraq, a 16-Year-Old Syrian Is Teaching Crypto Basics
How do you explain ethereum to someone who doesn’t know how to use email? What’s the best way to convey how many satoshis add up to a single bitcoin?
Hello Future Founder, Charlie Grosso, Awarded Alcon Grant on Women’s Entrepreneurship Day
Charlie Grosso, the founder of Hello Future, a life long entrepreneur, is honored with a grant from Alcon in celebration of Women Entrepreneurship Day 2019.
How Do You Google?
It’s not just about one’s ability to Google, but it’s building students’ critical thinking skills to be curious, seek information, and know-how to validate their findings.
Digital Literacy Linked to Increase in Confidence Among Refugee Teens
Educational aid nonprofit, Hello Future’s 2019 impact report shows the benefits of digital education skills among adolescent refugees.
Who Run the World?
As we celebrate women this month, let’s focus on our power to advocate for ourselves and other women. That starts with demanding that we educate all the world’s girls.