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<span style="font-size:larger;">The purpose of the Kapor Center for Social Impact is to bridge ethic and socio-economic gaps that are preventing the progression and more importantly, involvment of under-represented demographics in technology such as women, African Americans, Hispanics, etc. THis gap covers a plethora of areas that include the gap in academic achievement, access to economic opportunities and healthcare, information and social mobility, among others.They believe that it is necessary to have the community of tech leaders reflect the diversity of the United States. They predominantly focus on three areas within the foundation and they are ''Diversity in Tech, Educational Access'', and ''Tech for Social Impact''. </span>
<span style="font-size:large;">'''<font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 248, 227);">This area in particular focuses on increasing the visibility of minorities of color in technology sectors as entrepeneurs, investors and leaders of innovative thought. This initiative manifests in the form of addional partnerships with entities that share the same vision for closing gaps Diversity in the tech pipeline. Some of these organizations include:Tech</span></font>'''</span>
<span style="font-size:large;">'''Educational Access'''</span>
<span style="font-size:larger;">The center also wishes to increase the number of under-represented minorities in college, particularly in the realm of technology and science fields. Some of their partnerships in education include ''College Bound Brotherhood, Level Playing Field Institute, Berkley Science Network. ''</span> <span style="font-size:large;">'''Tech for Social Impact'''</span> <span style="font-size:larger;">This area is focused on expediting the effectiveness of social movements through the utilization of modern day technologies. This could be manifested in the form of sponsoring events that bring together non-profit and tech companies together for collaborative efforts. Some examples of this would be hackathons or demo days. </span>
<span style="font-size:large;">'''Appeal: '''</span>
<span style="font-size:larger;">This resourceful organization appeals to students for the following reasons:</span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Your afforded opportunities for scholarship</span>*<span style="font-size:larger;">Educational Access is broadened through Educational Access Initiative </span>*<span style="font-size:larger;">Investments: Kapor Capital invests in seed stage startups focused on social impact through Information Technology</span>*<span style="font-size:larger;">Open partnership opportunities to organizational entities with similar social and technological objectives </span>
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