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San Francisco opens 'The Mix' teen digital learning center with mayor and tech partners
Summary
City leaders, corporate foundations and nonprofit partners opened 'The Mix' at the Main San Francisco Public Library, a teen-focused digital learning center with maker space, recording studio and dedicated innovation funds, supported by Salesforce, Microsoft and community partners.
San Francisco leaders and community partners celebrated the opening of 'The Mix,' a new teen digital learning center at the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library.
City Librarian Luis Herrera and Mayor Ed Lee presided over the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The mayor credited private-sector partnerships with Salesforce, Microsoft and other organizations for supporting the center’s technology, programming and principal-directed innovation funds. Suzanne DeBianca of the Salesforce Foundation described the foundation’s 1-1-1 philanthropy model and noted a large donation and volunteer commitment that supports the middle-grades leadership initiative. The library’s Mix includes a maker space with 3D printing, a video-editing studio, sound editing rooms, and a $100,000 innovation fund to be administered by school principals and local partners.
Multiple youth advisory-board members described deep involvement in the four-year design process and said the space reflects youth input on layout, technology and program design. City departments — Public Works, the Library, the Department of the Environment — and nonprofit partners such as Girls Who Code and the Bay Area Video Coalition were credited with program and operational support.
Next steps: The Mix will host programming, internships and community partnerships; city and private partners will continue to support staffing, hardware training and long-term program evaluation.
