by griptape | Oct 31, 2018 | 2018, Newsletter
GripTape has so much news to share! Our fall/winter Learning Challenge Application is now open for youth throughout the U.S.! We know there are young people in every community who have deep interests they want to pursue, but many lack access to the supports they...
by griptape | Aug 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Several times each year, we bring together GripTape youth to spend a weekend designing, iterating, and creating prototypes to help chart the organization’s future. In early June, five Youth Leadership Board members and five Challengers met for our first-ever...
by griptape | Jan 25, 2018 | Learner Agency
“Dad, I want a narwhal cake for my birthday.” “A narwhal cake?” “Yes, a narwhal cake.” I have a ten year old who knows exactly what he wants. “So you want a cake with a picture of a narwhal on it? The whale with the unicorn horn?” “First of all, there is no evidence...
by griptape | Nov 20, 2017 | YLB
Design Day Minnesota. Delaware. Colorado. Maryland. And probably a couple of other states. Young people from across the nation came together in New York to continue some interesting conversation. GripTape asked its current board members and past challengers to...
by griptape | Nov 13, 2017 | Learner Agency
If we are not learning, we are not growing. Mark Murphy knows firsthand that learning changes lives. His conviction is so strong that the former school principal and past Delaware secretary of education founded a nonprofit devoted to helping young adults become...
