Kalimah Priforce

Overview

Kalimah Priforce is a social entrepreneur with a vision to change the lives of underprivileged children, those who live in poverty ridden areas. Kalimah wants to expose these kids to the digital world and e-commerce helping them cultivate their professional image and establish successful careers; He has made it his mission to provide these resources to these kids.Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, he established his first computer company when he was 17, now he turned his entrepreneur and mentorship experience towards developing innovative and technology based solutions for bridging the gaps in education for the less fortunate. Next was his venture to propagate his ‘our kids, our future’ mission. He was 22, the Thurgood Marshall Club of America, a youth-led venture between the Gallup Organization, the CUNY Institute for Virtual Enterprise, and the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund which reached out pre dominantly to black majority institutes offering leadership programs. “It takes a digital village to raise the 21st century child. Closing the technology gap begins with our most promising upstarts – today’s at-risk youth” Following this, Kalimah co-founded Qyeno labs together with other socially conscious people in 2010. The idea was to provide career guidance in the form of a gaming platform, where students can earn merit badges and rewards by reaching certain milestones in their career path. Mentoring from real professional is also available through video chats or scheduled meetings and the students get a chance to learn the insider’s scope of fields they are interested in, get internships and scholarships also. Under the Qyeno labs program, they have launched a “STEM4girls” – encouraging girls from minority and poor schools to take part in the science and technology ventures and Caeerrsters launched in 2011, which matches kids with the right career path for them and provides them a platform to get information, form discussion groups and

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