Innovators for Purpose
About
Innovators for Purpose, known as iFp, is a BIPOC-led nonprofit design and innovation studio in Cambridge working with young people from under-recognized communities. Through hands-on projects at the intersection of art and design, STEM and social impact, students build creative, technical and leadership skills. Recent work has students examining who builds AI, who benefits and who is left out, and reimagining how AI could serve everyone.
iFp began when a group of friends with successful careers asked how they might help the communities they came from. Its flagship iFp Studios program for grades 9 through 12 is a paid internship pairing students with industry professionals on client-sponsored projects, and iFp Next supports alumni with mentorship, internships and job opportunities. Alumni have gone on to Harvard, Northeastern, UMass, Wentworth and the University of Toronto.
What to Know
- Looking Glass, designed by iFp teens in 2017, is one of the most photographed public art pieces in Kendall Square.
- Student work includes This Should Not Be, a set of augmented reality stories about early 2020.
- An iFp student resource on AI was selected for the NeurIPS conference.
- iFp is a member of the Kendall Square Association.
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