Open JC is a woman and minority-owned, non-profit organization and project of Friendship Ambassadors Foundation (FAF) whose mission is to empower residents to improve their quality of life using technology-driven solutions. Our goal is to create, implement and manage sustainable civic programs that impact communities through the intertwining of technology products, community engagement and partner
ships. Open JC was established to support funding and implementation of project initiatives to Code for JC, a Code for America Brigade. Our primary focus is to improve the efficiency of key government departments and improve communications with residents. Our wholistic approach is set to improve career preparedness of youth and adults for employment and entrepreneurship. Our core values are: ‘communities come first’, innovation, sustainability, ‘we before I’, everyone should have access, inclusiveness, family-friendly and ‘we are fun!’. The Vision of Open JC is Empowered Residents in Smart Digital Cities
Open JC has the following key definers.
• Education – Our organization implements programs that facilitate the learning of and teaches business & technology.
• Technology – We literally create and build technology-driven solutions through partnerships with youth and young adults in local communities.
• Communities – We exist to serve to the needs of local communities. In Jersey City, we respond to problems communities face with technology driven solutions. We are civic-minded and focus on youth and young adults
• Sustainability – We always try to keep the long-term goal of improving the lived experiences of residents at the forefront of our ethic, therefore we routinely integrate revenue generation into our programming and model for sustainability of the core work of education and finding technology-driven solutions.
