The United States of America is a nation of immigrants … our story
The United States of America is a nation of immigrants and that is our strength. We do not agree with excluding people based on their religion or where they come from geographically, this is against the principles of America.
One small story, on Friday January 27th (yesterday) it was holocaust remembrance day. Ladyada’s relatives were killed in the holocaust, Ladyada’s father was born in the middle east, he later applied and went to MIT in the USA and earned a Ph.D in Aeronautics and Astronautics.
We saw this tweet today from the founder of code.org, one of our partners.
I left Iran as an 11-yr old, during the Reagan admin. America helped my family escape a bloody war. @codeorg wouldn't exist otherwise.
Many of us are here because someone came from somewhere else looking for a better life, a place to make a difference and have the freedoms America stands for.
Adafruit has had paid day off for voting for our team for years, if you need help getting that going for your organization, let us know – we can share how and why we did this as well as the good results. Here are some resources for voting by mail, voting in person, and some NY resources for our NY based teams as well. If there are additional resources to add, please let us know – adafruit.com/vote
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
