Good Community: Supporting the Next Generation in Gaming during Black History Month

FarBridge
3 min readFeb 15, 2023

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Welcome to 2023, and our newest installment of #GoodCommunity — a blog series where we explore what it means to create and participate in meaningful connections within our communities, big or small.

Building a #GoodCommunity takes a village. The groups we’re featuring this month are led and supported by Black professionals in gaming who want to empower the next generation. We’re excited to see the games industry growing and reflecting the diversity of our players and communities, and we want to shout out folks that are making that happen!

Gameheads key art image with drawings of various characters. The Gameheads logo is featured front and center of the image.
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Gameheads
Gameheads is a tech training program that equips young people of color with the tech and life skills they need to succeed at school, in their careers, and beyond.

Interested in helping support their program? Learn more here.

Black Girls CODE social image featuring a young Black woman that is looking into the camera. The words “The future looks like me.” are featured next to her.
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Black Girls CODE

Black Girls CODE builds pathways for young women of color to embrace the current tech marketplace as builders and creators by introducing them to skills in computer programming and technology.

Interested in helping support their program? Learn more here.

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ATX Game Makers

ATX Game Makers is a non-profit community dedicated to helping increase diversity in the games industry. Since 2019 the ATX Game Maker community has grown to include hundreds of working-professionals and hobbyist developers, supporting each other in both their professional careers and indie game development.

Learn more about their events and programs here.

Social graphic from Iron Galaxy that has a video game controller in the center surrounded by the words, “Press start on your career in gaming” in classic 8bit font.
Image provided by Iron Galaxy

BONUS: “Press Start On Your Career in Games” with Iron Galaxy
If you’re looking to start a career in gaming or know someone who wants to learn more… Our friends over at Iron Galaxy will be hosting a free session on how to start a career in games led by their Black@IGS Employee Resource Group and Recruiting team. The session will be held via Zoom on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.

Register here

Let’s Make a Difference!

Join us and help build a future for creatives by supporting the organizations like those listed above, and getting connected with other local organizations in your area.

As we continue our series on Good Community, let us know if there are any groups you want to see us work with, learn more about, or shout out in future posts! You can read our previous #GoodCommunity posts on our Medium.

Here at FarBridge, our team is hard at work creating beautiful, fun, and immersive games for nearly every type of device. If you’d like to learn more about our team or join us on future projects, check out our website: farbridge.com

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