Last fall, the youth development organization Hopeworks 'N Camden hosted its first-ever hack-athon, an event aimed at using technology to find solutions to the city's economic problems.

The hack-athon, sponsored by companies that included Subaru of America and Starbucks, hosted 96 young men and women, plus 20 from Hopeworks, as well as 14 developers from various companies. The event has led to a growing relationship between Hopeworks, which provides young Camden residents with high-tech job training, and Subaru, which has since offered company tours and information technology workshops to aspiring Web developers, said Hopeworks executive director Dan Rhoton.

On April 16, Hopeworks will hold its second hack-athon, this time with an eye toward addressing the city's violence. Instead of adults having the same conversation about how to keep kids off the streets and away from guns, Rhoton said, Camden's youngest residents should be leading the discussion.

"We want to keep shattering people's ideas of what Camden residents can do," Rhoton said.

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