Like other inventive and forward-thinking organizations, The Codex Creation Committee (CCC) strives to find opportunities to provide free educational programming for students and the community. What makes CCC stand out may be its ongoing commitment to something thoroughly modern: community-empowering code.
By generating inclusive, thoughtful, multicultural, and community-driven coding practices for the future, CCC hopes to strengthen communities with new educational opportunities coloring a broad spectrum—from health and wellness to art, culture, entertainment, and technology. 
A recent grant from Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF) will further fuel those efforts.
CCC Executive Director Tizoc DeAztlan said the recent grant not only falls in line with what IECF offers the community but that the resources come at a pivotal time.
“This support has allowed us to continue providing programming for our community at a really critical time when there are a lot of budget cuts and funding is harder part to come by,” he added. “It’s very enormous to have a partner like this.”
The resources, distributed through IECF’s Gates Educational Advancement Grant, will further allow CCC to enhance a world where intellectual curiosity prospers, community connections deepen, and cultural enrichment is accessible to all.
“Collective well-being is prioritized,” DeAztlan said.
Those four pillars, he added, were established to inspire and empower individuals and communities to fully explore, connect and celebrate diversity.
Supporting one another in a shared journey towards an even more inclusive future is vital, too. Providing people with the strength and confidence to shape their own destinies generates an impactful ripple effect.
And while coding—that seemingly ethereal process of writing specifications for a computer to perform a key task using a significant programming language—happens behind the scenes, CCC is certainly out there among the community, too.
The organization is aligned with several notable community initiatives. They include The Mobius Experience, which unites brainstormers to address the current environmental and global conditions that require attention.
The much-anticipated event unfolds April 15-16, 2026.
Elsewhere, CCC’s support of Run with Los Muertos (Nov. 1), helps honor the centuries-old tradition of uniting dozens of community groups, teams, artists, musicians, runners, and many thousands of attendees throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Canada for an empowering event that celebrates wellness, art, music, and culture.
Workshops and workouts filter into the mix and an impressive block party in Old Town Coachella stands out. It also features the popular 5K run, a colorful procession, art walk, car show and a vendor village, along with three stages of festive live entertainment.
“It’s obviously a very empowering event,” DeAztlan said. “It’s very big on arts and culture, and we feature dozens of local artists. Our car show is popular, which is a big deal for the Latino community.”
More than 20 local schools participate and compete in the popular Day of the Dead procession.
“It’s just a way to create a community environment,” DeAztlan said. “At the end of the day, there’s no substitute for bringing folks together and being able to celebrate.”
The diversity of the event is significant.
“It brings folks from throughout Coachella Valley,” DeAztlan stressed. “A lot of times East Side stays on the East Eide, West Side stays there. But with our partnerships, we’ve been able to foster an evening that brings folks not only from out throughout the Coachella Valley.
“Now, with our communities seemingly under attack, it’s just really feels great to be able to have organizations like IECF on our side,” he added.
Learn more at codexcreation.com.
This story originally appeared in the Desert Sun, November 2025.
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