My Brother's Keeper Hackathon 2015 - Oakland
Event Information
Description
One year ago, the impossible was achieved.
Qeyno Labs launched the first hackathon for Black Male Achievement ever, in Oakland, California.
After powering two additional hackathons, at 2014 Essence Festival and the first #MBKHack in Philadelphia, we are coming back home to make history again with #MBKHack Oakland, in February 2015!
At Qeyno Labs, our mission is to transform children's lives and empower them through education, social innovation, and technology. We have made "hackathon" a household word in hundreds of homes, and MSNBC produced a mini-documentary that has garnered national attention to our work.
Young women attending the majority-male hackathon will have encouraging and supportive mentors through MSK, and will be building apps that they feel will improve the life outcomes of young men of color, but through their genius, their leadership, and their designs.
Kalimah Priforce believes that, “It is only by including young women and trans youth, do we get closer to an inclusive masculinity for the 21st century.”
At the end of the hackathon, participants will walk away with a sense of accomplishment, inspired by experiencing what is possible when brilliant people get together to solve problems.
Wait, what is a hackathon?
Hackathons gather together technologists (coders), artist (designers), problem solvers (innovators) and industry/area experts (students, teachers, parents, activist, community leaders, YOU) to build a web or mobile app that can change the world, create a business, or both!
Hmmm, what if I don't know how to code?
While we're calling it a hackathon, we're explicitly welcoming everyone, regardless of their skill or talent. At our hackathon, we are combining professionals, mentors and youth to collaborate on building technological tools that can transform their hoods.
What's the schedule like?
Each participant will commit three (3) days to the hackathon. Here is what our days will look like:
- Day One: Friday, February 20, 2015 *
- 4:00pm - Doors Open & Check in Opens
- 5:00pm - Dinner + Networking
- 6:00pm - Welcome: Speakers and Hackathon Officially Begins
- 6:30pm - Pitches Start
- 8:00pm - Voting
- 8:25pm - Team Formation
- 9:00 pm - Wrap Up
- Day Two: Saturday, February 21, 2015
- 7:00am - Breakfast
- 8:00am - Workshop: Intro to MVP and Rapid Prototyping
- 8:20am - Team Registration + Workspace Assignment
- 9:00am - Hacking Begins
- 12:00pm - Lunch
- 6:00pm - Dinner
- 10:00 pm - Wrap Up
- Day Three: Sunday, February 22, 2015
- 7:00am - Breakfast
- 8:00am - Workshop - Pitching Your Best Self
- 12:00pm - Lunch
- 3:00pm - Pitch Deck Submission Deadline
- 4:00pm - Final Pitches
- 5:30pm - Judging & Awards
- 5:45pm - Rites of Passage Ceremony / Wrap Up
- 6:00pm - Community Celebration
*Start time exceptions will be made for observers of the Lunar New Year. Please notify us during resgistration or via email, at team@qeyno.com, if you will need to start on Saturday morning at 7am.
We Need Volunteers!
If you are not a Designer, Developer or Innovator, but still want to help out, sign up to be a volunteer! Our volunteers will be a critical part of the event's success, while having the opportunity to experience the hackathon from the inside.
Our volunteers include seasoned and fresh entrepreneurs, industry professionals, community organizers, concerned citizens, youth and parents who are all passionate about solving some of the most difficult problems facing our society today.
Volunteers help with tasks like registration, set up & clean up, social media and various team needs.
Sponsored by:
Community Partners:
If you would like to sponsor the event, or be a community partner, please contact Qeyno at team@qeyno.com.
Organizer Hackathon Academy - Powered By Qeyno
Organizer of My Brother's Keeper Hackathon 2015 - Oakland
Hackathon Academy is a three-day pop-up school that utilizes a model of immersive learning engagement that introduces coding, art design, and product development to high potential, low opportunity youth. Trailblazers (youth participants) creates teams alongside their mentors (adult professionals and experts) to rapidly prototype, test, and pitch a unique solution to the world’s biggest problems.
