Open Sprints: Civic Tech Hackathon

Open Sprints: Civic Tech Hackathon is back for its second year, bringing together passionate teams dedicated to building open-source solutions for the public good. Join us in creating impactful projects that can drive real change in communities!

Hosted by Femmecubator and proudly sponsored by and .
What the day will look like:
Pitch + Meet Networking: 11am -12nn
Group Lunch: 12 nn - 1pm
Project Great Dane - Community Interviews: 1pm-2pm
Breakout Team Huddle: 2pm - 4pm
Write up your pitch: 2pm - 4pm
Get free admission hackathon ticket, team merch, prizes, and pizza on us!

• A Tech Gathering for Social Good. Flex your skills, network with peers, work on open source projects (dataviz, chatbot, research, design and code)
  
• Convene with the community. We’re setting up infrastructure to impact citywide change via Equitable Mapping sprint activities
  

• Join a coalition of allies. From university students, grassroots teachers, tech workers, to mentors from NY tech orgs. Show your support for BIPOC women and femmes!
  

What to expect:

• IN-PERSON EVENT. This event can be attended only in NYC. Our feature project, Project Great Dane will host a mini design challenge in the afternoon where attendees will do a mini pitch off in the end.
  
• LAPTOPS - BYO laptop! half of the day is about collaborating, code-along, workshops etc.
  

• LUNCH IS INCLUDED. Food will be provided, make sure to choose your pizza options.
  

• COMMUNITY-DRIVEN LEARNING. This event is a pitch style showcase of work led by the Civic Tech Fellows and Core Team Femmecubator and community volunteers! (Project Husky and Project Foxhound).
  
• DESIGN CHALLENGE - We’re opening up a one week design challenge for Project Great Dane. Help us improve the prototype for the Equitable Mapping project.
  What is Open Sprints?
  Open Sprints is open to the public where they can learn practical skills and get hands on exposure to facilitator-run workshops.
  Interested to join a project beyond the event? Ping us at [email protected] or join us on Slack.
  What are the Projects?
  Project Foxhound, Husky and Great Dane. You can review the project work plan here: www.opensprints.tech

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

7 W 34th St., 7 West 34th Street, New York, United States