Data for Democracy Hackathon: Happening This Weekend!
Or: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How?
What:
The first Data for Democracy Global Hackathon.
Data for Democracy is a community of people using data to drive better decisions and improve the world in which we live. Join us for our first ever hackathon, where groups and individuals across the world will be working together on civic-oriented data projects.
Who:
The Data for Democracy community, including you!
Why:
This is a golden opportunity to apply your data and technology skills and interests for social good. Whether you’re new to the D4D community or have been an active member for months, and whether you’d like to jump on board with an existing project or get a new idea off the ground, you’re welcome to be a part of the hackathon!
When:
The hackathon will be from March 31 (Friday), 6 pm EDT, to April 2 (Sunday), 2 pm EDT.
Where:
If you can’t make it to an in-person meetup, no worries — a lot of activity will be happening remotely! Email us at team@datafordemocracy.org to get an invitation to our Slack. Check out our projects on GitHub, and some of our datasets on data.world.
The in-person meetups are being organized in some major cities. Find the one nearest you in the following list!
Austin, Texas:
Saturday, April 1, 10 am — 4 pm CDT
Dev Bootcamp
1705 Guadalupe Street
Austin, TX 78701
Register here
Boston, Massachusetts:
Saturday, April 1, 9.30 am — 3.30 pm EDT
55 Massachusetts Avenue
Building 5, room 5–134
Cambridge, MA 02142
Register here
Chicago, Illinois:
Friday, March 31, 5 pm — 10 pm CDT
Saturday, April 1, 10 am — 2 pm CDT
Metis Chicago
1033 West Van Buren St, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Register here
Louisville, Kentucky:
Friday, March 31, 6 pm — Saturday, April 1, 6 pm EDT
LouieLab
745 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Register here
New York City, New York:
Saturday, April 1, 9 am — 9 pm EDT
NYU Center for Data Science
60 5th Ave
New York, NY 10011
Register here
Seattle, Washington:
Friday, March 31, 6.30 pm — 10 pm PDT
Saturday, April 1, 8 am — 10 pm PDT
Sunday, April 2, 8 am — 5 pm PDT
Ada’s Technical Books
425 15th Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98112
Register here
Washington DC:
Saturday, April 1, 10 am — 4 pm EDT
WeWork Crystal City
2221 South Clark Street
Arlington, VA 22202
Register here
How:
We’d like to thank our sponsors and supporters who are helping to make this possible.
- Ada’s Technical Books is a Seattle bookstore that seeks to open the doors to technology and science as widely as possible, and provide a space for the tech community to gather.
- The Civic Data Alliance is Louisville’s volunteer Code for America Brigade, and advocates for open data, hackathons, and civic engagement.
- data.world is a social network for data people. It aims to provide a platform for data scientists to discover and share cool data, connect with others who share their interests, and work together to solve problems faster.
- Dev Bootcamp is an immersive coding bootcamp with locations in Austin, Chicago, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle.
- LouieLab is a civic innovation hub and coworking space, designed to promote and build smart city projects through collaboration between private companies and the city of Louisville.
- Metis provides full-time immersive bootcamps, evening part-time professional development courses, online resources, and corporate programs for data scientists in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle.
- The MIT Association of Computational Science and Engineering Students is a social organization for graduate students within the Center for Computational Engineering at MIT.
- The NYU Center for Data Science aims to create the country’s leading data science training and research facilities, and equip researchers and professionals with tools to harness the power of big data.
- Red Oak Strategic provides full-stack data science consulting services, including data engineering, predictive analytics, visualizations and data-driven strategies in the finance, corporate, political and other verticals.
