Hacktivists Unite

EVENT UPDATE: Attention Hacktivists, We are excited to announce that we have joined forces with AngelHack and ThoughtWorks and will be combining events to bring you the Ctrl Alt Delete Hate Hackathon on Apr 1 - 2 at ThoughtWorks in San Francisco. We would love for you to join us! Hacktivist Unite participants, enter coupon code Free4HU. General Assembly students, enter coupon code Free4GA. If you are unable to attend, please let us know to receive a full refund. In Solidarity, Tech Stands Up & We Persist ............................................................................ Are you interested in the intersection between human-centered design and activism? Hacktivists Unite is the perfect opportunity to connect and work with other activists, policy makers, journalists, designers and developers who want to stand up for our country. Join us April 7-9 to tackle some of the most urgent and vexing problems we face right now: Refugee and immigrant communities are under siege. How do we protect them? Free speech and freedom of the press are being attacked. How do we fight back? How might the activist, journalist and tech communities boldly and imaginatively combat these threats by working together? Who are we? We Persist, Women’s March Sacramento, Women’s March Oakland, and Tech Stands Up are joining forces to tackle these pressing issues. Hacktivists Unite is generously hosted by General Assembly, San Francisco.  What is a hackathon? Hackathons are events that enable smart, dedicated, passionate people from a multitude of backgrounds to come together to focus on solving (or hacking) a specific problem. Facebook’s “Like” button, for instance, came out of a hackathon. To get a better sense of what a hackathon is like, check out MIT’s 2014 event, “Making a Breast Pump That Doesn’t Suck.” When: Friday, April 7 –  6:00pm – 9:00pm (presenting challenges, pitching ideas) Saturday, April 8 – 9:00am – 6:00pm (iterating, building, presenting initial demos, crowd judging) Sunday, April 9 – 9:00am – 5:00pm (polishing, presenting final demos)