HexHacks: Design Hackathon for Promoting Underrepresented Communities In Tech

Hexagon NYC is excited to invite you to HexHacks, a design jam event focused on bringing our minds together to create solutions that can promote underrepresented communities in tech and uplift our community of women and non-binary individuals! 

Design Challenges:

• Unconscious Bias: Create unique, technology-driven tools that can help anyone learn about how to identify, understand and improve the influence of unconscious bias in the workplace

• Powered by Perspective: Create a tool that helps allies learn ways to support women in the workplace and the tech community

• Access to opportunities: Build technology that helps women in tech find resources, events, mentorship

• Celebrating Role Models: Develop a solution that highlights senior women leaders in tech and tells their stories, with the goal of inspiring girls and younger women to pursue tech careers

Schedule:

9:30 am    Doors Open & Breakfast
10:00 am  Introduction & Overview of Schedule
10:30 am  Team Formation
11:00 am  Working Morning Session
12:00 pm  Skill Building Workshops (3 offered workshops, select 1)
1:00 pm    Lunch
1:30 pm    Working Afternoon Session
5:30 pm    Recap & Presentations
6:30 pm    Awards Ceremony & Doors Close
7:00 pm    Happy Hour @ Local Bar (21+)

Price

$10 early bird 
$15 general admission

What is a hackathon?

Check out this Hackathon 101 Guide

Why Should I come?

Read this

Workshops 

How to Deal with Unconscious Bias in the Workplace - Shalyn Oswald, Lead UX/UI Designer at @ IBM

Usability Testing Basics - Heather O'Neill, CEO & Strategic Partner at @ Pixels for Humans

How to Succeed When You Join a New Team - Ashley Reese, UX Researcher at @ Google

Sponsors

Have questions?

Reach out to us hexagonux.nyc@gmail.com

Hexagon aims to build a supportive community that fosters diversity, support, empowerment, and mentorship for women. We welcome all women and gender nonconforming individuals. No matter your gender identity, if you support diversity in tech, we’d love to have you. Read more about our story and our community participation guidelines, including our code of conduct, at hexagonux.com.

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