Lake Merritt Easy Run To Solve Child Hunger

This is a fun evening loop around Lake Merritt to raise awareness about Hackathons as a tool for Social Impact to Solve Child Hunger. I will wait a few minutes, at Pergola at Lake Merritt, for people to join. All running paces are welcome! Everyone from beginners to speedsters can find someone at their pace to run with. It is not competitive, the emphasis is on making it back to the Pergola at Lake Merritt after the run and  SOCIALIZE !!! 

What is a Hackathon?

Hackathons have been used by companies like Google and Facebook as well as other Silicon valley companies as a mechanism of bringing software engineers together to produce a new product within 24-48 hours. Several groups participate and compete for a prize. The organizers provide people with food, mentorships and the judges of the Hackathon (who may be investors, etc.) choose the best solutions. The Hackathon is an approach to create new projects and ideas collaboratively. 

What is a Social Impact Hackathon?

Social Impact Hackathons are Hackathons with measurable impacts. Participants have 30 days to deliver their solutions to their users once the Hackathon is over to be qualified to win the big prize. It is a very important tool for development. It can be used in the strict sense to produce softwares to solve practical problems, and it can also be used to create collaborative solutions to problems. Social Impact Hackathons can be used to develop solutions to water scarcity, gun violence, how to control population growth, design of mechanisms to allow people to improve their lives and skills (adjust to changing job market situation) and other social problems

Next hackathon:  Hackathon to Solve Child Hunger with Stephen Curry/Ayesha Curry

Past Hackathons: 

-Hackathon to Solve Homelessness

-Hackathon for Puerto Rico

-Solutions: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mkovAJG5AAeEBEH88TD0ObloYrCnjvpL

Stay in touch:

Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-hackathons-Meetup/

Photos:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hs3f_865fUF372CFAaZK-K5WMrJA18Fs 

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