Re-entry Impact-a-thon

The Re-Entry Co-Lab invites you to attend our first Re-Entry Impact-a-thon on Saturday November 12, 2016 in Englewood.

Whats an Impact-a-thon?
A creative convening and design hackathon focused on supporting re-entering citizens (folks who were formerly incarcerated), enhancing the work of re-entry organizations, and elevating re-entry social enterprises.

Why Does Re-Entry Matter?

• 1 in 3 Americans has a criminal record.
• Many states are spending more on incarceration than education.
• Locally, 1 in 2 people will be re-incarcerated within 3 years at a huge cost to individuals, families, communities, and taxpayers.
• Re-entry is deeply linked to poverty, housing, education, health care, and many other pressing issues.

Why a Co-Lab?

Unexpected and interdisciplinary collaboration can lead to powerful social change. The Co-Lab is a space to share stories, iterate ideas, and connect tech, design, and re-entry. 

Join our group of advocates, returning citizens, and techies by adding your skills to this complex issue:

We need:

• Returning citizens
• Advocates (Service Providers, Community Leaders, Attorneys, Artists, etc.,)
• Designers
• GIS mappers
• Developers
• Data scientists
  

Together we will:

• Hear about systems shaping re-entry, returning citizens' experiences, and the impact on society.
• Learn how technology, data science, and mapping may be applied to these issues.
• Share ideas in a design thinking workshop with returning citizens and organizations as the experts. 
• Work together in interdisciplinary teams to help map assets, needs, and innovative ideas for change.

Sponsors for this event are Microsoft, Datamade, and the Englewood Accelerator.

Partners include: Teamwork Englewood, Kennedy King College, Growing Home, Precious Blood Ministries, the North Lawndale Employment Network, and Kusanya Cafe.