Friday, Sept 27th - Saturday, Sept 28th

(Pre-Hack Workshops will be on THURSDAY, Sept 26th. More info here! - hav.to/prehack )

Please join us for The Tri-Co Hackathon hosted at Haverford in VCAM!

Students of all abilities and interests are invited to participate in the 2019 Tri-Co Hackathon! You'll have the opportunity to learn new skills while creating projects that serve two local community organizations including Puentes de Salud and Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity. If you're interested in building a web or mobile applications, designing interfaces, collecting data, creating multimedia art, or coordinating group work while helping to advance social justice goals in the Philadelphia area, we encourage you to join us at Haverford College on September 27th and 28th!

SPONSORS:
Center for Innovation and Leadership (Swarthmore), Haverford Innovation Program (HIP) & Libraries, Bryn Mawr College LITS & The Center & Tri-Co Digital Scholarship.

THE EVENT:
The Tri-Co Hackathon aims to bring teams of students from Haverford, Swarthmore, and Bryn Mawr together in collaborative learning through engagement with digital technology and programming.

ABOUT:
For this year’s Trico Hackathon, we hope to offer participants three main categories of prompts for projects as they relate to Philadelphia-area community organizations--issues, needs, and specific project ideas. Students may develop projects focused on positive impact informed by direct input from organizations who do community-engaged work or work on other concepts.

After workshops and dinner on Friday, students will meet and discuss interests and project ideas around proposed themes to form teams of 2-5 people. Teams work together on a prototype until 6 pm on Saturday evening when they will present their work to a panel of judges for a chance to win prizes.

EXPERIENCE:
No experience necessary!
This event is for all students -  from coding neophytes to seasoned Computer Science majors.  

There will be a selection of skill-building workshops on Friday afternoon to help beginners learn concept and tools to help get their projects up and running, as well as more advanced topics for those with experience interested in learning something new.

SUGGESTED PROJECT THEMES:
1. Puentes de Salud  // Info & Problem Prompts:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lk1SUWMfWsrROTNteXnmDYKTYmZOumoMIq0wgZATo0g/edit?usp=sharing

2. Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity // Info & Problem Prompts:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18_iMPWFZBqClDNHko89oU3IW-dTD8-0qxEBCP9mVSMQ/edit

3. Choose Your Own!

PRIZES:
Yes!

HACKATHON SCHEDULE (may change):  

Friday, Sept 27th
5:30-6:30
“Using Technology for Criminal Record Reform”
This year’s TriCo Hackathon speaker is Katherine Zev, Director of Communication & Outreach from Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity (PLSE).

PLSE works toward just outcomes for low-income individuals who have had contact with the Pennsylvania criminal justice system because social justice requires social action.

7-8p - Workshop Section 1 (optional). See below
8-9pm - Workshops Section 2 (optional). See below
9-10p - Team Formation & work begins

Saturday, Sept 28th: 10am - 8:30pm
10am-6pm -  Development
6-7:30pm  -  Dinner & Presentations
8-8:30pm -   Awards Ceremony & Celebration!


WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, Sept 26th
(at Haverford College)
6pm | User Experience and Interface Design hosted by Mike Zarafonetis, Haverford Libraries
Lutnick 232 (Digital Scholarship Classroom)

7pm | Just Enough HTML/CSS/Javascript hosted by Conor Stuart roe and Emily Lin, Haverford Libraries
Lutnick 232


Friday, Sept 27th
7-8pm | * git/GitHub - Practical workflows for collaborative development (Nabil Kashyap, Swarthmore Libraries)
VCAM 102

7-8pm | * Simple web applications with Flask/starlette (Andy Janco, Haverford Libraries)
VCAM 201

8-9pm | * Getting up and Running With Bootstrap (Nabil Kashyap, Swarthmore Libraries)
VCAM 102

8-9pm | * Natural language processing with spaCy (Andy Janco, Haverford Libraries)
VCAM 201


FOOD (duh):
Friday Dinner - Pizza & evening snacks
Saturday Breakfast/Brunch - Bagels
Saturday Lunch - Participants are welcome to eat or make take-out boxes at Haverford's DC. Students who do not have a meal plan can indicate below.
Saturday snacks: yes!
Saturday dinner: Taco bar & desserts!


TRANSPORTATION:
This event has been scheduled to accommodate Blue Bus and/or Tri-Co Van riders on Friday.
More info on Saturday transportation info coming soon.


CODE OF CONDUCT:
2019 Tri-Co Hackathon: Code of Conduct

Our hackathon is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of the following.
• gender
• gender identity and expression
• age
• sexual orientation
• disability
• physical appearance
• body size
• race
• ethnicity
• nationality
• religion
• previous hackathon attendance or lack of
• computing experience or lack of
• chosen programming language or tech stack
We do not tolerate harassment of hackathon participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate at any hackathon venue, this includes the following.
• hacks
• talks, presentations, or demos
• workshops
• any parties associated with the Hackathon
• social media
• any other online media
Hackathon participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the hackathon at the discretion of the hackathon organizers.