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Designer Mentor
ORGANIZATION: Qeyno Group
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1 person is interested
A Qeyno Hackathon Academy is a great place to not just practice your coding and design skills, but to take them to the next level through an intense and immersive hackathon experience like no other. You will be working alongside high potential youth from low opportunity settings who are excited to learn from you. You will be supporting them in the development of their prototypes and transforming their ideas into innovations.
#DREAMerHack is the next Hackathon Academy by Qeyno that will once again invite Bay Area youth to solve the world’s biggest problems through a three-day immersive experience with coding, design, and innovation.
Bay Area youth and mentors will work together to build "sanctuary" apps to address the growing insecurities and safety-risks for those affected by forced displacement, whether it be deportation, loss of stable housing, or natural disasters such as hurricanes or fires.
In the tradition of the hackers who conducted the Underground Railroad, #DREAMerHack is focused on "hacking alienation". Youth will become Trailblazers alongside their mentors and identify innovative ways to help others find their way towards freedom.
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About Qeyno Group
Location:
1465 65th St., #144, Emeryville, CA 94608, US
Mission Statement
Qeyno’s mission is to lift barriers to human potential to meet the ultimate challenges of the future.
Description
Launched in 2013 in the wake of the Trayvon Martin American tragedy, Qeyno (then Qeyno Labs) took a leap forward from software development to moonshot a hackathon experience with Startup Weekend that would address the question, "Could an app have saved Trayvon Martin?"
After the groundbreaking success of the first hackathon for Black Male Achievement in Oakland (CA), Qeyno created a pop-up school experience that modified the traditional hackathon model to make it accessible to low opportunity youth and a healthy environment for all youth.
Hackathon Academy has served clients from celebrities such as Prince to nationwide initiatives like President Obama's My Brother's Keeper call-to-action. As our pop-up school model is replicated by companies and organizations across the globe, Hackathon Academy continues to be the home for teen hackers solving the world's biggest problems.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
MetWest High SchoolOakland, CA 94606
DATE POSTED
March 12, 2018
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Web Design / UX
- Teaching / Instruction
- Graphic Design
- Web Design
- Graphic Design / Print
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Each participant will commit 3 days to the event.