In 2020, America’s public consciousness awakens from one of the largest social justice movements in the history of the US. Americans had public conversations about rasicms, legacy of slavery, and other social justice topics. As relatively recent arrivals to America, Asian Pacific Island Desi Americans (APIDA) entered the social justice conversations with many different perspectives given that APIDA come from over forty different countries and hundreds of languages. As the fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S. (in terms of percentages), APIDA needs to engage in the conversation. The 2021 SASEhack will give participants the opportunity to showcase their understanding of the cultural context of APIDA, relevance of APIDA engagement and develop creative solutions that engage the APIDA community in the conversation of social justice.
PREPARATION
Under the Resource Tab, you will find our webinar series to help you prepare.
- March 15 Webinar: Kent Tong, OCA, Molding AAPI Consciousness
- March 25 Webinar: A Conversation on Community Building and Solidarity with APIA Scholars
- Apr 12 Webinar: Storytelling Panel - Sharing Our Favorite Stories
TEAM BUILDING
April 19, we will hold a session over Zoom (recording) about the format of the competition and also serve as an opportunity to meet other participants to form teams. There was a team form to complete once you have identified your members. [Update: this form is now closed]
FORMAT
This is an open, non-technical hackathon. Your proposal or solution can be non-technical or technical. Consider the judging criteria as you develop and pitch your solution to our judges.
Eligibility
Enrolled in a high school or an undergrad program of a college or university as of April 30th, 2021
Requirements
Teams will select from one of the following tracks:
1) APIDA Story: In this time of COVID and social justice, how do we as the APIDA community share our stories to bring awareness to issues (bimodal nature of APIDA distribution of healthcare, education, income, etc.)?
2) APIDA Allyship: Given the complexity of the APIDA community, how do we become better allies and communicate the allyship within our community and outside?
Prizes
$5,500 in prizes
1st Place
2nd Place
Fan Favorite
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Dr. Raju Konduru
Vice President of Quality Assurance – Grooming, Procter & Gamble
Kabir Kumar
Senior Director – Global Culture, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (CDEI), Walmart
Clarence Low
Director of Organizational Relationships – SASE
Judging Criteria
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25% Addressing the Track topic at hand
Address 1) APIDA Story or 2) APIDA Allyship --- How well did you address your selected topic? -
10% Unique and Innovative Approach
Has someone already done this? Is your approach novel? -
25% Scalability of the proposal from concept to wide implementation
How scalable is your idea? Can this be done on a national level? -
25% Communication
How well are you telling your story or pitching your solution? -
15% Use of Technology
Did your team consider the use of technology? Will the technology be effective?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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