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to go w/ our statement about BLM, we can donate $25-$100 to a BLM in tech org or just general BLM. that's what a lot of organizations are doing to make it a hackathon for equality/blm

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our mission statement is increasing the inclusion and access to computer science, so it makes sense if we're encouraging more to try computer science with this hackathon.

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expose them to computer science (something that they have not tried before)

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expose them to computer science (something that they have not tried before)

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CS is powerful and whatever they do in the future, which area they work in, CS knowledge and the practice of coding will always help. So while before they may not have any access to CS, now, they get an opportunity to gain the benefits of knowing CS.
Through our hackathon, they can gain joy from coding and having a result, and thus consider CS and know more about CS.

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high schoolers who typically get less exposure to CS or who don't typically think about doing CS, so girls/minority groups/underprivileged students

With that I'm thinking, if we're making a hackathon for people who [already knows how to code and all], how does it differ from any other hackathon? why is it that we, w/o any experience in hosting a hackathon, will go and host a hackathon for them? we can just promote other hackathons

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Middle/high school students whom are minorities in stem/underprivileged. if we truly want to increase inclusion/access in CS then we need to provide opportunities to those that need it (Equity!) They face multiple barriers so this can be a step to decreasing the gap. By marketing it to minorities, we are not blocking out those who do not fall under this category but instead focusing on the demographics that struggle more.

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Give opportunity for students to develop their CS skills + target a demographic that don't get as many tech opportunities

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Give opportunity for students to develop their CS skills + target a demographic that don't get as many tech opportunities

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Access: By providing another outlet/resource to students to use/try CS.
Inclusion: specifically targeting students from underrepresented communities benefits the goal of changing what a programmer looks like.

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People can come to learn new skills/languages or demonstrate their skills through projects. It can be a place for students to use what they learn in a classroom setting and expand it to a more competitive/collaborative + encouraging/safe environment.

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Middle/High Schoolers --> ideally, this event should be able to benefit students from low-income/underprivileged areas who wouldn't have access to these resources and mentoring opportunities otherwise

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Through our advanced Hackathon, we will be helping those who are not new to coding advance their skills and compete rigorously.

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Teach them Python or HTML / CSS for couple of hours, then have them build something rest of the day with checkins?

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Make sure that with all the planning for the hackathon, we make sure that there is plenty of games and interactive activities for them to participate in. The issue with letting them go off is that if someone is just taught something and is released to create something, they may lose motivation super quickly and not finish anything, especially if there are roadblocks. Be sure to plan small breaks where you all have fun as a group

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how does it align with our mission statement/OKR’s to increase access and inclusion

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who’s the audience/who does this hackathon benefit

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what can they get out of this hackathon/how does it benefit them