Tumblr MLK Day Hackathon 2014

This Martin Luther King Day weekend, Tumblr and the Black Techies, an organization I founded to promote diversity in engineering, are collaborating to host a hackathon. The MLK DreamCode Hackathon will take place at Tumblr HQ beginning the morning of Saturday, January 18th and go on through the evening of Sunday, January 19th.

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Join My Brother's Keeper Hackathon as a TechMentor #mbkhack @yeswecode SIGN UP TODAY! #volunteer

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/my-brothers-keeper-2014-registration-philadelphia-tickets-12524857185?aff=estw

MBKHACK is aggressively looking for designers and developers to donate their time with youth next weekend in Philadelphia. If you are interested and can bring a friend or two please sign up to mentor and contact me directly ([email protected]). Each participant will commit three (3) days to the hackathon. Here is what our days will look like:

Day One: Friday, November 14th, 2014 3:00pm - Doors Open & Registration Starts 5:00pm - Open Pitching (Youth and adults are both welcome to pitch their app ideas for the hackathon) 6:00pm - Teams start forming and discussing ideas 10:00 pm - Wrap Up

Day Two: Saturday, November 15th, 2014 7:00am - Breakfast 9:00am - Team Check-in 12:00pm - Team Check-in 10:00 pm - Wrap Up

Day Three: Sunday, November 16th, 2014 7:00am - Breakfast 9:00am - Team Check-in 12:00pm - Final Team Check-in 1:00pm - Wrap Up 2:00pm - Final Pitches 3:30pm - Judge announce winners 4:00pm - Rites of Passage Ceremony

[urbansocialista]

Join us tomorrow at 1:30PM EST for Tech Careers chat! Follow the conversation via #drivinginnovation via my handle @msmarypryor - thanks for the support!

[urbansocialista]

NOTE: Tickets are for general admission to the Hackathon. If you would like to participate, please sign up on Hacker League and/or email [email protected].



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One of my favorite pics from the MLK DreamCode Hackathon.

Credit: kevinsteck

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where is that picture taken

All of the event pics were at Tumblr HQ

[bigdatafanboy]

Hiro Sitzin Team. We built an app to help nonpartisan volunteers register voters at nonprofits and agencies, which must provide voter registration and must remain nonpartisan by law.

We had not slept much and were giddy waiting tor the judges to return.

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Best selfie award goes to Hero Sitzin for sure

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More geeks of colour from #tumblr #mlkhack in conjunction with #dreamcode (at Tumblr HQ)

[algorithmicalexpansion-deactiva]

They caught me in the grind! Check out Tumblr’s new DreamCode initiative to get more minority coders into the game!

[mlkdreamcode]

Mulkar creator, algorithmicalexpansion, hard at work.

[aebraddy]

The #MLKDreamCode hackathon is in full swing and while not competing, SocialGrade is kicking it and community building in it’s new home. #NYC #SocialGood via Instagram http://ift.tt/1dG7MWa

[komapa]

Thanks kylewpppd!

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Just before the winners were announced.

[aebraddy]

The kids from #AllStarCode dropped by to learn (and teach!!!) a thing or two at #MLKDreamCode hackathon…cue the Whitney… via Instagram http://ift.tt/1i9Y7vu

[mlkdreamcode]

Awesome to see so many youngsters involved! Thank you thechristinablog for bringing ASC.

[thechristinablog]

#mlkdreamcode awaiting judging! #blacktechies #allstarcode including yours truly.

[komapa]

Zen derekg

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Tumblr VP of Product & Engineering derekg talks to the young men of All Star Code [allstarcode.org]

[celuzza]

At my first ever #hackathon. And I think I like it #mlkdreamcode #tech #tumblr (at Tumblr HQ)

[ptothek]

#MLKDreamCode #hackathon #myteam #Tumblr

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Local Greens in Action

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SPONSIBL takes the Grand Prize, and wins a Roku 3 streaming player for every member of the team and a $1000 donation to the charity of their choice.

Our Black Box takes the First Prize as the 'Best Social Justice' app. Every team member receives a Google Chromecast streaming player.

Local Greens takes the First Prize as the 'Best Use of Tumblr' app. Every team member also receives a Google Chromecast streaming player.

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'Black Techies'€™ Hosts Hackathon to Honor Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Seeking to mobilize technophiles in hacks that further Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'€™s values, Black Techies joined forces with Tumblr to organize the MLK Dream Code Hackathon.  Beginning the morning of January 18, the 30-plus-hour coding event attracted a mixed crowd of approximately 30 ...

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