LYLAS Lab: Policy Hackathon on Reproductive Rights

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Addressing some of today’s most relevant societal challenges can’t be solved by one discipline alone- LYLAS Labs empowers women to come together to solve modern societal and political challenges on interdisciplinary teams. Each team is armed with open data sources and paired with subject matter experts to propose creative solutions and frameworks.
About the Hackathon:
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For its inaugural hackathon, LYLAS is partnering with the <A HREF="https://flatironschool.com/scholarships/women-take-tech/citi/?utm_campaign=Sponsored_Content&utm_source=love%20ya%20like%20a%20sis&utm_medium=Hackathon%202018%20-%20Citi%20WTT" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Flatiron School</A> to host a reproductive rights policy hackathon. The goal is to develop content and prototypes to aide candidates and advocates with the tools they need to understand the policies, opinions, and current state of abortion across the nation.
Information for Participants:
Participants will be organized a week before the event into groups. Each group will be formed by the LYLAS Labs production team to ensure that each team is interdisciplinary and includes a flatiron technical expert. Starter packs will be given to each teams and include: public data sets, lists of reproductive health organization tools that already exist, advice on ideation techniques for team brainstorms and project execution.
Throughout the day, teams will have access to subject matter experts at the event and opportunities for teams to “hack” the issue as well as pressure test their ideas with external experts on the project’s feasibility on real world application. The hackathon will bring ideas that will surely have potential to immediately impact your organizations and its role in the dissemination and public policy education pertaining to women’s rights and our vital upcoming elections.
Agenda:
8AM Flatiron School’s Breakfast Mix and Mingle
9AM Introduction of sponsors and the project
10AM Hack!
12:30PM Flatiron School’s Lunch &amp; Learn
1:30PM Hack!
5PM Team Presentations
7PM Awards and words from our Sponsors
8PM Happy Hour Celebration of Collaboration
 
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FAQs
What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?
Flatiron is located in the financial district on Broadway between Battery Pl and Morris St. For public transportation take:
Subway:
4/5 at Bowling Green
R/W at Rector
J/Z at Broad St
Bus:
M55 at Greenwich St/Morris St
BxM18, SIM1/2/4/4x/32 at Greenwich St/Battery Pl
 
What can I bring into the event?
Please bring:
1) Your computer
2) Charger  
3) Ticket
4) Creativity 
5) Energy!
How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Please email Margaret at margaretcsmiley@gmail.com 
Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable?
No, the name on the ticket must match the atendee as teams are set prior to the event.

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