March 17th, 2022 @ Drexel University's College of Computing and Informatics
Philly Codefest is Drexel's annual hackathon. This year the event is taking a hybrid format and will be hosted April 4th through April 9th. I don't think I'll have time to compete this year, but I might. It may be fun to go back after my team won in 2018.
Leading up to the hackathon, many student organizations and sponsors were invited to host workshops. I hosted a workshop on behalf of oSTEM about building authentic diversity, not just sporting a rainbow logo in June.
Slides, recording, and breakdown in progress. It's finals week.
January 22nd, 2022 @ UCLA
QWER Hacks @ UCLA is Major League Hacking's (MLH) first LGBTQIA+ hackathon. This years theme was Embracing Identity Through Self Empowerment and had four tracks: Community & Connection, Health & Wellness, Learning & Growth, and Art & Expression.
While the event lasted from January 21st through the 23rd, I hosted my workshop on Saturday, the 22nd. This was the first workshop I've ever hosted outside of Drexel and it was pretty exciting to put together. My workshop was titled Accidental Activism in Academia and was focused around my journey in starting my activism work and how to do it intentionally.
The slides, a workshop recording, and more information can be found here.