hackathon-against-polarization

Why?

Increasing polarisation of societies across the world, leading to tunnel vision

Examples:

• Rise of populism (Donald Trump, Marine LePen, Geert Wilders, …)
• Terrorism
• Police shootings
• …

What?

Goals

• Contribute with meaningful and impactful ideas on how to bring social groups closer together.
• Go beyond “#prayInsertTragicEventHere”, “#jeSuisX” or an emoji in Facebook

What it is not

• No sit down & “cry-along”
• Idea generation for military purposes

Format

• TEDx style conference with relevant guest speakers & panel discussions
• Hackathon to build, ship & pitch ideas in short time frame

Practicalities

• Target Date 19-21 August 2016 (end-of-phase)

Discussion Points

• Format + Scale
• Commitment level + 'organization committee'
• Themes
• Project name
• Ideas & contacts for guest speakers
• Ideas & contacts for sponsors & partners
  • Organization
  • Media
  • (Venue) - DBC
  • Catering
  • Prizes

To Do

• Make proposal for DBC
• Draft blurb for hackathon (angel-hack, eventbrite, etc.)
• Make back of the enveloppe calculations on costs
• Contact partners & sponsors

Ideas for themes

United Nations Global Counter Terrorism Strategy

1. Addressing conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism;
2. Preventing and combatting terrorism;
3. Building Member States’ capacity to prevent and combat terrorism and to strengthen the role of the United Nations system in this regard
4. Ensuring the respect for human rights for all and the rule of law as the fundamental basis for countering terrorism.

• Media:
  • How to avoid tunnel-vision perspectives on society
  • How to give people in hard situations a voice and sense of belonging Egyptian protests
  • Reporting on human rights
• Travel: Engaging travel experiences beyond 'the walled resort'
• Gaming industry

Ideas for guest speakers

Silicon Valley

• Joe Gabbia - CPO & Co-founder AirBnb
  • TED Talk: Joe Gabbia - How AirBnb designs for trust
• Candice Morgan - Chief Diversity Officer Pinterest
  • What is the role of the head of diversity
• Ujjwal Singh - Founder SayNow - Voice of Egyptian Revolt
  • Google - Twitter collaboration in Egyptian Revolt
• AbdelKarim Mardini - Senior Product Manager Google - Egyptian Revolt
  • Google - Twitter collaboration in Egyptian Revolt
• Xavier Damman - Founder Open Collective & Social Entrepreneur
  • TEDxBrussels Talk - How social media is changing media
• Dries Buytaert - Founder Drupal & CTO Acquia
  • Personal Blog

International

• Ngozi Adichie - Nigerian diaspora & novelist
  • TED Talk: Ngozi Adichie - The danger of single stories
• Aziz Abu Sarah
  • TED Talk: Aziz Abu Sarah - For more tolerance we need more tourism

General idea list

• United Nations: Ultimate discussion platform of nations
• Twitter: Enabler for local communication in conflict areas

Ideas for sponsors & partners

Organization

• AngelHack
• Devpost
• Hack For Social Good
• Creative Currency
• Silicon Valley Forum

Media

• Techcrunch
• Mashable
• De Tijd / L'Echo

Technology

• IBM (Watson)

Catering

• Newtree
  • Sandwiches & Salads
  • Goodies (chocolate bars)
  • Contact: Stephanie Tang (via Robin Soubry)
• Whole Foods
  • General Snacks & Drinks
  • Contact: Justing Wong?

Other TBD

• Uber - Give promo-codes
• Eventbrite - Promotion
• Wework

Bootstrap template

Start Bootstrap - Agency

Agency is a one page agency portfolio theme for Bootstrap created by Start Bootstrap. This theme features several content sections, a responsive portfolio grid with hover effects, full page portfolio item modals, a responsive timeline, and a working PHP contact form.

Getting Started

Several options are available to get started quickly:

• Download the latest release on Start Bootstrap
• Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/BlackrockDigital/startbootstrap-agency.git
• Fork the repo

Developing Using Source Files

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• Run npm install in the root directory
• Run gulp dev and edit the files as needed

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Bugs and Issues

Have a bug or an issue with this template? Open a new issue here on GitHub or leave a comment on the template overview page at Start Bootstrap.

Creator

Start Bootstrap was created by and is maintained by David Miller, Owner of Blackrock Digital.

• https://twitter.com/davidmillerskt
• https://github.com/davidtmiller

Start Bootstrap is based on the Bootstrap framework created by Mark Otto and Jacob Thorton.

Copyright and License

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