This Equalithon
Beginning on Earth Day, April 22, support the fight for better waste management.
Join Essteem, Wells Fargo, and many institutional, not-for-profit and private stakeholders for a unique opportunity to do something and change how waste impacts the environment through tech!
Together, let’s fight for causes with more than just good intentions!
Sanitation Foundation
The Problem / Project
In New York City, there are multiple, local neighborhood clean-up groups that plan regular community clean-up events. Many of these groups started in 2020, during the Pandemic, as a way to get outside and help their community. These groups play a vital role in keeping the city clean and we would like to support their efforts. The Sanitation Foundation recently completed an opportunity assessment to better understand the needs of these clean-up groups and our potential role in helping them sustainably grow.
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Equalithons are Hakcathons for Equality.
Introduction about all the aspects of what’s involved
Discussion about the potential challenges and their potential impact
A decision about what challenge to offer in the Equalithon based on (vote for the best challenge pitch)
During a day to a week (choose your track) you will hack to find solutions for one or more nonprofit(s) having a tech challenge.
Your solutions will enable the nonprofit(s) to scale better, and faster with their audience and their impact.
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Nonprofits and Communities
SMB’s & ESG leads
Organizers (Essteem, Wells Fargo)
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Opportunities identified through this process include:
Development of a centralized database system for community organizers with training and resource guides, reporting functionality to collect data on the amount of litter collected, downloadable outreach materials, and information on available grants.
Development of a centralized communication system for groups to promote upcoming clean-ups throughout the city
This Equalithon is an opportunity to:
address a critical Societal challenge;
improve and scale our impact, together!
All times are given in US EST (NYC time)
Location: entirely remote
To Go Beyond this Equalithon
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NFT sale events will be organized as twin events for the initial Black History Month and Women History Month NFT-a-thons - date TBD.
On that date, we will sell the NFTs initiated or developed during Equalithons.
From February to June, we will gather Artists, Partners, and Sponsors thanks to you!
check out our other upcoming events to learn more!
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For BIPOC, we will also support Parentpreneur’s laureate BIPOC founders.
Register March for our first BIPOC EqualiCamp (4 weeks)
Large Dollar Prize!
Recurring Allies
Keynote speaker
TBD.
Past nonprofits partners supported:
Adelante Student Voices (LatinX)
Beyond the Talk (BIPOC)
Blacks in tech (BIPOC)
Blended Communities (Accessibility)
Code for America (COVID 19)
Girl Develop It (Women)
Episo Foundation (Women, Incarcerated)
Felt Education (Refugees Inclusion)
French American Chamber (Foreigners)
Institute for Career Transitions (Ageism)
Listen First (Rural Gap, Bipartisanism)
NaamHouse (Veterans, Accessibility)
Open Police Complaints (BIPOC, Police Violence)
ParentPreneurs Black Founders (BIPOC) Parity Productions (Women, LGBTQ, Artists)
Premiere Urgence International (COVID 19)
Protest Away (BIPOC, All communities)
Startout (LGBTQIA+)
Stanford Pride (LGBTQIA+)
Safe Place International (LGBTQIA+)
Sanitation Foundation, NYC DoS (Environment)
TechQueria (LatinX)
The King Center MLK (BIPOC)
The Serenity Project (Women, Mental Health)
US Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans)
WCAPS (Women, Mental Health)
Women Who Code (Women)
In-Kind Sponsors
Airtable for their support to BIPOC-led companies (of which ourselves)
Bubble for no code discount and instructors during EqualiCamps
Chatterworks for enabling access to tons of Tech talent
Hypedocs to join an Essteem-pod: peers who support each other, weekly
Slidebean to create great presentations for teams
Sojo Signal for free personalized coaching from our Slack
Twilio and Sendgrid for text and email contact opportunities
Tracks
You can choose among the two
Tech Track. Work at your rhythm, with teams of developers, designers,
No-Code Track. For those who want to learn no-code tools or help through marketing etc. Note: if you are a designer, project manager or data scientist and you want to work with others as a team, please prioritize the Tech Track!