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Time Armor Workshop and Hackathon Series: Youth Coding Tech for Community Safety and Security

Our hackathon series has ended for 2024. Thank you to all participants, volunteers, parents and caretakers for helping to make this a successful event!

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Thank you to our sponsors and partners!

Time Armor Hackathon partner and sponsor, Abandant Guard Security Services. Your Best Solution for Multicultural Security ServiceTime Armor Hackathon partner, AK Project Management - Business Solutions for Community ImpactTime Armor Hackathon sponsor, Avole Coffee. Ethiopian origins - Seattle basedTime Armor Hackathon partner and sponsor, Byrd Barr Place. Strong People. Strong Communities.Time Armor Hackathon sponsor and partner, Freedom Project - Healing from Oppression and Mass Incarceration Time Armor Hackathon partner and sponsor, The William Grose Center for Cultural Innovation and Enterprise

 

Time Armor Coding Workshop Series '24 Wrap Up

Time Armor event flyer for Hackathon Youth Coding Workshop: Series '24 Wrap Up event on October 26th.

We celebrated our workshop participants at our Hackathon Youth Coding Workshop: Series '24 Wrap Up event on October 26th. 

We are grateful for the opportunity to share safety and security expertise with these young bright minds and to build connections with our community of subject matter experts. 

All participants who completed the series received a free laptop in recognition of their commitment and to help continue their paths in technology for community safety and security.

Thank you to the Freedom Project for donating community space for this event!

Time Armor Hackathon and Workshop Series 2024 Summary
Time Armor Hackathon and Workshop Series 2024 flyer

Join us for a fun and educational experience where young minds come together to learn about community safety and security, gain tech skills, and engineer a real-world application with guidance from tech experts.


With each session building on the previous, our workshops will provide hands-on learning while our hackathon sessions will guide participants in applying what they learned to design and develop a software application.

Opportunities for Subject Matter Experts

Time Armor Hackathon and Workshop Series Subject Matter Experts signup flyer

If you'd like to join us in future events guiding youth through these types of workshop series, please sign up at bit.ly/timearmorvolunteerform.

This is a great opportunity to share your skills and expertise in support of young people excited to learn and implement technology focused on enhancing community safety, security, and privacy.

 

Workshop Goals

To educate participants on community safety, data privacy, and security, with a focus on surveillance tech and software development. Participants will also get hands-on experience in designing and developing an application focused on community safety and security.

 

Participants

The workshop & hackathon series is designed for youth 12-24 years of age.

 

Registration Fee

$0. We are excited to offer this series for FREE thanks to our sponsor Abandant Guard, Your Best Solution for Multicultural Security Services.

Course Structure and Outline

  • There will be a total of five (5) sessions.
  • Each session builds on the previous one, with hands-on planning and designing throughout the series.
  • The series emphasizes collaboration and team-building while enhancing tech skills and knowledge about safety, security, and privacy.

    Session Details

    SESSION 1: Introduction to Safety, Security, and Privacy

    • OBJECTIVE: To introduce participants to the concepts of community safety, data privacy and security.
    • DATE: Saturday August 10, 2024
    • LOCATION: The Brighton, 6727 Rainier Ave S, Seattle WA, 98118

    SESSION 2: Data Privacy and Security

    • OBJECTIVE: To provide participants with practical knowledge and tools to protect their personal privacy and security in the digital age.
    • DATE: Saturday August 17, 2024
    • LOCATION: William Grose Center, 101 23rd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144

    SESSION 3: Connecting Concept to Implementation

    • OBJECTIVE: To explore how the principles of privacy and security inform and influence the design of software applications.
    • DATE: Saturday August 24, 2024
    • LOCATION: Byrd Barr Place, 722 18th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

    SESSION 4: User Experience (UX) and Design with Security Principles

    • OBJECTIVES: To introduce participants to design principles in relation to security and privacy, basic coding concepts with hands-on coding activities, and begin security camera engineering with Raspberry Pi.
    • DATE: Saturday August 31, 2024
    • LOCATION: The Brighton, 6727 Rainier Ave S, Seattle WA, 98118

    SESSION 5: Security Camera Application Development

    • OBJECTIVE: Work together to implement security cameras interfacing with Raspberry Pi with a focus on secure software development principles.
    • DATE: Saturday September 7, 2024
    • LOCATION: William Grose Center, 101 23rd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144

     

    Workshop Hackathon Series Registration

    This series has ended but if you're interested in future series like this, you can let us know here: Time Armor Workshop Hackathon Signup Form.

     

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