In PARTNERSHIP WITH ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY, this january 2021, hack the gap INVITEs you to a hackathon focused on addressing Maternal mortality amongst black women & birthing people in the us.

WHAT

Maternal Mortality Hackathon is a month long program aimed to rally to empower intergenerational teams of practitioners, faculty and students to generate innovations for women’s health equity. In particular, we will focus on the maternal mortality rate among black women and birthing people in the US.

WHY

To connect with other community members to participate in creative problem solving around a systemic and institutional issue impacting our society.

WHO

We need developers, idea people, designers, research people, health majors, sociologists and women’s health practitioners. Hack the Gap is for women and non-binary people.

If you're not sure if this event is for you? Get in touch with us.

Interested in mentoring? Sign up here.

SCHEDULE

Kickoff - January 5th 2021

Session 1- JANUARY 12TH 2021

Expert Session and Q&A - 12:00PM-12:30PM
Open Zoom working sessions- 12:30PM-1:30PM

SESSION 2- JANUARY 19TH 2021

Expert Session and Q&A - 12:00PM-12:30PM
Open Zoom working sessions- 12:30PM-1:30PM

SESSION 3- JANUARY 26TH 2021

Expert Session and Q&A - 12:00PM-12:30PM

Open Zoom working sessions- 12:30PM-1:30PM

Demo day - February 7th 2021

PRIZE CATEGORIES

🏆 Prizes will be decided and awarded by the judge panel. 🏆

COMPETITION RULES

Coming Soon

JUDGING CRITERIA

The presentation will be judged by the innovation of the solution; it’s potential to create change; and the impact of the idea on the community, the market or the end users. No one of these categories will have more weight than another.

There will be a panel of judges. Each judge will rate the team presentation of the project with a 1 through 5 for each of the categories: innovation, social justice, and impact. The total score of each team will be tallied up and the judges will decide which team takes first, second and third prize.

The Judging Panel

Coming soon

THE MENTORS