Global Hackathons with the United Nations

During the Summer of 2018, TSEP participated in two global hackathons. The first was the #Hack4Justice Hackathon in partnership with Africa Teen Geeks, a South African tech nonprofit, and the United Nations’ Education for Justice (E4J) - part of the Doha Declaration Global Programme designed to reduce crime. The purpose of the hackathon was to eradicate various crimes such as cybertheft/security and human trafficking. The underrepresented high school students of color developed apps and websites to tackle crime throughout the week at Symantec’s HQ in Silicon Valley. TSEP organized the United State’s Team and competed on behalf of our country against teams from Indonesia, South Africa, and New Zealand.  

​TSEP also participated in the Hip Hop Leaders’ 2018 TEEN Global Cyber Security & Artificial Intelligence Conference at U.C. Berkeley.