Join us for an evening of brainstorming about how technology can help in the fight against human trafficking, a hands-on workshop on using data science to do so, and a mini-hackathon with other participants.
After a keynote addressing human trafficking in general, we'll focus on the illicit massage industry and explore practical questions such as:
Trigger Warning: This data in this hackathon can contain sexually explicit and vulgar text.
RSVP for free pizza 🍕🍕🍕
Our keynote speaker is Julie Braun who serves as the Policy Initiatives Advisor at the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Mrs. Braun has 25+ years of high-level public policy experience specalizing in victims’ rights, public safety, and human trafficking policy. Her full bio can be found later in the page.
| Time | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 5 - 5:20 PM | Keynote Speaker | Julie Braun Policy Initiatives Advisor at the Wisconsin Department of Justice |
| 5:20 - 5:40 | Introduction to Problem Area / Ethics / Dataset | Dataset will be hosted on Kaggle |
| 5:40 - 6 | Form teams of 2-3 | (There'll be a data science workshop/tutorial if helpful) |
| 6 - 7 | Hack ! | 💻 💪💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿🦾 |
| 7 - 7:30 | Intermission: Pizza Hang-out | 🍕 Free pizza time! (Also, pitch your research if you'd like) |
| 7: 30 - 8:30 | Hack ! | 💻 💪💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿🦾 |
| 8:30 - 8:50 | Presentations | 👀 |
| 8:50 - 9 | Judges & Audience Vote | 🏆 |
| 9 - 9:30 | (Optional) Celebratory desserts | 🍰 |
We generally will follow the ethics guidelines at
https://hackdfw.com/policies/ethics
In particular, due to prior concerns, we quote here for emphasis:
General Guidelines
Be a nice person
It is expected that any person asked to stop harassing, inappropriate, or otherwise unwanted behavior will comply with the request immediately, without question or delay. Otherwise, the person may be disqualified and asked to leave the premises immediately.
Security
We are here for your safety. Please contact staff for any issues.Reporting Procedures
If at any point you feel uncomfortable or think there may be a potential violation of the code of conduct, please report it immediately to staff at the event. All reporters will remain anonymous. If you are uncomfortable reporting your situation in person, you may directly contact the following Staff members using the contact details listed below:
- N. R. Ouyang
( phone number provided at event )
Additionally, the Be Decent section is modified due to the topic of our
hackathon.
Except for working with data directly relevant to the hackathon, Any parties involved with the event should not use sexualised images, activities, speech, or other material through any Medium or otherwise create a sexualised environment Any parties involved with the event should not create a sexualised environment. This applies to all parties, including attendees, sponsors, mentors, staff, volunteers.
I can't attend, but I'm interested. Will this be held again in the future?
Yes! We plan to hold a follow-up hackathon in September 2023. Email us for more details :) We'll also start a mailing list and slack.
I'm interested in helping organize!
Awesome, definitely welcome help -- email us at the address above!
I already do research in the area of AI + counter-trafficking, should I come?
Yes! Separately from this hackathon-workshop, we hope to build a community of researchers working on this topic.
What is Hack4Fem? Hacking for Feminism was a hackathon run in 2016. We are reusing the site to revive the general topic of applying technology to social justice goals. For more information see:
https://web.archive.org/web/20161022164653/http://hack4fem.org/schedule.html
I object to (the general framing/idea of the hackathon), who do I contact?
Please reach out to the organizers! Sex work, activism, and AI for social good are all complicated topics & we're happy to meet in-person and hear objections in detail. But please respect the participants in the hackathon itself (don't cause people to cry in the bathroom 🙁) and speak with the organizers directly. We believe in building bridges.
Mrs. Braun has 25+ years of public policy experience at the Wisconsin Department of Justice specializing in victim rights, public safety and human trafficking policy.
As the Policy Initiatives Advisor to the DOJ Office of Crime Victim Services and the attorney general’s advisory Crime Victims Council, she works across disciplines with state and national stakeholders and subject matter experts to provide high-level analysis and recommendations for victim-centered policy solutions. She has extensive background in victim rights enforcement and is the Operations Director of the Wisconsin Crime Victims’ Rights Board, an assignment she has held for 22 years. She has presented nationally on victim rights issues at the National Center for Victims of Crime Training Institute, the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators and the National Crime Victim Law Institute Crime Victim Law Conference. Ms. Braun serves on the governing board of the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Accreditation Group (WILEAG) appointed to the Victims’ Rights and Services seat and sits on the steering committee of the National Compendium of State-Run Anti-Trafficking Initiatives.