#NYTechResponds: Hurricane Sandy Hackathon.
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Worked with the #NYTechResponds team to facilitate the Hurricane Sandy Relief hackathon. Volunteers from the New York tech scene partnered with organizations such as FEMA, American Red Cross, United Way and Occupy Sandy Recovery to build disaster relief tools for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Hacks included a coworking crowdmap, price gouging crowdmap, SMS-based needs and donation system, Google crisis maps, Recovers.org and Sparkrelief.org.
pando daily: #NYTechResponds: Hacking disaster relief after Hurricane Sandy
Rob Underwood, a Brooklyn-based consultant who previously worked at Deloitte, in conjunction with New York Tech Meetup's Jessica Lawrence, New Work City's Tony Bacigalupo, and more than 900 volunteers, raised $25,000+ for Hurricane Sandy relief aid via an Indiegogo campaign and a hackathon under the #NYTechResponds banner. The hackathon, hosted alternately by the NYU Stern's Paulson Auditorium and New York coworking spaces like General Assembly and the NYU Poly Incubator, will be a mix of disaster relief conference and typical "build something" coding sessions. Underwood says that the American Red Cross, FEMA, United Way, and various city and state agencies will discuss disaster relief and the role that technology can play in relief efforts.
HUFFINGTON POST: Resilience & Response: A Hurricane’s Impact From Haiti to New York City
Online social networks compliment offline recovery efforts. First, they provided a place for people to post their own updates and let loved ones know they are okay. As people move into recovery mode, tools like Facebook, Twitter, even Google Docs are helping people connect their talents & resources with those in need. The New York Tech community has used the hashtags #NYTechResponds and #SandyVolunteer, while Hurricane Hackers has done a tremendous job of using open-source tools to organize response.
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New York Tech Meetup organized its massive community together to build solutions to common problems faced by Hurricane Sandy Victims from finding shelter, to locating warming stations, to getting connected with volunteer groups.
tech.co: #NYTechResponds Announces Hackathon to Benefit Sandy Relief
The #NYTechResponds hackathon and disaster relief conference will take place on December 1-2 to benefit Hurricane Sandy relief and help prepare for future disasters. The event is organized by a collection of New York City technology leaders and organizations. They also launched a fundraising campaign to raise money for charities like the Red Cross, the United Way, Team Rubicon, the Mayor’s Fund, and the River Fund. “We are a resilient city and we, the NY tech community, now must step up to help lead and drive the recovery. NYC has given us much – we now must give back.”