Letter from the Executive Director

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Hack for LA Platform

Workforce Development

Enlightened self-interest is a powerful motivator. Our members have access to mentorship, one-on-one help with job searches, and resume coaching. We do project matching to fit skill and subject areas in which they wish to develop new skills, gain confidence in newly learned skills, and transition from beginner to junior, mid-level, or expert - often in areas they wish to add impressive credits to their resume.

Impact

We choose and empower projects where there is a demonstrable impact on stakeholders, project partners, our local community, and our members. We don’t seek to be the experts, but instead to learn from them and apply the leverage that technology offers to help improve pace and outcomes from their already valuable work. High profile project partners carry weight when our members are looking for work.

Learning

An environment where every member and the org itself benefit from the shared experiences of the members. From high school students to Ph.D., from novice to expert, there is knowledge to be gained by sharing practices and working collaboratively, making mistakes and learning from them in an environment that values failing fast and learning.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

The diverse experiences of all of our members help us create a better civic tech ecosystem, by bringing their lived experience to our org. Our diversity includes race, sexual orientation, learning modalities, cognitive abilities, and socio-economic experiences. Our model of inclusion requires and inspires empathy and patience, both with others and ourselves. We are all here to learn to work together to create the change we want to see in the world, and that happens one conversation at a time.

Giving

We all come together to give freely of our time, expertise, interest and empathy, in an effort to improve our local community through direct action.

Agility

There will be impediments, setbacks and disappointments. We embrace change by empowering our members to meet, talk, experiment and achieve enough common consensus to move internal initiatives forward, without rigid structures and oppressive processes. This works on project teams, Communities of Practice and Organizational Stewardship.

Scalability

In order to scale our impact with people and projects, we experiment, iterate and refine, measure and automate. Using the lowest lift tools possible for the job, and building our own, when scale cannot be achieved with manual labor or open source tools.

Sustainability

To create a sustainable community that provides consistent results and experience for stakeholders and a feeling of stability amongst its members.

And last but definitely not least, a true open door policy....

Radical Inclusivity

When organizations filter you out before you get in the door, they perpetuate the bias already inherent in our society. Radical Inclusivity at Hack for LA means that if you can contribute to our impact goals and peer learning environment, you are welcome here.

HfLA Supports SDGsHack for LA Supports:
LA’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Movement

The SDGs were drafted and adopted at the UN General Assembly in 2015. The SDGs aim to address social inequality, economic growth, environmental preservation, among other global development challenges. In 2015, the United Nations established the 2030 Global Agenda for Sustainable Development consisting of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Select Hack for LA projects working to achieve these goals:

2.1

FOLA

5.5

Women Leadership Development

5.b

Empowering women through the use of technology

5.d

End discrimination against LBGTQI+

8.2

Software Engineering Apprenticing and Fellowships

8.6

Virtual Workshop Wednesdays

8.b

Youth internships and mentorship program

11.2

TDM calculator

13.3

Climate Collabathon

16.3

Racial Justice and Record Clearance

16.7

Undebate and Engage

16.8

311-data.org

17.6

Open Source Software Code for All and Civic Tech Index

17.11

Structured Context Data Project

17.17

Collabathon chrome extension

https://sdg.lamayor.org

Accomplishments

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Wins

Check out what our team members have said about their experiences.

View Volunteer Wins

Wins card: contributors' names, teams and roles, and testimonials of their accomplishments.

Metrics

Hack for LA is taking an iterative approach to Metrics gathering. Using readily available tools now, and building custom tools to model, grow, and serve our sector specific community.

We currently use Google surveys extensively and make the responses available publicly.

Metrics

Check out our Survey Results

See App Learn More

VRMS is a browser-based software tool created by Hack for LA (HfLA) to curate participant journeys and further the organization’s goals of workforce development and project impact.

By collecting and using relevant data VRMS will be able to automate repetitive tasks; match volunteers with projects, relevant training, and job opportunities; measure engagement with projects and activities; and surface insights to improve organizational effectiveness and the volunteer experience over time.

Partners