Hi all. Today we launched Youth Hacking 4 Freedom: Coding Competition for teenagers
To inspire the younger generation to software freedom, the FSFE is organising the coding competition ‘Youth Hacking 4 Freedom' (YH4F), where teenagers from all around Europe have the chance to compete in a fair and fun way. To make this project a success we need your support, to help us reach out to young people. Your contribution is valuable to make sure that young people from your community and region are taking part and have the chance to win an awesome prize and a trip to Brussels. YH4F in a nutshell: * Participants must be 14-18 years old and should register at YH4F website [1]. * The opening event will be hosted on 10 October 2021. * The registration is open until Sunday, 31 October 2021. * Six winners will be awarded with cash prizes (2 x 4.096€, 2 x 2.048€, 2 x 1.024€) and a trip to Brussels. * The competition takes place online. The Award Ceremony is in Brussels. The YH4F competition includes an online opening day to welcome everyone on board, in a kick-off event on Sunday 10 October, 5pm CET. The FSFE will present the competition and answer open questions. Please find more information on how to join at YH4F website [1]. ## Coding From Monday 1 November 2021, a five-month coding phase starts and the participants focus on coding until March 2022. Participants can bring in all their imagination to the competition; they can code any type of software they want, as long as it is Free Software. The software project can be a stand-alone program written from scratch, or you can modify and combine existing programs. Everything is welcome! The participants will have the chance to briefly follow each other’s work and exchange ideas. ## Evaluation After the participants submit their programs, an evaluation phase is carried out by Free Software experts. Our jury members [2] excel in software development; among them are Neil McGovern, Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, and Claudia Müller-Birn, Professor for Human-Centered Computing at the Freie Universität Berlin. ## Awards The winners will be invited to receive their awards during a trip to Brussels in June 2022. The 2-day trip includes the Award Ceremony and social activities where the winners will have the chance to get to know each other better. We are dedicated to offering an inclusive environment in the YH4F, and we would like to encourage people of all genders to join! We will make sure that everyone will enjoy the process and will leave this competition with added knowledge and a smile. The YH4F is made possible thanks to the kind support of Reinhard Wiesemann, Linuxhotel, and Vielrespektzentrum. If you would like to help young people in your network spot this opportunity, please share our call for registration [1] with a post on your website, a mention in your Newsletter, or a social media post. In YH4F website [1] you can find all related information, such as the process, the eligibility criteria, and FAQs [3]. You can also use the illustrations in our dedicated media package [4] when sharing the news of the competition. Let’s make sure that the people in your community who are interested in taking part to the competition will have the chance to register! Your contribution in sharing the news is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help! We are happy to answer any questions you might have. Best, Alex [1] http://yh4f.org/ [2] https://fsfe.org/activities/yh4f/jury.html [3] https://fsfe.org/activities/yh4f/faq.html [4] https://fsfe.org/activities/yh4f/media.html -- Alexander Sander - FSFE Policy Consultant Free Software Foundation Europe Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany | Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 | (fsfe.org/join) _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct