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About the challenge

Join Women in Computer Science (WiCS) and Opportunity Hack in solving real-world technology problems! We present two different problem statements from two non-profit organizations along with different technical tracks for students (both undergraduate and graduate) to tackle.

1/ You don’t need to be part of WiCS to join
2/ This is an in-person only hackathon at ASU in Tempe Arizona

3/ Any university student can join, you do not need to be a student at ASU

Goals

Goal: Solve one of the problems below for nonprofit organizations:

• Problem 1/ World Institute for Action Learning | wial.org | Software Requirements Doc (SRD)

• Problem 2/ Client Case Management | Software Requirements Doc (SRD)

These are the only two problem statements that hackers should be building solutions for.

Prizes

• Founding Engineer (Premier Track): For each of the two projects: Awarded to two teams for two separate problems solving specific problems for partnered nonprofits - best overall total score of all judging criteria

• Best social impact: Scope of Solution + Polish

• Best Accessibility: Highest Accessibility score

• Best security build: Highest Security score

• Best Project Built with ElevenLabs [Hacker Guide]

Opt-in prizes:

• Top majority female team: Best overall total score for >= 50% people who identify as women

• Top Freshman/Sophomore team: Best overall total score for >= 50% people on the team who are either Freshman or Sophomore

Judging Criteria

AI Usage

How essential and well-implemented is AI in solving the nonprofit’s problem?

1 - AI is cosmetic — could be removed with no meaningful loss

5 - AI is core to the solution, team can explain why they chose their approach over alternatives, and demonstrates it working live with real or realistic data

Polish

How close is this to a solution a nonprofit could use tomorrow?

1 - Idea or mockup only, significant work remaining, no clear path to deployment

5 - Working solution demoed end-to-end, deployment is automated or one-click (e.g. Heroku, Vercel, Docker), README and documentation covers setup, and the nonprofit could realistically adopt it without the team present

Scope of Solution

How broadly and deeply does this solution address real nonprofit needs?

1 - Vague problem, single-use, unclear who benefits, high cost to implement

5 - Solution is designed for reuse across multiple nonprofits (multi-tenant or easily configurable), team articulates the specific pain point from direct nonprofit conversation, and can describe how impact would be measured. Less than $20 per month for the nonprofit.

Accessibility

How usable is this solution for people with diverse abilities and contexts?

1 - No accessibility consideration — poor contrast, no keyboard nav, no alt text

5 - Team demos with assistive tech or shows WCAG-aware implementation, can answer “what about a user who is [blind/low-bandwidth/non-English]?” with specifics

Security

How seriously did the team consider and implement security?

1 - Hardcoded secrets in code, keys committed to GitHub, no auth, no input validation

5 - Secrets in .env and gitignored (or env vars in deployment), auth handled via established providers (e.g. Supabase, Auth0, Firebase Auth) rather than hand-rolled, input validated, and team can walk through their security decisions in Q&A

ElevenLabs Details

• For all participants: 1 month free of our Creator tier (normally $22/month)
• Overall winning team: Each team member receives 3 months of our Pro tier ($297 value/team member)
• Best Project Built with ElevenLabs: Each team member receives 6 months of our Scale tier ($1980 value/team member)

For distribution, all participants can claim their free ElevenLabs access through our automated Discord system:

1. Join the Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/VnBvbbcdEC

2. Gain access to the #coupon-codes channel

3. Click "Start Redemption"

4. Select the event and fill out the form using the email used for registration

5. The bot sends the unique coupon code

Video Tutorial: https://youtu.be/S143_JtCtV8

• Scope of Solution
  How broadly does this address nonprofit needs? (1) Vague problem, single-use, unclear who benefits. (5) Multi-tenant or easily configurable for multiple NPOs, clear pain point, measurable impact.
• Polish
  How close to a solution an NPO could use tomorrow? (1) Idea only, significant work remaining. (5) Working end-to-end demo, one-click deploy (Heroku, Vercel, Docker), README covers setup.
• Accessibility
  How usable is this for people with diverse abilities? (1) No accessibility consideration. (5) WCAG-aware, works with assistive tech, team can answer "what about a blind/low-bandwidth user?" with specifics.
• AI Usage
  How essential is AI to the solution? (1) AI is cosmetic, could be removed with no loss. (5) AI is core, team explains their approach vs alternatives, and demos it live with real data.
• Security
  How seriously did the team implement security? (1) Hardcoded secrets, keys on GitHub, no auth. (5) Secrets in .env/gitignored, auth via providers (Supabase, Auth0), input validated, can explain threat model in Q&A.