CALLING ALL AGENTS.

THE WORLD NEEDS YOU!

HOW CAN WE DECODE TRAUMA TO DETECT THE SIGNS AND PROMOTE HEALING?

AGENTS, IN THE U.S. ALONE, 7 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE HAVE FACED SOME SORT OF TRAUMA.

Traumatic experiences such as homelessness, gang violence, and cyberbullying can have a devastating impact on physical, emotional, and mental well-being. If left unaddressed, trauma can significantly increase the risk of chronic physical health conditions (diabetes, high blood pressure and stroke), mental health conditions, substance abuse, and even death. Many people who face trauma are unaware of its lingering effects.

WE KNOW NEW IDEAS CAN COME FROM INSPIRED STUDENTS.

The Mission: Impact Challenge – Connected Community is calling all middle and high school students from Compton Unified School District to dream up solutions leveraging technology to quickly identify the signs and symptoms of those experiencing trauma and build a connected community for support and healing.

Student Teams Can Compete in Five Simple Steps:

Form a team of 2-5 members
Register your team through the school’s Staff Advisor
Brainstorm how to best use technology to help those experiencing trauma and develop ways to support them
Develop and submit a written proposal that includes identifying the problem, a solution using technology, how it works, and the potential impact
Semi-Final teams will create and submit a three-minute video that explains the proposed solution

TIMELINE

Student Team Registrations Open
February 12, 2019
Student Team Registrations Close
February 22, 2019
Design Thinking Workshop
March 4, 2019
Written Submissions Open
March 8, 2019
Written Submissions Close
April 5, 2019
Semi-Final Teams Announced
April 15, 2019
Video Submissions Open
April 17, 2019
Video Submissions Close
May 15, 2019
Final Judging at STEAMFest and Winners Announced
May 23, 2019

Congratulations to the Competing Teams.

You accepted the Challenge and made a difference.

Meet The Winners

DESIGN THINKING WORKSHOP

All registered teams will attend an incredible Design Thinking Workshop where they will learn the Design Thinking process as well as hear from subject matter experts about the importance of addressing trauma.

Design Thinking is a methodology used to solve complex problems by using experimentation to find innovative solutions. Design Thinking includes five stages (define, ideate, prototype, test, and implement) and is solution-focused in creating a preferred future. A design mindset is not problem-focused, but rather solution-focused creating a preferred future.

GRAND PRIZE

ALL-EXPENSES PAID VIP INNOVATION TRIP AROUND LOS ANGELES

Meet Leading Innovators and Experience Breakthrough Technologies

AND OTHER AMAZING PRIZES

CHALLENGE PARTNERS

CHALLENGE SUPPORTERS

OFFICIAL CHALLENGE RULES

No purchase necessary to enter or win the Mission: Impact Challenge – Connected Community. Open to students enrolled in grades 6-12 at Compton Unified School District. Not open to the general public. Students teams must have a staff advisor register them and serve as their point of contact throughout the Challenge. Challenge begins 2/12/19 and ends 5/23/19. Prizes may vary.

All submissions must follow the Terms and Conditions. Teams that do not follow the rules and regulations will be disqualified and will no longer be considered for participation in the Challenge. There will be no exceptions.

The Mission: Impact Challenge gives young innovators the opportunity to deliver creative ideas and compelling solutions to real-world problems using S.T.E.A.M. and Design Thinking.

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