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<h3>Tech Lady Hackathon + Training Day DC #5 was a success!</h3>
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<p>See the <a href="/twitterhighlights.html">highlights from Twitter</a> and get ready for next year!</p> 

<h3>About</h3>

<p>Tech Lady Hackathon was started to get more women and enbies into tech. Each year in D.C. hundreds gather for a day of friendly learning and hacking. Coders, tech strategists, newbies, nerds, and the curious are all welcome!
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Tech Lady Hackathon was founded in 2013 by <a href="http://twitter.com/leahbannon">Leah Bannon</a>.  After Leah's move to San Francisco in 2015, <a href="https://twitter.com/jessicagarson">Jessica Garson</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/joymwhitt">Joy Whitt</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/dataKateR">Kate Rabinowitz</a> took over as organizers for Tech Lady Hackathon. In 2017 <a href="https://twitter.com/AyRenay">Alexis Johnson-Gresham</a> joined as a co-organizer.</p>

<p>Coverage from previous hackathons:</p>
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  <li>‘It was super electric and I’m still amped and exhausted and full of feelings’ <a href="https://technical.ly/dc/2016/10/31/tech-lady-hackathon-recap/">Technical.ly DC</a></li>
  <li>DC Tech Lady Hackathon Like Any Other Hackathon, Only Better, <a href="http://dcinno.streetwise.co/2016/10/21/dc-tech-lady-hackathons-new-organizers-civic-tech-projects/">DC Inno</a></li>
  <li>The Second Tech Lady Hackathon was Tremendous, <a href="http://codefordc.org/blog/2014/07/28/techlady-hackathon-recap.html">Shannon Turner, Hear Me Code</a></li>
  <li>I am woman, hear me code, <a href="https://fcw.com/articles/2015/07/14/tech-lady-hackathon.aspx">FCW</a></li>
  <li>Tech Lady Hackathon: Civic Hacking for Women in Tech, <a href="http://tech.co/tech-lady-hackathon-civic-hacking-women-tech-2015-02">Tech.co</a></li>
  <li>Tech Lady Hackathon: 'A really open community for women', <a href="https://fcw.com/articles/2015/08/10/tech-lady-hackathon.aspx">FCW: </a></li>
  <li>18F's Leah Bannon has a message: The tech field is for everyone, <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2015/04/18fs-leah-bannon-has-message-federal-tech-workforce-everyone/109342/">NextGov</a></li>
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<h3>What to expect at the event</h3>

<p><strong>Training:</strong> &nbsp;We offer training and mentoring workshops all day. No prior knowledge of code is necessary. Some examples of classes are: Intro to... APIs, Python, GitHub, html/CSS, and data viz.</p>

<p><strong>Discussion Groups:</strong> &nbsp;There are guided discussion groups throughout the day for more specific Tech Lady communities, such as Women of Color in Tech, Government Tech, and Mid-Level in Tech.</p>

<p><strong>Hackathon:</strong> &nbsp;This is a civic hackathon, and we usually work on projects from community organizations like <a href="http://codefordc.org">Code for DC</a>, but you're welcome to bring anything and pitch it.</p>

<p>New to hackathons? Not sure what to expect, bring, or do? <a href="https://github.com/leahbannon/old-leah-website/blob/master/_posts/2014-07-23-what-to-expect-at-a-hackathon.md">Check out this post: What to expect at a hackathon.</a></p>

<h3>2017 Sponsors</h3>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Tech Lady Hackathon is made possible through generous donations. Thank you to our sponsors this year!</p>
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<p>See <a href="/donors.html">sponsors from previous years.</a></p>

<h3>You can be a sponsor too!</h3>
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