Venture building immersion + community connections
Birmingham Social Impact Startup Weekend brings together passionate educators, developers & designers, community leaders, and entrepreneurs to imagine social enterprises that solve some of education's most pressing problems.
Learn from the best
Learn what it takes to innovate, disrupt, and start a company from people who've been there. Check out our agenda for more details!
Pitch your solution
Test and sharpen your ideas in front of a supportive community, while also hearing what's important to community members and youth.
Make new friends
Connect with passionate people driven to build something new. There is no better place to meet potential mentors, cofounders, and investors.
Create solutions for Alabama students
Instruction: 30% of Birmingham City Schools graduates are not ready for college (Source: Jefferson Reporter).
Mental health: Approximately 10% of Alabama K-12 students experienced major depressive episodes in the past year and were not treated (Source: Hopeful Futures Campaign).
Transportation: Almost 1/4 of BCS students are chronically absent — missing 15+ days of school in one year (Source: ASDOE). When asked, parents report that lack of safe transportation is a leading cause of absenteeism.
Food systems: 1 in 5 children in central Alabama faces food insecurity, seriously impeding their ability to learn (Source: Community Food Bank of Central Alabama).
Workforce: This year, there are 3,000 vacant teaching positions in Alabama (Source: Yellowhammer Times), and more than 50% of new teachers will leave the profession within 3 years (Source: Alabama Daily News).
How might we… get kids to school safe, fed, and well, in a classroom with an experienced teacher and high quality instructional materials?
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