We have to rethink how we overcome deadlocked politics and increasing problems in the world! Can we bring people together to understand and dream a better future around an issue? The team at Community Driven thinks so and are putting together this example of how that could look!

Our 11 day Design Jam is a rethinking of a design competition or hackathon - a place where people and groups can present their perspectives and ideas for what should be done! We will have contest prizes and different categories to win for those who participate!

People can follow the journey along our youtube page at www.youtube.com/@CommunityDriven

Not everyone will have time to jump into a deep dive on a topic and think through improvements! We have to build up different ways and levels for people to get involved! Donations and event "tickets" are a way people can support our production and increase the prize pool. We also will create online content for people to interact with and share! We also encourage others to create content and share the event using #designjam

I am surprised time and time again with the ideas that can come from people working together. With the discussion and conversation brought up by this event we hope to bring forward solutions, conversation, and inspiration towards a better present and future!

Internally our goals around this event are to create media and interest around positive solution making! Our goal of $2000 is also meant to be split 50/50 into our prize pool and resources for our team to use. This would bring our prize pool up to $1300 since we are putting forward $300 to get the contest started!

We also want to have a varied range of how people can support the project and get involved. A range of ticket levels and ways to donate help us bring attention and energy to a policy area. For this Design Jam we are talking about something we all need, water. The Western states are in a drought with lingering need to decide how to care for the Colorado River. It is our goal to make our most popular new video series bringing attention to this topic.

Interested in a deeper exploration of this project's goals? Stay tuned for our announcement video and project updates!

Interactions around the contest, donors, and community discussion adhere to our Community Driven Code of Conduct, Organizing, and Internet Behavior Rules. Tickets may be refunded and people banned for competing if you break these rules.

Policy Design Jam

A creative contest to bring people together and work to solve problems!