COMPTON, Calif., Feb. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Serena and Venus Williams' Yetunde Price Resource Center (YPRC), in partnership with Compton Unified School District (CUSD) and the Carrot Group, today announced the Mission: Impact Challenge - Connected Community, a competition for CUSD students within grades 6-12. Their mission: Dream up new solutions using their S.T.E.A.M. knowledge to help people who are showing signs of trauma, and build a connected community to support them. The 10-week program will culminate with the finals at the CUSD's STEAMFest on Thursday, May 23, 2019, where the Grand Prize-winning teams will be announced.
This is a timely program, considering 7 out of 10 people in the U.S. have faced some form of trauma. Traumatic experiences such as homelessness, gang violence, and cyberbullying can have a devastating impact on physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Many people who face trauma are unaware of its lingering effects.
As part of the challenge, student teams of up to five members will compete against student teams from other CUSD schools. YPRC will provide all participating teams with mentors steeped with trauma or technology expertise. Students will also attend a Design Thinking Workshop at the University of Southern California in March 2019 to learn how Design Thinking can help them develop their Challenge idea. Students will also hear from experts in the field on why addressing trauma is so important.
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