📌 Welcome to the Redline Revealer Hackathon!

Welcome to the team! 🎉 This project aims to explore historical redlining and modern disparities using AI, data visualization, and civic tech.

We’re working asynchronously across multiple time zones, so please read the instructions below carefully. This will help us avoid unnecessary meetings and keep communication smooth!

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🚀 Quick Start Checklist

✅ Join These Tools

• Slack Workspace: Join Here »
• GitHub Repo: Redline Revealer GitHub »

✅ Check Your Role

• View your role & responsibilities: Team Role Starter Guide »

✅ Track Your Tasks

• Check the Slack project board for due dates and task status
• GitHub Issues are used to break down work by role

✅ Need to Speak? Use Audio.
Slack supports:

• 🔊 Huddles (impromptu voice chats)
• 🎙️ Audio replies (great for updates or clarifications)

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🧠 How We Work

• 🔄 This is an asynchronous, flexible project — everyone has different workloads and time zones.
• 💬 Ask questions in threads or Slack channels for your role.
• 📅 Don’t stress about minor delays; just communicate clearly.
• 📁 All major updates will be pinned in Slack and mirrored in the GitHub Wiki.

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🧩 Roles & Collaboration

We’ve structured the team by specialty. Each person has a dedicated section in the Role-Based Starter Guide, including:

• 🔧 Tools you’ll need
• 📋 Tasks to complete
• 🤝 Who to collaborate with
• 🔍 Research help & examples

Here’s a quick visual for how we’ll work together:

+------------+     provides data     +-----------+     refines UI    +---------+
|  Henok     +---------------------->+  Winnie   +------------------>+  Megan  |
| (Data)     |                       | (Frontend)|                   | (Fullstack)
+------------+                       +-----------+                   +---------+
       |                                   ^                               ^
       |                                   | collaborates on UI/UX        |
       |      prepares maps, visuals       |                             |
       +----------------------------+       +-----------------------------+
                                    |                                     |
                                    v                                     |
                                +--------+      API endpoints & logic     |
                                | Portia |<-------------------------------+
                                +--------+
                                    ^
                                    |
         manages API keys & access |
                                    v
                              +------------+
                              | Esthefany  |
                              |   (AI)     |
                              +------------+

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🛠️ Coming Soon

• ✅ Tool Tracker — Placeholder links will be added here soon
• ✅ GitHub CI/CD setup
• ✅ Final Submission Readiness Checklist

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Let’s go team! 💪 Portia will be reviewing key branches and coordinating check-ins, so don’t hesitate to tag her.