EVENTS

As part of the 2018-2019 G4C Student Challenge, we are offering hands-on game jams and workshops for students and educators. Check below and register for upcoming events in your city!

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NYC 2019 G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony
Date/Time: Sat, Jun 1, 2019 | 12:00 – 3:30 PM EDT
Location: Parsons School of Design at The New School, 63 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Description: The G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony in NYC will honor the student Finalists in this year’s competition.  The event will start with a showcase of Finalist games, which will be available for all attendees to play, and will lead into a ceremony where we will announce the winners in each of the four theme categories.  There will be a total of 8 winning games (one high school winner and one middle school winner per theme category), plus a Grand-Prize Winner.
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DETROIT 2019 G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony
Date/Time: Fri, May 24, 2019 | 3:30 – 6:00 PM
Location: GMRENCEN | 400 Renaissance Center #2500, Detroit, MI 48243
Description: The G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony in Detroit will honor the student Finalists in this year’s competition.  The event will start with a showcase of Finalist games, which will be available for all attendees to play, and will lead into a ceremony where we will announce the winners in each of the four theme categories.  There will be a total of 6 winning games (one high school winner and one middle school winner per theme category), plus a Grand-Prize Winner.
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LOS ANGELES 2019 G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony
Date/Time: Sun, May 19, 2019 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Location: Two Bit Circus Micro-Amusement Park | 634 Mateo St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Description: The G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles will honor the student Finalists in this year’s competition.  The event will start with a showcase of Finalist games, which will be available for all attendees to play, and will lead into a ceremony where we will announce the winners in each of the four theme categories.  There will be a total of 6 winning games (one high school winner and one middle school winner per theme category), plus a Grand-Prize Winner.
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ATLANTA 2019 G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony
Date/Time: Tue, May 14, 2019 | 3:30 – 6:00 PM EDT
Location: GTRI Headquarters | 250 14th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
Description: The G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony in Atlanta will honor the student Finalists in this year’s competition.  The event will start with a showcase of Finalist games, which will be available for all attendees to play, and will lead into a ceremony where we will announce the winners in each of the four theme categories.  There will be a total of 6 winning games (one high school winner and one middle school winner per theme category), plus a Grand-Prize Winner.
A pygmy slow loris, Nycticebus pygmaeus, at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
NYC GAME JAM #4: ENDANGERED SPECIES
Date/Time: Sat, April 6, 2019 | 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
Location: Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue, Queens, NY 11106
Description: Join Games for Change for our last Game Jam of the year! Flex your creative muscles and learn the fundamentals of game design in a fun new context! This game jam will challenge students to create games about Endangered Species.
A federally threatened koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, with her babies at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital. © Photo by Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark
ATLANTA GAME JAM #3: ENDANGERED SPECIES
Date/Time: Sat, March 16th | 10am – 3pm EST
Location: Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center, 250 14th Street NW | Atlanta, GA
Description: Join us for the third G4C Atlanta Game Jam for the 2018-19 school year! Game Jams are free workshops devoted to teaching middle and high school students about game design, important concepts of civic engagement, and how to begin creating games of their own.
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NYC GAME JAM #3: DISRUPT AGING
Date/Time: Sat, March 2nd, 2019 @ 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST
Location: NYU Game Center | 2 MetroTech Center | 8th Floor | Brooklyn, NY
Description: 100 years ago, the average life expectancy for someone living in the US was 50 years-old. Today, however, 50% of kids born in the last 10 years are expected to live to be over 104! Join the Games for Change Student Challenge for a full day of game design focused on building games that help us prepare for a long, healthy and prosperous life. Together, we will explore and imagine how a dramatically lengthened lifespan would impact virtually every aspect of our lives.
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ATLANTA GAME JAM #2: DISRUPT AGING
Date/Time: Sat, Feb 16th | 10am – 3pm EST
Location: Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center, 250 14th Street NW | Atlanta, GA
Description: Join us for the second G4C Atlanta Game Jam for the 2018-19 school year! Game Jams are free workshops devoted to teaching middle and high school students about game design, important concepts of civic engagement, and how to begin creating games of their own.
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LA GAME JAM #2: DISRUPT AGING
Date/Time: Sat, February 9th, 2019 @ 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pio Pico LA Library (694 S Oxford Ave, LA, CA 90005)
Description: Join us for a day of game design filled with challenge and creativity! Games for Change is hosting a game jam which challenges students to create social impact games around the topic of Disrupting Aging!
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NYC GAME JAM #2: GENDER EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Date/Time: Sat, January 26, 2019 @ 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST
Location: New York Public Library (476 5th Avenue)
Description: NYC is one of the most diverse cities in the world and a place where people of all different ethnicities, genders, nationalities and backgrounds live. Join the Games for Change Student Challenge for a full day of game design focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in NYC!
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LA GAME JAM #1: AUTOMATED COMMUNITIES 2050
Date/Time: Dec 15th | 11am – 4pm
Location: 2 Bit Circus Foundation Warehouse, 12815 S Western Ave, Gardena, CA 90249
Description: Join us for a day of game design filled with challenge and creativity! Games for Change is hosting a game jam which challenges students to create social impact games around the topic of Automated Communities 2050.
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DETROIT GAME JAM #1: AUTOMATED COMMUNITIES 2050
Date/Time: Dec 4th
Location: Cooke Elementary School, 18800 Puritan St, Detroit, MI 48223 
*This is a closed event*
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NYC GAME JAM #1: AUTOMATED COMMUNITIES 2050
Date/Time: Dec 1st | 11am – 4pm
Location: Samsung NEXT (30 west 26th St.)
Description: Join us for a day of game design filled with challenge and creativity! Games for Change is hosting a game jam which challenges students to create social impact games around the topic of Automated Communities 2050.
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ATLANTA GAME JAM #1
Date/Time: Dec 1st | 10am – 3pm
Location: Georgia Tech Alumni House, 190 North Avenue Northwest | Atlanta, GA
Description: Join the first G4C Atlanta Game Jam for the 2018-19 school year! Game Jams are free workshops devoted to teaching middle and high school students about game design, important concepts of civic engagement, and how to begin creating games of their own.

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NYC 2019 G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony
Date/Time: Sat, Jun 1, 2019 | 12:00 – 3:30 PM EDT
Location: Parsons School of Design at The New School, 63 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Description: The G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony in NYC will honor the student Finalists in this year’s competition.  The event will start with a showcase of Finalist games, which will be available for all attendees to play, and will lead into a ceremony where we will announce the winners in each of the four theme categories.  There will be a total of 8 winning games (one high school winner and one middle school winner per theme category), plus a Grand-Prize Winner.
A pygmy slow loris, Nycticebus pygmaeus, at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
NYC GAME JAM #4: ENDANGERED SPECIES
Date/Time: Sat, April 6, 2019 | 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
Location: Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue, Queens, NY 11106
Description: Join Games for Change for our last Game Jam of the year! Flex your creative muscles and learn the fundamentals of game design in a fun new context! This game jam will challenge students to create games about Endangered Species.
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NYC GAME JAM #3: DISRUPT AGING
Date/Time: Sat, March 2nd, 2019 @ 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST
Location: NYU Game Center | 2 MetroTech Center | 8th Floor | Brooklyn, NY
Description: 100 years ago, the average life expectancy for someone living in the US was 50 years-old. Today, however, 50% of kids born in the last 10 years are expected to live to be over 104! Join the Games for Change Student Challenge for a full day of game design focused on building games that help us prepare for a long, healthy and prosperous life. Together, we will explore and imagine how a dramatically lengthened lifespan would impact virtually every aspect of our lives.
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NYC GAME JAM #2: GENDER EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Date/Time: Sat, January 26, 2019 @ 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST
Location: New York Public Library (476 5th Avenue)
Description: NYC is one of the most diverse cities in the world and a place where people of all different ethnicities, genders, nationalities and backgrounds live. Join the Games for Change Student Challenge for a full day of game design focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in NYC!
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NYC GAME JAM #1: AUTOMATED COMMUNITIES 2050
Date/Time: Dec 1st | 11am – 4pm
Location: Samsung NExT (30 west 26th St.)
Description: Join us for a day of game design filled with challenge and creativity! Games for Change is hosting a game jam which challenges students to create social impact games around the topic of Automated Communities 2050.

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LOS ANGELES 2019 G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony
Date/Time: Sun, May 19, 2019 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Location: Two Bit Circus Micro-Amusement Park | 634 Mateo St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Description: The G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles will honor the student Finalists in this year’s competition.  The event will start with a showcase of Finalist games, which will be available for all attendees to play, and will lead into a ceremony where we will announce the winners in each of the four theme categories.  There will be a total of 6 winning games (one high school winner and one middle school winner per theme category), plus a Grand-Prize Winner.
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LA GAME JAM #2: DISRUPT AGING
Date/Time: Sat, February 9th, 2019 @ 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pio Pico LA Library (694 S Oxford Ave, LA, CA 90005)
Description: Join us for a day of game design filled with challenge and creativity! Games for Change is hosting a game jam which challenges students to create social impact games around the topic of Disrupting Aging!
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LA GAME JAM #1: AUTOMATED COMMUNITIES 2050
Date/Time: Dec 15th | 11am – 4pm
Location: 2 Bit Circus Foundation Warehouse, 12815 S Western Ave, Gardena, CA 90249
Description: Join us for a day of game design filled with challenge and creativity! Games for Change is hosting a game jam which challenges students to create social impact games around the topic of Automated Communities 2050.

Atlanta

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ATLANTA 2019 G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony
Date/Time: Tue, May 14, 2019 | 3:30 – 6:00 PM EDT
Location: GTRI Headquarters | 250 14th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
Description: The G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony in Atlanta will honor the student Finalists in this year’s competition.  The event will start with a showcase of Finalist games, which will be available for all attendees to play, and will lead into a ceremony where we will announce the winners in each of the four theme categories.  There will be a total of 6 winning games (one high school winner and one middle school winner per theme category), plus a Grand-Prize Winner.
A federally threatened koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, with her babies at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital. © Photo by Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark
ATLANTA GAME JAM #3: ENDANGERED SPECIES
Date/Time: Sat, March 16th | 10am – 3pm EST
Location: Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center, 250 14th Street NW | Atlanta, GA
Description: Join us for the third G4C Atlanta Game Jam for the 2018-19 school year! Game Jams are free workshops devoted to teaching middle and high school students about game design, important concepts of civic engagement, and how to begin creating games of their own.
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ATLANTA GAME JAM #2: DISRUPT AGING
Date/Time: Sat, Feb 16th | 10am – 3pm EST
Location: Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center, 250 14th Street NW | Atlanta, GA
Description: Join us for the second G4C Atlanta Game Jam for the 2018-19 school year! Game Jams are free workshops devoted to teaching middle and high school students about game design, important concepts of civic engagement, and how to begin creating games of their own.
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ATLANTA GAME JAM #1
Date/Time: Dec 1st | 10am – 3pm
Location: Georgia Tech Alumni House, 190 North Avenue Northwest | Atlanta, GA
Description: Join the first G4C Atlanta Game Jam for the 2018-19 school year! Game Jams are free workshops devoted to teaching middle and high school students about game design, important concepts of civic engagement, and how to begin creating games of their own.

Detroit

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DETROIT 2019 G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony
Date/Time: Fri, May 24, 2019 | 3:30 – 6:00 PM
Location: GMRENCEN | 400 Renaissance Center #2500, Detroit, MI 48243
Description: The G4C Student Challenge Awards Ceremony in Detroit will honor the student Finalists in this year’s competition.  The event will start with a showcase of Finalist games, which will be available for all attendees to play, and will lead into a ceremony where we will announce the winners in each of the four theme categories.  There will be a total of 6 winning games (one high school winner and one middle school winner per theme category), plus a Grand-Prize Winner.
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DETROIT GAME JAM #1: AUTOMATED COMMUNITIES 2050
Date/Time: Dec 4th
Location: Cooke Elementary School, 18800 Puritan St, Detroit, MI 48223 
*This is a closed event*