Impact by ACM at UCLA

Technology + ethics, policy, & society.

ACM Impact is an up-and-coming initiative within ACM Board.

Our mission is to promote an understanding of technology’s ethical and societal implications through education, advocacy, and community engagement.


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Upcoming Events

The ACM Impact banner: a space shuttle taking off, with a moon behind it

ACM Impact x Blueprint Impactathon

Spring 2024

This spring, ACM Impact and Blueprint are hosting UCLA’s first IMPACTATHON! The goal of this hackathon is to partner groups of students with nonprofits in order to aid them in building any technical solutions that the organization requires. Students will get to work directly with nonprofit leaders and work to come up with a product that fits their needs best. The hackathon will be taking place in the first week of spring quarter, from April 12th to 14th. Please fill out the registration form linked here: http://tinyurl.com/impactathon-registration-form! Prizes and nonprofit organizations announcements soon to come!

Past Events

a banner titled "acm impact: careers in social impact tech, thursdays at 5pm"; features an astronaut with a graduation cap in the visor, and some planets and stars in the background

Careers in Social Impact Tech

Winter 2021

We hosted a biweekly series that introduced students at UCLA to various career paths in the realm of ethical technology! Topics included open source technology, sustainable tech, and more.

a banner titled "acm impact: intro to tech ethics, thursdays at 6 pm pdt; features a space shuttle and a background of planets and stars

Intro to Tech Ethics Workshop

Fall 2020

Impact’s inaugural workshop – we held open and educational discussions on topics like bias in machine learning, Big Tech regulation, and military technology.

a banner titled "impact by acm at ucla: policy pitchathon, saturday april 17 10 AM - 5 PM PDT. features a judicial scale with the earth on one arm, and high-tech scroll on the other.

Policy Pitchathon

Spring 2021

This was a hackathon-like event in which participants joined in teams to create legislation for legal issues like data privacy and sustainability, build connections with mentors, and win prizes!

Blog

Digital Tech for a Greener Future

a photo of Jason smiling
Jason Jewik
Apr 3 • 11 min read

While our blog isn't active now, anyone from UCLA can write for our blog! Check out this blog post  to see how you can get involved. We look forward to reading your work—in the meantime, check out some of our existing posts above.

People

Youssef Mehelba

he/him

  • Impact Officer
  • Computer Science
  • Class of 2028

Aamani Maddukuri

she/her

  • Impact Officer
  • Computer Science
  • Class of 2028