HC4A

Meet the Dignitaries

Leadership takes many forms—and we're honored to welcome three distinguished leaders whose work spans technology, public service, and civic impact.

Please join us in welcoming Ward Tisdale, Jeff Kennedy, and Will Williams to AI With All 2026. Their experience and commitment to creating meaningful change will inspire the next generation of innovators.

📍 Round Rock, TX 📅 September 26, 2026 🎟️ 100% FREE • No-Code Hackathon

Proud to welcome Desi District as a sponsor for AI With All 2026.

Bringing authentic Indian flavors with a fresh global twist, Desi District is helping power a weekend dedicated to innovation, creativity, and social impact.

📍 Round Rock, Texas 📅 September 26, 2026

Beyond the prototype, we’re looking at how you think, solve, learn, and create impact.

Our judges will look for:
✨ Problem-Solving
💡 Creativity
🌱 Impact
🤖 Use of AI
📈 Learning Journey

No-code. No pressure to have all the answers. Just bring your ideas, curiosity, and willingness to learn.

https://www.hc4a.org/ai-with-all/

📍 Round Rock, TX
📅 September 26, 2026
🎟️ 100% FREE

Join AI With All and turn ideas into meaningful solutions for social good.

Access to technology can change what’s possible.

This September, HC4A is bringing technology and community service together through AI With All — while also extending digital access to local veteran families.

If you or a qualifying veteran family member could benefit from a laptop, we’d love to help you stay connected to the opportunities, resources, and people that matter.

💻 Limited laptops available.
Register today to receive yours.

Form for registration: https://app.cooperationengine.com/f/PMlCJN3dAjr2y-l3w1FC3c80zKco4HSx

Check our website for more details: https://www.hc4a.org/ai-with-all/

#9/11Day

AI can do more than generate. It can serve.

This September, 500 Central Texas students will come together for AI With All — a two-day youth hackathon where technology meets real community needs.

Register here: https://www.hc4a.org/ai-with-all/

Students will use no-code AI to build solutions around accessibility, education, healthcare, environmental action, crisis management and community activation.

No coding experience required. Just curiosity, teamwork and an idea worth building. 📅

September 26–27, 2026 📍 Round Rock & Manor, TX Remembrance through service. Digital equity through action.

Join AI With All, a free No-Code AI Hackathon where young people come together to build solutions for real community challenges — no prior coding experience required.

And it doesn’t stop at building.

Participants can earn 7 AmeriCorps service hours, while the event brings technology and community service together to support local veteran families with refurbished laptops and hands-on setup.

Whether you’re here to build, mentor, volunteer or judge, there’s a way to get involved.

📅 September 26–27, 2026
📍 Round Rock & Manor, TX
💰 100% FREE

Build with AI. Serve your community. Be part of something bigger.

📩 [email protected]

We are thrilled to launch the No-Code AI Hackathon, combining community service with cutting-edge tech skills. Join us as we empower Central Texas students to co-design AI solutions alongside veterans and first responders!

📅 Dates: September 26 & 27, 2026

📍 Locations: Austin & Round Rock, TX (2-days, 2-sites)

Whether you're joining as a Dignitary, Pod Leader, or Mentor, your guidance helps empower the next generation of innovators while supporting veteran families in our community.

📲 Scan the QR code on the flyer or register here:

📧 Inquiries: [email protected] | [email protected]

🌐 Learn more: hc4a.org/ai-with-all/

9/11 Day, AmeriCorps

Today, we pause to remember the lives lost and the incredible acts of courage witnessed on September 11.

A special shoutout to the remarkable 9/11 Day organization (https://www.911day.org/) for turning a historic tragedy into the nation's largest annual day of service and doing good. By channeling profound grief into purposeful community action, they have inspired millions to honor those we lost by helping others.

At HC4A, we believe the most meaningful tribute is action. Through initiatives like our upcoming 'AI with All' hackathon, we honor the legacy of our first responders and veterans by serving where we live and building a safer, more unified community. 💙

AmeriCorps

Unfiltered reactions from our incredible audience! ❤️ Seeing Jaane Pehchaane Anjaane come to life on stage and resonate so deeply with everyone in the room means the world to us. Thank you for all the love, tears, and applause!

Still thinking about last night. ❤️

A little throwback to Jaane Pehchaane Anjaane — made extra special by every single one of you who showed up, sang along and made the room come alive.

Thank you for being a part of it. We’ll be carrying this one with us for a while. 🎶