Ustoo - Have Your Voice Heard

Inspiration

In 2018, young voters, namely Millennials and Generation Z, made up over a third of the eligible voting population and yet, are still severely underrepresented at the state and federal level. Dubbed the generation without representation, it is increasingly difficult for young people like you and me to make a difference. Our product, Ustoo, a web platform designed to quickly spread ideas and raise awareness on prominent social issues, aims to solve this issue.

What it does

Through our platform, you can easily create campaigns that advocate for whatever issue you feel passionate that are posted to users all over the world. Additionally, you can easily show your support for other people’s ideas and issues at no cost. Finally, you can directly reach out to your local representatives with your campaign, immediately creating action.

How we built it

We built this project mainly using Javascript and Firebase.

Challenges we ran into

As seasoned web developers, the coding went very smoothly. However, we did have hiccups with the asynchronous callback of Firebase and had to find workarounds for several bugs such as issues with posting and supporting campaigns. Additionally, we had some difficulty scraping the mass.gov site for information on local representatives.