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Sezzi is a social calendar designed to help you balance work, personal time, and wellness. Designed to effortlessly manage your entire day, Sezzi strives to remove the stress of an unbalanced life while allowing you to focus on the things that matter most to you. The app is currently available for iOS and can be downloaded in the App Store.

CityPoll is an app to help residents stay informed and voice their opinions on rising policies and developments in their communities. It won second place in the World Series of Innovation for UN SDG #16 to promote peace, justice, and strong institutions! The platform empowers users to have a stake in their communities right from their phone by viewing and voting on local issues. CityPoll’s vision is to uplift all voices and drive us towards building cities with empathy and boosting social equity. Our feed and interactive map allow users to view, select, then vote and comment on rising policies and developments within their residential location.

The app constantly updates with fresh content. Users view, discuss, and vote. Developers post projects, receive, and deliberate on feedback. City governments give the green light to developers to start their projects. The more users participate, the more points get added to the “my voice” feature on their profile, which acts as an in-app clout system incentivizing users to participate.

The data from CityPoll is presented directly to city councils. Because technology is the wave of the future and CityPoll enables users to stay informed and provide feedback only on issues directly affecting them all from their phones, it’s effective and equitable. CityPoll will help lead Los Angeles and other cities in transitioning to equitable Smart Cities.

CityPoll is currently available for iOS and can be downloaded in the App Store. For more information, please visit citypoll.org

Guide Me is a marketplace app that helps travelers connect with locals offering unique experiences. Designed to give tourists a more authentic connection to their destinations while supporting local’s livelihoods, Guide Me encourages and facilitates community building, empathic tourism, and uplift the local economy by providing residents with an additional source of income. 

The app is still under development and is recruiting future beta testers.