Sharilyn Clark 3L and Katrice Williams '23 represented a five-person student team of law and social work students from Cleveland State University at the MetroLab Network Student Cup Competition, which was established in 2020 to recognize, amplify, and support impactful collaborations between students and city governments. Students from participating MetroLab universities that work in partnership with government and/or community collaboratives on civic technology, data, and innovation projects, competed for a $1,000 prize.  The CSU team, led by Katrice and Sharilyn, won the competition.

Sharilyn and Katrice presented on their participation in the Data Privacy and Equity Assessment Clinic, which was supported by the CSU TECH Hubb, IoT Collaborative, and a $90,000 research grant from the Public-Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN), and their recommendations to the Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission (PAC). Their recommendations highlighted the consumer privacy concerns with a demand-responsive mobile parking payment system, and equity considerations with increased deployment of automatic license plate reader technology in low-to-middle income communities.  

The MetroLab competition was part of a larger annual summit that brought together 200+ local government leaders, innovators, and academic researchers from across the civic ecosystem that focuses on ecosystems and climate resiliency, infrastructure, data, and partnership.