Welcome to the UI/UX Community of Practice!

We are excited to have you here. Our community is dedicated to fostering collaboration, learning, and growth in the field of UI/UX design. Please follow the steps below to get started and integrate smoothly into our community.

📆 Meeting Schedule

When We Meet

• Wednesdays at 6:00PM Pacific Time (except for the first week of every month, and holidays)

Upcoming Meetings

October 2025

• October 01 - Planning Week (no UI/UX CoP Meeting)
• October 08 - Community Meetup 👥📍🙌
• October 15 - Fireside Chat: UX Reading Resources! 📚
• October 22 - Community Meetup 👥📍🙌
• October 29 - Workshop: Case Study Presentation by UI/UX Community Member Jovy Flagg 🔖

November 2025

• November 05 - Planning Week (no UI/UX CoP Meeting)
• November 12 - Community Meetup 👥📍🙌
• November 19 - Fireside Chat: ReOps Tools & Best Practices 🧰
• November 26 - Thanksgiving Break! Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁🍗🍂🌽

December 2025

• Winter Break! See you in the New Year!☃️❄️🎆

✅ Getting Started

Step 1. Complete General Onboarding

If you haven't attended Hack for LA onboarding, please read the Guide for New Volunteers, and register for an upcoming session before joining the community of practice.

Step 2. Join Communication Channels

After you've finished your Hack for LA general onboarding join other UI/UX peeps in your community of practice.

1. Join the ui-ux Slack channel
2. Introduce yourself. You can use the template below:

Hi My name is _____ and I am looking forward to joining the UI/UX community of practice.

Step 3. Familiarize Yourself with our Processes and Tools

At Hack For LA and the UI/UX CoP we use specific tools and processes to contribute and keep track of progress. You don't need to be an expert in any of these to join but it helps to familiarize yourself with them before getting started.

1. Github
   • Get Started Documentation
2. Kanban Board
   • What is Kanban?
   • What is a Kanban board and how to use it
3. Agile Framework
   • What is Agile?.
4. Figma
   • Figma for Beginners Youtube videos

Step 4. Join the CoP Meetings  

1. Join our weekly UI/UX Community of Practice meeting Wednesday at 6PM PT via Zoom. Onboard to know more! Onboarding schedule here
2. Participate in discussions and activities during meetings.

Step 5. Engage and Contribute

1. Review the current Open Roles and start contributing to projects or the CoP
   • Design
   • Research
   • Content
2. Get started on a Guide. Currently on Hold. Please SKIP THIS STEP.
3. Create your own UX Experience Profile to keep track of your progress.

📚 Additional Resources

The UI/UX Community of Practice is one of many. See all of our Communities of Practice

🤝 Support and Assistance

We will be implementing a support ticketing system soon. In the meantime, if you have any questions or need help, please reach out in the ui-ux Slack Channel or join us during our CoP meeting on Zoom. Onboard to know more! Onboarding schedule here