Civic Tech Field Guide
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Where you'll find community in civic tech.
Suggested resources:
- Watch Kat Jost's presentation with Code for All: Behind the Scenes of Community Engagement
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PDX Women in Tech
Portland, ORPDX Women in Tech exists to encourage women to join tech and support and empower women so they stay in tech.
PeaceTech Living Learning Community
Waterloo, ON, CanadaExploring the intersection of peace-building and technology—critically reflecting on the social impact of technology and fostering the creation of “tech for good.”
Democracy Defenders for informal networking events for democracy defenders and citizens caring about their freedoms and rights.
Living Cities
1040 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10018, USAWe take risks, catalyze fresh thinking and test new approaches in order to creatively disrupt the status quo.
Basic 'About' page pointing to the network's mailing list and events
UI LABS is an innovation accelerator that brings Universities, Industry, and Government together to deliver solutions to tomorrow’s challenges.
TICTeC Local
City Hall, London, UKTICTeC Local is the annual conference from mySociety that focuses directly on the use of Civic Tech in communities and local government.
RightsCon is the world's leading event on human rights in the digital age.
Les Halles Civique
Parc de Belleville, Rue des Couronnes, Paris, FranceDécouvrez de nouvelles personnes, partagez vos centres d'intérêts, dans les lieux les plus conviviaux de votre ville !
ePaństwo Foundation
Fundacja ePaństwo, Warsaw, PolandePaństwo Foundation's aim is to develop democracy, open and transparent authorities and civic engagement.
NYC School of Data
New York CityNYC’s best public interest tech + open data event of the year — NYC School of Data!
LA CoMotion
Los Angeles, CAThe Global Laboratory of Future Mobility
Gebruiker Central
Netherlands (Nederland, Holland)De overheidsbrede kenniscommunity Gebruiker Centraal wil een servicegerichte en gebruiksvriendelijke (digitale) overheid. Via evenementen leren we van elkaars ervaringen en doen we ideeën op. Met instrumenten delen we die kennis.
Join a Slack team where organizers, healers, community leaders and practitioners can respond around a national response to COVID-19.
HVA IN DE STAD
AmsterdamDeze tool brengt alle onderwijs- en onderzoeksprojecten van de HvA in kaart en is een startpunt voor onderlinge samenwerking. Kijk, ontdek, deel en doe mee met HvA in de Stad!
More than a doc, Dropbox Paper is a flexible workspace that brings people and ideas together.
Data 4 Change
NairobiThe event is a 5-day design sprint where multidisciplinary teams consisting of the best local, regional and international talent in data, design, journalism and technology are teamed up with NGOs that collect data.
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BetaNYC hack nights
Data & Society Research Institute, West 20th Street, New York, NY, USABetaNYC is a civic organization dedicated to improving lives in New York through civic design, technology, and data.
Code for Muskogee
Muskogee, OK, USAWe're the Muskogee chapter of Code for America. Come hang with us!
Code for Nashville
Nashville, TNCode for Nashville is Nashville's Code for America Brigade. We are volunteers who collaborate with Metro government to promote open data and build civic apps.
Civic Tech Saint John
Saint John, NB, CanadaCivic Tech Saint John is an open and inclusive forum for all Saint Johners to explore community issues with one another.
Code for Tampa Bay
Tampa, FloridaCode for Tampa Bay is an official Code for America Brigade in Tampa, FL working on projects with government and community partners to improve people’s lives.
Civic I/O is a network of innovators and instigators committed to the hard work of progressing their cities. United by a common drive and ambition, civic leaders join together to help each other imagine and realize what is truly possible, altering the course of their city’s future and making a lasting impact.
POINT
SarajevoPOINT Conference (Political Accountability and New Technologies) is the largest conference in SEE and seeks to be a platform for civil society that encourages the use of new technologies – tool for education about the use of new technologies and social networks; forum for exchange of views and experiences; incubator for the development of ideas, projects and strategies; virtual place for networking and informing socially conscious Internet users; as well as a social network for exploring and searching for partners and associates and building coalitions.
European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Brussels, BelgiumEuropean Digital Rights (EDRi) is an association of civil and human rights organisations from across Europe. We defend rights and freedoms in the digital environment.
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Open Uptown
Chicago, ILWe forge partnerships between neighbors who use technology to improve interactions with, and access to, public services.
Ottawa Civic Tech (YOWCT) is a community of citizens from diverse sectors and experiences who are interested in better understanding our complex social and civic challenges and building solutions at t
CityLab Berlin
Platz der Luftbrücke 4-6, 12101, Berlin, GermanyThe CityLAB is an experimental laboratory for the city of the future.
A platform that brings together non-governmental organizations committed to improving the human rights situation in Europe, Eurasia and North America
Gabinete de Inovação
Asa Sul, Brasilia - Federal District, Brazilum laboratório que reunirá mandatos das casas legislativas de todo o país para que compartilhem e construam caminhos para a inovação nos parlamentos brasileiros
A global volunteer-run project crowdsourcing resources on the web to address gender-based violence
Representing Civic Tech at the European scale.
For more than a decade, Netroots Nation has hosted the largest annual conference for progressives, drawing 3,000+ attendees from around the country and beyond.
Hack for LA
Los Angeles, CACan you design, write, or code? Are you an activist with an idea? You can help Los Angeles live up to its potential at Hack for LA. Everyone is welcome!
Code for DC
Washington, DCFounded in 2012, Code for DC is a non-partisan, non-political group of volunteer civic hackers working together to solve local issues and help people engage with the city.
Code for Hackensack
Hackensack, NJWe are futurists. We are founders. We are friends.We are the Hackensack Brigade of Code for America.
CryptoHarlem
Harlem, Manhattan, New York, NY, USACryptoHarlem is a Digital Surveillance Clinic that has been meeting on a monthly basis since 2013 in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. It is always open to the public and completely free of charge.
Atlas
San Diego, CALearn from your local government officials & staff about the smart, safe, and sustainable solutions working in their communities
Public Interest Tech at the Royal Society of Arts Conference
Moscone Center, Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, USAAcross six sessions on March 7, 2019, we’ll look at how public interest tech is already changing the way power is distributed and decisions are made across public policy, philanthropic organizations, and Silicon Valley board rooms.
GOT Data
Prishtina, KosovoGOT Data is an annual international conference, formerly known as ODPA (Opening Data in Public Administration), which gathers public officials and other International open data and transparency stakeholders to discuss the importance and impact that open data has.
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