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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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!
CityLab Berlin
Platz der Luftbrücke 4-6, 12101, Berlin, GermanyThe CityLAB is an experimental laboratory for the city of the future.
Integrity Action
The Leather Market, LondonCitizens Monitor. Everyone wins. We empower citizens to demand integrity from the institutions they rely on.
Open Toledo
Toledo, OhioOpen Toledo focuses on civic technology and government technology, technologies that enhance civic engagement and help government run efficiently.
Open Maine
Portland, MEOpenMaine (formerly Code for Maine) is a local Brigade in the Code for America network.
The Movement Cooperative
Greeley Square Station 4 East 27th Street New York, NY 10001-9998By leveraging the collective bargaining power of our members, The Movement Cooperative provides best-in-class data and technology resources that match the needs of progressive organizations at the cheapest possible price point.
Code With Aloha is a volunteer group of developers, designers, project managers, and community members who gather to work on civic projects that help the community.
Code for Orlando
Orlando, Florida, USACode for Orlando is a community searching for technological solutions to social challenges.
Next City's Vanguard Conference
PhiladelphiaThe Vanguard conference is an experiential urban leadership gathering of rising urban leaders working to improve cities across sectors, including urban planning, community development, entrepreneurship, government, transportation, sustainability, design, art and media. By selection only.
OpenSTL
St Louis, MOGiven the transformative potential of technology, OpenSTL invites civic geeks of all stripes, from developers to community leaders, to come together to use technology and data to improve the lives of everyone in St. Louis.
Across the globe, government teams are pioneering new ways to solve our biggest challenges. States of Change is a collective that exists to support this growing global movement
Data Justice Conference 2020: Civic Participation in the Datafied Society
Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UKThe conference will bring together international scholars, practitioners, activists, and community groups to discuss the possibilities and challenges of civic participation in a datafied society.
CityCamp Oakland. 211 likes. CityCamp Oakland is brought to you by OpenOakland
Česko Digital
Radlická 180/50, Smíchov, 150 00 Praha, CzechiaJsme komunita špičkových vývojářů, designérů a produkťáků, kteří chtějí ve svém volném čase pomáhat státu i nestátním organizacím a dělat tak Česko lepším místem k životu.
The CivicLab
United States of America (the)Innovating for democracy
A platform that brings together non-governmental organizations committed to improving the human rights situation in Europe, Eurasia and North America. Its aim is to serve as a conduit through which civic activists can build alliances, strengthen mutual support and solidarity, and improve their influence on national and international human rights policy.
Digital Sherlocks 360/OS
RoundhouseChalk Farm Rd, Camden Town, London NW1 8EH, UK360/OS brings together journalists, activists, innovators, and leaders from around the world as part of our grassroots digital solidarity movement fighting for objective truth as a foundation of democracy.
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.
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.
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.
Code for Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCode for Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh region’s Code for America Brigade, makes the Pittsburgh region a better place through the use of information and technology.
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
Code for Hackensack
Hackensack, NJWe are futurists. We are founders. We are friends.We are the Hackensack Brigade of Code for America.
Find Meetups about Civic Hacking and meet people in your local community who share your interests.
DGI curates focused, in-depth programs where technical communities gather to share their knowledge and success. DGI delivers substantial, useful information
Are you a reporter interested in covering voting issue this election cycle? See our Electionland project.
Code for Boston
Boston, MACode for Boston addresses local social and civic challenges through creative uses of technology.
Chicago's weekly event to build, share, and learn about civic tech.
Code for Bloomington
Bloomington, INCode for Bloomington is an official Code for America Brigade in Bloomington, IN working on projects with government and community partners to improve people’s lives.
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.
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.
Atlas
San Diego, CALearn from your local government officials & staff about the smart, safe, and sustainable solutions working in their communities
Code for PDX
Portland, ORAre you looking for a meaningful volunteer opportunity? Code for PDX is here to help.
Open Uptown
Chicago, ILWe forge partnerships between neighbors who use technology to improve interactions with, and access to, public services.
Code for New Mexico
Albuquerque, NMCode For New Mexico is not-for-profit, volunteer-driven community outreach that improves people’s lives through technology. We believe in putting technology to work in service of our local communities to better the lives of our citizenry.
Open NC Collaborative
North CarolinaWE ARE A COLLABORATIVE GROUP OF CODE FOR AMERICA VOLUNTEER BRIGADES FROM NORTH CAROLINA
Code for Greensboro
Greensboro, NCLeveraging open civic data and technology to improve access to local government, and community services.
Civic Labs Belgium
Belgium (België / Belgique / Belgien)Citizens creating solutions to improve cities and communities in Belgium
Crisis Text Line
DoSomething.org, West 21st Street, New York, NY, USACrisis Text Line is the free, 24/7, confidential text message service for people in crisis. Text HOME to 741741 in the United States.
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
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