Civic Tech Field Guide
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Unsurprisingly, much of the civic tech community's interactions take place remotely and asynchronously, on Slacks and listservs and forums.
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All of .nyc
New York CityExploration and celebration of websites using the .nyc domain name.
Metagov Slack
United States of America (the)Metagov is host to a community of research and practice.
IAN's Slack Community
New York, NYIAN is building a Slack community to connect our members and provide more opportunity for collaboration, networking and real time answers to legal questions.
News, Information, & Discussion for Federal Employees
Agencies for Good
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)We’re a community of tech for good agencies, consultancies and freelancers. We hang out on a Slack Workspace and support each other to do socially impactful work.
The conference will bring together ACS data users and U.S. Census Bureau staff to share information about key ACS data issues and applications
This is a place to connect, share and discuss all things related to climate change & machine learning 🌏🔥 🤖💻
Chat for Impact
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)WhatsApp community hosted by turn.io
Liberal Democrat Software Group
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Over 860 "Coders, product managers and anyone who wants to help the party win with better technology."
ASEANcats Google Group
The Hague, NetherlandsThis e-group is created as a part of social movement building initiaves with the aim to share knowledge and discuss the latest development and issues related to the regional community integration of ASEAN. All are welcome.
All Things Urban
BerlinWe are the largest community-based career platform for urbanists working on city challenges worldwide.
EngageTech Community on LinkedIn
AustraliaA group for peer-to-peer learning for engagement professionals who want to deepen their understanding about technologies for community and stakeholder engagement.
Team CommUNITY
LondonWe foster and nurture communities throughout the world working on digital rights
Hearken Switchboard
Chicago, ILHearken’s Community Management System, Switchboard, connects members of your community with one another so they can ask for help and offer opportunities in a safe, trusted environment.
All Tech Is Human Slack
New York City, NY, USAOur Slack workspace helps individuals in the Responsible Tech ecosystem connect with one another, discuss research, share events, learn about careers and job opportunities, and more. In addition, we have channels for specific locations to allow for people to collaborate based on vicinity.
eupolicy.social
Europeeupolicy.social is a Mastodon instance for the EU policy bubble. Its aim is to provide a friendly and respectful discussion space for people working in the field of EU policy and to contribute to the health, diversity and growth of the fediverse.
Last year we piloted an initiative called Community Connections at the Responsible Data mailing list, where we connected two or more members of the community based on their shared interests in responsible data(RD)-related topics, allowing them to chat about topics and projects related to responsible data.
Data Collective
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)An organisation to support data experts working in civil society
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Code for Africa Slack
AfricaDo you want to join Africa's largest civic technology // open data // digital journalism community on Slack?
A guide written by targets of cyber-attacks that is designed for women, people of color, trans and genderqueer people, and everyone else whose existing oppressions are made worse by digital violence.
We are a collective that helps designers impacted by the conflict in Ukraine reach safety and find new work opportunities.
A+ Alliance
Geneva, SwitzerlandA Feminist AI Research network that gathers a cohort of social scientists, economists, and activists, side by side with data, machine learning and computer scientists to discuss how to fix the system and leverage AI for women’s rights.
Ada's List
LondonAll about changing communities, our workplaces, and the industry for the better.
AI4Cities
EuropeSix European cities are looking for #AI solutions to accelerate carbon neutrality using pre-commercial procurement.
Academia de Innovación Política
Paris, FranceLa Academia de Innovación Política es una plataforma que busca generar espacios de formación virtuales y presenciales para la transferencia y co-construcción de conceptos, prácticas, metodologías y herramientas de gobernanza democrática en los escenarios actuales.
Launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies in April 2015, What Works Cities is a national initiative to help 100 mid-sized American cities enhance their use of data and evidence to improve services, inform local decision-making and engage residents
Consul's Slack
AmsterdamAn online forum to discuss the CONSUL engagement platform
UK Democracy Meetup
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Online check-in style meetup, plus document-based format to support remote and asynchronous gatherings
Code for Japan Slack Community
Japan (Nihon or Nippon)Code for Japan's Slack has more than 5,500 people interested in Civic Tech. Participants are diverse, including engineers, designers, civil servants, students, researchers, and NPOs. No special qualification is required. Anyone who is interested in Code for Japan or Civic Tech can participate.
International networking and support hub for those creating change in their communities through data and technology.
A world where knowledge creates power for the many, not the few.
We believe a world that respects our right to be isn’t some far-off destination. It’s something we’re building every day. This is your call to power, to build a world free of harassment. How do you want to get started?
Rarenet runs joint activities that aim to improve coordinated response, education and advocacy in cyber security threats affecting civil society and activism online.
Open Gov Hub
Washington, DCOpen Gov Hub is a dynamic meeting place that brings together many organizations, ideas, and resources to open up governments and empower citizens worldwide, with 45 international nonprofits and 300 people as our members.
Elevator
Washington, DCA mentoring app connecting new and former members of Congress
The Transformative Media Organizing Project links LGBTQ and Two-Spirit organizers, media makers, and tech-activists across the United States.
An online forum for community discussion
JamiiForums
United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania)JamiiForums is a Tanzania-based user-generated content website founded by Maxence Melo and Mike Mushi in 2006
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.
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