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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
International networking and support hub for those creating change in their communities through data and technology.
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.
National Domestic Workers Alliance
National Domestic Workers Alliance, Broadway, New York, NY, USAThe National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the nation’s leading voice for dignity and fairness for the millions of domestic workers in the United States, most of whom are women.
CivicWise is an international distributed and open network that promotes citizen engagement, developing concrete actions and projects based on collective intelligence, civic innovation and open design.
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.
Housing Data Coalition
50 Broad St, New York, NY 10004, United StatesThe Housing Data Coalition (HDC) is a group of individuals and organizations who collaborate on their use of public data to further housing justice in New York City.
MetroLab Network
444 North Capitol Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001, USAMetroLab Network is a group of 35 city-university partnerships focused on bringing data, analytics, and innovation to city government.
Join the movement to end online harassment! We’re fighting fire with water, and working step by step to assist people facing harassment, educate communities, and stop harassment online.
Elevator
Washington, DCA mentoring app connecting new and former members of Congress
Knight.Slack
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, USAAn online forum for community discussion
Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)
113 Moses Hall University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720EGAP is a cross-disciplinary network of researchers and practitioners that is united by a focus on experimental research and is dedicated to generating and disseminating rigorous evidence on topics of governance, politics, and institutions.
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