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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The California Public Technology Roundtable
CaliforniaThe California Public Technology Roundtable is a volunteer, informal group of civic techology leaders and practitioners coming together to support digital innovation at and across the state.
We are joining together to stop Amazon’s growing, powerful grip over our society and economy.
This group is intended to serve as a venue for discussing three major issues: the magnitude of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, the medical steps indicated to deal with it, and practical responses to the new social challenges it poses in everyday life and in the political work of left activists.
Elevator
Washington, DCA mentoring app connecting new and former members of Congress
Décider ensemble
128 rue Vieille-du-Temple, 75003, Paris, FranceDécider ensemble met en place des échanges sous forme de groupes de réflexion à travers l’organisation de colloques, matinées de questionnements, formations et événements annuels
Public Service Lab
BerlinSupporting the transition to better German public services through events, workshops, publications
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.
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.
This group is a place for those who facilitate online (or need to) can learn, share and make offers to the world as the Covid19 virus plays out.
A world where knowledge creates power for the many, not the few.
Democratic Innovation in Megacities
NDI, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USANDI is partnering with Living Cities—an organization that harnesses the collective power of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions to get dramatically better results for low-income urban residents—on a research initiative to explore the innovative ways that megacity governments are strengthening urban democracy.
Code for America is working towards a government by the people, for the people, that works in the 21st century. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit that helps residents and governments harness technology to solve community problems.
UnionBase
Washington, DCthe world's first social networking platform for the labor movement with 30,000 Union Profiles
A national, nonpartisan group of LGBT organizations, academics, and high technology companies whose mission is to engage with critical technology and public policy leaders for strategic discussions at all levels.
Creative technology companies, fully owned and controlled by the people who do the work.
Govlaunch
San FranciscoThe wiki for local government innovation ✨
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.
The RD community is a place for those who use data in social change and advocacy to develop practical approaches to addressing the ethical, legal, social and privacy-related challenges they face.
Civic Data Privacy Leaders Network
MetroLab Network, 777 6th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001, USAA collaborative that will provide an active, authoritative resource for municipal leaders to navigate emerging privacy issues, share practical guidance, and promote fair and transparent data practices
Basic 'About' page pointing to the network's mailing list and events
Gebruiker Central
Netherlands (the)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.
More than a doc, Dropbox Paper is a flexible workspace that brings people and ideas together.
What if you are subjected to domestic violence?
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.
Representing Civic Tech at the European scale.
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.
NetHope
10615 Judicial Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USANetHope is a collaboration of leading international NGOs serving tens of millions each year in 180+ countries.
Integrity Action
The Leather Market, LondonCitizens Monitor. Everyone wins. We empower citizens to demand integrity from the institutions they rely on.
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
An international network of organizations who believe that digital technology opens new channels for citizens to more meaningfully engage in the public sphere and have a positive impact on their communities.
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
1710 Rhode Island Ave NW, 11th floor Washington DC 20036 USA
AI bot that can navigate and serve up FAQ content in conversations with workers
An online forum for community discussion
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.
A global volunteer-run project crowdsourcing resources on the web to address gender-based violence
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 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.
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