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Democracy Workers Collective
New York CityA union for Democracy Works employees. Fulfilling the promise of a more equitable, sustainable, and representative democracy, inside and outside of Democracy Works.
596 Acres built tools to help neighbors see vacant lots as opportunities and create needed green spaces that become focal points for community organizing and civic engagement.
Current Water
Chicago, ILCurrent is Chicago’s water innovation hub.
Technology and Social Change at MIT (2018)
MIT Media LabThis class uses the idea of values-driven design to help creators consider the politics of the technologies we use and which we bring into the world and teaches methods of research, design and deployment intended to help technologies meet the needs of real-world communities.
Native Land
CanadaA world map displaying the locations of indigenous peoples whose lands have been taken
Our accelerator program provides 24 months of customer development, product development, network building, and expert guidance for startups, all in preparation for securing state & local contracts.
Access Now defends and extends the digital rights of people and communities at risk. By combining direct technical support, strategic advocacy, grassroots grantmaking, and convenings such as RightsCon, we fight for human rights in the digital age.
Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help agencies deliver better public services.
Electronic Frontier Alliance
San FranciscoThe Electronic Frontier Alliance is a grassroots network of community and campus organizations across the United States working to educate our neighbors about the importance of digital rights. Organized by EFF.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Code for America announce the launch of tools for local communities interested in identifying areas for economic growth using 22 environmental sustainability indicators, including job growth, value-added, air quality, climate impact, energy, water, and land use across 389 industry sectors..
Book by Sarah Williams -- How to use data as a tool for empowerment rather than oppression.
European matchmaking site for mutual aid donations of all kinds
Data For Progress
United States of America (the)A modernized think tank; fast-turnaround, social media-optimized, and rigorous analysis.
Gov.UK Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Framework for Automated Decision-Making
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)This 7 point framework will help government departments with the safe, sustainable and ethical use of automated or algorithmic decision-making systems.
Use these free K-12 civic education lessons, activities, blogs and webinars to help you educate students on the election and the importance of counting every vote.
Enter your location and learn about the most popular song in your area, plus those nearby. By The Pudding.
Civictech Accelerator Program (Code for Japan)
Japan (Nihon or Nippon)Japan's first civic tech accelerator 日本初のシビックテック領域特化型 アクセラレータープログラム、始動。
MisinfoDay is an annual event co-hosted by the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) and Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication.
Reset Australia
AustraliaThe unregulated attention economy driving social media is fraying our democracy, threatening our mental and physical health, and exposing our children to violent and disturbing content.
Civic Fabric is a platform for hosting public applications for citizens. The platform is in early development. Products are in alpha, and Civic Studio is looking to help government modernize and improve delivery of services online where it makes sense.
Together we convert your audience into your own community, which supports you to finance your creations sustainably.
Our Advance Change Funds -donor advised funds- enable agile and efficient giving for individual donors and institutions.
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We are a driver-owned ridehailing cooperative in New York City.
A global interactive by the New York Times visualizing the local climate risks for the entire planet
Poynter's Factually helps fact-checkers, educators, journalists and citizens get at the truth
Everyone is talking about AI, but how and where is it actually being used? We've mapped out interesting examples where AI has been harmful and where it's been helpful.
DocumentCloud runs every document you upload through Thomson Reuters OpenCalais, giving you access to extensive information about the people, places and organizations mentioned in each.
This project attempts to document all collective action from workers in the tech industry. Contribute to our archive. Currently, there are 506 collective actions documented.
The Markup made a browser extension that restores search result pages to organic results.
We are a community of 554 Turkers and growing...!
A great overview map and gallery of the global trend toward open streets
Clearing mines & Helping Countries Recover “We use a combination of machine learning on satellite imagery, GIS and field surveys,” says Luan Jaupi, who heads up information and communications technology at HALO
Urban AI
FranceUrban AI is a Think Tank that proposes ethical modes of governance and sustainable uses of urban AI.
Building community power through journalism. Newsrooms created by, with and for everyone
BusStat.NYC
New York CityA project to measure and show bus performance in NYC
Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by Robert Redford committed to the growth of independent artists. The institute is driven by its programs that discover and support independent filmmakers, theatre artists and composers from all over the world. - Wikipedia
Recognizing the significance of access to information, the 74th UN General Assembly proclaimed 28 September as the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) at the UN level in October 2019.
The e-LIberate / openDCN tool supports synchronous online deliberation with the goal of making decisions.
unBail
Cleveland, OhioDemocratizing information about the legal system
The AR Developer Challenge is a series of community-driven competition events focused on solving problems in areas such as healthcare, education, workforce development, and more
An intelligent urban measurement project that’s changing our understanding of cities and urban life. The Array of Things (AoT) is a collaborative effort among scientists, universities, federal and local government, industry partners, and communities to collect real-time data on urban environment, infrastructure, and activity for research and public use
A global forum to discuss and debate digital transformation within the humanitarian sector, with a focus on data protection laws and humanitarian protection, policy, ethics and action.
A guide to help progressive donors consider more political choices. Key learnings on the journey from non-political to political giving. The political donor experience is terrible
The Analyst Institute's Expy Awards recognize innovation in political organizing efficacy
Tech, Media & Democracy course
New York CityThrough a unique pan-university course, NYC universities partner to explore challenges and opportunities & build prototypes at the intersection of technology, media and democracy
This dashboard allows you to interact with first of its kind quantifiable data on China’s public diplomacy efforts from two of AidData’s reports Ties That Bind and Influencing the Narrative
The 2020 documentary explores the government of Boston, Massachusetts, from racial justice, housing, climate change action and more
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