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We are intersectional feminists working to build a network of people who are interested in radical change in the tech industry, and connecting with people who would benefit from such change.
AI for Impact (formerly Development Ventures)
MIT Media LabFor entrepreneurial MIT students looking to put their skills to work for a greater good, the Media Arts and Sciences class MAS.664 (AI for Impact) has been a destination point.
Human-centered design frameworks start by identifying who a product is for and then placing them at the center of the product strategy. The Co/Act toolkit adapts and expands this approach to design digital products, services, or campaigns through modular do-it-yourself style activities that are aggressively low cost, high impact, interdisciplinary, and focused on building the capacity of participants. Co/Act will help you design more powerful products, services, and campaigns by centering them on your community, stakeholders, and colleagues - ensuring that the end result is more inclusive and therefore democratic.
Urban Impact Lab excels at strategy development, research and analysis, program development, implementation, creative placemaking, and community engagement.
Amp Impact is a Salesforce-based solution for organizations pursuing impact.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott: 100 Days of Action Tracker
Baltimore, MDBaltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott created an open source tool to track progress made during his administration’s first 100 days.
a research project and a research collective exploring the politics of big data broadly defined. We take a critical look at massive data collection, privacy and surveillance | social movements, activism and internet activism | internet infrastructure, cybersecurity and their governance | open data and civic tech networks.
Poynter's Factually helps fact-checkers, educators, journalists and citizens get at the truth. Written by the International Fact-Checking Network’s reporter Harrison Mantas, Factually highlights interesting fact-checks, dives into global misinformation trends and features fact-checking and media literacy training opportunities.
We're looking for tech workers, researchers, journalists and content creators who want to tell the stories of collective action in tech in the Global South.
Book by Sarah Williams -- How to use data as a tool for empowerment rather than oppression.
Fundación Ciudadanía Inteligente's Escuela de Activismo Digital (School of Digital Activism) is an e-learning platform to train emerging leaders in Latin America in digital activism methodologies.
18F's State and Local Government practice
GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAWe work with state and local governments to help with prototyping and procurement for federally-funded digital public services, using agile acquisition consulting services.
The Internet Archive has started to surface some of these annotations for Wayback Machine users.
Open data on decarbonization
A great overview map and gallery of the global trend toward open streets
We track progress towards the globally agreed aim of holding warming well below 2°C, and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.
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.
Digital.gov Communities of Practice
United States of America (the)Peer communities of digital US government workers. Collaborate and share resources with others across government. You must have a .gov email address to join.
Paid directory listing site that organizes tech solutions by UN Sustainable Development Goals. Data points:
#StopTheSteal: Timeline of Social Media and Extremist Activities Leading to 1/6 Insurrection
Capitol HillThe Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab constructed a timeline of key events, both online and offline, centered on the coordination of “Stop the Steal” efforts that escalated to violence and threatened the transition of power core to American democracy.
Urban Impact
EuropeWe empower startup innovators and pioneering partners to better collaborate and create scalable impact to speed up the EU’s goal to create 100 sustainable cities by 2030.
A media and research project to advance the tech workers movement.
Mit Face the Facts Wahlplakate scannen und herausfinden wofür Politiker:innen wirklich stehen.
FactStream
The Washington Post, K Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAThe FactStream iOS app brings together the work of three of the largest U.S. fact-checking organizations, The Washington Post, PolitiFact and FactCheck.org.
Urban Impact Agency
BerlinWe are a hands-on, empathy-guided consultancy agency. Our projects help start-ups, corporates, and administrations navigate city ecosystems and deploy impactful urban tech solutions globally.
Visualize your impact, track data trends, and share the stories that matter most.
A platform to help social good outfits import, visualize, and analyze impact data
A framework to assess automated decision systems and to ensure public accountability
18F Modular Contracting guide
GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAModular Contracting and Agile Development in government.
4Facts is a tool that allows you to easily evaluate the credibility of your posts by commenting and flagging problems encountered in various articles. Check the facts, compete with the pros, and raise your media literacy!
#TacticalVote (formerly Tactical2017)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Tactical voting against the Tories.
Third Act
United States of America (the)A community of experienced Americans determined to change the world for the better.
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement
We designed Tactical Data Engagement to help cities go beyond a policy and portal, and facilitate opportunities for the community use of open data to improve residents’ lives.
Education Policy Impact Fellowships
United States of America (the)two new Impact Fellowships for S&T experts seeking to advance smart education policy: The Learning Acceleration Fellowship at the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences and the Data Science Impact Fellowship within the Office of the Under Secretary at the Department of Education.
I Take Actions
Abuja, NigeriaA web platform where citizens take civic action for issues they care about
Stanford Start-Up Impact Labs
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USAEach will receive two years of funding ($250,000 per year) and additional support
Stanford Impact Labs
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USACenter at Stanford University connecting and accelerating work on social problems
Stanford Impact Lab Design Fellowship
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USAWe make one-year, $50,000 investments in faculty from across the university who want to conceptualize new impact labs through participation in our year-long Impact Lab Design Fellowship.
We utilize radical imagination, art and culture to communicate ideas, connect brands with causes and advance social change.
A volunteer-led, public, historical analysis of Canadian federal government contract spending at a whole-of-government level, based on scraping work to unify data from numerous departmental websites.
Cities for Action
United States of America (the)CITIES FOR ACTION is a coalition of over 100 mayors and municipal leaders fighting for federal immigration reform, and galvanizing the movement by launching inclusive policies and programs at the local level. Our leaders have joined forces to create stronger and safer cities by driving the national debate, embracing new immigrants, and engaging with stakeholders to win on immigration policies.
Data Collaboratives for Local Impact
Washington, DCLEVERAGING DATA TO IMPROVE LIVES
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