Civic Tech Field Guide
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CivicDataLab
India (Bhārat)We work to strengthen the course of civic engagement using data / social science / tech / design
Case studies, blog posts, and Airtables with examples
Clean Insights is focused on answering key questions about user usage patterns without enabling invasive surveillance of all user habits. It provides methods for user interactions that are ultimately empowering instead of alienating.
The AnNahar newspaper used its paper and ink to provide election ballots instead
The Systemic Racism Pin
Quebec City, QC, CanadaWe highjacked Google Maps API to create a geolocated placename called Systemic Racism, just in front of the Parliament of Quebec, where it'd be impossible for the Premier to ignore.
We break the silos of urbanist practices to build Black power and Black joy.
Beyond Binary Code Builder
New ZealandCode and other resources to help businesses create more inclusive web forms and collect fewer data in general
Niji eco-design site concept
FranceUsers choose which resources they want to "consume", or load, to reduce the website's footprint
Pinterest Climate Disinformation Policy
San FranciscoOur new policy makes Pinterest the only major digital platform to have clearly defined guidelines against false or misleading climate change information, including conspiracy theories, across content and ads.
CommunityX
Chicago, ILCreate and Explore world-changing petitions, events, fundraisers, and boycotts all in one place.
DataMéxico
Mexico City, CDMX, MexicoDataMéxico permite la integración, visualización y análisis de datos públicos para fomentar la innovación, inclusión y diversificación de la economía mexicana.
HetzJaeger
Germany (Deutschland)A campaign to create hack algorithmic music discovery algorithms to promote an anti-Nazi message and pressure audio platforms to stop hosting Nazi content
Fingerspelling.xyz is a browser-based app that uses a webcam and machine learning to analyze your hand shapes so you can learn to sign the ASL alphabet correctly.
Seekr
Vienna, VANews site that ranks news organizations with its algorithm's partisanship score, and allows users to filter sources accordingly
Decriminalize Poverty
TennesseeThis narrative experience explores how poverty has been criminalized across Tennessee, what this means for people who live in communities in the state, and practical steps to build a better future.
Democracy Decoded
Washington, DCPodcast of the Campaign Legal Center
In an increasingly dangerous world, there’s one simple thing every messaging platform must do right now: make our messages safe using end-to-end encryption.
An award for the best games for social impact of the year
Common Voice
Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USAMozilla's Common Voice Project seeks to be a part of the solution. It's a platform where anyone can donate their voice to an open source data bank.
The Be There Certificate is a free, self-paced learning experience designed to increase mental health literacy and provide you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to safely support anyone who may be struggling with their mental health.
A cannabis brand that comes in the exact amounts for which others are still in prison
"We created the foundation in 2016 - economists, IT and communication specialists - to support the development of free digital tools necessary for community decision-making, and to operate such tools." (Translated)
Before The Bulldozers
Anacostia, DCIt’s a one-hour, 1-mile walk through the site of America’s first large-scale urban renewal project.
The Chinese Internet’s Hidden Victims: Uncovering and Healing the Scars of Online Abuse
Washington, DCA special feature on cyberbullying by 歪脑 WHYNOT, nominated for a 2023 Webby Award
Black Tech Agenda and Scorecard
Washington, DCBlack communities need an affirmative vision of technology that protects our civil rights and advances our needs. A campaign nominated for a 2023 Webby Award.
Martyrology of the Russian-Ukrainian war victims among the civilians. Add information about the deceased people. Keep the memory about them alive.
Connecting Worlds is an App from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, that facilitates meaningful connections to support the next generation of refugee students.
Data visualization nominated for 2023 Webby Award
We analyzed data on 13,147 US police departments.
Meals on Wheels Charlottesville/Albermarle
Charlottesville, VAThis [2023 Webby Award nominated] app allows current Meals on Wheels volunteers in the Charlottesville/Albemarle area to easily see their assigned routes, view customer stops, and navigate to each customer on the route.
We think our kids are safe in school online. But many of them are being surveilled, and parents have often been kept in the dark. Kids are priceless, not products.
A native app that allows you to monitor more than 35 different severe weather and emergency alerts in your town, and other cities that matter to you, such as hurricanes, earthquakes and tornados.
Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Walking Tour
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USATomiko Brown-Nagin, chair of the Committee on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery, introduces you to the Initiative's work and this tour.
The first object interaction app for the visually impaired. iOS only.
Name Reclaim
CanadaReclaimYourName.dic is the first custom dictionary to normalize thousands of Asian names in the world’s most popular word processing software, where non-English identities are arbitrarily targeted as errors.
A CSR project by Vaseline that created a database to "search conditions on skin of color"
A campaign website nominated for a 2023 Webby Award
An Airtable of 30 anti-corruption projects
Red Ciudadana
GuatemalaParticipación, formación ciudadana y apertura de datos Somos una organización que trabaja por una Guatemala más democrática, innovadora y transparente.
Buoyant Ventures
Illinois, USAWe invest in digital solutions to climate change.
The SDG16 Survey jointly developed by UNDP, UNODC and OHCHR provides a high quality, well tested tool that countries can use to measure progress on many of the survey-based indicators under SDG16.
ElecciónMP
GuatemalaConoce todo sobre el proceso de elección del Fiscal General del Ministerio Público de Guatemala
Welcome Humanitarian Data & Digital Enthusiasts! Here You Can Find All Things Related To Data & Digital.
Oslo Governance Centre
Oslo, NorwayThe Oslo Governance Centre (OGC) is UNDPs dedicated Global Policy Centre for Governance issues. It promotes transformative governance for peaceful, just and inclusive societies.
Sherpa Government Solutions
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199Public Sector Budgeting Software
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