Problems have solutions. We're here to learn about them from regular people creating change in their communities using data and technology. Each season of the Civic Hacker Podcast includes audio from the Civic Hacker Summit and news from the Civic Hacker Network. The Civic Hacker Podcast © 2023 by Lori McNeill is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Impact and Inclusion in Singapore
BONUS EPISODE! Guest host Charlene Phua interviews civic hackers from Better.Sg.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/civichackerpodcast/messagePeace Building In the Digital Age
Caleb is an explorer of digital spaces and has researched and applied various technologies to address election violence, good governance, extremism and conflict mitigation. Being from Kenya, he has worked with different peace actors across Africa to respond to violent conflict applying digital tools. He has skills in social media monitoring, data, network and narrative analysis and community building...
episode 7: Making a Difference Through Peace Work
David Corliss is the founder and Director of Peace-Work, an all-volunteer cooperative of statisticians and data scientists applying statistical methods to issue-driven advocacy in poverty, education, social justice, and providing analytic support for charitable groups...
Co-Creating Innovative Wealth-Building Ecosystems in HUD Communities
Melvin Anderson is the developer of a comprehensive SaaS/cloud based platform called ExploreSkillz that offers next generation career discovery apps and solutions. In his interview, Melvin explains ExploreSkillz's unique process of showing children a wide variety of career possibilities unknown to them, helping them develop and follow their individual passions in areas like movies, sports, influencers or brands...
episode 5: Creating Equity in Academia Through Open Scholarship
Flavio Azevedo covers many important topics, including open science vs. open scholarship, DEIA in academic research, the social justice lens on changing the norms and structures in science and science training, and what advocates and activists can bring into their practice from this work.
Links to info and resources:
- FORRT Website: https://forrt.org/
- Flavio's Website: flavioazevedo...
Helping Local Governments Fund Community Priorities
Chris Fabian is the CEO and Co-founder of Resource Exploration. During his session, Chris speaks about personal experiences and how data can be used to help governments take informed actions to reduce harms that can result from budget decisions and prepare for future recession.
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Links to info and resources:
- ResourceX Website: https://www.resourcex...
Today I Learned About the National Historical GIS from IPUMS
David Van Riper is the director of Spatial Analysis at the Institute of Social Research and Data Innovation at the University of Minnesota. During his session, David walks through how to get started with the National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS), which provides historical and contemporary small-area census data and GIS mapping files for the United States. He also shows examples of how the data can be used to explore and expose social issues...
episode 2: Listen Up! Building an Ethical, Transparent Social Understanding Platform
Darío García de Viedma and the team at Citibeats are using technology to help municipal decision-makers prevent and mitigate crises by analyzing open source data with NLP algorithms. He led the design of the Social Indicators, thanks to an alliance with Princeton and NYU scholars. These are metrics, reported real-time, that measure deep feelings in society such as civic unrest, polarization, perception of inflation, empowerment, and distrust...
episode 1: Mission-Driven Multi-Tasking: Paying the Bills and Mobilizing Communities to Power Queer and Trans Movements
Jack Beck is the Founder and Executive Director of TurnOut, a nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing communities to power queer and trans movements. TurnOut works year-round to recruit volunteers, staff, and board members for queer and trans nonprofits, providing the training and support they need to maximize their impact in CA communities...
episode 19: Reclaiming the Power of Money for the New Generation of Communities
This episode features the insight and wisdom of Alanna Irving, Executive Director of Open Collective Foundation and Chief Operating Officer of Open Collective, Inc...