ACT Newsletter April 2025: BetaNYC Hits 600+ for School of Data! ACT & Member Stickers Coming Soon, Important Message from FCI, Network Roundup, and Upcoming Events.
BetaNYC Hits 600+ for NYC School of Data!
We’re excited to announce that BetaNYC has reached an incredible milestone—600+ registrations for their NYC School of Data event! This annual gathering brings together civic technologists, data enthusiasts, and community leaders to learn, collaborate, and drive innovation. With such an overwhelming response, this year’s event promises to be an incredible opportunity for networking, skill-building, and exchanging ideas that will shape the future of data in New York City. We’re proud of BetaNYC for the hard work and dedication they’ve put into organizing this amazing civic tech event, and we’re equally grateful to everyone who registered and supported it. Here’s to continuing the momentum and creating lasting impact!
ACT & Member Stickers Coming Soon
Great news! The Alliance of Civic Technologists (ACT) is placing an order for a set of stickers, and we want you to be a part of it. These stickers will be a fantastic way to show your support for civic tech and the amazing work our network is doing. If you represent an official ACT member, please reach out to Brianda Hernandez to discuss design updates and changes. You can contact them via email or through the ACT Discord server. Be sure to get in touch by next week to have any requests considered or included.
Important Message from FCI
We’re pleased to share an important message from Florida Community Innovation, who’s seeking support to meet some key project needs. Including a a request for LangChain mentors who know AI pipelines, API integration and website parsing for their resource mapping tool the Florida Community Resource Map (FRM), a tool built for social and community workers to find and manage information about local services like food banks, job resources, and housing support.
Network Roundup
Here are some quick notes about what’s been happening in the network!
- SF Civic Tech is developing the SafeHome project, which involves creating a web dashboard to assess earthquake risks for specific addresses in San Francisco. They are nearing the release of the Alpha version and are seeking volunteer front-end developers to assist in building and enhancing the website.
- Florida Community Innovation is helping one of their volunteers, Anna Lanzino, a UC Berkeley researcher graduate and bringing Miami’s history to life by offering interactive, online biographies of individuals buried at the Miami City Cemetery, through the GoBituary project.
- Code for Dayton is looking to refresh a few of their projects including their Friends of the Florence Nightingale Museum website and a tool for monitoring demolition permits for the city of Dayton in support of Preservation Dayton.
Upcoming Events
ACT Spring Town Hall
We’re excited to invite you to our next town hall, happening Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 6:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM ET! This event will be a fantastic opportunity to discuss the future of civic technology, share your ideas, and build relationships with like-minded individuals looking to drive positive change. Don’t miss out on this chance to connect, learn, and contribute to the future of our communities. Use our Zoom registration link and mark your calendars—we can’t wait to see you there!
Network Events
Here are some events happening in the network!
- 04/07 - Open Austin’s Online introduction (for newcomers)
- 04/08 - Chi Hack Night: Chicago Neighborhoods Project
- 04/08 - Code for Boston’s Virtual Weekly Hack Night
- 04/08 - Code for Philly April Hack Night
- 04/08 - Open Eugene’s Tech Tuesday
- 04/09 - Code for BTV’s Action Night (formerly Hack Night)
- 04/09 - SF Civic Tech’s Virtual Civic Hack Night
- 04/09 - Open Sacramento’s Virtual: Community Action Night
- 04/10 - Open Austin’s Design in Civic Tech: Community of Practice
- 04/10 - Talking bikes and maps at Open Cleveland’s hack night
- 04/14 - Civic Tech Atlanta’s Civic Hack Night at Tech Square ATL (TSQATL) Social Club
- 04/15 - Code for Boston’s In-Person Weekly Hack Night
- 04/15 - Open Eugene’s Tech Tuesday
- 04/16 - Open Sacramento’s Virtual: Community Action Night
- 04/16 - SF Civic Tech’s Virtual Civic Hack Night
- 04/22 - Code for Boston’s Virtual Weekly Hack Night
- 04/22 - Open Eugene’s Tech Tuesday
- 04/23 - Code for BTV’s Action Night (formerly Hack Night)
- 04/23 - SF Civic Tech’s Virtual Civic Hack Night
- 04/29 - Code for Boston’s In-Person Weekly Hack Night
- 04/29 - Open Eugene’s Tech Tuesday
- 04/30 - Open Sacramento’s Virtual: Community Action Night
- 04/30 - SF Civic Tech’s Virtual Civic Hack Night
Beyond ACT
Events from groups that aren’t officially a part of the Alliance of Civic Technologists network.
- 04/25 - NYC Tech Policy Meetups’ In-Person NYC Coffee & Tech Policy
Stay in Touch
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Does your local civic tech organization have a story to tell? Want to be featured in our next newsletter? Reach out to us at hello@civictechnologists.org