Tonight’s OpenGov Hack Night will feature demonstrations of the projects that the Data Science for Social Good have been working on this summer. We’ll start our broadcast at 6:15pm.
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Hack Night Live with Englewood Codes
Join us tonight at 6:15 pm CST for the live stream of tonight’s Chicago OpenGov Hack Night. Recently featured on Fox 32, the hack nights are a place where web developers, designers, data scientist, community activists, and city staff come together…
OpenGov Chicago Recap: DePaul Institute for Housing Studies
Photo: Alex Rodgers/Creative Commons At last week’s Chicago Open Gov Meetup, Tina Fassett of the DePaul University Institute for Housing Studies talked about her work and the data that that university has made available on their web portal. The Institute…
OpenGovChicago Recap: Creating a more diverse tech scene
On Thursday, the Mayor’s Tech Diversity Council presented at the Chicago OpenGov Meetup. The Tech Diversity Council is a group of Chicagoans appointed by Mayor Emanuel to find ways to create opportunities for minorities in Chicago’s growing technology industry. It’s…
Mikva Challenge Youth using data to talk about health disparities in Chicago’s neighborhoods
This summer, Mikva Challenge and Smart Chicago Collaborative worked with a group of 140 kids and trained them to use the latest digital tools to organize themselves, amplify their voice, and take positive civic action. On the Mikva side, the…
Live stream: City of Chicago Tech Diversity Council Discussion
We’ll be live streaming tonight’s OpenGov Chicago Meetup here on the website via Google Plus. We’ll start our broadcast at about 6:15 CST. You can follow along in our meeting notes using the google doc here.
