Announcements 4.23.18

PERSONAL DEMOCRACY FORUM 2018: DISCOUNT FOR MEMBERS ONLY! 
If you love Civic Hall for the community and the mission of using tech for the public good, you will love this year’s Personal Democracy Forum! If you want to hear great speakers, get plugged into communities who care about the same things you do, and connect with the global civic tech scene, join in this June 7-8 at New York Law School in Tribeca. Learn more about the speakers and new conference structure here. PDF loves Civic Hall and is offering members tickets for $199. This is the steepest discount they offer, and it’s good only until May 15th. Discounts are for individual Civic Hall Members only. Use the code PDFLOVESCH when you buy your tickets here to reveal a discounted ticket type! 

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE + THE CIVIC AGENDA
Despite all the talk about the power of AI, there is a startling lack of conversation around how it might be used to further the civic agenda and directly improve people’s lives in real ways. Civic Hall member Christopher Bishop(christopherbishop123@gmail.com) is seeking propositions on getting this discussion started within the Civic Hall community. Please reach out if you have expertise you want to share at a workshop, can recommend someone to invite, or are interested in attending and bringing members of your team!

MOBILIZEAMERICA IS HIRING FULL-STACK ENGINEERS
In light of significant product, business and fundraising traction, MobilizeAmerica is looking to add two full-stack engineers to our existing technical team of five.

MobilizeAmerica is a NYC-based volunteer management platform and network that enables activists, progressive organizations and Democratic campaigns to connect and win. This year, hundreds of campaigns will use our platform to manage their supporters, tapping into progressive partner audiences in the tens of millions. We’ve closed our pre-seed round and are quickly filling our seed round. Investors include: Higher Ground Labs, a leading progressive technology accelerator, Reid Hoffman and angel investors in Silicon Valley, DC, NY and LA. 

CIVIC HALL IS HIRING!
We’re looking for a dynamic and creative Director of Marketing and Membership to join our growing team. Civic Hall is a non-profit community and collaborative work and event space where government staff, nonprofit leaders, community organizers, philanthropists, civic entrepreneurs, developers, data scientists, journalists and academics come together to solve pressing civic problems with technology. 

Civic Hall is committed to building a stronger, diverse, and mission-driven team to serve the community we know, respect, and love. We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices. We actively seek a diverse pool of applicants from or who have worked closely with historically marginalized groups, including but not limited to people with disabilities, people of color, LGBTQ people, first- or second-generation immigrants, and people from low-income families. When applying, please include information about your unique background.

POINTS OF LIGHT’S CIVIC ACCELERATOR VETERANS SOLUTIONS LAB
In June, Points of Light will launch The Civic Accelerator Veterans Solutions Lab, sponsored by the PwC Charitable Foundation Inc.  The Veterans Solutions Lab is an 8-week startup boot camp and impact investment fund that will accelerate 8-12 innovative, scalable ventures with solutions to the following challenge:

How might we empower and equip veterans & their families with the skills and resources to succeed in the new economy and civilian life?

They are NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS from early stage for-profit and nonprofit ventures that empower and equip veterans, their spouses and children, to build job-ready skills, find employment and successfully reintegrate into communities across the country.

The application is open until May 4! To apply and/or to find more information about our unique peer evaluated program, visit here.

GAMES FOR CHANGE FESTIVAL: JUNE 28-30
Join Games for Change for their 15th annual Games for Change Festival, June 28-30, at the Parsons School of Design in #NYC. Featured speakers such as Anastasia Goodstein (SVP of Digital Innovation at The Ad Council), Alan Gershenfeld (President, Co-Founder of E-Line Media), and Elizabeth LaPensée (Assistant Professor at Michigan State University) will be highlighting games and programs engage issues of social justice, human development, environment and responsible citizenship. Register for the festival here.

MEET THE DRAPERS SEASON 2: APPLICATION OPEN
We’re looking for top-notch for-profit startups to compete on television and at the meantime raise capital via Republic’s crowdfunding platform. The startups will pitch to the Draper family of venture capitalists on television, which will be broadcasted in 150+ countries and of course be available online to watch. It’s a great opportunity for startups to not only gain incredible exposure but also raise capital from the viewers, family, friends, customers and the like. On Season 1, Tim Draperpersonally invested into multiple companies raising on Republic, which gives companies immense credibility in VC circles. Here is the link for the application: https://republic.co/meet-the-drapers

SMART CITIES NEW YORK CONFERENCE
We are so proud to announce a 2018 partnership with Smart Cities New York!

Smart Cities New York (May 8-10, NY) is a groundbreaking conference bringing together a diverse global community of urban innovators to reimagine the future for cities around the world.

We will be hosting the “Applying Theory of Change to Design Better Tech” workshop on May 8th. As our colleague we invite you to join us in this exciting and transformative discussion. Get tickets here with code SPRING2018 for a 25% discount on tickets!  Hope to see you there!

Amazon Web Services provides infrastructure that allows startups to grow and thrive, and AWS Activate is a program that allows you to access those resources quickly. From Technical and Business Essentials Online Trainings to Promotional Credits that can be used on a variety of AWS products, this offer provides an unparalleled opportunity for folks who are getting started and looking to scale up. Interested? Applying is easy for members of the Civic Hall community!

First, visit the AWS Activate webpage https://aws.amazon.com/activate/portfolio-signup to apply.

1. Use this Organization ID (case-sensitive): 0eqef
2. Provide your AWS Account ID on the application. Promotional Credits will be added directly to this account, so please double check it - we cannot transfer credits in the future.
3. Please provide your company domain email address regardless of the email associated with your AWS Account ID. Personal email addresses are likely to be unrecognized and rejected, complicating application processing and billing inquiries.

We’ll kick off with dedicated Civic Hall office hours at the AWS Loft. Any questions? Email community@civichall.org