Announcements 5.21.18

HOLIDAY CLOSING: MEMORIAL DAY
Please note that Civic Hall will be closed on Monday, May 28th in observance of Memorial Day.

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! 

OFFER FOR CH MEMBERS: BLACK GOTHAM EXPERIENCE WALKING TOUR
Civic Hall members have been invited to check out the Black Gotham Experience, by joining a 7:30 pm public tour on Friday, June 1 or June 8. Use CIVICHALLKW18 for 20% off.  
More info about the tour & BGE: http://blackgotham.com/walking-tours/

Caesar’s Rebellion (1712 – 1762)
Length: 1.5 hrs | Fridays at 7:30pm | Meet up on the stairs at the Museum of the American Indian
Caesar’s Rebellion picks up after the rebellion of 1712 when the political leaders of New York pass more laws to restrict Black movement. The port city of New York has shifting political and class divisions that shape the environment of the enslaved. Although stricter laws have been passed to limit Black life, the population of enslaved Africans continues to increase as does poor European indentures creating a large and loosely organized underclass. The result is another rebellion in 1741 known as “the Great Negro Plot”. Unlike most rebellions in the colonies or West Indies, the conspirators were tried in the New York Supreme Court which was documented in an extensive journal by one of the justices creating an insightful look into slavery, colonial law, class, and politics.

NYCx ACCELERATOR OFFICE HOURS AT NORTHSIDE FESTIVAL
NYCx is hosting  Accelerator Office Hours on Thursday, June 7th 2:30PM - 7:00PM at  Northside Festival in Brooklyn. We will select twenty early-stage, high-growth potential, minority and women tech founders will be selected to meet with NYC-based accelerator partners and tech leaders (E.g., R/GA Ventures, Grand Central Tech, EY, Techstars, Stackpath, Humble Ventures, Galvanize). Apply here: https://bit.ly/2jRHuds

CIVIC HALL ENTREPRENEUR-IN-RESIDENCE RACEYA LAUNCHES KICKSTARTER
Join us in supporting hands-on (not just screens-on) play with RaceYa. On Kickstarter: thndr.me/eibXNg

UXCAMPNYC 2018
June 9th, 2018: 9am-5:30pm @ General Assembly HQ
UXCamp NYC is a one-of-a-kind unconference focused on inspiration, innovation and creativity in a highly collaborative environment. If you love sharing your ideas and learning all about the UX and tech field from innovative, passionate thinkers, then this event is for you.

The one-day event consists of twenty-four 45-minute sessions and workshops led by thinkers and doers from all levels of experience, including you. It is a day filled with meaningful conversation about how the world of UX and technology are evolving and blurring boundaries. Register here: https://uxcampnyc2018.eventbrite.com

NYC CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD SEEKS DATA MANAGER
The New York City Campaign Finance Board seeks a Data Manager to help us collect data related to voter participation, election administration, and campaign finance in NYC. The data manager will serve as the agency’s Open Data Coordinator, maintain our internal voting data, and create visualizations and dashboards to show patterns in the city’s democratic participation. Please find the job description and details for how to apply here; applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

JOB OPPORTUNITY WITH NYCEM!
NYCEM has an opportunity for a motivated scientific software development professional to join the Technology and Strategic Data team at New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM). 

Under the supervision of the Director of Application Development, the selected applicant will be an Application Developer (EOC Application Developer) working on a portfolio of data management, business intelligence and situational awareness applications and will work with a team of Information Technology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) application developers to maintain and enhance existing EOC systems. 

Please read more and apply here. [Apply by 31 July 2018]

NYC OPPORTUNITY’S POVERTY RESEARCH UNIT HIRING TECHNICAL FELLOWS
The Poverty Research Unit of the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) is hiring Technical Fellows to work on developing and implementing measures of poverty, mobility, and medical care economic risks.
 
NYC Opportunity produces research and analysis of poverty and social conditions, including its influential annual (NYCgov poverty measure, which provides a more accurate and comprehensive picture of poverty in New York City than the federal measure. The NYCgov poverty measure has become an important tool for evaluating policies, assessing the progress the city has made over time in reducing poverty and designing new policies to reduce current levels of economic deprivation.
 
Full details on this paid, one-year opportunity can be found here: http://buildwithnyc.github.io/prugraduatefellow.html

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. 

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.

15% discount for Civic Hall community: CivHall15

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. Any questions? Email community@civichall.org