guides
A Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity Throughout Data Integration
This tool kit, developed by a national workgroup of civic data stakeholders, aims to support data sharing and integration done well.
Algorithm Tips
Resources and leads for investigating algorithms in society
Alidade
To create a plan for finding technology tools that suit your social change project.
Beautiful Rising
Inspired by the concept of a “pattern language,” Beautiful Rising teases out the key elements of creative activism
Beautiful Rising
Beautiful Rising seeks to strengthen the capacity, creativity, and effectiveness of social movements, activist groups, and civil society organizations to achieve lasting social change.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citizens’ Assembly Websites: Practical Guidance
Here we discuss two pillars of a Citizens’ Assembly website: its design and editorial principles; and the information that should be included.
United Kingdom
DataJournalism.com
Where journalism meets data
Digital Defense Fund
- digitaldefensefund.org
- Adjacent Fields, Digital security and privacy, Hotlines, Manage volunteers, SMS
A top to bottom plan for getting your org up to best security practices.
EGAP – Evidence in Government And Politics
- www.egap.org
- Learn about civic tech, Meet the others, Peer networks, Peer-reviewed research, Research and policy centers, Socialize online, The People
EGAP is a cross-disciplinary network of researchers and practitioners that is united by a focus on experimental research and is dedicated to generating and disseminating rigorous evidence on topics of governance, politics, and institutions.
113 Moses Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
Government of South Australia Open Data Guide
The South Australian open data toolkit, contains resources to help agencies release open data. The resources can be tailored to suit your requirements.
State Administration Centre, 200, Victoria Square, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
Guide to photographing protests
by @authoritycollective. Do No Harm
How to Organize Your Workplace Without Getting Caught
Before even thinking about what you should and shouldn’t do, or what tech you should or shouldn’t use, ask yourself: do you know your company?
Montreal, QC, Canada
MapIt UK
If you have a Excel, CSV, or OpenDocument file including a column of postcodes, upload it here, and MapIt will automatically match the postcodes and add columns for the administrative areas (councils, constituencies, CCGs, etc.) you request, sending you the results by email.
United Kingdom
Online SOS
OnlineSOS empowers people facing online harassment
Open Data Lab Jakarta
We’re the Web Foundation’s Open Data Labs. We empower people through data.
Open Data Swiss Handbook
handbook.opendata.swiss provides support for individuals and organizations wishing to publish open government data.
Our Data Bodies
Based in marginalized neighborhoods in Charlotte, North Carolina, Detroit, Michigan, and Los Angeles, California, we look at digital data collection and our human rights, work with local communities, community organizations, and social support networks, and show how different data systems impact re-entry, fair housing, public assistance, and community development.
Participatory budgeting SMS outreach guide
The purpose of this guide is to help PB implementers understand how they can use mass text messaging to effectively engage underrepresented communities in participatory budgeting (PB).
Project Open Data (Obama Administration)
Open Data Policy — Managing Information as an Asset
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