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AppCivist

AppCivist is a platform for democratic assembly and collective action.

Since 2017
The CITRIS Invention Lab
Open source: Yes

CREATE OR JOIN AN ASSEMBLY Assemblies are groups of people with shared concerns, like neighborhood safety or city budgets, who want to organize to take action. CREATE A CAMPAIGN Campaigns are initiatives that an assembly undertakes to achieve a specific goal. Each campaign has its own template that structures its components, working groups, and timeline. SUBMIT AND EVALUATE PROPOSALS Assembly members organize into Working Groups to brainstorm, develop, and select proposals democratically for collective action.

Related projects

Project(s): CivicBudget

Project type
Tool or platform
Founded
2017
Language(s)
English, Spanish
Employees
0-5
Features
Idea submission, Groups, Collaborative drafting, Proposal splitting and merging, Assessment of ideas, Voting, Versioning, Mapping
Added
2021-06-22
Last modified
2026-08-14T17:25:07.000Z

Additional details

Institutions using the platform
4
Number of integrations
0
Documentation & learning
<https://github.com/socialappslab/appcivist-platform/#project-documentation>

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