Emergency Mode for News
Emergency Mode for News is a free disaster-preparedness resource hub that gives U.S. journalists and newsrooms checklists, templates, training and publishing tools for before, during and after climate disasters.
2026
https://discord.gg/StVhjmx6JK
The Apptivists
The Apptivists is an organizing effort gathering activist developers into a Discord community to brainstorm civic project ideas, prioritize the most promising, and collaboratively ship quick MVPs, with an in-progress real-time boycott app as its first pitch.
Active
Since 2026
Framed as a response to political frustration and inspired by the outsized impact of tools like Resistbot, The Apptivists invites developers to contribute time and expertise to civic-minded projects built collectively as fast MVPs. It functions as a volunteer builder collective coordinating through Discord, open both to people with projects that need technical help and to those wanting to pitch in.
- Org. type
- Grassroots / Indie project
- Project type
- Organization, Project
- Founded
- 2026
- Language(s)
- English
- Categories
- Build something, Find community online, Meet the others, Peer networks, Slacks, Discords, Teams
- Added
- 2026-05-27
- Last modified
- 2026-08-03T12:34:05.000Z
Additional details
- Affiliation
- Founder
- Formats
- apps, campaigns, extensions, web app
- Number of integrations
- 0
- Issues addressed
- surveillance, corruption, free speech / anti-censorship, democratic backsliding, civic space, human rights
- Geographic focus
- United States of America 🇺🇸, Global
- Geographic focus — country
- United States of America 🇺🇸
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Digital Civic Infrastructure Initiative
The Digital Civic Infrastructure Initiative is a new Harvard Kennedy School program (in the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, led by Danielle Allen) helping local governments use technology to strengthen democracy, transparency, and citizen engagement, with an early output being Open Book, a free open-source municipal budget-transparency tool.
Cambridge, MA
2026
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Zine Maker
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Newspeak House, Bethnal Green Road, London, UK
2026
