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MIT Open Documentary Lab Docubase

Drawing on MITโ€™s legacy of media innovation and its deep commitment to open and accessible information, the MIT Open Documentary Lab brings storytellers, technologists, and scholars together to explore new documentary forms with a particular focus on collaborative, interactive, and immersive storytelling.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

District 33 Street Tree Stewardship Map

This map will help us grow volunteer engagement at a neighborhood level and track our progress towards increasing tree stewardship across District 33 (in New York City)

Brooklyn, NY
2023
city, trees, Sustainable cities and communities

Awana Digital

Solidarity with frontline communities using tech to defend environmental & human rights. Co-building mapping & monitoring tools. Challenging tech colonialism.

San Francisco
2008
refugees, human rights, migration, immigration, Sustainable cities and communities

Tariff Calculator

A tool to help Americans see the effect of tariffs on groceries

USA
2025
tariffs, Project 2025

@LeadershipFlack

This bot is a project of @DemandProgress that tweets a round up of House and Senate leadership press releases.

Washington, DC

Civic Data Operators

Google Group for Civic Switchboard

Pittsburgh, PA

Civic Switchboard

Civic Switchboard is an Institute of Museum and Library Services supported effort that aims to develop the capacity of academic and public libraries in civic data ecosystems.

Pittsburgh, PA
libraries

#startsmall

Block Head - Jack Dorsey's public fund for global COVID-19 relief. After the pandemic, the focus will shift to girlโ€™s health and education, and UBI.

San Francisco

Open Government Partnership Global Summit

Promoted open data disclosure and use for the public and businesses through key public data disclosure, business matching, youth internship program, and cooperation with relevant organizations

Washington, DC
2011
Open Government Partnership (OGP)