Hack for Chicago @ 1871 (National Day of Civic Hacking)

The National Day of Civic Hacking is almost upon us. There are myriad events covering the entire weekend of May 31 - June 2. See a complete index here (http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/join-us-for-the-national-day-of-civic-hacking-in-chicago/).

A real centerpiece of the weekend is on Saturday, June 1 at 1871 (http://1871.com/), including a general day-long hack session and special events around topics like mapping, design, and testing.

Schedule here (program details below):

8:45am - Breakfast provided by Azavea
9:00am - 9:20am- Civic Hacking 101, Christopher Whitaker, IMSA Room
9:30am - 11:30am - Knight Lab App Design Workshop, Auditorium
9:30am - 10:00am Civic Needs App Intro, Ryan Briones, IMSA Room
11:30am - Lunch provided by Smart Chicago Collaborative
11:30am - 12:00pm - How your tech skills can help the Chicago Red Cross, Jim McGowan, Auditorium
12:00pm - 12:30pm - Chicago Councilmatic, Derek Eder, Auditorium

RSVP now to reserve your slot!

App Design Workshop with the Knight Lab (http://knightlab.northwestern.edu/)

Miranda Mulligan from the Knight Lab will give a workshop on designing apps that meet the needs of users.

National Civic Hacking 101 Workshop with Code for America (http://codeforamerica.org/)

Christopher Whitaker will give a short primer on civic hacking to help orient people who are new to hackathons and civic innovation. This class will be broadcast nationwide in cooperation with other cities.

Civic Needs App Planning + Discussion

One of the challenges of civic innovation is matching the resources provided by open government data, and talent of the civic hacking community with the needs of the community. This app is led by a team of Ryan Briones, Scott Robin, and Chris Gansen. The idea behind this app is to help provide an easy interface for community members to recruit web developers for civic projects. Come help plan this app and give your ideas!

OpenStreetMap Edit-a-thon with Ian Dees (https://twitter.com/iandees)

OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org/) is an open source map that anyone can edit. Users can add data to the map including information about their favorite restaurants, cultural venues, and more. We’ll be adding more data to the map all weekend long. You can register for the event at the Chicago OpenStreetMap Meetup Page (https://www.meetup.com/Openstreetmap/Chicago-IL/945942/) here.

General Hack Session with OpenCity Apps (http://opencityapps.org/)

We’ll also be having a general hack session if you’re already working on a civic app.

Remember: reply "Yes" to this meetup invite if you want to be at 1871 on Saturday, June 1, 2013

If you're interested in the MigraHack, use this EventBrite signup (http://chicagomigrahack.eventbrite.com/). If you're all about the Civic Hack Day for Youth at the Adler Planetarium, read more about it here (http://civichack.adlerplanetarium.org/) and form a team here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14P4gAqVKSmeA2GTKtKBaVh27ZvEg19MqTA5gcTl0LFs/viewform).