What we’re about
Civic Tech DC brings together volunteers putting technology to work in service of civic and social issues in the Washington, DC community.
Our members include software developers, designers, project and product managers, data geeks, activists, and other community members. All are welcome to participate, and we seek to be a diverse and inclusive space.
We partner with both community organizations and government agencies. Some of our work is specific to DC proper, while other work relates to the entire region.
Our types of project work include: building websites and web apps, analyzing data, running educational workshops, designing materials, and more. We usually meet twice a month, with additional project work happening between meetings.
Civic Tech DC is part of the larger field of civic technology.
Upcoming events (4)
See all- Project Night at Virtru (register on Luma)Virtru, Washington, DC
------ REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE (ON LU.MA)! ------
Join us for an evening of collaborative problem-solving as we work on a variety of civic tech projects together. Project needs vary but often include brainstorming, researching, writing, coding, or analyzing data.
Meet other civic tech enthusiasts. Learn new skills. Contribute to a project to improve a local civic issue. All are welcome and collaboration is encouraged. Laptops are recommended but not required.<<< PROJECT NIGHTS NOW START AT 6PM >>>
Where do I register?
To better serve our growing community, we’re transitioning our event registrations to Luma!We still love Meetup
Meetup has been an incredible platform for us to build and connect with our community. We’ll continue sharing upcoming events there so that new people can find us, but Luma will be our primary registration platform moving forward.Why we're making the switch
Meetup’s registration system has some limitations, and we need more flexibility to manage sign-ups and engagement. If you RSVP on Meetup but haven’t registered on Luma, we’ll kindly ask you to do so when you arrive.------ REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE (ON LU.MA)! ------
- Civic Tech DC: AI Literacy Workshop - Understand the Why & HowMLK Library, Washington, DC
NOTE: TO RSVP PLEASE USE LUMA
https://luma.com/a84c2u1oAI is everywhere.
Most workshops sell tools and dreams. This one teaches literacy.
In a two-hour, hands-on workshop at MLK Memorial Library (Washington, DC), we build a usable mental model for how modern LLMs behave, where they break, and how to interact with them so results get better, safer, and less garbage. We’ll demystify what “AI search” is actually doing, then practice a simple loop to improve outputs without magic prompts.
What we’ll do:- Learn a plain-English model of how LLMs generate text and why confident errors happen.
- Explore different interaction loops with AI for different scenarios.
- Understand how to vet the outputs from an AI, telltale signs of hallucinations, and how to be confident in what you're delivering.
- Q&A: Answer specific questions you might have, explore different real-world example problems individuals will present, consult on approach.
You’ll leave with a prompt patterns cheat sheet, an review checklist, and a one-week plan to try on a real task.
Vendor-agnostic, but not vendor blind.
Who it’s for: nonprofit staff, public servants, community technologists, and anyone who needs reliable results over novelty.
Bring: (optional) laptop and a public example of data/prompts you're using.This was drafted with the aid of ChatGPT 5-Thinking.
- Project Night at Taoti (register on Luma)Taoti Creative, Washington, DC
------ REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE (ON LU.MA)! ------
Join us for an evening of collaborative problem-solving as we work on a variety of civic tech projects together. Project needs vary but often include brainstorming, researching, writing, coding, or analyzing data.
Meet other civic tech enthusiasts. Learn new skills. Contribute to a project to improve a local civic issue. All are welcome and collaboration is encouraged. Laptops are recommended but not required.<<< PROJECT NIGHTS NOW START AT 6PM >>>
Where do I register?
To better serve our growing community, we’re transitioning our event registrations to Luma!We still love Meetup
Meetup has been an incredible platform for us to build and connect with our community. We’ll continue sharing upcoming events there so that new people can find us, but Luma will be our primary registration platform moving forward.Why we're making the switch
Meetup’s registration system has some limitations, and we need more flexibility to manage sign-ups and engagement. If you RSVP on Meetup but haven’t registered on Luma, we’ll kindly ask you to do so when you arrive.------ REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE (ON LU.MA)! ------
- Project Night at Virtru (register on Luma)Needs location
------ REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE (ON LU.MA)! ------
Join us for an evening of collaborative problem-solving as we work on a variety of civic tech projects together. Project needs vary but often include brainstorming, researching, writing, coding, or analyzing data.
Meet other civic tech enthusiasts. Learn new skills. Contribute to a project to improve a local civic issue. All are welcome and collaboration is encouraged. Laptops are recommended but not required.<<< PROJECT NIGHTS NOW START AT 6PM >>>
Where do I register?
To better serve our growing community, we’re transitioning our event registrations to Luma!We still love Meetup
Meetup has been an incredible platform for us to build and connect with our community. We’ll continue sharing upcoming events there so that new people can find us, but Luma will be our primary registration platform moving forward.Why we're making the switch
Meetup’s registration system has some limitations, and we need more flexibility to manage sign-ups and engagement. If you RSVP on Meetup but haven’t registered on Luma, we’ll kindly ask you to do so when you arrive.------ REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE (ON LU.MA)! ------
