Amanda Renteria, SJSU Record Clearance Project & Civic Hack and Map Night

We are meeting digitally because of COVID-19.

For this meeting, please register here:
https://codeforamerica.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpceGopjsuHNE5f5icuXm2_wyLYGACrM35

Join us for Civic Hack night where community members use their skills to make San José, and the South Bay, a better place. We will have an informal conversation with new CEO of Code for America: Amanda Renteria.

We will hear from guest speaker Omar Arauza on the Record Clearance Project. The Record Clearance Project at SJSU provides free legal services, including: presentations regarding expungement law and employment rights of people with criminal convictions, representation in court on petitions to dismiss eligible convictions and reduce eligible felonies to misdemeanors in Santa Clara County and a peer mentoring program helping people transition from custody to prepare for their new futures.

New to Code for San José? Please do this before the meetup:
• Sign up for our Slack channel and use the on boarding bot on Slack: (https://slackin-c4sj.herokuapp.com/)
• Review the Code of Conduct ( https://www.codeforsanjose.com/volunteer.html).

What to bring to this VIRTUAL meetup:
• If you have a laptop, please bring it.
• Your ideas for making San José and the South Bay a better place

Agenda
To view slide deck with agenda and project updates: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Zih1Udx_T219zeU_lk3c2HIgmbJA41QM4wpn6s7c-3Y/edit?usp=sharing
• 6:30 - 6:35 PM: Welcome
• 6:35 - 6:55 PM: Conversation with Amanda Renteria, CEO of Code for America
• 6:55 - 7:10 PM: Guest Speaker: Omar Arauza, Record Clearance Project, Student Assistant
• 7:10 - 7:15 PM: Project Updates
• 7:15 - 8:50 PM: Team breakouts, find the relevant Slack channel to join
• 7:05 - 7:25 PM: Onboarding for new members (stay on the Zoom call)
• 8:50 - 9:00 PM: Teams report updates and next steps on Slack

What is Code for San Jose?
Code for San José is a community of volunteers that work together on open-source projects benefit our community. We are a Code for America brigade of makers, designers, developers, and subject matter experts who come together to use tech to solve civic problems.

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