NYC Votes 2017 – Progressive Hack Night at ThoughtWorks
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It’s election day! Don’t forget to vote on November 7, 2017 when New York will get out the vote for local elections and some special elections on the state level. Find your polling station with this nifty tool (https://nyc.pollsitelocator.com)!
At 6:30p on Nov 7, join the conversation about what’s at stake, who’s who on the ballot, and how can the results affect you.
Aside from discussing the election, we will cover civic data that empowers election information and dissemination. We will talk about WeVote (http://www.wevote.us/) and how this application provides all the tools you need to be an informed citizen.
Mohammed Naeem (https://www.mnaeem.co/), organizer with Organizing for Action (https://www.ofa.us/).will join us and guide us through the ins and outs of this pivotal election season.
6:30pm • November 7, 2017 • ThoughtWorks NYC
About Mohammed
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Mohammed Naeem is an Organizer with Organizing for Action (https://www.ofa.us/). Over the last year, he has played a leadership role in executing some of the largest, most critical national mobilizations, including the March from Charlottesville to Washington DC, Tax March, March for Truth, and others. Naeem sits on OFA's Immigration Leadership Team and is an Advisory Board Member for Mina's List.
About Progressive HackNight
Progressive HackNight (https://www.proghacknight.org/) is an intersection of technology and activism. A physical space for progressive activists, organizers, data wranglers, ux/ui designers, and coders to come together, discuss the issues, and work on projects together that will drive the movement forward.
To join us in slack, click here (https://progressivehacknight.slack.com/shared_invite/MTgyNjg3NjAxMDQwLTE0OTQ4MDIzODAtZmFiZjNmNzIzNA).
Food will be provided!
The schedule is as follows:
6:30p - 6:50p : registration, networking (mingle!)
6:50p - 7:10p : announcements, introductions
7:10p - 7:30p : Speaker
7:30 - 7:40p : Breakout introduction
7:40p - 9:30p : Breakout
Breakout Groups
If you have a breakout group idea, start one by adding it to the ProgHackNight github. There are two types of breakout groups: discussion group and working group.
DISCUSSION GROUP
Groups centered on learning new things, discussing issues, building networks, and strategizing. Start one through GitHub (https://github.com/ProgressiveHackNight/breakout-groups/issues/new?labels[]=discussion-group&title=Discussion%20Group:%20%3CYOUR%20TITLE%20HERE%3E) or Google Form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczFsNI1TveZTxEAYUA6wOiwaLDIbFlyqOerM7wkXSb6bWGuQ/viewform?usp=sf_link) (we’ll put it in GitHub)
WORKING GROUP
Working groups are breakouts focused on either onboarding, training, or just having a team setup on collectively coding for your awesome project! Start on via GitHub (https://github.com/ProgressiveHackNight/breakout-groups/issues/new?labels[]=working-group&title=Working%20Group:%20%3CYOUR%20TITLE%20HERE%3E) or Google Form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczFsNI1TveZTxEAYUA6wOiwaLDIbFlyqOerM7wkXSb6bWGuQ/viewform?usp=sf_link).
In Solidarity,
The ProgHackNight team