Civic hacknight #241 VIRTUAL - Collaborating with Tech4good, Chat Service

• Topic:

Kim Allen of PRIMAL GLOW Communications will be presenting on a year long collaboration with tech4good folks to develop a private and secure crisis online chat service for sexual assault centres in Ontario. Built on the open source Matrix API, this chat service is currently being rolled out to 29 sexual assault centres across the province.

Kim will be joined by Brett Tackaberry, one of the organizers of Random Hacks of Kindness Ottawa - a hackathon event that was instrumental in the success of the chat service build project.

PRIMAL GLOW Communications offers guidance and support to organizations who are seeking creative and impactful ways to use digital communication tools in interagency and frontline settings.

• Social Media Cheat Codes:

@CivicTechTO #civictech
Kim Allen: @primalglow
Brett Tackaberry: @tackaberry

• Venue Sponsor:

Join us this week from the comfort of your own home, or wherever you are practicing social isolation, for a virtual civic tech hacknight!

• Check-in details:

Join us via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85847811289?pwd=THhwOEQvTlh5R3QvbWxha25xTWdGUT09
Webcams and mics optional, but encouraged!

Dial-in by phone in Canada:
+1 647 558 0588
Meeting ID: 858 4781 1289
Password: 008446

Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack: https://link.civictech.ca/chat

• Accessibility:

We're exploring ways to make our online hacknights more accessible, but at the moment we only provide video of the presentation slides and audio.

• About Us:

Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, and all other Torontonians who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable and equitable, through design, tech, and data. (Coders are welcome, but you don’t have to be a coder to contribute!) Come and be part of it!

• Agenda:

6:45-7:00 = Civic Tech 101
7:00-7:10 = Welcome and Introductions
7:10-7:45 = Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:45-9:00 = Breakout groups (go make something!)
9:00 + = Civic Tech after party (virtual)

For more info, visit http://civictech.ca
Here's our Code of Conduct: http://civictech.ca/about-us

Hope to see you Tuesday!