Come help us chip away at civic challenges! We've got everything you need for a friendly and productive night: an invited speaker to learn from, wonderful co-conspirators to meet, some projects to work on, and delicious food to eat!

**[https://link.g0v.london/rsvp](https://link.g0v.london/rsvp)**

We're working up to hosting regular weekly events. We'll need your energy and contributions to make that work! (See ABOUT US section below)

‣ PRESENTER: Jason Chao [@jasontchao](https://twitter.com/jasontchao)

‣ TOPIC: **Civic tech for dissent under authoritarianism**
Lessons learned from Defending Chinese Cyberattacks on Macau Civil e-Vote & Preserving the History of Struggles

‣ BIO:
Jason is a technologist and human rights advocate. Currently, he is one of the directors of[ Hongkongers in Britain](https://www.hongkongers.org.uk/) \- a non\-profit helping Hongkongers settle in the UK\. He is active in submitting human rights reports to UN treaty bodies during their reviews of China\. Before his move to the UK\, he led a major pro\-democracy political organisation and co\-founded an online news publisher in Macau \- Hong Kong's sister Special Administrative Region of China\.

‣ VENUE SPONSOR

**SPACE4** is more than an inclusive, tech-focused co-working space. It is home to a community of technology activists and social innovators. They're a hub for the generation of progressive ideas, organisations and individuals and encourage collaboration amongst our members.
[https://space4.tech/](https://space4.tech/)

‣ CHECK-IN DETAILS
Buzz in for Space4. We'll have someone watching the buzzer until 6:45. As a last-resort, try [messaging the co-organisers](https://secure.meetup.com/messages/?new_convo=true&member_id=373384304&name=g0v.london).

‣ ACCESSIBILITY
The venue is fully accessible via the back entrance, through an automated gate and lift. Buzz the front door and ask for lift access.

The back entrance doors are all at least 900mm wide. Inside the space, there is a large toilet for wheelchair users with a door measuring 820mm wide that opens inwards. There are support handles inside.

‣ ABOUT US
**g0v London** is an exploration of seeding a g0v community in London, UK. We are currently running hacknights roughly every few weeks and, with your support, we aspire to run them weekly.

‣ INSPIRATION (SISTER COMMUNITIES)
**g0v** is a grassroots social movement community dedicated to deepening the civic engagements and connections between the social arena and citizens. It is a decentralised civic tech community with core values of information transparency, open results and open cooperation. [https://g0v.tw/intl/en/](https://g0v.tw/intl/en/)

**Civic Tech Toronto** is a diverse community of Torontonians interested in better understanding and finding solutions to civic challenges through technology, design or other means. They run weekly "civic hacknights for everyone", where people of all backgrounds and skill levels are welcome to attend. [https://link.civictech.ca/meetup](https://link.civictech.ca/meetup) (Civic Tech Toronto was in turn inspired by the values and format of Chicago's [ChiHackNight](https://chihacknight.org). )

‣ AGENDA
6:15 Doors open. Food!
6:30 Welcome and intros
7:00 Presentation, Q&A
7:30 Breakout groups (make something!)
9:00 Pack up and find a pub (alcohol optional)

Hope to see you there! Don't forget to bring your laptop for hacking!

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Jason is a technologist and human rights advocate.  Currently, he is one of the directors of[ Hongkongers in Britain](https://www.hongkongers.org.uk/) \- a non\-profit helping Hongkongers settle in the UK\.   He is active in submitting human rights reports to UN treaty bodies during their reviews of China\.  Before his move to the UK\, he led a major pro\-democracy political organisation and co\-founded an online news publisher in Macau \- Hong Kong's sister Special Administrative Region of China\.

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