Socialize online
Unsurprisingly, much of the civic tech community's interactions take place remotely and asynchronously, on Slacks and listservs and forums.
Code for Japan Slack Community
Code for Japan's Slack has more than 5,500 people interested in Civic Tech. Participants are diverse, including engineers, designers, civil servants, students, researchers, and NPOs. No special qualif...
Civic Hackers Network
International networking and support hub for those creating change in their communities through data and technology.
Open Government Partnership (OGP)
In 2011, government leaders and civil society advocates came together to create a unique partnership—one that combines these powerful forces to promote accountable, responsive and inclusive governance...
MetroLab Network
MetroLab Network is a group of 35 city-university partnerships focused on bringing data, analytics, and innovation to city government.
Right To Be (formerly Hollaback!)
We believe a world that respects our right to be isn’t some far-off destination. It’s something we’re building every day. This is your call to power, to build a world free of harassment. How do you wa...
MuckRock's FOIA Slack for journalists
The MuckRock Slack channel is a free, collaborative discussion forum to discuss both the federal Freedom of Information Act as well as state public records laws.
Rarenet
Rarenet runs joint activities that aim to improve coordinated response, education and advocacy in cyber security threats affecting civil society and activism online.
Housing Data Coalition
The Housing Data Coalition (HDC) is a group of individuals and organizations who collaborate on their use of public data to further housing justice in New York City.
Betanyc Slack
An online forum for community discussion
Transformative Media Organizing project
The Transformative Media Organizing Project links LGBTQ and Two-Spirit organizers, media makers, and tech-activists across the United States.
Climate-tech Slack
An online forum for community discussion
Right To Be (formerly Heartmob)
Join the movement to end online harassment! We’re fighting fire with water, and working step by step to assist people facing harassment, educate communities, and stop harassment online.
JamiiForums
JamiiForums is a Tanzania-based user-generated content website founded by Maxence Melo and Mike Mushi in 2006
Poverty Action Lab
Our mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. We do this through research, policy outreach, and training.
Online SOS
OnlineSOS empowers people facing online harassment
Taftie
TAFTIE is the European Association of leading national innovation agencies
Liberation Tech
The Program on Liberation Technology seeks to understand how information technology can be used to defend human rights, improve governance, empower the poor, promote economic development, and pursue a...
Bloom Network
Bloom Network is an international community of people and projects working toward regenerative cultures. Local Bloom hubs around the world grow participation in practices such as food security, local...
European Hub for Civic Engagement
The European Hub for Civic Engagement is envisioned as a platform where European civil society and its civic tech community connect.
Global Innovation Gathering (GIG)
we are what we create together
City Science Network
MIT City Science has developed an international network of cooperative City Science Labs
ELECTricity
ELECTricity is a network of over 1,000 election officials sharing best practices
Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)
EGAP is a cross-disciplinary network of researchers and practitioners that is united by a focus on experimental research and is dedicated to generating and disseminating rigorous evidence on topics of...
Harass Map
Based on the idea that if more people start taking action when sexual harassment happens in their presence, we can end this epidemic.
Civic Hacker Summit
Bringing together the heads, hands and hearts of people using data and technology to create change in their communities.
The California Public Technology Roundtable
The California Public Technology Roundtable is a volunteer, informal group of civic techology leaders and practitioners coming together to support digital innovation at and across the state.
Athena Coalition
We are joining together to stop Amazon’s growing, powerful grip over our society and economy.
Open Gov Hub
Open Gov Hub is a dynamic meeting place that brings together many organizations, ideas, and resources to open up governments and empower citizens worldwide, with 45 international nonprofits and 300 pe...
Décider ensemble
Décider ensemble met en place des échanges sous forme de groupes de réflexion à travers l’organisation de colloques, matinées de questionnements, formations et événements annuels
Public Service Lab
Supporting the transition to better German public services through events, workshops, publications
National Domestic Workers Alliance
The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the nation’s leading voice for dignity and fairness for the millions of domestic workers in the United States, most of whom are women.
US Open Government
Google Group
Open Knowledge Foundation
A world where knowledge creates power for the many, not the few.
Democratic Innovation in Megacities
NDI is partnering with Living Cities—an organization that harnesses the collective power of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions to get dramatically better results for low-income...
The Debt Collective
You are not a loan.
Code for America gov listserv
Code for America is working towards a government by the people, for the people, that works in the 21st century. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit that helps residents and governments harness technology to s...
UnionBase
the world's first social networking platform for the labor movement with 30,000 Union Profiles
LGBT Technology Partnership and Institute
A national, nonpartisan group of LGBT organizations, academics, and high technology companies whose mission is to engage with critical technology and public policy leaders for strategic discussions at...
Open Government and Civic Technology Facebook Group
Civic Technology and Open Government - Global #civictech #opengov has 7,413 members. ‎Global exchange on civic technology, open government, open data,...
Coops.tech
Creative technology companies, fully owned and controlled by the people who do the work.
Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS)
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Govlaunch
The wiki for local government innovation ✨
Knight.Slack
An online forum for community discussion
Hackerspaces Discuss
Below is a listing of all the public mailing lists on lists.hackerspaces.org. Click on a list name to get more information about the list, or to subscribe, unsubscribe, and change the preferences on y...
Civic Data Privacy Leaders Network
A collaborative that will provide an active, authoritative resource for municipal leaders to navigate emerging privacy issues, share practical guidance, and promote fair and transparent data practices
PDX Women in Tech
PDX Women in Tech exists to encourage women to join tech and support and empower women so they stay in tech.
g0v.network
Basic 'About' page pointing to the network's mailing list and events and Slack
Gebruiker Central
De overheidsbrede kenniscommunity Gebruiker Centraal wil een servicegerichte en gebruiksvriendelijke (digitale) overheid. Via evenementen leren we van elkaars ervaringen en doen we ideeën op. Met inst...
Civic I/O
Civic I/O is a network of innovators and instigators committed to the hard work of progressing their cities. United by a common drive and ambition, civic leaders join together to help each other imagi...
g0V Slack
An online forum for community discussion