<div dir="ltr"><div>The National Day of Civic Hacking is coming up, May 31st - Jun 1st, according to <a href="http://hackforchange.org" target="_blank">hackforchange.org</a>.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Is your hackerspace planning any collaborative events? Synchronous hackathons with other hackerspaces? Wider-reaching projects that affect the civic sphere? </div>
<div><br></div><div>It seems like a great opportunity to join forces with the energy of a larger population outside of hackerspaces, putting minds together to deal with an abundance of open public data, and address government/civic/social technology needs. <a href="http://hackforchange.org/data" target="_blank">hackforchange.org/data</a> has a sample list of available (US) data sets, ranging from basic city information, to jerrymandering data, to environmental data, to torture data from the Bush administration.</div>
<div><br></div><div>And although it's called the "National" Day of Civic Hacking, such an effort naturally isn't and shouldn't be restricted to just one country or locale. We're all global citizens, after all. :)</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm currently helping to organize and coordinate synchronous events related to this effort in the SF Bay Area. If your space - anywhere in the world - is going to be participating, or is interested in collaborating to help hack together digital solutions to civil issues, let's get connected! </div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>- Jamie<br></div><div><br></div>
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