About us
Code for Boston is a volunteer civic innovation organization created by Boston-area developers, designers, and activists with an interest in solving civic and social problems through the use of technology.
We feel that Boston was the driving force in the creation of Government 1.0; we should be leading the way for Gov 2.0. We seek to leverage the revolutionary spirit of New England to help open, improve, and engage our local governments across the Greater Boston area and to pursue projects that solve real problems in our communities.
In conjunction with our fellow organizations across the country, we aim to provide a focal point for community-based civic innovation and technology projects in the Boston area. We meet semi-weekly at the Cambridge Innovation Center in Kendall Square, from 7 - 9:30pm and online every week. Please review our group's Code of Conduct before attending.
> Homepage: codeforboston.org
Upcoming events
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Virtual Project Team Hack Night
·OnlineOnlineONLINE ONLY!
Code for Boston meets weekly on Tuesdays for project team Hack Nights.
- Virtual only: 2nd, 4th, and 5th Tuesdays
- In person, with a virtual option: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, including new member orientations
All are welcome to join our weekly hack nights (virtual or in-person), but note that if you would like to join our new member orientation they are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month (in person and online via Zoom)
If you are going to attend the virtual event, please make sure to do the following, and then join us on Zoom at 7pm EST:
- Join our Slack: http://slack.codeforboston.org
- Download Zoom for announcements and project standup: https://zoom.us/download
- Here’s the Zoom link for getting things started tonight at 7pm (It will look like a zoom webinar signup form): https://www.codeforboston.org/rooms/cfb
- We now use Zoom breakout rooms for each project.
If you come to CIC (1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142) on a virtual-only week, you’re welcome to join us by Zoom from the spacious lobby: take a seat and use the CIC free wifi network.
Schedule
7:05 p.m. - Opening remarks, project updates, announcements
7:20 p.m. - New member orientation
8:00 p.m. - Hacking!To ensure that Code for Boston is a welcoming space for all, staff and participants are held to our Code of Conduct (https://www.codeforboston.org/code-of-conduct/).
All Code for Boston events are on the record by default. Participants should be made aware that they may be quoted, photographed, videotaped, and otherwise recorded. Exceptions must be agreed to by all parties present in a conversation in order for the conversation to be off the record.5 attendees
In-Person Hack Night and New Member Orientation
Cambridge Innovation Center, 4th Floor Cafe, 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, USIN PERSON? YES!
Code for Boston meets weekly on Tuesdays for project team Hack Nights.
- Virtual only: 2nd, 4th, and 5th Tuesdays
- In person, with a virtual option: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, including new member orientations
All are welcome to join our weekly hack nights (virtual or in-person), but note that if you would like to join our new member orientation they are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month (in person and online via Zoom)
If you are going to attend the virtual event, please make sure to do the following, and then join us on Zoom at 7pm EST:
- Join our Slack: http://slack.codeforboston.org
- Download Zoom for announcements and project standup: https://zoom.us/download
- Here’s the Zoom link for getting things started tonight at 7pm (It will look like a zoom webinar signup form): https://www.codeforboston.org/rooms/cfb
- We now use Zoom breakout rooms for each project.
If you come to CIC (1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142) on a virtual-only week, you’re welcome to join us by Zoom from the spacious lobby: take a seat and use the CIC free wifi network.
Schedule
7:05 p.m. - Opening remarks, project updates, announcements
7:20 p.m. - New member orientation
8:00 p.m. - Hacking!To ensure that Code for Boston is a welcoming space for all, staff and participants are held to our Code of Conduct (https://www.codeforboston.org/code-of-conduct/).
All Code for Boston events are on the record by default. Participants should be made aware that they may be quoted, photographed, videotaped, and otherwise recorded. Exceptions must be agreed to by all parties present in a conversation in order for the conversation to be off the record.5 attendees
Speaker Series: How Elections Happen, with Dr. Ben Adida of VotingWorks
Venture Lane | Startup Hub, 55 Court St Fl 2, Boston, MA 02108, USA, Boston, MA, USHi friends! Please join us for a Civic Tech New England Speaker Series event on Wednesday, Oct 21st:
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---How Elections Happen, with Dr. Ben Adida of VotingWorks
On Wednesday, Oct 21st, we’ll be joined by Dr. Ben Adida, the founder and executive director of VotingWorks, for a talk on how elections actually happen. VotingWorks is a non-profit dedicated to making elections more trustworthy with secure and robust election technology, and their VxSuite product is the only open-source voting system used in United States elections. At this event, we’ll hear from Dr. Adida about election operations and how VotingWorks fits into the equation, what it means to be an open-source voting system, and what it takes to have your solution adopted by a government agency.
We'll also get to play with one of their open source voting machines - and if you want to take a look at their code, it's right here on Github.
---This is the inaugural event in CTNE's new Speaker Series, which aims to explore a wide variety of topics at the intersection of government, community, technology, policy, and history
We hope you'll join us there!
3 attendeesVirtual Project Team Hack Night
·OnlineOnlineONLINE ONLY!
Code for Boston hosts virtual project team Hack Nights on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Tuesday of each month. On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday, we host in-person hack nights and new member orientation.
All are welcome to join our weekly hack nights (virtual or in-person), but note that if you would like to join our new member orientation they are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month (in person and online via Zoom)
If you are going to attend the virtual event, please make sure to do the following, and then join us on Zoom at 7pm EST:
- Join our Slack: http://slack.codeforboston.org
- Download Zoom for announcements and project standup: https://zoom.us/download
- Here’s the Zoom link for getting things started tonight at 7pm (It will look like a zoom webinar signup form): https://www.codeforboston.org/rooms/cfb
- We now use Zoom breakout rooms for each project.
If you come to CIC (1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142) on a virtual-only week, you’re welcome to join us by Zoom from the spacious lobby: take a seat and use the CIC free wifi network.
Schedule
7:05 p.m. - Opening remarks, project updates, announcements
7:20 p.m. - New member orientation
8:00 p.m. - Hacking!
To ensure that Code for Boston is a welcoming space for all, staff and participants are held to our Code of Conduct (https://www.codeforboston.org/code-of-conduct/).
All Code for Boston events are on the record by default. Participants should be made aware that they may be quoted, photographed, videotaped, and otherwise recorded. Exceptions must be agreed to by all parties present in a conversation in order for the conversation to be off the record.5 attendees
Past events
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