Mini-Hackathon for Positive Change
Come work on projects with other civic tech minded folks!
Civic = for local good (Baltimore/Maryland)
This is a project work event 💻
Who should come?
New members welcome. We’d love to have both people who have been before AND new people. Interested in seeing what we're about and feeling the vibe of this group? Yay great!
Many roles needed. We want people from many different roles/backgrounds: developers, designers, user researchers, product managers, communications professionals, and other roles. A sister group of ours, Ruby for Good, has a great example list of roles needed.
Wide experience range wanted. We want people who are more experienced AND less experienced. We often have a range of skill levels at our events. We don’t formally coordinate mentorship (lately) but mentorship does often happen at these!
What will we do?
At this event we will come up with projects and work on them together.
Event Schedule
7:00 PM - Welcome & Check-In
7:10 PM - Review Topic Ideas
7:20 PM - Teams Formation & Icebreaker
7:30 PM - Pitch Planning & Instructions
7:40 PM - Team Breakouts & Refreshments
8:30 PM - Pitch Presentations
9:00 PM - Wrap-Up & Future Planning
Does it cost money? Or will we get paid?
Nope! Our events are free, and nobody gets paid for this work. This is a volunteer organization.
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ABOUT THE VENUE
Location / Parking
Maryland Business Roundtable for Education (MBRT)
5520 Research Park Drive, Suite 235
Baltimore, MD 21228
On UMBC campus
Dedicated free parking lot for event guests
Finding Us
If you have trouble getting in or finding us, reach out in #civic-projects channel on BaltimoreTechSlack.com
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ABOUT Baltimore Civic Tech
Who runs this group?
This group is run by local community members. If you’re interested, we could use your help too! :)
Code of Conduct
By interacting with us (by attending our events or joining our Slack, etc), you agree to follow our Code of Conduct. If you experience an issue yourself, or oversee an issue please let us know — talk to an organizer, or report it.
Get Involved
Join us on the Baltimore Tech Slack in these channels:
#civic-projects
#civic-projects-volunteers-and-organizers
Make sure you follow Baltimore Civic Tech on Luma.com to hear about events.
Related groups
If you’re close to DC, you might also like Civic Tech DC
Another great Meetup you might like is Baltimore Techies for Good.
We need your help
Since this group is community-run, we only have as much bandwidth to meet and do projects as our membership has.
We’d love your help!
Join the #civic-projects-volunteers-and-organizers channel on Baltimore Tech Slack