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  • Democracy, Movements, Poland, World

    Pawel Adamowicz: Rest in Peace

    Dear Personal Democracy Forum and Civic Hall community: Some of you may have heard that Pawel Adamowicz, the Mayor of Gdansk, Poland, was brutally stabbed to death two days ago while on stage during a popular charity fundraising event. Ironically the event was focused on raising money for medical equipment for local hospitals...

    By: Andrew Rasiej Jan 15, 2019
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  • Civic Tech, Elections, World

    Sinar Project to Provide Malaysian Voters with Info Before Coming Elections

    Any day now, elections are expected to be called in Malaysia in what many expect to be the closest, most hard-fought race in the country’s history. Aiming to make a real impact on the information voters can access ahead of the election is the Sinar Project, a nonpartisan Malaysia civic...

    By: Nithin Coca Oct 20, 2017
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  • Civic Tech, World

    We Can Do This: Civic Tech and the “Refugee Crisis” in Germany

    This text has been adapted from remarks prepared by Ben Mason for his July 25 presentation at Civic Hall. The arrival of over one million refugees in Germany in 2015-16 sparked an intense wave of civic engagement in the country. Scores of innovative digital projects were created to coordinate this...

    By: Ben Mason Jul 27, 2017
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  • Civic Engagement, Participatory Democracy, World

    Direct Democracy in the Digital Age: A Conversation with the Mayor of Seoul

    For the past five years, the little co-op I co-founded has been working on a tool called Loomio. Workplaces, government departments, co-ops, and political parties around the world use Loomio to involve members and citizens in bottom-up decision-making. We focus on small groups, usually less than 500 people. At that...

    By: Richard D. Bartlett May 3, 2017
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  • Civic Engagement, Organizing, World

    Lessons from Fighting Swiss Right-Wing Populism

    In early 2016, Operation Libero, an anti-populist movement co-founded by history student Flavia Kleiner, 26, successfully defeated an anti-immigrant Swiss ballot initiative. The “enforcement” initiative, sponsored by the nationalist Swiss People’s Party (SVP), would have ordered the deportation of immigrants in Switzerland for any criminal offense, no matter how minor....

    By: Erhardt Graeff Feb 27, 2017
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  • Citizen Science, Taiwan, World

    In Taiwan, Using Open Data to Expose Rampant Pollution

    By collecting real-time pollution data, an environmental group discovered Taiwan's largest petrochemical plant exceeded the emissions quota for pollution over 25,000 times. The plant didn't pay a cent for it.

    By: Aaron Wytze Wilson Feb 24, 2017
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  • Algorithms, Social Media, World

    On Biases in Tech: Facebook’s Evolving Safety Check

    Safety Check—the crisis response tool that allows users to check in as 'safe' on Facebook—has some of its critics still wanting more.

    By: Lila Rimalovski Jul 28, 2016
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  • #PDF16, Civic Tech, World

    The If and When of Technology for the Global Refugee Crisis

    With more people on the move today than ever in our recorded history, the global refugee crisis is posing one of the greatest humanitarian challenges of our time. According to the UNHCR, there are currently an estimated 65.3 million displaced persons around the world—this represents 1 in 113 people in...

    By: Lina Srivastava Jun 20, 2016
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    Election 2016, Rethinking Debates, World

    Round Up: Bye #DemDebate, Hello Town Halls, Engaging Voters & More

    The way we watch and interact with political debates is shifting, from the U.S. to the Philippines; plus: how many millions can a presidential debate be worth?

    By: Christine Cupaiuolo Apr 15, 2016
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  • Civic Hall, Rethinking Debates, Transparency, World

    Candidates for Secretary General of the UN Debate at Civic Hall

    In a historic first, the candidates running to be the next secretary general of the United Nations debated publicly at an event co-hosted by New America and the Guardian at Civic Hall yesterday. The current secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, will step down at the end of the year, and in...

    By: Jessica McKenzie Apr 14, 2016
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