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👋 Welcome
Hello civic tech friends,
Check out our recap of February, including project updates and Black History Month resources.
We’re always looking for feedback to improve.
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Stay Safe Everyone!
Even though official mask mandates are lifted, we still need to do our part. Remember to wear masks, sanitize your hands, and stay 6 feet apart.
Black History Month
February is Black History Month. Black History Month celebrates the contributions of Black Americans. Black people still face inequality and systemic barriers that prevent advancement, including in the tech industry. Continue to uplift the voices of our Black brothers and sisters. The work is not done.
Resources
The ARD’s 28 Days of Black History
The New York Times’ the 1619 Project
14 African American Inventors to Remember This Black History Month and Beyond
Your Reading List For Black History Month And Forever
✏️ Code for San Jose Updates
🍁 Leadership Changes
We welcome to the team: Juan: Executive Assistant
Open leadership positions: Assistant Director of Backend Engineering, Assistant Director of Recruitment, Partnership Development Manager, AWS Engineer, Event IT Coordinator, Executive Assistant, Marketing Coordinator, and more are available.
Interested? Apply for an open role on the Code for San Jose website.
🎉 Code for San José Project Highlights
OpenStreetMap completed 56% of Phase 2 and 17% of the point of interest tasks.
Project Police Data Trust gathered personas for user experience testing.
Project E-Immigrate scheduled their next workshop for May.
All active projects are looking for volunteers. Check out the opportunities below. For more information and project updates, view our Slack workspace.
Opportunities
Job Opportunities
- Data Analytics Intern (Summer 2022) for RapidSOS
- Software Engineer, Intern for Coursera
- UX Research Intern and Product Management Intern at Therma
- Intern, Safety, Software Engineer and Software Engineering Intern, Remote Assistance at Cruise
For more job openings, join our Slack workspace.
Volunteer Opportunities
- Project Heart of the Valley is building a scraper that maps data about local public art and murals in the South Bay Area.
Open Roles: UX/UI Researcher, UX/UI Designer, Frontend Engineer, Backend Engineer - Project Police Data Trust provides information about police misconduct through a searchable web application.
Open Roles: User Experience Researcher and Project Manager - Project Happening at the Moment is building a website that helps San Jose residents browse City Council Agendas, subscribe to specific Agenda Items, and receive notifications for when their Agenda Items are discussed.
Open Roles: Technical Project Manager, Backend Software Engineer, Frontend Engineer - Project CourtBot is building a web service that provides notifications on court case data.
Open Roles: 2 Full Stack Engineers
Check out more volunteer opportunities on the Code for San Jose website or join our Slack workspace.
🌏 Events
Check out our upcoming events:
- New Member Onboarding: Feb 24, 2022
- South Bay Map Night: Mar 1, 2022
- New Member Onboarding: Mar 10, 2022
- South Bay Map Night: Mar 15, 2022
- New Member Onboarding: Mar 24, 2022
- South Bay Map Night: Mar 29, 2022
- New Member Onboarding: Apr 7, 2022
- South Bay Map Night: Apr 12, 2022
- New Member Onboarding: Apr 21, 2022
- South Bay Map Night: Apr 26, 2022
🐰 That’s all, folks!
If you’re hungry for more, here’s how you can find out what Code for San José is working on and get involved:
Join us for our next meetup on Feb 24.
To get in touch with us, email us at codeforsanjose@gmail.com, or find us on Slack.
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Until next month, take care, and let’s keep up the good work!
Bri,
Code for San José Newsletter Producer
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