Data For Democracy Monthly Roundup: January 2018
Each week the D4D community gets a newsletter detailing events and announcements going on in the community. 2018 is already shaping up to be a busy and exciting year. If you are not yet a member, come join 2700+ volunteers who are using data science skills to do tech for good.
Some highlights from January are:
The Worlds First Community Driven Data Science Code of Ethics
Data For Good Exchange SF
Since September 2017, we have been hard at work developing the first ever community-driven data science code of ethics for responsible data sharing in partnership with Bloomberg and BrightHive. On Feb 6th, we will come together over Slack, Twitter, and in San Francisco to create the initial draft and we need help from the entire data science community to get the word out. Help us make history by sharing the social post below promoting our work with your own networks.
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Learn more about the initiative and the committee leading the effort. Help them craft the oath by joining the #p-code-of-ethics conversation on Slack: https://tinyurl.com/d4dslackethics.
WE NEED MODERATORS for the Slack channel that day! If you can help, reach out to @natalie.
Follow @TechAtBloomberg on Twitter to tune into a livestream of portions of the Data for Good Exchange SF starting at 12 PM EST/9 AM PST on Tuesday, February 6th.
New Partnerships: Social Works and data.world + Tableau
SocialWorks: Chance the Rapper’s Youth Empowerment Charity
Data for Democracy is joining with SocialWorks to help millennial voters navigate the election space.
“Chicago non-profit SocialWorks is partnering with Data for Democracy on [Parade to the Polls] to build a data tool for making election issues transparent and easy to access. The goal of the project is to rephrase elections in terms of issues instead of presenting voters a with binary choice…”
For more info see the original post. If you are interested, please make sure to join the #parade-db channel.
data.World + Tableau for Black History Month
data.world is working with Tableau to organize a series of virtual activities around Black History Month in February. The idea is to use datasets to tell a story around a theme, and Data for Democracy has been asked to participate!
This is in the early stages, and more info will be shared as it becomes available.
New Projects: #lobbyist-blacklist and #Magnifai
#lobbyist-blacklist which came from #fcc-net-neutrality project.
“…we have the beginnings of a database of ‘blacklisted’ stolen IDs. The idea is to compile a database of compromised IDs, and identify which campaigns the stolen ID was used in.”
#magnifai which aims to help nonprofits leverage their data.
“We’d appreciate any help (we’re 100% volunteer) and exposure (most orgs don’t even know what they can do with their data, let alone shop around for DS assistance)”
We welcome community members from all kinds of backgrounds and skills to work together on projects that make a difference. If you like what you see, join us and help make a difference.
Thanks!
We are so grateful for all the volunteers who have put so much time and effort into making this community work. We remain inspired by the work that is being done in this community; thank you for all the amazing work that you’ve done and for continuing to collaborate on more projects. We can’t wait to see what D4D accomplishes next!
Over and out,
The Data for Democracy team
